Do you still want it, son?

A Yuan put his head on Ji Xiao's shoulder, pouted and blew bubbles.His soft palm slowly touched Ji Xiao's cheek, moved his head again, kicked his legs back and forth in the burden, and urged, "Father, go, go."

A Yuan didn't like crowds and noise.

Only then did Ji Xiao come back to his senses and settle down, his fingertips slid across the rough tree trunk, and he was about to turn around and leave, but A Yuan behind him suddenly kicked up and down even harder, "Dad, dad! "He pointed to Shen Huai who was riding on a tall horse behind a carriage in the center of the crowd, his expression jumped with joy and his eyes sparkled.

Shen Huai held the rein in his hand, and walked along the red-brown horse at a leisurely pace. His face was indifferent, and thoughts flashed in his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.This appearance is very different from Ji Xiao's who he has seen several times. The first time Shen Huai was stupid but decisive, the second time Shen Huai was friendly and polite, but the two times were neither like the present , Naturally isolated from everyone around, with alienation and indifference.Ji Xiao took a closer look at Shen Huai's eyebrows and eyes at this moment, they were very straight.His face has sharp lines, although it still reveals a touch of immaturity, but his eyes are like knives, handsome and dull, and he is full of pride and nobility.

Ji Xiao was startled, for some reason, he found a trace of familiarity in Shen Huai at this time.His eyes followed Shen Huai forward, and he was drawing some distance away, but he didn't want the originally indifferent Shen Huai to suddenly turn his head and lock his eyes on Ji Xiao's face through the crowd.

There were countless noises in the crowd, and Ji Xiao stood with A Yuan on his back in the three-tier block, which should have been inconspicuous, but Shen Huai's smile just opened to him.Because of this smile, the indifference that shrouded Shen Huai's body was swept away, like a warm sun in the sky, but only Ji Xiao was enveloped in it.

Ji Xiao's heart was inexplicably brushed by something soft, and he was a little at a loss.

A Yuan started to giggle, and he didn't know if it was because he saw Shen Huai going away, he pointed at Shen Huai's back, and murmured in Ji Xiao's ear, "Father, chase, chase!"

"What are you chasing?" Ji Xiao put his hands behind his back and patted A Yuan's butt, "A Yuan, don't move around."

As soon as Shen Huai walked away, the crowd here began to discuss heatedly. Ji Xiao couldn't move out for a while, and he couldn't help but listen to all these voices in his ears.

"Hehe, who was that official laughing at just now? The younger generation looks young, but his appearance can't be faulted! Tsk tsk tsk, if someone's daughter matches him..."

"Hey, stop thinking about it, look at your appearance, maybe you still want to send your daughter there, go home and look in the mirror!"

"The person sitting in the carriage must be King Ping. The official who rides so close on horseback must not be a simple person. If you are so tongue-tied, you women, you will be carefully caught and beaten!"

As soon as the words fell, the chattering crowd immediately stopped, looked at each other cautiously, rolled their eyes to the sky, snorted heavily, and each turned around and left.But their words awakened Ji Xiao, if Shen Huai was someone close to King Ping, he might be able to ask some things about King Ping from Shen Huai.When the time comes to decide whether to stay or think about how to hide, it is better than running around like headless chickens.

Ji Xiao made a decision for himself on this level, turned around and walked away from the crowd.

And in the carriage going away, Wen Chong was sitting in it, leaning against the window, talking to Shen Huai in a low voice, "My lord, if you don't take a carriage, you can ride a horse if you want, so why don't you let me stay in the carriage?" ?”

"You will go back with the convoy in a while. I still have some things to do. Don't let anyone come to look for them at night. I live outside." When they reached a place with few people, Shen Huai stopped the convoy and told Wen Chong while turning around.

Wen Chong asked in surprise, "Where are you going to live?"

"I've already told An Yuan, what you can tell, you can ask him, and he will tell you everything." Shen Huai clamped the horse's belly tightly as he spoke, the horse's hoofbeats gradually accelerated, and the person who left behind walked away alone. go.

Wen Chong reached out and patted the wall of the carriage vigorously, and shouted, "An Yuan, come here!"

An Yuan rode a horse and walked slowly to the front of the convoy. He raised his hand to signal the convoy to move on, and then lowered his head to look at Wen Chong's aggressive face.An Yuan didn't change his expression, he just asked, "What orders does General Wen have?"

"Where is the lord going alone?" Wen Chong asked in a low voice with only a pair of eyes exposed from the curtain.

An Yuan really did what Shen Huai said, answering every question, "My lord went to find Boss Ji whom I met last night, and talked to him for dinner."

"Boss Ji?" Wen Chong's eyes lit up, "Is it because I saw the young man holding the prince's baby during the day? So I saw it last night, it was such a coincidence?"

An Yuan nodded in acquiescence.

"What is the origin of this child? He really is the son of the prince?" Wen Chong winked at An Yuan and smiled ambiguously.

An Yuan's expression remained unchanged, but he didn't speak. He only glanced at Wen Chong, then lifted the reins around the horse's neck, and walked forward on his own.

Wen Chong was stunned, and after a while he snorted heavily again.

He thought to himself, if you don't say it, then don't say it, but tomorrow I will ask the prince myself, and I must ask every word.Wen Chong's mood improved because of this, he shrank his head back into the car while shaking his head, and hummed the obscene words and songs he learned from the wine escort yesterday.

As the sky turned dark, Shen Huai parked his horse in the post station, changed into his casual clothes again, and then went to Ji Xiao's house with the large and small bags of snacks, pastries and a few pieces of fabric that he had bought earlier.

It was dinner time, and there was smoke everywhere.There are all kinds of sounds in the alley, and it can be said that all kinds of life are gathered in one place.The alley is not deep, and the residents are all people I know.The appearance of Shen Huai undoubtedly attracted a lot of vague attention.

However, everyone was afraid of the dagger in Shen Huai's waist, and they didn't dare to ask, they only shouted one or two from a distance, "Looking for someone?"

Shen Huaijun just nodded, his footsteps were clear, he was going straight to Ji Xiao's house.

Sister-in-law Liu stood at the door of her house, watching Shen Huai go in from a distance, she withdrew her eyes and was about to enter the door, when she heard Mrs. Wang who was eating with a rice bowl at the door, "Looks like he came to look for Ji Xiao, I saw it during the day, How does Ji Xiao know such a character?"

Sister-in-law Liu paused, a little surprised, "Boss Ji?" She thought for a while, then smiled, "Boss Ji is not a local, maybe he has some relatives from other places, we don't know."

"Who knows how we know each other," Mrs. Wang muttered, with some contempt in her eyes, she was about to say more, when she caught a glimpse of a person approaching from a distance in the afterglow of the dusk.She looked overjoyed, "Oh, my A Chuan came back from the Yamen, I have to feed him quickly."

Mrs. Wang jumped up as if she was flying, and went home in three steps at a time.Having a policeman in the family can be regarded as an honorable event, and everyone in this alley should respect Mrs. Wang a little bit more for it.

Sister-in-law Liu smiled helplessly, then turned her head and went into the house on her own.

Shen Huai stood still at the door of Ji Xiao's house, and was about to knock on the door, but found that the door was open.He opened the door and went in, and saw a small stove in the yard, it was the one he had seen stewing medicine for A Yuan during the day, and there was a small casserole on it, simmering broth .

A Yuan stood in a big wooden barrel beside him. The wooden barrel had a strange structure, the ground was heavy and thick, and there were a few stones on it. No matter how A Yuan swayed around in it, he would not be shaken at all.He was holding a candied date in his hand, and he was twitching it, his eyes were rolling around, Shen Huai just poked his head and he saw it.

"Father, father!" A Yuan hurriedly shouted towards the kitchen, "Come on, father,"

A Yuan's voice was loud, like a small gong.

Ji Xiao also paid attention to the movement outside, and now he came out of the kitchen in a hurry. He stood on the porch, and smiled when he saw Shen Huai, "Jin He is here, come in quickly, it happens to be the last dish left."

Shen Huai responded and turned to close the door latch.As soon as he moved, he revealed the big and small bags in his hand, and Ah Yuan's eyes lit up when he saw this, he still remembered that Ji Xiao took out the sweet things in his hand from such a yellow paper bag.

The little guy regained his energy, but after an afternoon, how could he still see the sickly appearance in the morning?Not to mention anything else, just talking about body, A Yuan is not like Ji Xiao at all.A Yuan stretched out his hand in a "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" position. Every time Shen Huai took a step closer, he felt happier. Just as he was about to reach for the thing in Shen Huai's hand, Ji Xiao came up from behind to block A Yuan's sight. He asked in surprise, "Why did you bring so many things? It's so good, I should have thanked you, but now it costs you... I can't take these things, Jin and you can take them back."

Shen Huai handed the things in his hand to Ji Xiao, and he didn't care about his rejection, just held it up, "Yesterday it was just a matter of raising a finger, but now it's considered a serious visit, how can I come here empty-handed? When I first arrived in Pingyang County, I was also a friend The first friend you made, unless you don't recognize me as a friend, then I will take these things back."

"Hey," Ji Xiao saw Shen Huai turned around and was about to leave, he quickly grabbed him and said anxiously, "That's not what I meant,"

Shen Huai turned his back to Ji Xiao, noticed that Ji Xiao's hand was on his arm, and almost couldn't hold back his snickering, half of his body became numb.

A Yuan stood beside the two of them, seeing the bags of cakes and candied dates dangling in front of his eyes, the little guy was even more anxious, and he didn't know how to express himself, so he could only yell, angrily as if A little lion finally got the attention of the two adults back.

"Eat, eat," he pointed to the pastry in Shen Huai's hand, and pointed to his open mouth with eyes full of hope.