Born of Worry

"Ah! Oh no, Mo Wen, Mo Wen, take me to King Jing's Mansion!" Li Xian threw away the "Records of the First Emperor" in his hand, climbed onto Mo Wen who was resting with his eyes closed, and blinked at him.

"Why, don't you drive?"

"It's too late! I forgot the time when I read the book. It's getting dark now. If I'm late, the second brother will scold me! And the eldest brother... the third brother will also get in the way!"

Mo Wen raised his eyebrows, "How do you want me to take you there?"

Li Xian shook his arm, "You, you turned into your original form... okay?"

"I really can't do anything about you." Mo Wen was annoyed and funny, "What's so good about that broken book, so absorbed in reading it? Let's go, I'll carry you to the head office?"

"I know Xiaomo is the best!"

The two walked out of the hall, and Mo Wen turned into his original form—the majestic and majestic black dragon, he lowered his dragon head: "Come up."

"Oh." Li Xian looked at him admiringly, straddled up and grabbed the horn of the dragon, thinking that the treatment of riding a dragon is probably only for me.

"Hurry up, we're leaving."

The black dragon soared into the sky, and it took only a few breaths to fly to King Jing's Mansion.Li Xian only felt a few flowers in front of his eyes, and the wind whistling in his ears. After a sharp sense of weightlessness, he had been put down by a certain dragon that had reverted to human form.

He was dumbfounded: "This, this is it?"

"Otherwise? The Prince Jing's Mansion is clearly written on the plaque, are you afraid that I'll make a mistake?"

"Uh..." Li Xian scratched his head, "I haven't sat down enough..."

Mo Wen smiled: "There will be opportunities in the future. Let's go in quickly, don't make your second brother wait in a hurry."

"Ah."

The family servant in the mansion led the two of them in, and as soon as they entered the door, Li Ye's voice was heard: "I told you two not to fight, you two won't be able to tell the winner until next year, what is there to fight..."

"Third brother!" Li Xian saw Li Ye who was leaning on the pillar in the corridor at a glance, and rushed over to give him a bear hug.

"Little Xian! Brat, what have you been up to these days? I haven't seen you for several days! Do you still have your third brother and me in my heart!"

"Some, some...Of course there are." Li Xian was a little embarrassed, and quickly changed the subject, "Third brother, why did eldest brother and General Lin fight..."

Li Ye waved his hand with a face full of headaches, "Don't mention it, the two of them will compete in martial arts as soon as they meet, and they've already had a cup of tea, and they can't stop shouting... Hey, why did they stop?"

The two people who were fighting in full swing suddenly stopped fighting in unison, and at the same time turned their eyes to Li Xian... Mo Wen behind him, Mo Wen didn't look sideways, just stood quietly and didn't make a sound.

Li Kuang tidied up his robes, "There are people out there, there is a sky out there, the two of us are not here to embarrass ourselves, let's go, let's go into the room and talk."

Li Xian hadn't figured out the situation yet, so he looked at Mo Wen, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with them? Why is there someone out there?"

"It's nothing, let's go in, it's cold outside."

"Oh……"

Li Xian couldn't feel Mo Wen's natural aura, after all, the two had lived together for a long time, not to mention he was still the Son of Heaven.But others are different, especially martial arts practitioners like Li Kuang and Lin Ruxuan, who are quite touched by Mo Wen's bottomless cultivation.

Li Ling was waiting inside, seated a few people around the Eight Immortals table, and gave Li Kuang a sideways look: "Why, stop fighting?"

"Of course you stop fighting when you've had enough fighting, unlike some people who don't even have the chance to fight."

"Oh? That's right, this kind of opportunity is really not worth it, probably only reckless people like you would fight and kill at will."

"Hey I said big brother and second brother, can you two stop fighting as soon as you meet? After all these years, why can't this old problem be cured?" Li Ye mercilessly launched his poisonous tongue skill, "Little Xian, do you think that the two of them have been pinching each other for many years without deciding the winner, and they still enjoy it... Hey, Xiao Xian, why are your hands so cold? You came out with only this little clothes on? It’s autumn now, isn’t it? Why don't you know how to love yourself at all!"

Li Xian, who was called upon suddenly, unconsciously said "ah", "But... I'm not cold..."

"If it's not cold, it's not cold. It will be too late when you feel the cold. Mo doesn't know how to take care of you...What are you doing?"

Mo Wen surrounded Li Xian very naturally, and took his two hands into his own: "Is it still cold?"

Li Xian blushed and said awkwardly: "You, what are you doing... There are still people watching..."

"You whose surname is Mo!" Li Ye slapped the table angrily, "Lin Ruxuan! Come here! Who told you to sit next to my elder brother?!"

Lin Ruxuan, who was innocently lying on the gun, had no choice but to hug Li Kuang, and sat down next to Li Ye.

"Cough," Li Ling coughed dryly, "Well, it's getting late and everyone is hungry, so I'll let them serve the food. It took me a lot of effort to invite such a famous chef. Come and taste his craft."

I have to say that although the four members of the Li family are brothers, they have completely different personalities and tastes. The eldest likes spicy food, the second likes salty food, Li Xian prefers sweets, and the third is the most peculiar. Xian is born of the same mother, and should have Jiangnan taste, but what is strange is what he likes to eat, such as bitter and spicy, or sour and salty, which is as unique as his orientation in a certain aspect.

The dishes on the table were arranged according to everyone's preferences, and different wines were also served. The boss's place was Ru Yuexuan's "Watching the Moon", while Li Xian's place was light rice wine.Li Xian was a little unhappy about this, but he just curled his lips and didn't make a sound.

"Xiao Xian, these dishes are all your favorites. Look, here are... West Lake Vinegar Fish, Pork with Preserved Vegetables, Osmanthus Lotus Root, Xiaolongbao, and Rice Noodles. They are all dishes from your hometown. Do you like them? ?”

"what……"

Before Li Xian could answer, Li Kuang started again: "Second Brother, since you have produced such famous Jiangnan delicacies, you must be very familiar with them, right?"

Li Lingpi smiled, "Brother, you can't trouble me with these things. You like Sichuan cuisine so much. I guess you don't know much about Hunan cuisine and Zhejiang cuisine. Anyway, I will introduce it to you today, so that you can grow up." experience."

Li Ye had silently rolled his eyes at the two of them.

"This West Lake Vinegar Fish is one of the most famous dishes in Hangzhou. It uses West Lake grass carp and rice vinegar. It tastes sweet and sour, nourishing and appetizing. There is a poem that goes: 'Buying drunks together in skirts and clogs, and going upstairs in the shadow of the green sun. There are so many lake boats in front of the door, and half of them come back from the Three Pools Reflecting the Moon. Why bother to look for Zhang Han’s perch, the fishy flavor is about the West Lake. Thanks to you, you have this kind of mediator, and you know Song’s sister-in-law back then. It’s the vinegar fish in the West Lake; Caikourou belongs to the Cantonese cuisine. According to legend, when the great talent Su Dongpo was demoted to Huizhou, he specially sent two famous chefs to Hangzhou West Lake to learn cooking skills. Vegetable buckle meat' is delicious and loved by the people of Huizhou. Later, this dish spread all over the south of the Yangtze River and became a very common delicacy on the table. Xiao Xian, why don’t you try it, does it taste the same as the one you used to eat?”

West Lake Vinegar Fish... Pork with Preserved Vegetables... How many years have I not seen the fish in the West Lake, and how many years have I not eaten the preserved preserved vegetables pickled by my mother... In Weiyang, thousands of miles away, I suddenly aroused The memories of Jiangnan, but why, I can't taste the feeling of Jiangnan...

"This sweet-scented osmanthus cake is also called sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice root. Hangzhou's sweet-scented osmanthus root is soft and sweet. It uses West Lake lotus root, which is the best of the lotus root. When making it, wash the lotus root, pour it into glutinous rice, cook it, put it on a plate, and pour it with osmanthus. Honey and brown sugar, together with a few red dates, can be described as sweet and crisp, accompanied by the strong fragrance of osmanthus."

"Mother, can you eat sweet-scented osmanthus?"

"Of course, sweet-scented osmanthus honey made from osmanthus flowers is sweet and fragrant. Do Xiao Xian want to try it?"

"miss you!"

"Then help mother pick more sweet-scented osmanthus, and when the first batch of lotus roots come down this year, mother will make sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice for you, Xiao Xian said, okay?"

"Okay! Mother is the best!"

Li Xian looked at the sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root on the plate, and suddenly he didn't know what to eat.

"Back then... mother and father met because of a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root..."

He whispered, halfway through, but nothing more.

"Little Xian..." Li Ye looked at him worriedly, then glared at Li Ling, and mouthed, "Idiot!"

Li Ling couldn't hold back anymore.

"By the way, big brother and second brother, as well as General Lin, you can eat it too. Although... you northerners may not be used to southern food, but it's good to try it. I can't eat it alone."

Li Xian took a few sips of the fermented rice and murmured: "This wine is really weak...can you give me your wine?"

"Little Xian, you... are you really alright?"

"I, I'm fine, what can I do... I..." His voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he couldn't even maintain the smile on his face, "Well, you, you eat first, I'll go out for a while , be back soon."

"Hey! Xiaoxian!"

Mo Wen got up to chase, but was stopped by Li Ye: "You all don't move, you don't understand the situation, I'll just go."

After he finished speaking, he chased Li Xian out, Li Kuang took a bite of food, "Did you mess it up?"

With a heartbroken expression, Li Ling sighed and said, "I originally wanted him to be happy...why it's the opposite..."

Mo Wen frowned, "Xiao Xian's mother..."

"He died four years ago."

"He never told me that."

"Oh," Li Ling poured a glass of wine, "Little Xian, he just wants to hold everything in his heart and carry it by himself. He is obviously weaker than anyone else, but he also wants to pretend to be stronger than anyone else. The time you spend with him It was relatively late, and many things were unknown. Xiao Xian was born in Hangzhou, a small town by the West Lake. When he was ten years old, he, his mother, and his third elder brother followed his father to the north and moved to the current Weiyang."

It's not too late for me to contact him...

"Then his mother..."

"His mother's surname is Wen, and her name is Wen Yan. We all like to call her Mrs. Wen. Sometimes, when she gets mischievous, she will bully Xiao Xian and call her mother, and Xiao Xian will argue with us, 'Mother is mine, you don't allow it. It's called'. Mrs. Wen is a very gentle person, just like the Jiangnan women in people's general impression. Later... Later, she probably felt that there was something wrong with her body, so she proposed to go back to her hometown in Hangzhou, and the third child accompanied her back. , but at that time, Xiao Xian was playful and stayed in Weiyang. I didn't expect this farewell to be separated forever..."

"That incident hit him hard. I don't know if he came out of the shadows. Anyway, he didn't mention the word 'mother' afterwards. My father made Xiao Xian the emperor. I always Those who object...Xiao Xian's character is really not suitable to be an emperor..."

"There have been so many things happening recently, and Xiao Xian is under a lot of pressure. I wanted to let him relax, but who would have imagined it? It's self-defeating... Blame me, blame me."

Mo Wen shook his head, and drank a few glasses of wine, "He made his own choice, and he has to go on no matter what. He has to face it, and he can't escape no matter what. Although I want to guard him and protect him, I can't help him." He blocked everything," he paused, and said, "No matter what, I trust him."

"Young people don't know the feeling of sorrow, love the upper floors, love the upper floors, and force their sorrows to write new words; now they know all the sorrows, want to say it, want to say it, but say it's cool in autumn..."

Li Ye searched for him in the gazebo, and walked up to him: "Little Xian...why, you came to King Jing's Mansion, and you are still reciting poems like the second brother?"

Li Xian put his arms on the railing, his eyes moved from the moon in the sky to the rockery nearby, "Third Brother, did I mess up today's banquet?"

"You little fool, don't think about those unhappy things. Today, the second brother made some kind of messy banquet just to make you happy. Hey, let me tell you, he came to my place several days in advance to find out what you like to eat. What, I didn't tell him, he even bribed Ruxuan to ask me, it's rare to see the second elder brother being so caring, why don't you show him some face? Eldest brother can't figure out how to hurt him now."

Li Xian smiled, "The two of them...you'll feel uncomfortable if you don't fight for a day." After a pause, "Third Brother..."

"Ok?"

"I miss my mother."

Li Ye sighed, "Silly little Xian, why don't I miss her if you miss her? Mother, please tell me to take good care of you. Look at how thin you are now, and your complexion is still so bad. How can I explain to mother? If she knew, she would definitely beat me up... You don't know that she beat me up when I was a child... Oh, it still hurts to think about it now."

"Third brother, it's your own fault. Who told you to steal chicken from Aunt Li's house, tea from Uncle Zhang's house, bully the little girl from Aunt Liu's house next door, and later moved to Weiyang, and even had sex with Zhou's son?" bed. Mother, who has such a good temper, is so angry that you want to beat you, who do you think you blame?"

"Little Xian! Don't expose the third brother's background. You must not tell the eldest brother and the second brother that there is another man named Mo, otherwise I will lose face." Li Ye patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go back, don't make them wait."

"Ah."

The two returned to the dinner table, and no one mentioned the unhappiness just now. They exchanged glasses and exchanged glasses, seemingly wanton and happy, but who knows what it's like.