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Liangzhou City, Xu Mansion.

There are several dishes of exquisite dishes on the low table, and sake is warmed by the side.

Food is good food, and wine is good wine.

The people who talk at night around the fire all have their own thoughts, and they have no intention of enjoying the pleasure of wine and meat.

"The task entrusted in the old Qin's handwriting is over, and I can retire with my accomplishments."

There is no attendant in the room, the carved high seat lamps and candles are soaring, and the inscriptions and postscripts on the splash-ink landscape screen are full of light, but Xu Qian who is sitting opposite in front of him is covered with a hazy layer following these words of watching from the wall. Yarn, can't see clearly, can't guess clearly.

Tang Ci couldn't help being distracted by this, and after a moment of stupefaction, he forced a smile and said, "What did Mr. Xu say? You are in your prime, and you should be galloping on the battlefield. Could it be that you are really willing to stay in Xiaoliangzhou as a merchant?" Do you want to live the rest of your life?"

Xu Qian laughed loudly when he heard the words, and pointed out the window with his fingers holding up his chopsticks—the radiant moonlight and the clear breeze, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "In the past, in the military camp and in the court, it was nothing more than intrigues. I have traveled all over the mountains and rivers, so I chose Liangzhou, which is beautiful and beautiful, as my residence. In ordinary times, I do some business to make a living, and in my spare time, I travel around. .”

Tang Ci lowered his head, his eyes as black as lacquer were gradually smeared with sadness and disappointment, the back of his hand resting on the low table was suddenly touched lightly - when he looked up, he saw Rou Ke cast an encouraging and comforting look at him, only For a moment, the fighting spirit in her heart was rekindled, and she persuaded Xu Qian, who was eating meat and drinking heavily: "Even if Mr. Xu is not for himself, he should also think about the common people in the world. If you are far away, you should be close." ——The embezzlement and dereliction of duty of the governors of the two prefectures of Huxun caused floods, and Cao Zhen of Liangzhou regarded human life as worthless. Han Ru, the leader of the Xindu court, relied on the emperor's favor for 12 years. How many contacts have been drawn and arranged in Beijing? Now Han Ru His party feathers are so intricate that there is no way to track him down, he has become more and more desperate for Sichuan, his son has caused countless deaths and is still getting away with it, and he still walks around the city wearing the uniform bestowed by the emperor all day long."

After speaking, after a long silence, Xu Qian put down his chopsticks, took out a handkerchief from the side and wiped his dirty hands slightly, and then said with a half-smile: "You want me to come out to help you, but I don't know how I can help you You, corrupt officials, not to mention the present, the late emperor would not be able to do without such evil people as Han Ru at that time, even if the Tai/Zu emperor used severe punishments to restrain and sanction, when will people's greed be completely cut off? Leaving this aside , For more than ten years, I am confident that I have been crossing the river in a boat and looking at it at a leisurely pace. Although this country has changed hands, it is still a wise king after all."

"Mr.'s meaning..." Tang Ci smiled suddenly, "If the dog emperor conquests, maybe you will become an official for him?"

Her eyes were cold, and the back of her hand was cold. Rou Ke felt startled, and wanted to step forward to hold her in his arms to comfort her, but Xu Qian couldn't tolerate her showing weakness in front of him, so he had to use his strength secretly to hold her Her hand was firmly in the palm of her hand.

Xu Qian sneered: "If the country is in trouble, it's okay to be in troubled times." His eyes glanced at Rou Ke again, and there was no contempt in his eyes. After drinking a few sips of sake, he said goodbye to Tang He sarcastically said, "Furthermore—if the king of Yu hadn't accepted my seal of military power and commander, and surrendered himself, how could the late emperor have easily handed over the throne of Jiangshan to others? I never thought that, as the descendant of the late emperor, you are now And even colluded with King Yu's daughter."

After hearing Xu Qian's affirmative answer, Tang Ci poured out one drink after another to drown his anger. He couldn't bear it any longer, and was about to make a fuss, but was stopped by Rou Ke at the side.

Rou Ke shook her head slightly at Tangci, patted the back of her hand, and then looked at Xu Qian without shame, straightened her back, and talked eloquently: "Mr. Xu said that my father was as timid as a mouse back then." His behavior should be reduced to a laughingstock, and I, as a daughter, should share the blame with my father. There is nothing wrong with that. I just don’t know how much better Mr. Xu is compared to my father? The previous book advised the former emperor to cut down the vassal, so that the king of Qi would choose another place to be the vassal, so he suffered the wrath of the emperor with a weak body, and died under the imperial staff. Master Xu originally had a relationship with Bo Hao, but afterwards Immediately, the playbook scolded Bo Hao for alienating the brothers of the Tian family, and his heart was not righteous, and when Bo Hao's body was still cold, you were a brother and friend, but you tried your best to distance yourself from him, didn't you?"

Tang Ci was slightly taken aback. She was young and weak back then, and couldn't remember many things clearly.

Xu Qian, on the other hand, was speechless. Although he kept drinking, he couldn't hide his embarrassment.

"Mr. Xu claims to be an official, upright and upright. He gallops the battlefield to kill enemies and behead generals. In fact, he is just a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death." Xu Qian opened his mouth to argue, but was cut off by the thoughtful Rou Ke, "Ten years The disobedience of the former king of Qi is clearly revealed. The first emperor obeyed the last words of Emperor Dezong and repeatedly tolerated the king of Qi who was his younger brother. The first emperor took into account the brotherhood and family relationship, so he should continue to suffer from it. This is the fault of the first emperor. But as ministers, you who are high-ranking officials worshiping Jiuqing are far inferior to Bo Hao, a mere seventh-rank official who dares to speak out and give advice. Seeing the monarch make mistakes and turning a blind eye to make him fall into trouble, how dare you ask Mr. Xu? How can you blame others?"

After a long time, Xu Qian sighed, raised his forehead and waved his hands: "The sky is getting dark, Your Highness and the princess might as well go back to the room to rest first, let me think about the other things carefully."

This matter was not intended to make Xu Qian agree easily, after all, if the matter fails, he will end up decapitated, so don't be careless.Seeing that his eyes were indecisive, and there was room for retracement in his words, Rou Ke and Tang Ci looked at each other and said goodbye hand in hand.

The autumn wind is bleak and cold, rolling up the fallen leaves in the courtyard, whistling in the ears.

Just stepped out of the room, Rou Ke sneezed violently, rubbed her itchy nose, her nose was red all over.

Tang Ci hurriedly took off the black cloak she was wearing, put it on for her, wrapped her hands around her smooth neck, reached to her chest, and fastened the buttons one by one.

Rou Ke raised her hand to stop it, turned her head and blamed Tang Ci who was wearing thin clothes, "I'm not cold, you put it back on."

Tang Ci held her hands instead, wrapped them in his palms and brought them to his mouth to breathe out the heat, then stared straight at Rou Ke, and asked, "Ah Wei, are you cold?"

Under the moonlight, her eyes are like a pool of spring water sprinkled with silver, and a slight breeze can blow up white waves, making people fall into it willingly while fascinated.

Rou Ke looked at it, her heart skipped a beat for no reason, and she murmured strangely: "A... a little..."

A warm smile suddenly rose in the spring water, the bright stars almost outshone the moonlight, only to hear her softly laugh: "It's right to be cold." Rou Ke realized that she had been tripped again at this time, The reddish earlobe was quite ashamed, and she intended to take her hand out of Tangci's palm, untied the cloak and put it on for her, but she didn't know that her hands were firmly held by her, and they were directly stuck to her two. cheek, only to hear her sincerely say, "A Wei, touch it, I'm not cold."

Her whole body was smelled of alcohol, her face was naturally hot, Tang Ci drank a lot of wine during the banquet, Rou Ke was annoyed when she thought about it, her hands couldn't be freed, but her feet were idle - now she pretended to be angry through her fu boots Stepped on her a few times, and reprimanded softly: "No matter how angry you are, you shouldn't drink so much wine. It was the same in Huixian Tower before. Four times in life, you should avoid drinking, sex and wealth... eh!"

Tang Ci's kiss came unexpectedly, and Rou Ke cut off all the words she hadn't finished speaking in panic.The lips are soft, and the touch of the two is like a breeze blowing on the water, the tip of the tongue is drawn in, and the breath is mixed with the smell of wine, making people feel like they are falling into the clouds and feel top-heavy.

Maybe it was the slight smell of wine that was put into her mouth by the slippery tongue, maybe it was Tangci who was pulling her head too hard, maybe it was the secret joy of getting it—Rou Ke didn't mean to retreat shyly at all, She raised her head slightly, closed her eyes tightly, wrapped her hands around Tang Ci's neck, and responded to her kiss gently.

Tangci's eyes couldn't contain joy, filled with moonlight and starlight, flowing through autumn flowers and ancient tung trees, and even reflected the slim lady with snowy muscles and cloud temples.

The carp in the clear pool wags its tail while playing in the water, arousing strings of water splashes, and the sound is like thunder when it is quiet.

The two suddenly bounced away from each other as if they were guilty of guilt, and after looking around, they looked at each other as if nothing had happened, and after only one glance, they immediately moved away as if being pricked by a needle.

Rou Ke covered her mouth and coughed lightly for a long while, bypassing the embarrassing and inexplicable situation as she should, and said in a low voice: "It's getting late, I don't know if Xiao Yu is sleeping well, I'll go and see."

After finishing speaking, regardless of how Tang Ci replied, he picked a path at random and wanted to leave.

After a few steps, she was pulled back by Tang Ci, and led by her to walk in the opposite direction. Seeing her pointing at her, she explained to herself helplessly: "It's my wing after all, Ah Mo Do you know that I am afraid of the dark, so you want to sleep with me?"

When Rou Ke heard the words, a few bright clouds flew over her face, she lowered her head, and reprimanded lightly, "You have never been serious with your mouth, Xiao Yu is not afraid of being black, why are you joining in the fun? There's nothing wrong with being afraid of the dark."

"Then can't you be afraid of the dark when you grow up?" Tang Ci hooked Rou Ke's finger, the corners of her eyes drooping in aggrieved way.

Rou Ke was dubious: "Are you really afraid of the dark?"

Tang Ci nodded.

"Then let's go and see Xiaoyu first. When I come back, I..." Rou Ke bit her lower lip, as if she was a little bit embarrassed to say, "I, I won't be afraid of the dark if I sleep with you?"

Tang Ci smiled lightly, with a cunning scheming in his eyes, he leaned into Rou Ke's ear and said to her: "Ah Wei, the bed in my room is wide enough for the two of us to sleep together. If you don't sleep and stay by my bed, how can I close my eyes?"

"You...you and I are now different from men and women, and we have grown up, how can we share the same bed like we did when we were children?" Rou Ke couldn't help shivering as her ears were itchy from the heat from Tang Ci's breath. Shrunk his neck.

"A Wei, are you still my brother's wife?" Tang Ci asked.

Rou Ke immediately shook her head, and gave her a reproachful look: "Are you asking this knowingly? I have already told my father that I am interested in you and want to recruit you as a county horse."

"That's the case," Tang Ci smiled, nibbling Rou Ke's hot red earlobe, hugging her, getting so close that she could almost hear her beating heartbeat, and whispered to her , "The bright moon is an oath, the breeze is an alliance, Ah Wei—be my wife."

"You, what stupid things are you talking about? If you and I get married, I will naturally be your wife."

Rou Ke intends to struggle, but her eyes clearly reveal the surprise that her words and deeds are inconsistent. Tang Ci smiled again: "A Wei, you know that's not what I said. I like you, and I can't remember when I have been in my heart. The whole place can only accommodate you except father, mother, younger brother and sister. Did you think I was joking when I lost my temper with the emperor because of the wedding edict? I thought so when I was a child. You have been here for a long time and have deep feelings. My younger sister will inevitably feel sad when her elder sister gets married, but I vaguely feel that this is not the case. I don’t want my younger brother to marry you, and I don’t want others to marry you, Father At that time, he laughed and asked me if I wanted you to be an old girl who couldn’t get married, and I told him——Only I can marry Ah Wei, but he just laughed it off because I was childish, and still issued a marriage edict, but I I have been sad for a long time because of this, and I have been ill for a while.”

"A Wei, the four precepts in life, do you think I only broke the drinking precept?" Tang Ci lightly raised Rou Ke's chin, and saw that there were two lines of tears on her face, and kissed her along the tear trail one by one. He laughed, "If you don't answer me tonight, I'll break my lust ring."

Rou Ke broke through her tears and smiled: "This shameless kung fu is even more obsessive than when I was a child. If you don't know what I have in mind, do you dare to use the strength of alcohol to tell me this? How can I answer you?"