Herding sheep on Zha Gong's head

"What are you doing, let go, do you know who I am, I want to see Lord Hou, you dare to catch..."

"Hmmmm." Mrs. Xiang's subsequent screams were completely covered by the palm of a guard.

She stared round with beautiful eyes, her arms were tightly grasped by the guards on the left and right, she couldn't speak, so she struggled with all her strength, completely ignoring her manners, kicking her feet, trying to throw the guards She was kicked away, but she has been pampered and pampered for too long in the Hou Mansion, even a guard can completely control her.

The exquisite and luxurious headdress on Mrs. Xiang's head was struggling like crazy, and many of them fell to the ground, but she still couldn't stop the fate of being dragged out of the room by the guards with cold faces.

An ordinary maidservant didn't struggle, but when the guard grabbed her arms to restrain her, she was paralyzed from fright, her whole body went limp, and even the strength to stand was lost in an instant.

The two were taken out of the house one after another, and brought to the most remote house in the backyard, where weeds were overgrown and almost no one would pass by. The guards retreated a door and pushed the two in. One took the He took something out and forcibly opened Mrs. Xiang's throat, forcing her to swallow the thing, then exited the room and locked the door.

Mrs. Xiang sat down on the ground and was silent for a moment, then suddenly rushed to the door frantically, slammed on the door fiercely, opened her mouth to shout, but suddenly found that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make a single accurate syllable. He He He Xun fear tone.

Mrs. Xiang looked horrified, and she hurriedly touched her throat.

There were several broken monotonous sounds.

The maid sat slumped on the ground with a dull expression, staring blankly at Mrs. Xiang who suddenly stopped moving in front of her.

Mrs. Xiang saw the maidservant from the corner of her eyes, she turned around suddenly, raised her hand, and slapped the maidservant hard, knocking the maidservant down to the ground. The maidservant's cheeks became red and swollen instantly, and scarlet blood overflowed from the corner of her mouth.

"She probably won't be able to turn over in her lifetime." 96 told Xiaobai what was happening somewhere in the backyard of the Hou Mansion.

From 96, Xiaobai knew that the woman had already had several lives in her hands, so the woman was in a sad situation. Although he was helping to make things worse, she didn't feel any guilt in her heart.

After all, that woman had killed him before. If he hadn't asked 96 to help cover up the past, he would have died at the hands of a woman before.

"It's up to you." Xiaobai lowered his eyes, his body was wrapped in a soft quilt, and besides there was a heat source that continued to provide heat, his cold body was slowly recovering.

He lay quietly in Xu Ling'an's arms, where the other party couldn't see, the corner of his mouth curled up in a slight arc.

After this accident, Xu Ling'an was worried that something unexpected would happen when he was not in the Hou's mansion. When he mistakenly thought that Xiaobai had died, his lungs were torn apart. He didn't want to experience it again. On the same day, Xiao Bai was brought to his bedroom. After that day, Xiao Bai lived in Xu Ling'an's bedroom, and Xu Ling'an also ordered him to go down. Without his permission, no one in the Hou Mansion could come to Xiao Bai.

He also specially arranged two guards with martial arts skills for Xiaobai to protect Xiaobai around the clock.

Xiaobai's status was in the Hou's mansion, but within a few days, it seemed that he was only under Xu Lingan.

This day Xu Lingan was reading in the study, and Xiaobai was grinding for him. Xu Lingan took a look at it for a while, and then wrote some impressions. Occasionally, he raised his eyes to look at Xiaobai. The other party seemed to be staring at him the whole time. It's so beautiful it's mesmerizing.

Seeing Xiaobai standing up all the time, Xiaobai had a fever and a cold a few days ago, and one night he was hot all over. Xu Lingan took care of him all night, and his temperature dropped a little in the morning. To much.

"Come and sit here, don't stand all the time." Xu Ling'an put down his brush and motioned for Xiaobai to come over.

Xiaobai stopped grinding, walked around the square desk, and walked in front of Xu Lingan, but there was only one chair there, and Xu Lingan was still sitting on it.

Xiaobai looked to the side, and there were chairs on one side. He was about to turn around when his arm was grabbed by a big warm hand, and then he staggered and was pulled into Xu Lingan's arms.

As for himself, he sat directly on Lai Xu Lingan's lap.

Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, then struggled to stand up.

Xu Ling'an held Xiaobai's body with one hand and couldn't break free. He moved his head forward and rested his chin lightly on Xiaobai's shoulder. All he could see was the young and slender neck of Yubai. A little scent of orchids.

"What did you put on your body?" Xu Ling'an's tone was heavy, with a hint of stickiness.

Unable to struggle, Xiaobai immediately sat quietly, but his entire back was not completely relaxed, as if tense, and his eyes trembled at Xu Lingan's inexplicable question.

"What?" He didn't quite understand.

"I asked you what you rubbed on your body. It smells delicious." Xu Ling'an's eyes were bent into a crescent moon. He was originally handsome, but with this smile, there were stars shining in his eyes.

Xiaobai stared directly at him, with a blank expression, with the peculiar greenness of a teenager.

It took Xiaobai a while to recover, and then a thin blush appeared on his face: "No, probably because there is a sachet in the closet, so there is a fragrance."

"Really?" Xu Ling'an grabbed Xiaobai's wrist as he spoke, and lowered his head to sniff at his cuff.

That posture was completely devoid of the nobility and inaccessibility of being a marquis, and the whole person exuded a gentle and peaceful atmosphere.

"It seems to be true." Xu Ling'an smelled the fragrance on the clothes, and nodded slightly.

"Master Hou..." Xiaobai suddenly opened his mouth, the calmness in his expression seemed to be gradually fading away, his brows gradually frowned, and he wanted to say something.

But before he could speak, a brisk voice from outside the study interrupted.

"Ling An, the weather is fine today, why don't we go..."

The door of the study room was closed, and there was a servant standing outside the door, but before the servant could make an announcement, the visitor rushed to the door in two or three steps, holding the doorknob with both hands and pushing hard.

Then his voice froze after seeing the situation in the room.

Yin Cheng blinked, thinking he was hallucinating, took a step back, exited the study, looked left and right, the surrounding environment was so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with the face of the person sitting behind the desk in the room.

Yin Cheng suppressed the surprise in his heart and re-entered the room.

The two people who were sitting hugging behind the desk, the beautiful young man who sat on it had quickly stood up and retreated to the desk, while Xu Ling'an first looked at the young man, and then turned his gaze to the man who was walking into the room Yin Cheng, a good friend of his, is also the second son of the uncle's mansion.

"Xu Ling'an, have you changed your sex?" Qingtian Bairi declared that lewdness, Yin Cheng shook his head again and again, and there was an expression in his expression that said, "You hid it so deeply, I'm only now seeing your true face."

"What are you talking about?" Xu Ling'an was about the same age as Yin Cheng, only a few months older, but he was the only one who supported the Hou Mansion all these years, unlike Yin Cheng, who had an uncle Guo and another Brother General, he basically doesn't need to worry about things inside and outside, so he really has less worries and less worries.

In front of Yin Cheng, Xu Ling'an has always acted like an elder brother.

If it were any other time, Yin Cheng would probably be shocked by Xu Lingan's suddenly cold face, but today, he is not afraid of this person.

"I got it from you. Not to mention her looks, she's really pretty." Yin Cheng carefully looked at the boy with downcast eyes at the desk, inexplicably, he suddenly felt very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

"Fuyue, you go out first, I asked the kitchen to make lotus seed porridge, you remember to eat some later." Xu Ling'an did not restrain himself because of Yin Cheng's presence, but told Xiaobai with concern.

Xiaobai looked towards Yin Cheng subconsciously, the young man was full of astonishment.

"Yes." Xiaobai said with a low body, walked away from the desk, and when he came to Yin Cheng's side, he stopped for a while, bowed to him, and went straight out.

Yin Cheng's gaze followed Xiaobai's movement, and chased him outside the door. Seeing that the person was not walking fast, it took a while for him to completely disappear from his sight.

"...What did you call him just now, Fuyue?" Yin Cheng hurriedly asked Xu Ling'an as if he had caught some important clue.

"Is that Fuyue?"

Yin Cheng once thought that the other party was dead, but unexpectedly, he saw the other party at Xu Ling'an's house.

That's not right, if you look at it this way, then not long ago, he had met the other party.

Xu Ling'an nodded.

Yin Cheng went to the desk to look, and carefully looked at Xu Ling'an's expression. It seemed that this friend of his had a deep affection for Fu Yue. The big mansion in his house has always refused to return to his fief, all because there are roses planted by his mother and concubine.

There was a time when Yin Cheng arranged someone for Xu Ling'an, hoping that he would fall in love with someone, and then play down some of his deep feelings for his mother and concubine, and leave the capital with his lover. The emperor's decree can keep the house safe, but the facts are unpredictable. No one can tell what will happen in this circle of power.

Take Fuyue's family as an example. They were also dignitaries in Beijing at the beginning, but they ransacked their homes when they said they ransacked them.

"Why is he in your house, and where did you find him?" Yin Cheng vaguely felt that there were many things he didn't know about, and this was not a good thing.

Xu Ling'an stared at him, as if he didn't intend to answer Yin Cheng's question.

Seeing that he was unwilling to confide half a word, Yin Cheng felt anxious, so he told Xu Ling'an what he suddenly remembered.

"I've seen him."

As soon as these words came out, Xu Lingan's body moved slightly, and he moved closer to the desk, and even his eyes, which did not fluctuate too much, tightened for a moment.

"In Zongshangshu's house, some time ago, his son was married. I went there. At that time, he was on the first floor of the pavilion. When he saw a lot of people here, he seemed to be avoiding something and went back to the house. Close the windows." Yin Cheng recalled the scene at that time, the boy at that time was wearing a moon-white thin shirt, his black hair was like silk, hanging down on his body, and his figure was thin, Yin Cheng once thought it was a girl, Who is the concubine of the Shangshu Mansion.

Now that I saw people at such a close distance, I realized that I had been wrong all along.

"Zong Heng? Shangshu Mansion?" Xu Ling'an stood up from his chair in shock, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and he stared at Yin Cheng.

"Are you sure you read it right?"

Yin Cheng shook his head: "You can't be mistaken. This person's appearance can be said to be unique in the world. I remember very clearly that it is him."

Xu Ling'an came out from behind the desk, and then walked around in the study room. Obviously, everything Yin Cheng told him confirmed a rumor he had heard.

"Ling'an, I'm serious, where did you find him?" Yin Cheng noticed that Xu Ling'an's complexion suddenly became heavy, and then continued with the question he just asked.

Xu Ling'an suddenly turned his eyes to Yin Cheng, who stared wide-eyed, waiting for his answer.

Xu Ling'an slowly turned his head, his eyes staring at the empty space outside the door.

The voice was dark, as if it came from a distant place: "Third Prince."

"Who, the third prince Chu Fengxie?" Yin Cheng exclaimed directly, and as soon as his voice fell, his expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly looked outside the house. The servants outside the house seemed to know that they had something to talk about, so they retreated to the distance spontaneously.

But even so, Yin Cheng couldn't help breaking into a cold sweat with shock.

"Could it be that this person..." Yin Cheng already had a guess in his mind. He had a little conflict with his father before, so he went out to live for a while, and only recently returned to Beijing, so he didn't know much about the twists and turns.

Although Yin Cheng wasn't too thoughtful, he was a person who knew every single point, so Xu Ling'an knew that he must have guessed it, so he looked away and nodded at Yin Cheng.

"Let me digest it first, third prince, Fuyue, you, and Zongshangshu..." Yin Cheng muttered these names, Xu Ling'an stopped, and now he held his chin with one hand in the room, Frowning, he paced back and forth thinking.

"A week ago, Zong Shangshu suddenly spoke to His Majesty, revealing that Bao, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, connived and shielded his adopted son to kill innocent people indiscriminately, bullied his wife and daughter, and that the Minister of Rites belonged to the second prince. Once this happened, even the second prince would be implicated." , was scolded by His Majesty on the spot, Zong Shangshu has always maintained neutrality, after the last incident, he directly offended the second prince, even if he wants to stand in the future, it may be difficult for the second prince to accept him."

Yin Cheng walked up to Xu Ling'an and stood still, reaching out and grabbing Xu Ling'an's arm.

"Ling An, tell me, did the third prince give orders behind Zongshangshu? Your majesty seems to be in a bad condition when he comes in. The third prince has already secretly started to win over people from all sides for that position. There are Zongshangshu and you ..."

Xu Ling'an's complexion has long since disappeared from the calm and indifferent Yin Cheng saw at the beginning. He thought faster than Yin Cheng. When the other party said that he saw Xiaobai at Zongshang's home, all kinds of things in the middle had already appeared in his mind. associated.

Since ancient times, in order to win that position, it is very common for princes to form cliques for personal gain. Xu Ling'an was not surprised by this, but by another one.

The third prince Chu Fengxi actually gave Xiaobai to Zongshangshu before this.

Zong Shangshu would suddenly attack the second prince, so it was definitely not Zong Shangshu's son who was given to him, but Zong Shangshu himself, that's why Zong Shangshu stood up so obviously.

If he followed his usual style, he would definitely not expose the second prince's shortcomings so directly in the court.

"Okay, Yin Cheng, this matter is over here, don't talk about it anymore." The matter is now a foregone conclusion, no matter how much it is said, it will not help. He has other people's eyes and ears in this Marquis Mansion, and he has not yet revealed who it is. The investigation is clear, but the other party has already shown some flaws, and he will find out later.

Yin Cheng was silenced by Xu Lingan's wave, and his mouth opened. Looking at the way the young man and Xu Lingan got along, the other party might have been in the Hou's residence for some time.

Indeed, no amount of words can change that.

One thing, Yin Cheng suddenly thought, it is not clear whether Xu Ling'an is conscious, that is, the third prince sent him here, so someday in the future, he will also take him back.

"Ling An, Fu Yue is a member of the third prince, and he is only staying with you temporarily. Do you understand that?"

It's fine if Yin Cheng didn't say this, but Xu Ling'an's eyes suddenly trembled for a moment when he said that, and he seemed to have just realized it.

Then he remembered the conversation with the third prince before.

"...Since you like him, I will arrange for someone to send you to live in your house for a few days later."

This is what Chu Fengxi said.

Live for a few days, a few days.

It's hard for Xu Ling'an to imagine that such a beautiful and weak person, how could someone be willing to treat him as an object and keep giving it to others for wanton play.

After these conversations, not to mention Xu Ling'an, even Yin Cheng was in no mood to go out for a ride in the city. After staying in the study for a while, he bid farewell and left the Hou Mansion.

Riding on horseback, Yin Cheng was thinking about his father. His aunt is currently a noble concubine, but there are only two princesses under her knees, and there is no prince. After a while, if His Majesty's condition becomes serious, he may have to stand in line.

The third prince was so deep in his thoughts that he pulled a Shangshu and a Marquis who were on the spot into his camp just by using a beauty trick. There are signs of wavering. The other Zong Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment belongs to the third prince, and the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Officials are also in the hands of the third prince. It seems that he cannot compete with the second prince, but the affairs of the court are changing rapidly.

Yin Cheng was worried all the way, and didn't know whether he should remind his father, but he never intervened in these matters, and his father must have seen it more clearly than him.

Yin Cheng couldn't help but think of the young man he saw at the Hou's mansion. His appearance was indeed bewitching, and it was rare in the world.

After Yin Cheng left, Xu Ling'an stayed in the study. He didn't go out until the sky darkened, and went back to the bedroom.

Before entering the house, he saw a person standing in front of the door from a distance.

The man was dressed in purple, and the cool night breeze blew his robe. The young man was looking up at the end of the road. When he saw Xu Ling'an appearing, a smile appeared on his face. He ran down the steps and ran towards him. After running for a few steps, Xu Shi noticed that the expression on Xu Ling'an's face was different from before, so he stopped immediately, the corners of his raised lips fell a little bit, and he watched Xu Ling'an who was approaching gradually with anxiety.

"...Hou Ye." The man in Chu Hong's robe looked at him with such piercing eyes that it made Xiao Bai's heart tremble. Some fear.

"Fuyue." Xu Ling'an stood still in front of Xiaobai, his tall body shrouded the young man's thin body in dark shadows.

"You..." Xu Ling'an wanted to ask Xiaobai a lot of questions. On the other hand, he felt that those things were definitely something Xiaobai didn't want to talk about. Although he had concealed things from him, he didn't do it deliberately , such a once glorious person, now reduced to a person who is played in the applause of others, and the boy's eyes are always so clear, probably he has accepted his fate, so he no longer resists.

"Lord Hou." Xiaobai took two steps back, and retreated from being surrounded by Xu Lingan's figure. He raised his face and showed a thankful smile to the man who had taken good care of him in the past few days.

The smile spread from the corners of the raised lips to the raised eyebrows, but at the same moment, Xu Ling'an saw the watery light slowly emerging from his eyes.

He was smiling on the surface, but weeping in his heart.

"Maybe I should have told Lord Hou from the beginning, but I'm afraid that Master Hou will push me away if you find out."

"Master Hou has taken care of me in every possible way these days, so I always have the illusion that such a happy and beautiful life will continue forever."

"But I know better than anyone else, no, never."

"I've been to many people before, and I can't remember exactly who they were. Every time I go back, I will let myself forget those people and those things."

Hearing it from others, and hearing it from Xiaobai, gave Xu Ling'an a different shock.

He stretched out his hand, trying to pull Xiaobai, but Xiaobai broke free with one hand.

Xiaobai took another two steps back, with an unspeakable sadness in his smile, he kept himself away from Xu Ling'an.

"The man who just came to the study, I have a little impression. I have seen him in a certain man's house before. The eldest son of that man got married. I heard the lively voice and went to the window. I happened to have a relationship with him once. Watch his Look, I must have recognized me."

"Master Hou, don't be so nice to me anymore. People like me are not worth it."

Xiaobai's voice gradually became choked up, and he cut open the most unbearable side of himself, the kind of knife-like pain made him feel pain in his throat and eyes, and the pain in his heart was even more painful.

He closed his eyes abruptly, a tear from his right eye fell down from the eye socket, and a tear trail slid on his fair and soft face.

Xu Ling'an suddenly felt a throbbing pain in his heart. He didn't come to question Xiaobai, and he didn't want Xiaobai to recall the past. He just, Xu Lingan suddenly realized that he shouldn't say nothing to make Xiaobai misunderstand him.

He is different from those before, he really likes him, and even thinks that in the future, when things here settle down, he will take Xiaobai and leave the capital.

After taking short breaths for a while, Xiaobai suddenly staggered away from Xu Lingan's shoulder and ran behind Xu Lingan.

Before taking two steps, someone grabbed his arm, and Xiaobai struggled, struggling hard.

Xu Ling'an hugged him tightly, restraining Xiaobai's struggle.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault. Forgive me. I never underestimated you. Even though you have those pasts, I know that it's not what you want. With me, you can rest assured that there will be no more..." What happened, Xu Lingan originally wanted to say these words, but suddenly he realized that Xiaobai was only staying with him temporarily and would leave soon. Any promise he made to him now was a lie, a deception to him .

Xu Ling'an's pupils narrowed slightly, and he stared at the colorful roses planted next to the house, with a subtle fragrance floating around, and Xu Ling'an seemed to have discovered for the first time that he was so bad that he couldn't even protect the person he liked.

Xu Ling'an silently smiled ironically.

Xiaobai lay in Xu Ling'an's arms, his shoulders twitched, and suppressed sobs escaped from his lips and teeth from time to time.

But the person in front of him didn't say anything else, but hugged him even tighter.

At night, with red candles shining on the two overlapping figures in the curtain, Xu Ling'an couldn't restrain himself at all, as if he was about to crush the figures, swallowing them into his stomach, bullying them to the point of crying again and again. Like breaking anytime.There will be no lamps or candles here, please turn the scarf on the six thousand five wheel.