Don't go back to hometown

"Brother Yu! Thank you, brother!"

Li Mingya trotted forward with her skirt in her hand, her face full of surprise: "You guys are here! I almost thought I recognized the wrong person."

She was so happy that she wished to pull Jiang Xianyu to jump a few times, but she stopped when she saw the child in his arms, "This is?"

Jiang Xianyu hugged the little glutinous rice balls forward, and proudly introduced: "My new apprentice, little glutinous rice balls, isn't it cute?"

"You have already accepted apprentices!" Li Mingya said in surprise, and at the same time took off the jade pendant around her waist and stuffed it into Xiao Tangyuan's hands, "Here, my sister gave you a meeting gift."

The little glutinous rice ball shyly shook her hands and lay on Jiang Xianyu's shoulders. Jiang Xianyu quickly caught the falling jade pendant and explained: "He is a little scared of strangers."

Patting Xiao Tangyuan on the back, Jiang Xianyu returned the jade pendant to Mingya: "Take it back, there is no need to give such an expensive meeting gift."

Li Mingya put her hands behind her back and refused to take them: "It doesn't matter, you keep it for him first, and give it to him later."

Jiang Xianyu couldn't resist her, so he handed over the jade pendant to Xie Cheng who was beside him for safekeeping.

Li Mingya immediately looked at Xie Cheng: "Brother Xie is here to participate in the test this time, right?"

After getting acquainted with Tan Fanghao and the others in Yangzhou, she also called Xie Cheng "Senior Brother Xie".

"Where do you live now? If you are staying in a hotel outside, why not come to Prince Rui's residence as guests."

"The county lord."

Before Xie Cheng could answer, a young man in fine clothes walked up to Li Mingya's side and looked at her fondly, "Why did he disappear in the blink of an eye, and he didn't even take anything."

Li Mingya glanced back at him, quickly avoided her gaze and lowered her head, two blushes crept up her cheeks quietly.

The man handed the Linglongfang rouge gift box to the accompanying servants, looked at Jiang Xianyu and Xie Cheng: "Are these two friends of the princess?"

Jiang Xianyu and Xie Cheng sized up the tall, handsome and well-groomed man in front of them, and their eyes fell back on Li Mingya's face.

Li Mingya looked away shyly, and said to Jiang Xianyu, "This... this is Brother Xu Jing."

Turning his head to Xu Jing again, he said, "This is brother Xiao Yu, Jiang Xianyu, and senior brother Xie Cheng."

Xu Jing smiled at the two of them: "I have heard about the great names for a long time, and I heard from the princess that Mr. Jiang is very skilled in martial arts. I wonder if there will be a chance to compete sometime in the future."

Before Jiang Xianyu could answer, Li Mingya tugged at Xu Jing's sleeve: "How can you be like this? When we met for the first time, we asked someone to compete, and you became a demon after practicing martial arts."

Xu Jing immediately smiled at her, "It's because I didn't think about it."

Jiang Xianyu looked at the two with great interest, and exchanged a look with Xie Cheng.

He could vaguely feel that Xu Jing was on guard against him. It wasn't hostile, but it wasn't friendly either.He looked down at Li Mingya whose cheeks were flushed with embarrassment, and probably guessed what was going on.

Unexpectedly, after being separated for more than three months, Xiao Mingya's peach blossoms are all in full bloom.

He must have gotten along well with this big brother Xu in front of him, and he often mentioned him and Xie Cheng in front of him, which made the other party feel jealous.

"It's not in the way." Jiang Xianyu changed his hand to hold the small glutinous rice balls, and said to Li Mingya: "Xie Cheng bought a house in the east of the city, and we all live there now. You can come as a guest when you are free, and bring yours —Brother Xu, I will discuss with him when the time comes."

Xu Jing was slightly surprised, he didn't expect Jiang Xianyu to see his tentative thoughts at a glance, and he acted so frankly, it seemed that he was petty.So he smiled at Jiang Xianyu, a little more sincerely.

Li Mingya's cheeks were flushed: "I don't want to take him there! I'll come tomorrow, he will be on duty tomorrow, I'm free."

Xu Jing frowned, looked at her hesitantly, but didn't try to persuade her to change her mind.

Jiang Xianyu squeezed his eyes with Xie Cheng again, and said with a smile: "Forget about tomorrow, we just arrived yesterday, and the house has not been cleaned up yet, so we can entertain you in a few days."

Li Mingya pursed her lips and glanced at Xu Jing: "Okay."

She pushed Xu Jing: "You go back first, I'm going to Penglai Pavilion for dinner with Brother Xiao Yu and the others."

Xu Jing: "..."

"Princess, it's not as safe as daytime after nightfall, or—"

"You are Gyeonggi Guard yourself, what do you say is not safe?"

Xu Jing: "..."

"Besides, Brother Xiao Yu will take me home, right?"

Jiang Xianyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and took the initiative to mention: "It's fine to eat, Mr. Xu, come together, Xie Cheng and I are not familiar with the capital, it's more convenient for you to send the princess off."

Xu Jing glanced at Jiang Xianyu gratefully, then looked down at Li Mingya, asking for her approval.

Seeing that Jiang Xianyu had said that, Li Mingya put on a face and didn't chase him away.

Xu Jing hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, and called the accompanying servants to book a private room in Penglai Pavilion.

Jiang Xianyu and Xie Cheng brought small glutinous rice balls to eat with Mingya and Xu Jing, so they learned how they met.

Xu Jing is the eldest grandson of the imperial censor, he did not follow the path of a civil servant, but joined the Gyeonggi Guards. He started as a soldier and spent two or three years to become a guard commander. Now he is exactly twenty, four years older than Ming Ya He was the husband-in-law chosen by the emperor as a matchmaker for Ming Ya.

At first, Li Mingya was not happy to be married so early, but after meeting Xu Jing, she felt that he was different from the children of those aristocratic families, and also different from the rough guy in the army she imagined, so she met Xu Jing a few more times.

At first Xu Jing was also trying to cope with the emperor's arrangements, but later he felt that Li Mingya was more frank and sincere than many noble girls, and gradually moved his heart.

Now the two have basically passed the Ming Road, and they are waiting for the emperor's decree to confer marriage.

Jiang Xianyu naturally wished Mingya well and hoped that she would get married soon.In this way, even if Prince Rui loses the heir apparent in the future, Ming Ya will have her husband's family to protect her so that she will not be alone.

After dinner, Jiang Xianyu bid farewell to Mingya and Xu Jing, and returned to Xie's mansion with Xie Cheng with the small glutinous rice balls.

Xiao Tangyuan spent a lot of energy going out, and fell asleep when she returned.

"Let me come." Xie Cheng took the little guy out of the carriage and brought him back to the house. Seeing that Jiang Xianyu asked the nanny to bring hot water, he suggested, "You take a bath first, and I'll wipe him."

Jiang Xianyu didn't hesitate, turned around and went to the clean room to take a shower.Xie Cheng took off Xiao Tangyuan's outer shirt, wiped his face, hands and feet, and put him under the warm blanket.

Jiang Xianyu was halfway through washing when he suddenly heard the door of the clean room being opened, and familiar footsteps slowly approaching.

He pulled the cloth towel in front of him, but saw that Xie Cheng had already started to take off his clothes.

"You, what are you doing?"

"Bath."

"But I haven't finished washing yet."

"Well, I'll rub your back."

Jiang Xianyu: "..."

In the end, the water in the tub spilled all over the floor, and when Jiang Xianyu was carried back to the bed, he couldn't help but think: I really believed in your evil!

Xie Cheng took a handkerchief to wipe his hair, and held him to dry beside the bed beside the charcoal stove.

"It can be seen that His Majesty loves Mingya very much." Xie Cheng said suddenly.

"Well," Jiang Xianyu leaned comfortably into Xie Cheng's arms, "If Xu Jing is really as good as he looks today, the emperor has indeed chosen a good husband-in-law for Ming Ya."

Xie Cheng paused: "The Nine Kings should not let Prince Rui retreat completely, but they won't be able to kill Li Mingya completely."

Jiang Xianyu suddenly grabbed Xie Cheng's hand, and said distressedly: "You...don't hate him, it's over."

Xie Cheng's breath was stagnant, he took a deep breath and pulled him into his arms, "No, I can't make it through. I can only promise you not to hurt Li Mingya, and as for Prince Rui, I can't keep him in public or private."

"I understand..." Jiang Xianyu turned around and hugged him, "I just don't want you to be sad, and I don't want you to always remember things from your previous life."

Xie Cheng bowed his head and kissed him, "Two different things, now that you are here, how can I have time to be sad?"

Jiang Xianyu couldn't help smiling, "hummed", and leaned forward to kiss him.

……

In Prince Rui's mansion, a middle-aged man with a refined and handsome face sat in front of the desk, listening to the servant's report, frowning slightly.

"Jiang Xianyu?"

"Yes, according to what the princess's former captain of the guard told him, this person is the young owner of the bodyguard that the princess met in Jiangnan. He also came to the capital with Xie Cheng, the only son of the Xie family in Yangzhou. He met Yuan in the township examination last year, and now he just came here Take the test."

The middle-aged man knocked on the table with his index finger, and ordered: "Check the background of these two people in detail, call back the servant who was with Ming Ya, and interrogate them carefully."

"Yes."

The middle-aged man asked again: "I heard that Shen Zhui has also returned to Beijing?"

"Yes, Mr. Shen returned to Beijing together with His Highness King Cheng, and we will arrive in a few days."

The middle-aged man pondered for a moment: "You said, can he find out the culprit who wanted Lao Jiu's life?"

"This... I don't dare to judge arbitrarily in a humble position."

The middle-aged man chuckled, "Go down."

"Yes."

……

Li Mingya agreed to go to Xie's house as a guest, but she couldn't make it until the exam started.

On the ninth day of February, the examination was held as scheduled.

This time Jiang Xianyu was still waiting outside the examination room, but there were more people with Xie Sangrou, Su He, Xiao Qixuan and Xiao Tangyuan.

Because he had to take care of the two little ones, Jiang Xianyu didn't dare to spend the night in the carriage like he did in the previous township test, so he rented a private room for nine days in a nearby teahouse, and came to visit from time to time.

After taking the exam for nine days in a row, when Xie Cheng, Duan Shuwen and the others came out, their chins were covered with stubble that was too late to trim.

In the private room of the teahouse, Xiao Tangyuan stared blankly at Xie Cheng, as if she didn't know him.

Xiao Qixuan also touched Duan Shuwen's stubble curiously, and exclaimed in surprise: "Daddy's beard is so prickly!"

Duan Shuwen's face was relaxed, he pulled Xie Sangrou who had been anxious but didn't dare to ask him, and said, "Don't worry, I feel okay this time."

Xie Sangrou burst into tears and hugged him excitedly.

Duan Shuwen embraced his lovely wife and beloved son, and breathed a sigh of relief—he should not have to taste the feeling of failing the exam for the third time.

Seeing this, Jiang Xianyu handed the small glutinous rice balls in his arms to Su He, and quietly asked Xie Cheng: "What did you test this time? Is it difficult?"

Xie Cheng: "Take the snow disaster in the south of the Yangtze River as an example to test how to deal with natural disasters. I have discussed this question in detail with my brother-in-law, and my brother-in-law should answer well. The other exams are similar to previous years. My brother-in-law has a solid foundation and should be safe."

Jiang Xianyu nodded, then hesitated and said, "Then the two of you have similar ideas, right?"

Xie Cheng pinched his ear: "What are you thinking? Although I have discussed this issue with my brother-in-law, I have to figure out how to perfect the idea and how to implement it. My writing style is different from that of my brother-in-law. How could it be possible?" similar?"

"That's good." Jiang Xianyu said, "However, many people should be able to guess this question, so there is nothing new in this test, right?"

"The test topic is taking the snow disaster in the south of the Yangtze River as an example. It is talking about natural disasters. Droughts, floods, snowstorms, hurricanes, earthquakes, and even plagues of locusts and rats are all included. It depends on whether you can think of it and how to solve it."

Jiang Xianyu suddenly realized: "In other words, there is quite a lot to do here?"

"Yeah." Xie Cheng held his face closer and couldn't help kissing his lips.

Surprised, Su He quickly covered his and Xiao Tangyuan's eyes, leaving himself a gap between his fingers, yelling inwardly: How could you do this? !

The little book boy Shimo covered his eyes and peeked like Ping An, and the former showed a gratified smile.

But he didn't know that this scene was still caught by another little guy—Xiao Qixuan was wiping Xie Sangrou's tears, but when he caught a glimpse of Xie Cheng's behavior, he shouted in surprise, "Mother! Uncle and little uncle kissed!"

Jiang Xianyu swiped his head to avoid it, lowered his head with red ears.

Xie Cheng turned his head to look at Xiao Qixuan: "..."

Duan Shuwen and Xie Sangrou froze for a moment, covering Xiao Qixuan's eyes in tacit agreement.