accomplice

In the afternoon, a light rain passed, and the sun peeked out from the clouds, dripping green water, and blooming flowers, showing a charming color.

Li Xi was sitting there reading a book, listening to the pot of boiling water go "Puff puff", just about to ask the boy to lift the lid, when someone came in and reported to him: "Third Master, the person you were waiting for has arrived."

coming?

I thought he didn't dare to come out to see him.

He thought about it, smiled, put down the book, and said, "I want to keep him."

The young servant making tea next to him raised his eyes when he heard the words, and finally nodded clearly.

The person got up first and retreated.

On this side, someone led the way. Zuo Ji looked at the Fengfeng Garden along the way, and felt that the environment was very good. When he saw Li Xi, he praised: "You are such a good place."

Li Xi smiled lightly: "Compared to Qinnanxuan, what do you like better?"

"Of course it's here."

Zuo Ji was attracted by the landscaping here, entered the tea pavilion and took a walk around, looked around, and said to Li Xi, "Is this your second brother's residence?"

"No, this is just one of the properties of the Li family." Li Xi invited him to sit down and said, "My brothers are all married, and each has their own mansion. There are many rules in their mansion. I prefer to be alone. .”

He said it as if he was very good at it.

Zuo Ji also convinced him, sat down opposite him, and said: "If I can live in such a place, I won't care about the prime minister's residence."

Hearing his tone, Li Xi guessed that he was unhappy after he came back, and asked, "Prime Minister Zuo blamed you?"

"On the contrary."

This is also what he couldn't understand.

It stands to reason that Zuo Shicheng should wish to tear him up if he rescued Zuo Ya with such emotion.

But Zuo Shicheng just scolded him, "It's not enough to succeed, but it's more than failure", and he didn't settle the score.

Zuo Ji said to Li Xi: "Nothing happened."

Li Xi raised his eyebrows when he heard that.

Seeing his reaction, Zuo Ji smiled, "You also think it's strange."

Li Xi laughed and denied, "I didn't say anything."

"You didn't say anything, but you thought about it."

This matter has been lingering in his mind, Zuo Ji always feels uneasy: "He didn't even mention it, don't you find it strange?"

But thinking about it again, if I told Li Xi these things, doesn't it mean that there is indeed a problem with Zhong Sheng's background?

He was a little panicked, and immediately said to Li Xi: "I didn't say anything, don't think too much about it."

"What are you thinking?" Li Xi asked intentionally.

He was knowledgeable and interesting, Zuo Ji was very satisfied, pointed at him and smiled.

This smile is very beautiful.

Li Xi looked at it, and felt that the flowers in the entire Fengfeng Garden had lost their color.

Li Xi also smiled faintly along with him, and finally asked him: "Don't you ask me why I came to the capital?"

"Yes, what are you doing in Beijing?"

Zuo Ji was reminded by Li Xi.

He was very curious and asked Li Xi, "When did you arrive?"

"It's only a day or two before you."

two days?

So, Li Xi set off here when he was still in Wang Bo Na?

"Did the Second Prince order you to go to Beijing?"

"I'm not his." Li Xi smiled disapprovingly: "Last time, I just did my brother a small favor by taking Mo Jia to find you and redeeming you."

"Then are you here this time?"

"Come to save you."

These words made Zuo Ji frowned.

To be honest, he didn't believe it.

"Are you sure I will come back?"

"Otherwise?" Li Xi came closer and looked at him: "Are you all arrested, or do you think Zhong Sheng will leave everything here and take you to the end of the world?"

Zuo Ji sneered: "He thinks beautifully."

Li Xi didn't expect Zuo Ji to say that.

He always thought that the relationship between them was very deep. After all, he had to bear a lot of unconventional feelings, but now, listening to his tone of indifference, he was a little surprised.

"you……"

"By the way, why did you come to Beijing?" Zuo Ji asked again.

Because he really didn't believe that Li Xi came for him.

The thirteen-day journey was not comfortable.

Li Ximing knew that Zhong Sheng would not hurt him.

It's all right, how could he go to such lengths to save him?

"The second prince asked you to come here, right? Did he tell you something, and it's not convenient for you to tell me?"

Li Xi didn't want to continue talking about this issue, and said: "I asked you to come here to reminisce about the past, why do you seem to come to inquire about news?"

"No way."

Although Zuo Ji denied it, his eyes were filled with guilt, and he betrayed himself.

Not to mention, he hesitated before coming.

Zhong Sheng and the second prince are mortal enemies, and Li Xi works for the second prince, it's hard to say whether it's an enemy or a friend, but he was really worried about his own safety.

But when you think about it, Li Xi must have something to do when he goes to Beijing.

As for what it was, he was very curious.

He wanted to ask again, but at this moment, he suddenly smelled a sweet scent of flowers, and his attention was drawn away.

Seeing the boy, he gave a "yo".

The servant led a few servants and brought in small jars one by one. When he saw Li Xi and Zuo Ji, he saluted them.

All the small jars were placed in a cool corner aside.

Zuo Ji got up and went over, looked at it, and asked Li Xi: "What is this?"

"Hundred flower soup."

The water is already boiled.

The other servants went out one after another, and the servant came to the tea table and made tea for them.

Seeing that Zuo Ji was very interested in the pile of things, Li Xi said, "I brought it from home."

It smelled delicious, Zuo Ji thought about it and asked, "Can I drink it?"

"Do you want to try?"

"is it okay?"

Seeing Zuo Ji's high spirits, Li Xi lowered his head and smiled slightly. Finally, he looked at the servant, who nodded to show that he understood, got up and walked over there.

The boy picked out the altar that had secretly poked a hole to leak the smell beforehand.

He tore off the top seal before serving them in front of them, pouring out the empty tea bowl for them.

Zuo Ji picked it up and took a sip.

This taste is very fragrant, and he was quite surprised: "It's delicious."

"Why haven't I seen this in Qinnanxuan before?"

"Now is the right time to drink." Li Xi said to him, "It has great stamina."

"Teasing me again." Zuo Ji laughed.

He's not someone who hasn't had a drop of alcohol.

This thing doesn't taste like wine at all, it's not wine at all, how could it have any staying power.

Li Xi smiled lightly, but did not persuade him.

Sure enough, Zuo Ji, who tasted just a cup of tea, fell drunk in front of him, like a puddle of mud.

"well done."

Li Xi was indifferent.

The boy nodded and lowered his eyebrows, accepting the compliment.

This is not a hundred flower soup at all.

It's not really wine either.

There is something special in it.

When Zuo Ji was drunk, the sky was dark.

When he woke up, he saw Li Xi sitting in front of the bed, and looked at the sky outside the window. It was evening, and he was a little dazed.

"...How long have I slept?"

When Li Xi saw that he was awake, he sent someone to prepare something for him to freshen up.

"No... what are you?"

Zuo Ji sat up, feeling limp all over, shook his head, and complained: "Why did I just drink a little and sleep all afternoon?"

"One afternoon?" Li Xi also looked at the sky outside the window, knowing that he was sleepy and had no sense of time, so he said to him, "You have been asleep for three days."

"what?!"

Zuo Ji was so frightened that he almost fell off the bed.

"What did you say?!"

"I just said that this hundred flower soup has great stamina, and you still drink so much."

"no……"

When Zuo Ji thought that he had spent the night outside for so many days, his head grew dizzy.

If Zhong Sheng found out, wouldn't he tear him up?

"God bless him, don't come here..."

Zuo Ji rolled out of bed, grabbed his clothes, picked up his shoes and ran out.

The servant who brought in the water was staggered by him, and even the hot water was splashed. Just as he was about to keep him, he heard Li Xi: "That's all."

Li Xi raised his lips slightly and said, "Let him go."

After tidying himself up in embarrassment, Zuo Ji ran out of Qifeng Garden recklessly, came to the door, saw the street, and suddenly woke up.

Oops!

He doesn't know the way back.

After sleeping for so many days, the coachman who brought him here doesn't know where he is now.

Just when he was about to turn around and ask Li Xi to send someone to see him off, he suddenly heard: "Ah Ji!"

After a moment of footsteps, turning around, he didn't know the person who called him.

The man was sitting in the carriage, and he didn't seem to know whether he was looking for Li Xi or just passing by.

Who?

He was suspicious, but the other party smiled and asked him through the small window of the carriage, "Why are you here?"

"This is... a friend's house of mine."

Zuo Ji didn't know who he was, but he seemed to be very familiar with him, so he came closer and wanted to ask: "You..."

"I'm planning to meet your father at your house. Are you just going back? If yes, let's go together."

"Is that so?" When Zuo Ji heard it, it was just right.

"Okay!" He went home anxiously, and got into the other party's carriage without doubting him.

Go inside and sit down, seeing the other party looking at him with a friendly smile on his face, he said gratefully: "Thank you."

"Why are you being polite?"

Listening to the tone of voice, I feel that they are very familiar.

But Zuo Ji looked at him, and he had never seen him before.

The man in front of him was dressed in white, a modest gentleman, with a warm smile on his face.

He thought deeply, hadn't he seen something abnormal?

What he occupies is someone else's body, not a memory. It's normal not to recognize a friend from his previous body.

He wanted to ask the other party what to call him.

But after thinking about it, he might have to explain a lot to the other party, so he changed his words and said, "You just said you were going to find my father?"

"I heard that you were poisoned, and you don't remember anything after the poison is cured?" The other party didn't answer his question, but asked him instead.

He felt strange and asked back: "How do you know?"

After all, he just came back, and he has never seen anyone, so he only told the two elders at home.

"It was His Highness who told me. He is worrying about this right now, isn't he?"

Hearing that Zhong Sheng was talking about himself everywhere, Zuo Ji immediately lost his temper.

"Leave him alone."

Seeing him like this, the other party couldn't help but smile.

"He told me that he actually wanted me to think of a way, because I understand medicine."

"It's useless to know anything, unless you can bring the dead back to life, otherwise you can't help him."

"How will you know if you don't try it?"

"I..." As soon as Zuo Ji answered, he was bullied.

I was inexplicable and surprised, I didn't know what he wanted to do, Zuo Ji wanted to hide, but he fixed his head with both hands.

He observed Zuo Ji's eyes seriously and very closely.

Under the thick long eyelashes, his eyes were full of concentration, and he looked at Zuo Ji.

Zuo Ji stared wide-eyed, staring at him, not daring to breathe.

Suddenly, Zuo Ji's eyelids seemed to be filled with lead.

Head down, lost consciousness.

He tried to let go, and backed away.

At the end, the eyes suddenly changed, ferociousness spread from the corners of the eyes, and the corners of the man's mouth were raised evilly.

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