The prince is hard to serve

After Feng Chu left, Yan Wenhao and the others sat in the restaurant for a while, gossiping about family affairs, and got up and left around Xu time.

Walking to the entrance of the restaurant, Xie Jingyu looked at the darkened sky, waved his folding fan, and asked with a smile, "Where are you going now?"

Holding Mu Ziling's hand, Yan Wenhao replied, "I heard that there will be a lantern festival today, and it will be very lively. We might as well have nothing to do in the palace, so we will come out to watch the excitement."

"I see."

Sticking to the folding fan, Xie Jingyu tapped his palm a few times, thought for a moment, and said: "It just so happens that I have nothing to do today, maybe I haven't visited the streets of the capital for a long time, and it's very lively today, why don't I Let's walk the night market with you."

"Jing Yu." Glancing at him lightly, Yan Wenhao's eyes were a little dissatisfied, he just wanted to be alone with Mu Ziling, and he didn't want to bring Xie Jingyu, a superfluous person, with him.

"Huh?" Xie Jingyu looked at him with a smile, with pleasure in his eyes.

After a moment of silence, Yan Wenhao was about to refuse, but Mu Ziling had already opened his mouth before him, and nodded with a smile in response, "So, General Xie will come with us." After a pause, he sighed again. Said: "I haven't visited this street market for many years."

"..."

Some helplessly tilted his head to look at Mu Ziling, Yan Wenhao squeezed his palm in dissatisfaction, leaned over again, and whispered: "Mom, this is the first time for the two of us to travel." He deliberately emphasized The pronunciation of the two.

Hearing this, Mu Ziling blinked blankly. Anyway, when he came over, he turned his head and whispered to him with some amusement, "I thought you would agree." After all, the relationship between them, Always good.

Yan Wenhao curled his lips and whispered, "But today I just want to be with you..."

"..."

Xie Jingyu is a person with strong martial arts and excellent hearing, and they are not far away at this moment, so at this moment, the conversation between Yan Wenhao and Mu Ziling can be heard very clearly in his ears Voice……

Couldn't help but tilt his head, Xie Jingyu glanced at the two people who were very close to him, and then rolled his eyes at the sky - he could hear it!

He can be sure that his junior brother must have done it on purpose... But, that's all.

Seeing Yan Wenhao's smiling and satisfied face, Xie Jingyu also laughed, and he was really happy for Yan Wenhao.

Deliberately slowing down his pace, Xie Jingyu fell behind. He looked at the people coming and going on the street, and at the various lanterns placed on both sides of the street. Finally, his eyes fell to the side, On Ah Lin who was looking around with a curious face and turned his head left and right, the corners of his mouth curled up in an arc that he didn't even notice.

Xie Jingyu gave Duo Yuan a look, signaling him to follow Yan Wenhao and the others, while he himself walked to Ah Lin's side, patted him on the shoulder, and asked with a smile, "Does it look good?"

"Well, it's pretty." The voice was full of joy and joy.

After subconsciously responding, Ah Lin was startled, then turned his head abruptly, seeing that it was Xie Jingyu, a trace of shyness appeared on his face.After coughing, Ah Lin scratched his cheek with one finger, his eyes drifted here and there, but he just didn't look at Xie Jingyu, he was quite embarrassed, he was crying in front of this guy just now, and his image was gone.

Squinting his eyes, Xie Jingyu stared fixedly at Ah Lin for a while, then suddenly stretched out his hand to pinch his round face, and said with a smile, "Xiao Lin, are you embarrassed?"

Slapping his hand away from his face, Ah Lin glared at him, his eyes were round, but his momentum was not so strong: "I, I didn't."

Xie Jingyu looked at him for a while, smiled, but did not expose him, but stood by his side, carefully protecting him from being hit by pedestrians coming and going, Ah Lin was so careless, he didn't notice Xie Jingyu at all Thoughtful, he still looked around curiously, his eyes sparkling.

After walking for a while, Xie Jingyu stopped suddenly, pointed to a crossword puzzle booth not far away, and said with a smile, "There is a crossword guesser over there, let's go and have a look." He said, without waiting for Ah As soon as he reacted, he immediately took his hand and walked towards the booth.

"Wait a minute." Trying to break free from his hand, Ah Lin said in a low voice, "Master, they..."

Looking back at him, Xie Jingyu tapped his head lightly with a folding fan, and said with a smile: "Junior brother, he will take good care of your young master." After a pause, he continued: "Besides, if you keep up, I'm afraid that junior brother will take good care of you." would be unhappy."

Hearing that Yan Wenhao would be unhappy, Ah Lin immediately shrank his shoulders, and the extent of his struggle was much smaller. He hesitated for a while, and then asked again uncertainly: "...Your Highness, will he really Not happy?"

Xie Jingyu nodded: "Naturally, junior brother only wants to play with your young master, if we keep up, it will be in the way of him."

"... Oh." Ah Lin replied wearily, and then obediently led by Xie Jingyu to the crossword guessing booth, feeling a little depressed.But just after a while, he was attracted by the various lanterns on the booth again, and his mood was lifted again.

Xie Jingyu saw that he was holding his face, looking enviously at a young man holding five or six lanterns, so he rubbed his head and asked, "Do you want Xiaolin?"

Ah Lin nodded vigorously, then raised his head to look at Xie Jingyu, thought for a while, then tugged Xie Jingyu's sleeve, motioning him to lower his head, while he leaned forward and whispered in his ear: "Can you Is the answer correct? This stall seems to be able to get lanterns only if you guess the crossword puzzle right."

Many years ago, he once enjoyed lanterns with the old man. At that time, his son wanted a lantern, but the stall owner asked to answer the riddles correctly, so his son guessed all the crossword puzzles in a row. After winning all the lanterns on the booth, he also got one.

Xie Jingyu tapped the tip of his nose affectionately, and said to himself, "Just watch."

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Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

the other side.

Yan Wenhao and Mu Ziling walked far ahead, and seeing that he was alone, Duo Duo was depressed for a moment, then simply jumped up and disappeared into the bustling market, hiding in the dark to protect them .

Walking on the street, Yan Wenhao turned his head, looked at this, looked at that, his eyes were full of curiosity about this lantern, it was the first time he saw it, so he lost his usual calmness, and he was a little more childish. The eyes are also somewhat bright.

Mu Ziling walked beside Yan Wenhao, letting Yan Wenhao hold his hand tightly, occasionally feeling something in his heart, tilting his head and smiling at Yan Wenhao, very tacit understanding.

The two of them were walking together in this bustling market, even though there were all kinds of eyes on them, Yan Wenhao didn't care, and was still very at ease, while Mu Ziling, although a little bit He didn't get used to it, but feeling the warmth of Yan Wenhao's palm, he was reluctant to let go, so he just walked like this, and gradually got used to it afterward.

After walking leisurely for a while, at the corner of the street, they saw a few bouncing children passing by, each holding a lantern of a different shape in their hands, and behind them was a pair of mother and child , the mother and son didn't seem to be rich, and their clothes were patched, but there was a very happy smile on their faces. The child raised his head and chattered all the time, as if he was very satisfied.

The child was held by his mother in one hand, and in the other hand was a lantern in the shape of a tiger, which was very similar.He probably liked that lantern very much, and never said a word about it. He raised his head several times, showing off the lantern to his mother. A hint of envy quietly flashed in a pair of beautiful eyes.

Standing and watching for a while, the mother and child had already walked past them and gradually walked away, but Yan Wenhao seemed to be stunned, and he never looked back, but his eyes returned to the calm, without any waves And the flash of envy just now has been hidden in the deepest part of his heart, as if it had never appeared before.

After a while, Yan Wenhao looked away, and was about to turn his head to talk to Mu Ziling, but he heard a loud noise not far away, turned his head in search of the sound, and Yan Wenhao saw that in the busy city, I don't know when a horse appeared. The horse was snow-white, and there was no one sitting on it. It seemed to be frightened and rushed all the way, causing the people on the street to dodge in a hurry, lest they hurt themselves.

At this moment, Yan Wenhao suddenly heard a heart-piercing cry, he looked over, it turned out to be not far away, the child was standing in the middle of the road just now, staring blankly at him. The white horse who went away completely forgot to react.Seeing this, Yan Wenhao's expression changed suddenly. He let go of Mu Ziling's hand in an instant, then jumped up, and appeared beside the child the next moment. He picked up the child, turned over and jumped onto the horse. back.

The horse was frightened for some reason, but now it felt someone jumped on its back, it couldn't stop, it lifted its front body, neighed several times, and ran even faster.

Sensing that the white horse under his crotch became more and more violent, Yan Wenhao frowned tightly. He imprisoned the child in front of his chest, and tightened the rein with both hands. It took a lot of effort to finally get the crazy horse The white horse stopped and made it quiet.

Jumping off the horse, Yan Wenhao put the shocking child in his arms on the ground, then turned around and took a feathered arrow from the horse's buttocks. Shooting to the other side of the crowd, there stood a group of people who didn't fit in, and the one standing in the front was a middle-aged young man in fine clothes.

This young man in Chinese clothes is still holding a woman exuding a scent of makeup in his arms. At this time, he is lowering his head, chatting and laughing with the woman, only to see the woman smiling cleverly, covering her mouth with a handkerchief, smiling very Open their arms, and beside them, stood a strong man dressed in foreign service. In his hand, he was still holding a longbow. This feather arrow came from his hand.

Probably aware of Yan Wenhao's gaze, the young man in Chinese clothes raised his head in doubt, and after seeing Yan Wenhao, he raised his chin at Yan Wenhao, and looked at Yan Wenhao contemptuously, with malicious eyes Man Man, and then quietly told the strong man beside him: "Bu Nuo, the good show is over, let's go." After finishing speaking, he laughed a few times, put his arms around the woman in his arms, and led a group of People, turned and left.

Looking at the back of the group of people leaving, Yan Wenhao pursed his lips tightly, his eyes were deep and cold, like a bottomless cold pool, just at this time, Mu Ziling rushed over anxiously, pulled back Yan Wenhao's rationality that was on the verge of collapse, otherwise he might not be able to help but take action and teach those people a lesson.

"Wen Hao, are you okay?"

Quickly walking in front of Yan Wenhao, Mu Ziling looked Yan Wenhao up and down carefully, and finally heaved a sigh of relief after making sure that Yan Wenhao was unharmed. Then he frowned and looked at it again. Glancing at the bloody feather arrow in his hand, he asked, "What's going on here?"

Handing the feather arrow to Duan Yuan who was a little late, Yan Wenhao met Mu Ziling's worried eyes, and the anger in his heart was suppressed a lot. He took Mu Ziling's hand again, and he replied softly : "It's nothing, it's just that someone shot the horse on purpose, just wanting to see the horse hurt people, just for fun."

Hearing this, Mu Ziling's brows became tighter, and he asked, "Who are they?"

Shaking his head, Yan Wenhao said coldly: "I don't know, but I'll let An Yi go and investigate." If he read correctly just now, the foreigner holding the bow clearly belonged to the Huns appearance.If it is really the Huns, then... what are they planning to do when they come to the capital?

Mu Ziling pursed his lips, and when he was about to speak again, he heard a hoarse female voice. Looking for the sound, it turned out that it was the child's mother who had already rushed over. Holding the child, he repeated over and over again: "Thank you for saving my child, thank you, thank you—"

Hearing the repeated thank you, Yan Wenhao came back to his senses. He lowered his eyes, looked at the woman standing in front of him, holding tightly in her arms the child he had just saved, and was stunned for a while. Then he replied: "You don't need to thank me, it's just a little effort."

"Thank you, thank you."

The woman murmured, then took out a dilapidated purse from her sleeve, handed it to Yan Wenhao, her eyes were full of gratitude, and she said: "Benefactor, I have nothing else on me, only this The money is two, don't be disgusted, just accept it, Bao'er is the only child in our family, his father left early, if something happened to him just now, I would not survive."

He lowered his head and glanced at the purse in his hand. After seeing its shape, Yan Wenhao's expression moved slightly, and a strange flash flashed in his eyes. After a while, he regained his expression, and returned the purse to the woman, thinking for a while , asked with a faint smile: "I don't want your silver, you should take it back, if you really want to thank me, tell me, where did you buy the tiger-shaped lantern you were carrying just now?"

The woman held her purse, and when she heard the words, she pointed to a stall on the corner of the street, and said hesitantly, "That's where I bought it, but there were only two tiger lanterns on that stall, we bought one, and another Zhan, I see that there is another child who also wants it very much, benefactor, you go now, I'm afraid there will be no more."

Yan Wenhao smiled indifferently, and replied: "It's nothing, let's go and have a look." After speaking, he took Mu Ziling's hand, and ordered Duo Yuan to lead the white horse, and turned towards Go to the stall pointed by the woman.

After being led for a few steps, Mu Ziling pondered for a while, and finally couldn't help turning his head to look at Yan Wenhao. There were three parts of worry and seven parts of worry in his words: "Just now in a hurry, You have used lightness kung fu, and no one in the court knows about your martial arts skills, if people see it and report it to His Majesty, what should we do?"

In this way, Yan Wenhao will be exposed to the eyes of others overnight after so many years of business operation. Emperor Yan was already suspicious, and perhaps he has become suspicious now. Once exposed, Yan Wenhao's position in Emperor Yan's heart , it will plummet. At that time, I am afraid that the situation will become very favorable to the third prince.

After a long silence, Yan Wenhao replied irrelevantly: "When my mother was still alive, she left the palace on the Lantern Festival. When she came back, she brought me a lantern, which was in the shape of a tiger. ...The relationship between the mother and the son just now reminded me of the queen mother."

That's why he just forgot everything for a while and just acted subconsciously.

Hearing this, Mu Ziling felt a pity in his heart. He shook Yan Wenhao's hand, leaned against Yan Wenhao again, and comforted him in a gentle voice: "The empress is alive in the sky. She looks at Wen Hao's hand. Hao, you will be very pleased with your current appearance..."

"Perhaps so." Yan Wenhao turned his head and smiled faintly at Mu Ziling.

While talking, they had already reached the stall pointed by the woman.

The stall owner saw that the two of them were dressed luxuriously, and smiled even more flatteringly. He said: "Whatever you two young masters want, I have all kinds of lamps here, I hope you can choose what you are satisfied with."

Mu Ziling looked around the stall, and it was indeed as complete as the stall owner said, but there was no lantern in the shape of a tiger, so he asked, "Do you have a lantern in the shape of a tiger here?"

"What a coincidence, the lamp you asked for, my lord, has just been bought."

The stall owner said, then raised his finger and pointed to a young man not far away, and said with a smile: "This tiger-shaped lantern has been bought by few people in recent years, and less and less people have made it. This year, my daughter wants it. I only made a few more, and coincidentally they were all bought.”

A trace of regret flashed in his eyes, but Yan Wenhao didn't show it on his face. He pondered for a while, then tilted his head, and asked softly, "Which lantern does Qian He want?"

Mu Ziling didn't answer, he lowered his eyes, recalled Yan Wenhao's expression just now, thought for a while, then pulled his hand out, and left a sentence, "Wait for me a moment." 'He walked towards the boy not far away.

Yan Wenhao stood on the spot, looking at the direction Mu Ziling was leaving, the corners of his lips curled up little by little, and a smile filled his eyes.