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?It was getting dark, and the two horses on the ancient road were still galloping, stirring up a gust of wind and sand.The first white horse and the second black horse were stained with mud after days of driving, but the soft fur and sharp eyes revealed that the two were top-notch handsome horses, and the man on the horses Although he put on plain clothes, his every move and expression on his face still exuded a dignified atmosphere.

Minxuan and Pang Zhan rode their horses from Gyeonggi for seven days. Except for dismounting at night to rest, the two of them and their two horses were on their way almost non-stop.

Seeing that it was getting dark again, Min Xuan dismounted in front of the nearest tree, let the tired white horse graze nearby, and sat under the tree irritably.

Pang Zhan, who was behind him, dismounted immediately, and the black horse walked to the white horse to graze familiarly, while he took out the water bag and handed it to Min Xuan who was resting under the tree.

Min Xuan glanced at him before reaching out to take the water bag, then opened his lips as if he wanted to say something, but he closed his mouth again without saying anything, just looking at the front thoughtfully.

Pang Zhan took a deep look at the tired-looking Min Xuan, sighed, and then turned a corner and sat behind the tree.He knew that Min Xuan didn't like people getting too close to him, but for him, being able to sit with Min Xuan's back was already a blessing.

After resting for a while, Pang Zhan straightened out his breath before opening his mouth honestly: "Fifth Prince, I understand that you are eager for success, but you are pushing yourself too hard like this."

The person behind raised the water bag and took a sip, letting the water moisten the dry lips and throat.However, his lips and throat were moist, but he remained silent, unwilling to answer.

The night wind blows slowly, and the dim moon shines on the two horses under the tree, they are leaning against each other to eat the fresh and sweet grass.The moonlight hit the two people under the tree again, dragging their shadows out, but no matter how long the two shadows were, they could not be connected together.

Probably this is the fate that they have been doomed since they met.

After a long time, when Pang Zhan looked disappointedly at the shadow spreading farther and farther away, Min Xuan said leisurely: "How long will it take to arrive in Yangzhou?"

"About a day's journey."

"Have a good rest, let's go on the road tomorrow." After that, he closed his tired eyes, but there was something chaotic in his mind that made him unable to sleep and made him more depressed.

Pang Zhan, who knew him more or less, knew that he was still asleep, so he sighed again.And Pang Zhan also has trouble falling asleep. Over the years, he has accumulated thousands of words that he wanted to say to Min Xuan, and these words suddenly squeezed hard into his heart, making him feel uncomfortable.

So under the dim moonlight, Pang Zhan, who deliberately avoided these topics on weekdays, seemed to be dazzled, and said with a dazed head: "Min Xuan, I actually understand you, you are too lonely..."

Before Pang Zhan finished speaking, Min Xuan behind him opened his eyes like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and interrupted him coldly: "Don't think you understand me, none of you understand me."

The silence around made the words magnified continuously, and they lingered in Pang Zhan's ears in a magnified manner, like a cold sharp knife piercing into his warm atrium, which brought him back to his senses, and only then did he realize how big the words he said were. disrespectful.But those were his sincere words. From the first time he saw Minxuan, he understood his loneliness. He was so lonely that he didn't want people to approach him, and he refused to let people out.

"I..." When he wanted to justify his behavior just now, he was interrupted by Min Xuan again.

"Forget it, rest, we have to hurry tomorrow."

The twilight of the moon is like the relationship between two people is once again separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, but the two people with their backs facing each other are staring at the long shadow below, not knowing where the shadow will extend.

In fact, who would want to sit with their backs facing each other if they could?Pang Zhan really didn't understand the lonely Fifth Prince behind him.

In the early morning, the two rode on the road again, and they didn't talk to each other along the way.

At dusk, they arrived at the city gate of Yangzhou.

They turned over one by one, got off the horse neatly, and then led the horse into the city.

Two handsome men led two high-end handsome horses, and they walked on the street in a heroic manner, so that Yangzhou people who were rushing home couldn't help casting curious glances at them, and because Min Xuan inadvertently revealed He took the initiative to give way to let them go with a noble atmosphere.

However, it was always inconvenient to drag two horses. In the end, the two left the horses in a groom's shop before re-entering Yangzhou Street.

Pang Zhan asked cautiously: "Do you want to put it in the stack first?"

"No." Min Xuan spit out a word softly, but at this moment his usually indifferent gaze was staring fiercely at a tall building in front of him.

In front of that tall building, there were two boys in Tsing Yi hanging up in front of the building with lighted lanterns. The lanterns illuminated a plaque with the Chinese characters "Xuanlou" on it.

Just these two words are enough to attract Min Xuan's attention, because these two words will remind him of the other two words - Chen Pu.

He strode towards Xuanlou, and Pang Zhan behind him immediately caught up with him.Although he didn't know who Chen Pu was, he thought he was someone very important to Min Xuan, right?

Min Xuan stopped in front of the two children, looked down at the two children who had not yet grown up, and ordered bluntly: "I want to see Chen Pu."

The two children glanced at each other. It's not like they haven't seen a proud rich man like Min Xuan, but no one has ever called Chen Pu by name, except for Song Leyu who came over in a daze that day.But Chen Pu is not the son of their building, but someone who is loved by the landlord like a younger brother. In order to avoid any trouble, the two children who have been accustomed to the world for a long time made the same decision as their eyes moved.

"We don't have this guy in the building," one of them uttered the unanimous answer.

Min Xuan smiled disdainfully, such a brothel still wants to keep that shameless person?

He said coldly, "I know he's here."

"Young master, there is indeed no such person in our building." He said patiently, and then gave another boy a wink, asking him to find Sun Ao.

"I want to see him." Min Xuan insisted, obviously not believing his answer.

The sky turned purple and dark, and the crowds began to rush in.

The little boy recognized that Min Xuan in front of him was not from Yangzhou, but seeing the haughty look on his face, it was clear that he was someone who could not be offended, so he lowered his voice and said between Min Xuan and Pang Zhan: "You two young masters, let's declare Lou opens the door to do business, if there is such a person, he won't let you in."

"I'll just say the last time, I want to see Chen Pu." Min Xuan said coldly.

In the past three years, he has been sending people to inquire about Chen Pu's whereabouts, but they have not found anything. So after three years, Pang Zhan said that Chen Pu was in Xuanlou in Yangzhou, and Chen Pu must be here.Even if he is not in Xuanlou, he still wants him to appear here.

Seeing Minxuan's insistence and the deadlocked situation, Pang Zhan hesitated for a while before saying: "It seems that my news is wrong, let's go to the store first."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Min Xuan gave him a cold look and ordered him not to be troublesome.

Pang Zhan suddenly felt depressed, as if being pressed down by a heavy stone. Who is this man named Chen Pu?Why does Min Xuan, who has never liked getting close to others, be so obsessed with his whereabouts?

"Qing'er, you can't be so rude in front of distinguished guests." An indifferent voice came from inside the building, and then a man in blue came out of the building, standing in front of Min Xuan neither humble nor humble: "I am Xuan Lou The landlord, Sun Ao."

Hearing this cold voice, Min Xuan couldn't help but fix his eyes on the noble and indifferent person in front of him.However, when he found that Sun Ao's attitude didn't take him seriously at all, he still had a childlike heart, so he raised his chin slightly and said aggressively, "I want to see Chen Pu."

"There is no such person in the building." Sun Ao looked at Min Xuan with sharp eyes, and calmly put down his words.

"Master Sun, don't be ignorant of flattery." Minxuan said threateningly, in his eyes, it doesn't take much effort to demolish this Xuanlou.

And he didn't like looking at Sun Ao, because Sun Ao's eyes were too aloof, as if he was staring down at this filthy world and him who was struggling to survive in it.

But Sun Ao is just a low-class person who runs a brothel, why should he have such eyes?

"Then please, Fifth Young Master, don't embarrass Sun Ao, there is indeed no such person in the building."

Minxuan and Pang Zhan were surprised by the sentence of five young masters. Although Sun Ao did not reveal the identity of the fifth son of Emperor Minxuan, he was definitely not an easy person to be able to point out that he was the fifth son.

Min Xuan and Pang Zhan looked at Sun Ao again, this time they didn't dare to look at him with contempt, and began to guess his identity in their hearts.

Sun Ao didn't wait for Minxuan's response, and said: "There are still many young masters in the building, I believe the fifth young master can find a suitable match." He turned his head and ordered Qing'er: "Greeting fifth young master well." Get up and plan to leave.

However, Minxuan interrupted Sun Ao's pace: "Lord Sun, don't use these tricks to fool me."

His tone was slightly angry, because he insisted on seeing Chen Pu but Sun Ao deliberately stopped him, and Sun Ao actually thought he liked men?

No matter what kind of people around him, he would never do such a stupid thing like liking a man!

"So what if it's a fool?" Sun Ao narrowed his eyes and looked at the slightly childish man in front of him, then approached his ear and whispered: "What can you do to Sun Ao? Fifth prince."

In an instant, the two of them were fighting, and Sun Ao gave a rare smile, squinted at Min Xuan, and then backed away.And Min Xuan, whose identity was exposed, was rarely angered by him, glared at Sun Ao, and a few words burst out from his lips: "Who the hell are you?"

"You and I have met before, and we will meet again in the future." After leaving a word, Sun Ao turned and left, this time without looking back.

When he returned to the building, he leaned on a beam dizzily and gasped for breath.

The smoke is doomed to rise, and he is also doomed not to be alone.

He, who is used to being indifferent on weekdays, evoked a sarcastic smile at this moment, and he didn't know who he was laughing at.Is it yourself?Or is it someone from the palace?But with a smile, a tear fell from the corner of his eye, why couldn't he escape after all?Why should he go back to that place?

Sadly, right and wrong, ruthlessly.

He sneered again, stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears that slid down his cheeks, then called the little boy beside him, and ordered: "Tell Yanhua to come to my room."

Things have long been doomed in Mimi, no matter how hard you struggle, how many steps you take, you still can't escape.

He thought in his heart, if this was destined and he couldn't escape, he would admit it, because he was no longer the cowardly fugitive back then!

Min Xuan outside stared at the direction where Sun Ao was leaving, and at this time the crowd was getting bigger and bigger, which made Min Xuan's face even more unkind, he snorted and turned to leave alone.

Seeing this, Pang Zhan had no choice but to catch up with Min Xuan quickly so as not to lose him in the crowd.

But Min Xuan, who was used to walking alone, never thought of stopping to wait for Pang Zhan behind him, so more and more people separated them easily.He walked briskly all the way, but the unhappiness in his heart became more and more intense. For some reason, he just felt uncomfortable when he saw Sun Ao.

Suddenly, an old man in front of him was selling bamboo poles with the remaining bunches of candied haws. His hawking made the furious Min Xuan stop suddenly, his mind was full of thoughts for a while, and he walked towards the old man involuntarily.

Seeing Min Xuan approaching actively, the old man showed a benevolent smile and asked, "Do you want candied haws, my lord? Two cents a bunch."

"You," Min Xuan coughed lightly, and said with difficulty: "It's so late, why don't you go home, Uncle?"

The old man laughed and said, "It must be sold out."

"Then I'll buy it for you." Min Xuan said in embarrassment, and then took out a tael of silver from his bosom, intending to put it in the hands of the old man, but the old man declined: "Master, it's too much."

"No, it's worth the price." He insisted on buying the remaining four bunches of candied haws here with a tael of silver.

Seeing that he was so persistent, the old man thanked him repeatedly, and then handed him four sticks of candied haws, thinking that he could buy his grandson's last roast chicken tonight.

After seeing the old man happily walking away, Min Xuan stared blankly at the candied haws in his hand.

After a while, he glanced around and found that the crowd had dispersed before he quietly picked up a bunch of candied haws and licked it.

This mouthful was sweet, but it was bitter in his heart. He remembered when Concubine Jia told him about folk candied haws when he was young, and promised to buy him a bunch outside the palace in the future.As a result, the person who made the promise was already waiting lonely in the forbidden palace for Huarong to grow old, and the child who held a bunch of candied haws in his childhood has long since stopped looking forward to it.

But people who say they don’t want to buy it any more often see candied haws outside the palace and buy them involuntarily, thinking that this will give them some comfort, but it turns out it won’t.There is nothing to comfort the pain in his chest, and today's situation is all because of Wu Nuoxu and the people in that palace.

He clenched the candied haws in his hand and reminded himself of his goal again——Hui Jun must become the emperor, and Wu Nuoxu must be responsible for everything he did up to that year.

At this time Pang Zhan caught up from behind, he looked at the candied haws in Min Xuan's hands strangely, and remembered that when he was with Min Xuan four years ago, he had seen him staring into the distance after buying a bunch of candied haws .

He walked to Min Xuan's side distressedly. He didn't know Min Xuan's story, but he knew that Min Xuan was lonely.

When Min Xuan saw Pang Zhan coming, he felt embarrassed because he had four bunches of candied haws in his hand.He coughed, then stuffed four bunches of candied haws to Pang Zhan, and walked forward on his own.

Pang Zhan followed behind him and asked, "Go to the warehouse now?"

"No." Min Xuan looked at the even darker sky and said, "Do you know where the Song Mansion is?" After seeing Pang Zhan nodding, he made up his mind: "It seems that the inn is full. house."

After leaving the brothel on the other side of Xuanlou, the street was deserted, and the dark road was very difficult to walk, so Pang Zhan borrowed a lantern from a residential house, and the two walked to Song Mansion by the light of the lantern.

The deserted street was terribly silent. Occasionally, a few dogs barked again, and then fell silent again, making the two people walking on the street approach each other subconsciously.

"Who was that Sun Ao just now?" Due to the terrible silence, Pang Zhan had no choice but to open up a topic.

Maybe Min Xuan hated the silence at the moment, so he also started talking to Pang Zhan: "I don't know, but he said we met before."

"Could it be someone from Wang Wang's side?" Pang Zhan suddenly thought.

"Brother Emperor?"

"Yes. Since he knows your identity, he shouldn't be so defiant."

Min Xuan thought of Sun Aoqing's lofty appearance, so he turned a cold face and said: "No matter who he is, I want him and his brothel to disappear in Yangzhou." His face could not be seen clearly in the dark night, so no one knew How ruthless he was when he said this at this time, even he didn't even think that he had become the face he feared most in his heart.

After going through another alley, they walked to a place in the city near the lake, and there was a mansion in front of the lake, and the plaque on the gate of the mansion just outlined the word "Song Mansion".

Pang Zhan went to the door of the mansion like a horse knowing the way, picked up the knocker and knocked on the door, and immediately there was an old voice answering the door: "Who is coming in the middle of the night?" The owner of the voice half opened the door, and was surprised to see the people outside. He said, "So it's Master Pang!" Before he finished speaking, he quickly opened the door and called Pang Zhan to come in.

"Uncle Song, my friend and I passed through Yangzhou, but the inn rooms... were all full, so I had no choice but to come and seek refuge with you." Pang Zhan couldn't lie, so his tone was very unnatural, but Manager Song thought he was the result of a busy trip. He immediately took him and Min Xuan into the inner hall, and ordered someone to bring tea before going to Song Leyu.

Min Xuan looked at the environment of the inner hall. Although it was not resplendent and magnificent, there were several priceless antiques, calligraphy and paintings, which added an extra touch of elegance.Just when he was about to go to a pair of paintings and calligraphy and admire them carefully, he was attracted by the noise outside.

When he looked back, time seemed to be frozen at this moment.

He exchanged eyes with the leader, and the leader was Chen Pu, whom he couldn't find.

It turned out that he lived in the Song Mansion, and he remembered that Pang Zhan had inquired about Chen Pu's whereabouts when he was inquiring about Song Leyu.He looked at Chen Pu, whom he had not seen for three years, and finally his eyes fell on the scar on Chen Pu's chin. He sneered in his heart, never expecting to be able to hook up with Song Leyu with Chen Pu's appearance.

But even if Min Xuan tried his best to ridicule Chen Pu, it still couldn't change the fact that the long scar on his chin couldn't ruin Chen Pu's appearance at all. With Chen Pu's clear eyes, people could linger and forget the scar. exist.

Chen Pu's playful smile with Bao'er and Yao Ziyu froze, and he looked at Min Xuan nervously.It's been three years, when he thought he could have a better new life, he unexpectedly met someone from the palace in the Song Mansion, and this person was Min Xuan who was closest to Huai Jun.

He looked at Min Xuan at a loss, then bent down unexpectedly and said, "See Fifth Prince."

Bao'er was ignorant of the world, while Yao Ziyu stared wide-eyed at the man with slightly childish facial features but indifferent and arrogant expression. He couldn't believe that the prince in the palace would appear in Yangzhou.Then Song Leyu, who came in one step later, happened to hear Chen Pu's words, and his expression of joy at Pang Zhan's arrival turned into disbelief and astonishment.

It's not that Pang Zhan didn't know that he didn't intend to intervene in the struggle among the princes in the palace, but now he brought the royal people to his house. He really didn't expect that his friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time would give him such a generous gift.He looked at Chen Pu's bent waist again. He only knew that Chen Pu came from the capital, but he didn't expect that Chen Pu was involved with the royal family.

However, judging from the fifth prince's attitude, Chen Pu's life in the past was not easy.

"I didn't expect to meet Chen Zhonglang on this trip to Yangzhou, let alone meet in Song Mansion." Min Xuan said sarcastically, others couldn't understand, but Chen Pu's words were thorns in his ears.

Chen Pu hesitated and didn't know how to answer the words. On the one hand, he had to face Min Xuan, and on the other hand, no one here knew about his past.He couldn't help it for a while, he didn't know how to deal with it.

But Song Leyu, who understood Chen Pu's embarrassment, immediately took over the words: "It is a blessing for the villain that the fifth prince came to the Song Mansion in person, but the villain is allowed to be troublesome. I don't know what the five princes are talking about when they come to Yangzhou?"

"I've heard that the scenery in Yangzhou is beautiful, so I took this opportunity to come over for a visit." Min Xuan looked at Song Leyu. He didn't expect that the son of the Song family was so young, and he didn't expect that he was so handsome and didn't smell like copper. Maybe he really did. What's more, I don't care about fame and wealth.

He looked at Song Leyu again, even if he doesn't care about fame and wealth, he still has weaknesses, right?

"Oh?" Song Leyu understood what Min Xuan said, what kind of opportunity did he take advantage of?He didn't want to think about it, so he pretended to be silly and said with a smirk: "Since you can't go to the inn tonight, then I will wrong the fifth prince to stay overnight in the Song Mansion." He turned his head and ordered the servants beside him: "Clean up the two rooms for the fifth prince and Mr. Pang. The best wing."

"Please, Mr. Song."

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Le Yu." Pang Zhan felt ashamed of being a good friend, so he lowered his head and dared not look at him.

"Two, please." Song Leyu stepped aside to let Minxuan and Pang Zhan follow a maid to their wing, but Minxuan raised his hand and refused, looking deeply at Chen who was standing anxiously beside him. Pu said in a tone that could not be refused: "I will have a small gathering with Chen Zhonglang tonight."

Chen Pu's left hand was stabbed suddenly, he bit his lower lip, it turned out that this left hand not only heralds the rainy day, but also heralds the occurrence of these things that he doesn't want to face.

He looked around at the people around again, and had no choice but to nod in agreement.