Half blood

Li Xiuqi said: "I will go with you."

"No, you don't know martial arts, you have to go back to me."

Li Xiuqi shook his head with firm eyes.

Li Xuan sighed, and said, "So every time I go my own way, you always feel this way?"

Li Xiuqi said: "Your Highness has finally realized it now."

Li Xuan let out a long sigh, took off the black cloak on his shoulders, covered it for Li Xiuqi, and said: "Cover the moon white robe inside, follow me, and run away if something happens, understand?"

The two entered the forest on the back mountain, a row of hundred-year-old trees with luxuriant branches and leaves just concealed their figures, Li Xuan moved a branch of the tree, and through the gap, saw the little eunuch was talking to a man with his back turned to them. man talking.

"Have you decided yet?"

"Not yet..." the little eunuch said, the voice was not soft, one could tell that he was a normal man who just pretended to be a eunuch, "Going back to Master Hu, I still haven't made a decision..."

The mysterious man said sharply: "Then tell him to think of a solution quickly and settle the matter quickly, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

"Yes..." The fake little eunuch answered with a trembling voice, "I, I will definitely bring the words to the Taifu."

"Very good," said the man, "then tell him that the crown prince said it was a combination of inside and outside. Once he succeeds, he will be the biggest contributor."

"Yes..." The fake little eunuch replied, "I must bring the words to the Taifu."

The mysterious man stopped talking, but turned around with a whoosh, stepped on the branches of a big tree nearby, and disappeared into the night.After the man left, the fake little eunuch who stayed in place wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and staggered towards the banquet.

When there was no one in the forest, Li Xuan said, "Do you think the same as I do?"

Li Xiuqi said: "This matter has become clear, what is His Highness going to do?"

"Of course it's to stop the daughter of Father Emperor Nazhu Taifu."

Li Xiuqi asked: "How does His Highness plan to stop it?"

Li Xuandao: "Of course I told my father about it."

Li Xiuqi said: "We don't have evidence now, and we have nothing to prove. How do you want the Holy Majesty to believe you?"

"As long as I tell my father about this matter, no matter whether he believes it or not, he will have a gap in his heart towards General Wang, so he won't trust him. And this kind of suspicion will only make my father trust us more in the end. "

Li Xiuqi said: "But Your Highness must be careful, so as not to cause trouble to the upper body."

When Li Xuan and Li Xiuqi returned to the banquet, the banquet was almost over.Li Xuan was afraid that people at the banquet would talk too much, so he waited until the banquet was over before going to see him.

The old eunuch outside the emperor's bedroom said to Li Xuan: "Your Highness, if you have anything to do, come back tomorrow. The Holy Majesty is getting married today, how can I let you in..."

Li Xuandao: "Eunuch Li, I really have something important to report, and I can't wait until tomorrow."

The old eunuch waved his hand and said, "I'll talk about the big things tomorrow." If the old eunuch was afraid of Li Xuan because he was the only son of the sage, now the second doll is being made in the palace, what else is there? Is it necessary to please Li Xuan?

The old eunuch simply put away his pleasant face and said to Li Xuan: "I know Your Highness is not happy today, but no matter how you say today, it is a day of great joy for the Holy One, so you can't help making trouble like this."

At this time, Li Zhengya's calm and dignified voice came from the bedroom: "Let him in."

The old eunuch was taken aback, so he had to open the door to Li Xuan and let Li Xuan in.

Li Xuan went in, only to see that only one palace lantern was lit on what was supposed to be a wedding night, the bed was covered by layers of curtains, and no one could be seen clearly, while Li Zhengya was sitting in the hall wearing a banquet gown .

Li Xuandao: "Father, my son has something important to report."

Li Zhengya waved her hand wearily, motioning for Li Xuan to continue.Li Xuan looked up at the curtains on the bed, but said nothing.

Li Zhengya sighed inaudibly, took a pen and paper from the table and handed it to Li Xuan, and Li Xuan wrote down what he and Li Xiuqi saw today on the paper with the help of the palace lantern.

Li Zhengya took the paper and looked at it, then folded the paper in two, uncovered the palace lantern cover, and burned the paper with the fire inside, and the flames swallowed all the writing on the paper at once.

Li Zhengya pinched the bulge between her eyes with both hands, and said, "I see, you should go back first..."

Li Xuan stood up and retreated, took a few steps back and turned his head, seeing Li Zhengya leaning behind the desk, his face was illuminated by the flickering flames of the palace lantern, as if he was mourning something.

The porridge shop built by Li Xuan's Prince An's Mansion attracted more than half of the victims in the capital, and all the servants in the mansion came out to help. Li Xuan also went to help and distribute porridge to the victims as soon as they finished their official duties.Li Xiuqi, a busy man, also took the time to help out, and brought a lot of sweet potatoes.

The sweet potato was cut into pieces and thrown into the pot and boiled with rice and water. The porridge suddenly became sticky, and the chopsticks could stand in the porridge for a while.

Li Xiuqi lifted up his robe, sat next to the cauldron, and clumsily cut the sweet potatoes into pieces with a small knife. His knife skills were unfamiliar, and the sweet potatoes turned into cubes of different sizes.When Li Xuan saw it, he took the knife from Li Xiuqi's hand, and said: "You should write with your hand, I'm good at wielding a knife." A basketful of sweet potatoes were all cut into neat pieces.

Li Xiuqi helped to light the fire. There was firewood placed under a big pot, but it couldn't be lit. After a lot of effort, there was finally a flame, but there was a puff of black smoke, which made Li Xiuqi cough.

Seeing this, Li Xuan quickly threw the knife in his hand aside, and wiped off the ashes on Li Xiuqi's face with a towel soaked in water, "I'll take care of this fire in my next life, don't be too busy, just sit here, don't worry about it." Move, just look at me!"

After speaking, he took the fire sickle, wiped out the sparks, and lit the paper with the sparks, then piled the firewood into a hollow, and put the burning paper in it.

Li Xiuqi was sitting beside him, seeing Li Xuan skillfully lighting a fire and choosing vegetables, scooping a large pot with a spoon, "Your Highness knows everything."

Li Xuan wiped the sweat from his forehead with his cuff, and said, "If you can hire fewer people, you can save some money and let them eat for a few more days."

Li Xiuqi asked: "How long can I have the rest of the money?"

Li Xuandao: "For three or four days, I can use the sweet potatoes you sent to fill up the count, and I can eat for two more days. But I saw that the rice shop in the east of the capital also opened a porridge shop, so I closed them here. There is still a place to go, but this is not an option, the weather is getting colder every day..."

Just as he was talking, there was a commotion in the line in front of the porridge shop, when Li Xuan heard the cries of children mixed with roars, he hurriedly put down the big spoon in his hand and walked out.Seeing from nowhere, a few big men with thick faces and thick faces rushed into the team with domineering momentum.

The leader was a thin man with a mole on his chin. He overturned the big pot of porridge in the porridge shop, and the hot porridge spilled all over the floor, splashing on several people. There was a burst of exclamation from the nearby victims, and the porridge extinguished the burning fire at the bottom of the pot, and the man kicked the burning fire away, raising a burst of black ash, and he was furious. He shouted: "Why give porridge to these outsiders? They are beggars who come to beg. They should be driven out, and they are allowed to make Mimi worms. They eat ours and use ours. I have wives and children in my family. I don't want to support you guys. , Your uncle!"

Li Xuan said in a high voice: "Here, did you come to trouble me specially today?"

The thin man sneered and said: "Yes, today our brother is here to trouble you." He walked a few steps, stared at Li Xuan's face, and said, "No wonder, I just said what is going on in the world?" There is such a good person who even opened a porridge shop for them to eat, so he himself is a barbarian."

After finishing speaking, he seemed to feel that he had spoken quite eloquently, and applauded himself croakingly.The few big men who followed him also applauded, and they laughed together in a strange way.

Li Xuan's face darkened slightly, and he said: "This is Prince An's Mansion, you are not allowed to be presumptuous. I use my own money, and I can help whoever I like, can you control me?"

The thin man laughed again after hearing this, and said: "You say it as a matter of course, what about your master? You should call your master here, I would like to show your master some color and tell him that this is Yu Yu's place." Jin, you little bastards of Qingzhou, get the hell out of here."

Li Xuan's face was ashen, his fists were clenched tightly, he just wanted to punch this monkey-like clown to the ground.Li Xiuqi stretched out his hand to hold his arm, and whispered in his ear: "Your Highness, please don't get angry. If this matter becomes serious, Your Majesty will stop you from even opening the porridge shop."

Li Xuan clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "I'll give you one last chance, you can roll as far as you can now, or I won't be polite."

"You're welcome, you're welcome like this? Brothers, serve me!" With this order, a few thick and thick men rushed up behind them, and one of them overturned the other porridge pot, and the porridge was poured again. The other kicked the burning firewood away, sending sparks flying everywhere.The roof of the shop was suddenly covered with flames, which hissed and opened a hole.

A big man started to chop at Li Xiuqi with a stick with a thick wrist.

Li Xuan was furious, he roared, grabbed a match scattered beside him with his backhand, and went straight to block the big man's stick, the firewood split in two in the air, Li Xuan hurriedly turned around. Putting his arms around Li Xiuqi, around his arms, he turned around to avoid the heavy blow from the big man. The wooden stick fell heavily on the wooden table behind Li Xuan, and the wooden table cracked from the middle and collapsed completely.

Li Xuan took Li Xiuqi to one side, turned over and split the split wooden table into two halves, one half was in front of Li Xiuqi, and the other half was thrown towards the crazy big man who was holding a wooden stick and chopping wildly.The horizontal surface of the table hit the big man's face, causing him to take several steps back.