Stranger and Chen in the Palace

As soon as the three got into the carriage, Xia Yan slapped his forehead and said, "My friends are still in the ruined temple on the mountain, I can't leave them behind!"

"Your friend?" Xue Zimo asked.

Xia Yan nodded: "They are orphans like me, they have nowhere to go, and they all hide in ruined temples for the winter."

"How many people are there?" Ling Yichen asked suddenly.

Xia Yan thought for a while and said, "Sixteen."

Ling Yichen and Xue Zimo looked at each other, Ling Yichen asked: "Do you want to pick it up now?"

Xue Zimo shook his head: "Let's go back first, let Xia Yan bring the guards to pick him up later, this carriage can't hold so many people."

"Okay." Ling Yichen smiled.

When Xia Yan brought them back, he saw that they were all children in their teens, and the oldest was only 12 years old.Ling Yichen asked the sheriff of Dianxi County to place those children in his mansion first, and then led Xiao Ye to look for orphans who were also homeless. It didn't take long before they found many poor children.

Due to the shutdown of the Fenhe embankment, Ling Yichen and Xue Zimo finally got some free time.From time to time, they would visit the group of children and bring them some gifts.The children like Xue Zimo who is gentle and gentle, especially Xia Yan. Every time Xue Zimo goes, he sticks to Xue Zimo's side.

Ling Yichen found that Xue Zimo was especially gentle when he was with these children, and people couldn't help but want to get close to him, and get close to him again.Watching them play together, Ling Yichen's heart softened even more.

The two of them were discussing the construction of the embankment after the beginning of spring in the inn that day, but they heard the guard report that someone begged to see Xue Zimo, and the person who came was Xiao Zheng who had kidnapped Xue Zimo a few months ago.

When Ling Yichen heard that it was him, his face sank slightly, Xue Zimo was a little strange, he didn't know what Xiao Zheng was looking for him, so he was invited in.

As soon as Xiao Zheng saw Xue Zimo, his eyes immediately brightened, and after a brief salute to Ling Yichen, he focused all his attention on Xue Zimo: "I haven't seen Mr. Xue for a long time, and I'm quite thin. It must be for disaster relief. Tired, speaking of the disaster victims getting such a proper resettlement, the young master must have spent a lot of effort."

Xue Zimo said with a smile: "Young Master Xiao, you are being polite. I am just an idler, but His Highness has worked hard for disaster relief."

"Yes, His Highness and Mr. Xue have contributed a lot to the disaster relief this time." Xiao Zheng smiled at Xue Zimo.

Xue Zimo smiled slightly: "Master Xiao is here today for something?"

Xiaozheng said excitedly when he heard the words: "It's like this. When the literati in Dianxi County heard about the arrival of the young master, they all wanted to see the young master's demeanor, and they all begged me to invite the young master. Some time ago, the young master and His Highness were busy with disaster relief. We I dare not bother you, but now that you know you are free, we specially held a welcome party at Yayi Academy, and hope you can enjoy it tomorrow."

"Why begging you?" Ling Yichen asked.

Xiao Zheng was stunned: "Maybe I have a relationship with the young master."

"Just met!" Ling Yichen sneered.

Xiao Zheng's face was a little uneasy, Xue Zimo made a rescue and said, "Thank you Mr. Xiao for the special invitation, and please trouble Mr. Xiao to tell all your friends that Zimo will be there on time tomorrow."

Xiaozheng said happily: "So, we will wait for the young master to drive you."

After Xiaozheng left, Ling Yichen looked at Xue Zimo and said, "You don't want to go, why did you agree?"

Xue Zimo was slightly surprised: "How do you know I don't want to go?"

Ling Yichen looked at him deeply: "From the first day I was with you, I have paid attention to what you like and what you don't like. Although you don't say anything, I don't know."

Xue Zimo came to a sudden, no wonder the meals Ling Yichen sent were more and more to his liking, no wonder he knew his living habits very well.Xue Zimo lowered his eyes and said, "That's why you insist on taking care of my food and clothing yourself?"

"I want to take good care of you." Ling Yichen said softly.

Xue Zimo was still puzzled: "But how do you know what I'm thinking?"

Ling Yichen smiled wryly: "Do you know that every time you have something you don't want to do, a trace of hesitation will unconsciously flash in your eyes, just now you heard Xiao Zheng's invitation, that's how it is."

Xue Zimo looked at him and sighed: "There are many things that you have to do even if you don't want to. Everyone has their own helplessness, isn't it the same for you?"

Ling Yichen held his hand and said seriously: "You are different, don't do what you don't want to do!" As he spoke, his eyes drooped slightly, and he said firmly, "Believe me, one day, I want no one to force you to do it!" Do nothing, no one can-"

Xue Zimo was moved not because of his promise, but because of his deep affection.

Between the two of them, Ling Yichen is definitely the one who gave more. His feelings for him have gone too far and too deep, but he doesn't know if he can untie the knot in his heart. Maybe one day, he will Live up to the person in front of me...

The next day, Xue Zimo and Ling Yichen came to Yayi Academy, and as soon as they opened the curtain, they saw hundreds of people standing densely at the entrance of the academy.Xue Zimo paused when he got out of the carriage before stepping out of the carriage.

As soon as everyone saw Xue Zimo, their eyes were glued to him and they couldn't move away.

Xiao was standing at the front, saw Xue Zimo coming down, walked up to him quickly, bowed down and respectfully said: "Master, please this way——" He turned sideways to make way, and everyone reacted in amazement. The person in front of him was Xue Zimo, and he was as handsome as the legend.

Ling Yichen got off the carriage with Xue Zimo, but none of these people knew him, so no one knew that he was the third prince, and Xiao, the only one who knew him, completely forgot about Ling Yichen because he was too happy.

Xue Zimo walked slowly towards the academy, and when everyone saw him coming, they automatically divided a path.

Along the way, there were many people who greeted and made friends with Xue Zimo, and Xue Zimo responded with a smile one by one.There were more people trying to squeeze forward to watch it closely, but those who couldn't get closer could only comment on Xue Zimo and communicate excitedly with the people around them. It took a quarter of an hour to walk down a road of more than ten meters.

Ling Yichen began to understand why Xue Zimo didn't want to come, no one wanted to be commented on by the exhibition like a monkey, and at the same time had to deal with these viewers.

Ling Yichen followed closely beside Xue Zimo, protecting him carefully, and when he saw someone trying to approach him, he immediately blocked him, his movements were so quick that he didn't let anyone have a chance to get close to Xue Zimo.On the other side, Xiao Zheng was also intentionally or unintentionally helping Xue Zimo to block those overly enthusiastic literati scholars, for fear of disturbing this Pian Pianjia young master.

After finally entering the academy, Xiao was inviting Xue Zimo to the upper seat. At this time, the commotion crowd calmed down a little and took their seats one after another. After all, no one wanted to lose their demeanor in front of the handsome and refined number one talent in the world.

In fact, those who can come to Yayi Academy today are not ordinary literati and bachelors. They are either well-known in the literary world or have profound backgrounds. Most of the people present here are older than Xue Zimo, and there are even a few who are over sixty years old. He is a great figure in the literary world, but when they saw Xue Zimo, they all looked in admiration.

Xiaozheng saw that everyone was seated, so he respectfully said to Xue Zimo: "Young Master, it is a great honor for us to come to Yayi Academy today. All of you here have admired your name for a long time, and hope that you can show your skills and open our eyes. "

As soon as Xiao Zheng finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement, and their eyes lit up.

Xue Zimo smiled and said: "Thank you for your great love for Zimo. Everyone here is my senior colleague. Zimo dare not show off in front of you. Zimo came to Dianxi County. He was supposed to visit you, but now he works for you. To hold this welcome party for Zimo, why don't you let me play the piano for everyone to express my gratitude."

Everyone was very excited when they heard the words, what an honor it would be to have the world's most talented person play the piano for them!

Xiao Zheng's excitement was beyond words. He bowed deeply to Xue Zimo and said, "My lord, I have a family heirloom guqin. Although it is not very expensive, it has been played by countless sages. I hope you can see it well." Eyes."

Xue Zimo nodded: "In this case, I will bother Mr. Xiao to borrow the piano."

Xiao is going to fetch it immediately.

Everyone was very surprised when they heard it. They knew about the guqin that Xiao Zheng was talking about.

Xiao's family was originally a big family in Dianxi County. His great-grandfather used to be a minister in those days, and later returned home to live in Dianxi County for the elderly. This Guqin is exactly Xiao Lao Shangshu's lifelong collection.It is rumored that this guqin has a history of thousands of years, and the Xiao family has been passing it down from generation to generation, and cherishes it very much. Even the former Dianxi county sheriff wanted to take a look at it, but Xiao Zheng refused with many prevarications.

Xiaozheng still kept this guqin until Xiaozheng spent all his wealth to help the victims.Of course, there is also the painting of Xue Zimo in his possession, which is unknown to everyone.

After a while, the person who picked up the piano came back.

Xiaozheng took the long nanmu box from the servant, carefully placed it in front of Xue Zimo, gently opened it, and took out a guqin from it, and everyone couldn't help but look at it.

Xue Zimo is also paying attention to this qin. The whole body of the qin is purple red, the strings are pitch black, and the lines are smooth.There are many broken lines on the body of the piano, it seems that the age of this piano is indeed not short.You must know that the Qinwu has no broken patterns for a hundred years. Judging from the dense broken patterns on this piano, it is not an exaggeration to say that it has a history of more than a thousand years.

Xiaozheng held the qin very gently, as if it was not an ancient qin, but tofu that would shatter when touched. He said to Xue Zimo with some embarrassment: "Although it is not a precious thing, it is handed down by my grandfather." , so I dare not be careless."

Xue Zimo stroked the broken lines on Fuqin's body, shook his head and said with a smile: "This piano is very precious. The broken lines on its body are from the back of a turtle, and this purple red wood is a very rare ice wood. As far as I know, there are indeed There is such a guqin named 'Feiquan', which was made by the Dong family, a family of qin builders, 300 years ago, so it should be this one."

Everyone sighed in admiration when they heard the words, Xiaozheng looked at the Guqin, and said respectfully to Xue Zimo: "Young Master is very well-informed, I am really ashamed of myself."

Xue Zimo smiled, stopped talking, put his hand gently on the strings, and closed his eyes slightly, as if communicating with the Guqin.Everyone stared at him intently. Ling Yichen was the closest to Xue Zimo and could see him most clearly. His heart throbbed, and a strong urge to kiss this person kept stirring his heart.