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The Martial Arts Tournament is a folk event held every year in Yuduzhong. People in the Jianghu like it, and you can see any fancy style of play.

Although the soldiers in the palace looked down on this kind of place where good and bad people were mixed together, the people who allocated the money to do the prizes were well-known and influential merchants in Yudu. At the feet of the emperor, they never caused the emperor to complain. One of the essential activities.

On the carriage, Murong Chenhao tidied up Wei Ling, put on the veiled hat, put on the big cloak, and hugged the stove. Although he didn't speak much, there was a look of worry in his eyes.

"This is a teleportation talisman that has already been used. It doesn't need fairy magic, it can be used by cutting some blood." Finally, he pulled Wei Ling's hand away and put the talisman in his palm neatly: "Run when you encounter danger. "

Seeing that he was careful and cautious, Wei Ling couldn't help but said: "No wonder Xia Zhou can live so smoothly in the world, Mr. Murong must have put a lot of effort into it."

Murong Chenhao shook his head: "You are joking, Pavilion Master Xia has never been able to understand human speech, no matter how hard I try, it will be useless."

He is also dressed as a woman today, but that appearance is not witchcraft, but makeup.Murong Chenhao's figure is slender, not as masculine as an adult man, his facial features are soft and beautiful, and his makeup is even more beautiful.But he can't dress up too delicately, the clothes are a little more plain, and there is only one inconspicuous wooden hairpin in his hair, and the jade bead earrings are dangling when he hangs his head, it is difficult to detect that he is a man.

Wei Ling usually doesn't care much about other people's affairs, but now that the two of them are riding alone in a carriage, it seems to be another rare opportunity to clear up their doubts.

"I see that you and King You have known each other before, but it doesn't look like you are working for him." Wei Ling asked him.

"Yes, King You used to have a special team to send him to death. Unfortunately, I was one of them. Later, it was logical that I should have been executed, but was helped by the pavilion master. By accident, I survived." Murong Chenhao's voice Very flat, as if he didn't care about what he said.

"Big brother said you were a repeat offender last time, so you must have violated the king's law... Is this kind of thing a common occurrence for your death squad?"

"Well, Mr. Wei, do you still remember that day in Wannian Hall, when Wu Wu's demonic power broke out uncontrollably, and many people died?"

Wei Ling froze for a moment.

Murong Chenhao looked into his eyes and said, "Did you escape very smoothly that way?"

After all, he couldn't remember clearly what happened that day, and fled all the way in a daze, with corpses and pools of blood all the way.

Murong Chenhao said: "The law guards stationed in the city and those who chased you were all killed by me. I am good at witchcraft. If I am exposed, I can blame the East."

Maybe killing Murong Chenhao was too calm when he spoke, and the unbelievable truth was heard by Wei Ling's ears, and it melted into his heart like snow falling on the surface of a lake without ripples.

Wei Ling laughed: "According to Mr. Murong, King You began to assist secretly at that time? I never told the second person about the fact that I sealed Wuwu. How did he know it?"

"I'm just listening to things and doing things, and I don't know much. Maybe Gu Yuan has other plans, maybe he has a good relationship with the crown prince to be a good friend." Murong Chenhao didn't look into Wei Ling's eyes, and helped him tidy up the curtain. The veil on the hat: "However, my lord, listen to my persuasion, the two princes are Gu Xiao's own flesh and blood, the so-called blood is thicker than water, some things are deeply ingrained, even if I try my best to resist, I can't change it."

The carriage was swaying, and the curtains by the windows were also rippling. Today's sunshine is very good, the light seeps into the carriage, and the shadows are a bit dazzling.

——The two princes are both Gu Xiao's own flesh and blood.

Wei Ling was a little awakened, he thought of the way Gu Xuancheng looked at him, and the coldness in Gu Yuan's eyes that could not go away, he saw Gu Xiao's shadow from the two of them, it was not an illusion, but a reality A real coincidence with something temperamental.

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From the other halls to Yudu City, it took nearly an hour by car. Walking through the towering city gates, there were cheers and cries all the way. Wei Ling fell asleep for a while, smelling the smell of food through the carriage, and opened her eyes. Looking from the curtain, it is actually driving in a market full of people coming and going, both sides are full of vendors shouting and selling, the smoke is hot and the noise is extraordinary.

It was the first time Wei Ling saw this kind of scene, and she was dazed. Just as she was thinking, the carriage stopped, and Gu Yuan's head popped out of the window. He smiled and said, "Xiao Ling, come down for a stroll."

Murong Chenhao objected: "There are so many people, it's not suitable to go outside."

Gu Yuan sighed, her eyes filled with helplessness: "This is Yudu, and I'm the famous little overlord of Yudu. Besides, Bai Lie is here, so what are you afraid of?" After speaking, he reached in from the outside and pulled open the curtain: " Look there."

Wei Ling looked in the direction Gu Yuan pointed, and saw Bai Lie and Liu Ying taking Bai Li to watch in front of a small stall.

"Xiao Ling, come quickly, you can do whatever you like, you choose, and I'll pay you, come on."

Gu Yuan sincerely invited, and Wei Ling and Murong Chenhao didn't postpone it any longer.

This stall is for sugar painting, and there is a small turntable next to it, and the stall owner can draw whatever is turned.

"It's amazing." Bai Li just took the candy carved into a wolf shape from the small stall owner, staring at the candy with a pair of big eyes without moving: "Daddy, look, it's exactly the same as the wolf picture of the Snow Wolf Army."

Bai Lie patted his head: "Thank you, uncle."

Bai Li said: "Thank you uncle!"

The wolf-shaped sugar painting was obviously specially painted for Bai Li, and there was no such pattern on the turntable next to it.

"This candy painting is so delicate, especially the wolf eyes, which are sharp and upturned, so lifelike." Gu Yuan knelt down and put her hands on Bai Li's shoulders: "Hey brother, how about you?"

Bai Li blinked her big eyes: "Does brother want to eat A Li's candy?"

Gu Yuan loves very much, her eyes are full of happiness: "A Li feeds my brother, and my brother will eat."

Bai Li looked at Tang, then at Gu Yuan, and obediently handed it to Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan looked at this little cutie and her heart was about to melt: "A Li is so good, my brother is reluctant to fight with A Li, or if it's a change, how about my brother feeding A Li?"

Liu Ying smiled and said, "My lord really likes A Li."

Gu Yuan nodded: "That is, that is, I like it very much, if Bai Lie hadn't stopped me, I would have liked it even more."

Bai Lie: "..."

The stall owner looked at the side for a while, and his whole face changed with fright: "You, You, King You! You, you come here, ah, eat, eat, whatever, whatever you want!"

Fortunately, there was a lot of noise around, and no one came here. Even if the stall owner yelled, it didn't disturb too much.

Gu Yuan bumped Wei Ling next to her with her arm: "Xiao Ling, which one do you want to turn?"

Wei Ling took the folding fan, touched the turntable with the front end of the fan, and lightly touched the "tiger" pattern on the turntable.

Gu Yuan smiled: "Coincidentally, I think you will be able to transfer this cat."

The stall owner hurriedly said: "Oh, since the lord said so, it must be done! You don't need to turn around at all, young master, I will draw it for you."

Wei Ling gently pushed the pointer on the turntable with a fan.

He didn't use much strength, but the pointer miraculously made a full circle, and finally stopped on the "tiger" pattern.

"Cat." Wei Ling said softly.

With a smile on his face, the stall owner looked at Wei Ling's fair and slender hand holding the fan for a while, and then looked up, only to see the soft and thin lips and chin half covered by the veiled hat, and he was stunned for a while.

Bai Lie reminded: "This is not a cat, it's a tiger, and the picture on the plate is the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac."

Gu Yuan stopped in a low voice: "You know a ghost."

Bai Lie: "?"

The stall owner picked up the melted syrup three times, and lightly sketched it on the slate, and soon the shape of a lively cat appeared. The stall owner moved neatly, and in a short while, the candy that Wei Ling wanted was ready up.

Gu Yuan shook her head at the side: "Xiao Ling is suffering from lovesickness, and he has to think about cats even if he eats candy."

Bai Lie heard him speak, but didn't understand. He thought that most of what Gu Yuan could say was not serious, and he didn't take it to heart. As for Wei Ling, he concentrated on looking at the stall owner's sugar painting, and took the small The cat candy queen also kept staring, as if she could show the candy alive.

He thought of Zi Wan'er, Zi Wan'er once folded a summer cat with origami paper, and specially drew him with inverted triangle eyes, now the candy in his hand is also a fierce cat, the more he looks like Xia Zhou .

I don't know how Zi Guan'er is doing now.

Wei Ling thought silently in her heart.

This street extends all the way to the river across the city, and is the largest market in Zhaoyang.

On New Year’s Eve, people are busy with family reunions, and the street will be a little quieter at dinner time, but it lasts only for an hour or two. In the middle of the night, the street becomes lively again, the parade team stays up all night, and the whole street is brightly lit.

Yu has a curfew, except for the few days from New Year's Eve to Lantern Festival. It is said that the Taili Court will raise magic circles in the city to purify the pollution and celebrate the new year. Those magic circles will be very gorgeous, dyeing the whole sky with colorful colors.

Bai Lie's family walked in front, and Gu Yuan led Wei Ling in the back. They didn't stop along the way, introducing various things to Wei Ling. When introducing them, they didn't forget to say: "Back then, Wu Wu could do this. I have learned a lot, and thanks to my thorough explanation.”

Regardless of whether Gu Yuan’s nature is bragging or not, but it’s true to say it thoroughly. He said that he would eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year. Gu Yuan could memorize everything from how to make dumpling fillings to how to make dumplings. Tangyuan, by the way, the stuffing of glutinous rice balls is black sesame, sweet but not greasy, he can eat ten of them by himself.

"There are quite a few of us. Tonight, we will go to the Prince's Mansion for a reunion. The reunion dinner will be prepared early. After eating and drinking enough, let's come to the city to play again." Gu Yuan found a bunch of candied haws from nowhere, and ate them while walking: "Xiao Ling, there is good wine tonight."

Wei Ling hadn't had a drink for a long time, and when he heard what Gu Yuan said, he also nodded along.

Murong Chenhao looked at Gu Yuan: "Aren't you going back to the palace tonight on New Year's Eve?"

Gu Yuan: "Return, I have to leave later, but at most an hour, the prince will also enter the palace today, presumably the father wants to spend time with the queen, a concubine prince like me, it is wise to find an opportunity to leave by yourself." most."

These words sound a little pitiful, but Gu Yuan said them plainly.

Wei Ling said: "You have a good relationship with Xuan Cheng, how can you put it so bleakly."

Gu Yuan smiled wryly: "It's really good to have a good relationship, and the queen treats me well, but Zhaoyang only has two princes. Since I'm not interested in that position, I have to avoid some things with my heart."

Originally asked casually, but did not expect Gu Yuan to answer seriously, his voice became smaller and smaller, obviously the topic should not be discussed in broad daylight.

As a prince, he didn't look like a royal noble. At first, Wei Ling thought he was crazy, he could say anything and do anything, but today when he walked on the street with him, many people recognized him as a lunatic. When they came out, the greetings and pleasantries seemed ordinary, and they even stopped to chat for a few words.Wei Ling stayed in the palace for a while, and the people in the palace spoke not only in a gentle manner, but also in a roundabout way. Looking at Gu Yuan, there was no such aura in his body, as if he was born better at living in the midst of fireworks, rather than The quiet and gloomy palace.

Wei Ling sighed, and said, "Then go and come back quickly, and drink with me tonight."

His tone was always gentle, and it was very comfortable to listen to. Gu Yuan's heart warmed up, and she smiled at Wei Ling.

"Okay, wait for me."