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Xiao Jian who left Huating was very unhappy.

Xiao Jianshen who left the palace was depressed.

When he returned to his prince's mansion, he finally sat down in the study, and was about to take today's memorial book to read one by one, when the great eunuch Wang Ranggong who was serving him before sneaked out from the door. Probe in.

Xiao Jianshen: "..."

For a moment, he almost wanted someone to kick out this rebellious person who dared to peek into the study privately!

But he calmed down quickly.

Even if he is a fool, he is a hundred times more lovable to be stupid alive than to be stupid dead.

He said, "What is it?"

Wang Ranggong came in quickly, holding a tray in his hand with seven signs upside down, and smiled flatteringly at Xiao Jianshen: "Your Highness, do you think today is the choice...?"

"I don't choose anyone." Xiao Jianshen remained expressionless.

Wang Ranggong then persuaded: "Although Your Highness has been angry with the Emperor today, Your Majesty also loves His Highness deeply. For Your Majesty's sake, Your Highness must also love Chonglong's body."

Love heavy dragon body and engage in Longyang?This is definitely the funniest joke Xiao Jianshen has ever heard.As usual, he was expressionless and only looked at Wang Ranggong.

Wang Ranggong is not an idiot who doesn't understand his face at all. He saw the prince's face and knew that the prince was really not interested in the seven members of his family.To be honest, he was not surprised by this, but it was inevitable that he would sigh in his heart. He was just thinking, "When you see a newcomer laugh, you will hear an old one cry." Ming" and so on.At the same time, he couldn't help but think of Xue Shusheng who attracted Xiao Jianshen's attention today.Wang Ranggong once again took the initiative to be "intimate and caring" for his master, but when he thought of the money he had just received from several hands, he hesitated and decided to make a final effort for him.

I saw that he first collected the plate and left quietly, waited outside for about two quarters of an hour, and then went into the study with some things again.

Xiao Jianshen was fascinated by the memorial at the moment, and wrote the comments on the paper.

Wang Ranggong quietly came to Xiao Jianshen's side, brought a cup of soup on the tray to Xiao Jianshen's hand, and softly persuaded Xiao Jianshen to take a few sips.

Xiao Jianshen didn't pay attention, he casually picked up the teacup and drank it straight into his mouth. After swallowing it all down his throat, he felt a cavity of hot air rushing into his abdomen and straight to the sky!

His movements stopped immediately, and he turned his eyes glued to the memorial to the teacup, and then to Wang Ranggong's face.

Wang Ranggong felt apprehensive after being watched by Xiao Jianshen, so he heard Xiao Jianshen say, "What is this?"

"This is Mr. Zhang's tonic soup," Wang Ranggong hurriedly asked for credit for Zhang Zhengliu who offered the soup, "Mr. Zhang waited at the kitchen for two full hours before he made this bowl of tonic soup."

Waiting for two hours to make a bowl of aphrodisiac soup?Xiao Jianshen could hardly make a second expression other than blank expression on his face.

He stared at Wang Ranggong for a long time, and when the other party was almost unable to hold on to his knees, he let go and smashed the teacup in his hand to pieces on the ground!

Amid the crisp sound of porcelain shattering, Wang Ranggong fell to his knees with a plop, and the hairpins, handkerchiefs and other tokens of love hidden in his sleeve pockets suddenly felt as uncomfortable as hot potatoes!He was extremely remorseful, thinking how could he be so stupid?If he had known the prince's character earlier, he should have suggested that the prince would go directly to that scholar Xue, why would he be so foolish as to deliver something to that old man's waiter?

At this time, Xiao Jianshen also regained his breath.

To put it bluntly, in fact...he was used to being stupid by the people around him.

So when he leveled his voice and called Wang Ranggong to get up, and motioned for someone to come in and clean the floor, he just wanted to get up and go out of the house to get some air.

However, in order to make up for the previous mistakes, Wang Ranggong immediately went to the forerunner on the ground and said: "...The prince feels bored in the palace? Why don't you go out and take a walk for a while?"

As long as he thought of the seven men in the backyard and Wang Rang Gong beside him, Xiao Jianshen was really bored.He heard Wang Ranggong's suggestion, and after thinking about it for a while, he was finally worried about the people around him, that is: "Choose two guards at random, you don't have to follow, and guard the study in the prince's mansion. Go out alone, at most an hour. back."

Got it, the prince really meant that!Wang Ranggong was instantly refreshed.But if there is such a meaning, if Xue Shusheng directly delivered it to the door naked, the clouds in the sky would turn into mud on the ground, and the flowers on the branches would turn into leaves under the feet, I am afraid that it would not make His Highness happy.

At this time, they have to be busy for a while.

Wang Ranggong figured everything out, and felt that he had the wisdom pearl in his hands, so he smiled and asked his godson behind him to serve the prince to change his clothes and clothes, while he hurriedly discussed countermeasures and plans with the commander of the guards of the East Palace.

From Donggong Weifu to the street, Xiao Jian's mood, which had hit rock bottom, finally struggled to recover a little.

He didn't go out often since he was an adult, and his limited time was given to infinite memorials. Now walking alone on the street, he doesn't feel like a boulder splitting the waves, asking pedestrians on both sides to set aside an entire street for him. How weird it is, just moving forward at will without much purpose.

The guards following Xiao Jianshen were very relaxed, and they all thought that their master was indeed worthy of being a nobleman, even if he was walking at night in brocade clothes, he was still the focus of everyone.

So they also have more time and leisure to pay attention to Xiao Jianshen while discussing Wang Ranggong and their commander's orders.

One of the guards said: "The signal has come, the commander ordered us to let the prince go to the newly opened Bafang restaurant in the city recently, so that we can meet that scholar Xue."

The second guard said: "But if you and I go up and fall down, the prince may be unhappy."

The guard smiled and said: "This matter is easy to hear." After saying that, he whispered something in the ear of the second guard, and the two immediately made up their minds, sneaked into the crowd and left without a sound.

Xiao Jianshen was walking in the street, not caring about the guards behind him, and of course he didn't know that they had left.

He turned a street corner, and suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums in the distance.Although it was relaxing to go out for a walk, the quietness along the way was a bit boring, but now I heard a loud voice that was different from before, Xiao Jianshen had no purpose in this trip, so he naturally followed the direction of the sound.Walking this way, I saw quite a lot of excitement. After turning another street corner and walking to a big intersection where the three roads intersect, Xiao Jianshen saw that there was a restaurant full of guests in front of him, so he planned to go in for a short rest and eat some food at the same time. thing.

At this moment, I only heard a long-drawn-out call from my head:

"Young Master Xiao——"

This voice is very familiar.

Xiao Jianshen paused, looked up, and saw Xue Maoqing holding a wine glass in an open wooden pane on the second floor of the inn, leaning against the window, half of his sleeve lined his jade arm, a glass of residual wine reflected on his red lips, his eyes were shallow With a shallow cast, the tails of the eyes are raised obliquely, no longer the gentleness and courtesy in the Huating banquet before, it has become rich and glamorous.

A slight coolness suddenly spread over the surface, Xiao Jianshen turned his eyes and saw that it was raining lightly at this moment, and someone on the street was already yelling, "Hide out of the rain—"

He turned his eyes to Xue Maoqing who was shaking the wine glass in his hand and looking at him from top to bottom. A sentence suddenly appeared in his heart, and he saw thousands of raindrops scattered in the other's dark pupils. Lingering to the bone.It is exactly: "The rain adds flowers to the spring road, and the flowers move the city in spring."

It was raining, and in front of him was another restaurant that he wanted to go into.Although he was a little disappointed because of Xue Maoqing upstairs, Xiao Jianshen still walked into the inn, and even walked in the direction where Xue Maoqing was: he had seen many spies with evil intentions, so of course he was not curious.It's just that since this spy was able to find his whereabouts in a short period of time and appear in front of him, the power behind it should not be underestimated. In this case, avoiding it is not the best way, it is better to see what he wants to do, and then line arrangement.

Xiao Jianshen came to the second floor. On the second floor of this bustling restaurant full of people, only Xue Maoqing occupied a table, which was very eye-catching.

Xiao Jianshen sat down in front of Xue Maoqing.

Xue Maoqing seemed to have noticed that his undressed hair was inappropriate at this time, but he was not in a hurry, he still sat up straight from the railing slowly, tied his hair and cut his clothes, and after everything was in order, he smiled at Xiao Jianshen : "Since the young master is traveling in micro-clothes, then we don't care about our identities at this time, and only order seniors?"

"Yes." Xiao Jianshen didn't take it seriously, and then he said, "I should be older than you."

Xue Maoqing didn't seriously want to compare his age with Xiao Jianshen, and when he heard this, he cupped his hands and said, "Brother Xiao."

"Brother." Xiao Jianshen.

"Brother Xiao, why do you have the leisure to go to the streets alone today?" Xue Maoqing asked casually.

The speaker has no intention and the listener has the heart.

Xiao Jian raised his eyebrows lightly, thinking that since Xue Maoqing had the ability to find out his whereabouts, he might not be able to hide some things that happened in the palace before. Woolen cloth?Do you want to break his defense with this?I'm afraid it's too beautiful.

Xiao Jianshen said: "It's all for strolling around casually, brother here drinking alone?"

"I'm staying in this restaurant." Xue Maoqing just sat upright for a while, and seemed to feel tired again, smiled lazily again, and said with his hand on his forehead, "I'm bored in the room alone, so come down and sit down." Sit down, I didn't expect Sansheng to be lucky... to meet Brother Xiao again."

"It's really a coincidence." Xiao Jianshen smiled faintly.I thought that if someone insisted on meeting, then of course he could.

Xue Maoqing said again: "Since brother Xiao is here, you might as well have a full drink, you and I have a good chat."

"What are you talking about?"

"Spring flowers and autumn moon, swords, guns, swords and halberds; astrology, divination, astronomy and geography. It's up to you to choose." Xue Maoqing smiled.

Just when the two were chatting speculatively, some troubles happened quietly behind the restaurant.

The two guards with Xiao Jianshen completed the first step of the plan before, so of course the second step of the plan must begin!

Wang Ranggong deserves to be the No. 1 servant of the Eastern Palace. He turned his eyes at this time, and he thought about it, and said to the commander of the Eastern Palace guard beside him: "His Royal Highness is having a good conversation with Xue Shusheng. Seeing that both of them are attracted by each other, It is not good for us to ask them to separate again, and the two sides will suffer."

"Good." The leader said.

"But if we want to go straight to the end and lose the opportunity, the crown prince and Xue Shusheng may not be happy." Wang Ranggong said, in fact, Xiao Jianshen threw down the Butang with countless animal whips just now, which made him face it for the time being. The drugs that add to the fun are a bit of a psychological shadow.

"Good." The leader said.

"At this time, we can make a small plan to give Xue Shusheng a sufficient reason to return to the mansion with the prince. Our family has already inquired, Xue Shusheng came to Beijing alone, and he will stay in that inn. The fire burned Xue Shusheng's luggage, and Xue Shusheng was free of all entanglements in front of the prince. The prince naturally had a reason to directly intervene in taking care of Xue Shusheng. At that time, whether it was to bring him back to the East Palace directly, or to allocate a golden house to hide the beauty in another courtyard, it would be against him. It's something you can do..." Wang Ranggong smiled slightly, and this conspiracy was said to be done with ease.

"Great kindness." The leader said, and immediately said slowly, "Burn a guest room to attract attention, burn a restaurant, and only do water."

Now that the two of them have made up their minds, the next specific affairs will be handled by the people below.The guards of the East Palace who received the task started from the backyard, intending to drive out the people living in the restaurant quietly, so as not to accidentally injure innocent people when the fire is about to start later.But after they changed their clothes and sneaked into the backyard of the restaurant, they were stunned, nothing else, just because the backyard of the restaurant was not at all as lively as the front yard, full of seats, but deserted and lifeless. Several people are here.

This is somewhat weird compared to usual.But these guards didn't come here to investigate the case. Seeing that the current situation was more suitable for murder and arson, they started their actions without any psychological barriers.

When the flames were lit in the corner, something happened in the quiet backyard. The guards of the East Palace more or less sensed that there were still a group of people in the backyard, but the other party obviously had no intention of coming out to meet them, until When the flames burned the wing room and thick smoke billowed up, he didn't show his face.

The guards, just like the beginning, didn't go into the details after they had done their duty. Who knew that the man in the dark might be the prince's backer?It needs to be known that anyone who enters the East Palace knows the most reasonable saying: never explore the secrets of the prince, be a well-behaved living person, or a dead person who shut up.

At this time, the commotion could no longer be concealed, and the front finally discovered something was wrong.

Xiao Jianshen, who was talking with Xue Maoqing, felt something was wrong, and as soon as he turned his face, he saw the black cloud rising from behind.

Just as he was looking in the direction of the fire, many crowded guests on the second floor looked at Xue Maoqing who was still sitting behind Xiao Jianshen with covert and questioning eyes at the same time.

Xue Maoqing frowned slightly, still holding a glass of wine in his hand, as if his face had already turned a faint wine red because he drank too much just now.He held the cup to his lips, took another sip, and then shook his head at those who looked at him.

This movement is extremely subtle, just like a small movement when people are unconscious, but at the same time, there is a touch of coldness on the corners of Xue Maoqing's slightly curled lips, which is undeniable.

It's a pity that when Xiao Jianshen turned his head again, that cold look had disappeared without a trace.

This small communication lasted only for a moment, as if after a moment of stupefaction, the guests on the second floor returned to their usual panic when encountering a fire: the storyteller lost his book, the dancer lost his cloak, and the pipa player still remembered My own pipa only lost the entire plate of silver money in front of me!I saw these people screaming and crowding, they didn't care about anything, and rushed down the stairs from the restaurant in one go!

In an instant, the Bafang Building was in a mess like a strong wind passing through. Before the crowding and pushing on the stairs was over, only Xiao Jianshen and Xue Maoqing were left on the second floor.

Xiao Jianshen turned to Xue Maoqing and said, "The restaurant is on fire, what are you waiting for, brother?"

Xue Maoqing seemed to be a little drunk, when he heard what Xiao Jianshen said, he smiled, and after a long time he asked back, "Then why didn't Brother Xiao leave?"

Xiao Jianshen looked at Xue Maoqing, and Xue Maoqing also looked directly at him.

In an instant, Xiao Jianshen flicked his sleeves and pushed open the window on the railing, and the light from outside the room suddenly came in directly.

Xue Maoqing heard some strange voices outside, and when he looked sideways, he saw a group of Jingzhong soldiers running from the corner of the street with a ladder in their hands. These wrestlers, these wrestlers are bare-chested, and each of them is carrying a guy who looks like a carpenter. His eyes are caught under his armpit, and he looks up frequently at the second floor of the restaurant, and at the same time, he is flying on or off the ladder carried by the soldiers. Saw or inlay action.

When those people got under the restaurant, as soon as things were completed, the ladder changed from the ordinary wooden version to the luxurious imperial version covered with yellow silk and inlaid with gold and jade, and then went straight up to the second floor where Xiao Jianshen and Xue Maoqing were located. before the floor.

Xue Maoqing: "..."

Xiao Jianshen said: "Your brother, I invite you first."

So pretentious... Only then did Xue Maoqing put away the complicated and blank expression on his face, and he smiled slowly: "The prince is the second heir of the country, I dare not let the prince stay..."

"At this moment, we don't talk about status, we only talk about age." Xiao Jianshen said.

Xue Maoqing didn't say anything else, she took a step ahead, bent over the railing, and walked down the stairs.

After Xue Maoqing, Xiao Jianshen also came down the stairs.

This time, naturally, he was surrounded by a group of people as soon as he landed. Xiao Jianshen took a few steps forward, and finally got rid of most of the irrelevant people, and brought the guards of the Eastern Palace back together again.

He didn't speak, his eyes flickered, and he thought deeply in his heart: Xue Maoqing doesn't know what the plan is in his heart, just meet me; in order to communicate with me again, he went so far as to burn down the whole inn, just to see him He was so ruthless and decisive, although he still didn't know whether the fire hurt someone—but even if he hurt someone, the other party didn't take it seriously.

How abominable!

At this time, Hou's guard next to Xiao Jianshen remembered Wang Ranggong's order, and thought he was considerate, and suggested: "Your Highness, the suits of Xue Shusheng are all in the restaurant. Now that there is a big fire, I'm afraid they will all be reduced to ashes. How can His Highness bring the scholar back to the East Palace or...buy a house for the scholar?"

The guard's voice became smaller and smaller, because he noticed that the prince's gaze became more and more serious.

Xiao Jianshen looked at the guard beside him.

He knows the people in his East Palace too well.

At this time, he said slowly: "How did you think of this? Could it be that you started the fire?"

"..."

Inferring from this, Xiao Jianshen asked again: "Could it be that you were the one who lured me to this restaurant in the first place?"

"..."

Rao Yi was a very scheming prince, he turned his face to look at the flames rising into the sky and the restaurant wrapped in the flames, and he couldn't help but feel a bit dazed...