Blade of Wind

When we came out of the temple, it was already dark.

Xiu Huang went to fetch the horse, and said: "It's getting late, why don't you just find a place to have dinner and I'll take you back?"

Speaking of going back to Falcon Palace, my heart suddenly sank.

I don't know if that idiot Ah Ao still wants to seal up Renzhong Hall and move my official bedroom to live next to Changle Hall.

I sighed and said, "I don't want to go back yet."

Xiu Huang turned around and looked at me, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." I led the horse and walked beside him, forced a smile, and said, "Aren't you going home? Do you mind if I visit your house?"

He looked at me, frowned slightly with his slender eyebrows, but didn't say anything, got on the horse, and led me forward.

Xiuhuang's house is a big house not far from Chenmen.

In fact, he explained, it was supposed to be his father's home.It stands to reason that he should have left here to live alone when he was 20 years old.But he still lives here because he works as a doctor in his father's caravan.

The door is decorated with lights and festoons, and it is very lively.

Before we approached the gate, someone came out to greet him and called Xiu Huang "Second Young Master". He didn't seem to think it was strange that he brought someone back. He took our horse and ushered us into the gate, and someone ran in first. inform.

Entering the door is a courtyard, some people dressed as servants shuttle back and forth, and a few others stand and talk under the eaves, and when they see Xiu Huang, they all come to say hello and salute.

Xiu Huang returned the salute with a faint smile, and I followed behind him with a few smiling faces.In the end, I couldn't help lowering my voice and asked, "Huh? Has your house always been this lively?"

Before Xiuhuang could speak, his father Yishan had already come out to welcome him.Next to him was a man and a woman.The woman is a middle-aged woman, quite beautiful, luxuriously dressed, with a gentle smile.The man was probably a few years older than Xiuhuang, a bit fat, with a round face, and he looked like a Maitreya Buddha when he smiled.

Yi Shan led them to greet me, he was always smart, although he knew my identity, but he only looked at me up and down, then just bent down and bowed, calling him "Mr. Luo Yan".

In fact, even so, I thought it was too much courtesy, so I just bowed my hands and returned the courtesy.

Yishan introduced the two people around him to me, saying they were his wife and eldest son.

I took a look at them again, and was about to tell Xiu Huang that their family really didn't look alike at all, so I remembered what I said at Li Mu's place today.

It is said to be a family, but in fact, there is no real blood relationship or genetic connection among the family members here, right?Like or not, it just depends on whether the emperor is happy or not.

So he swallowed the words again, and only smiled lightly.

Xiu Huang glanced at me, but said nothing.

Yishan led his family to invite me to the hall to serve tea, and asked me politely why I came.

I smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just that I'm very bored up there, and I want to visit the city. If I take the liberty to visit the house, please Mr. Yishan don't take offense."

"What did you say, Mr. Luo Yan? Your presence really makes the humble house shine, how can you be offended?" Yi Shan said a few words politely, and then said, "It just so happens that today is the day of the dog's wedding, Mr. Luo Yan, please be sure to ask for more Have a few glasses of wedding wine."

"Eh?" I was startled and raised my eyes to look at Xiu Huang.

Yi Shan quickly explained: "Young Master misunderstood, it is my eldest son Qing Jun." He pointed to the side as he spoke, and the round-faced young man quickly came up and saluted again.

In fact, I didn't misunderstand it, it just felt a little strange.

Judging by Xiu Huang's appearance, he must have known about this before he came to ask for leave.But he drank tea and chatted with me all the way, and even went to see the temple, it seems that he didn't take this matter to heart at all, right?When I said I wanted to come, he hesitated for a moment, but he didn't say anything.Why?

At this time Qingjun came to see the ceremony, I quickly supported him, and said a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, I came in a hurry, and I don't know that there is a happy event at the house today, so I didn't prepare any gifts."

"It is already the greatest honor for me to be here, young master."

The father and son here are polite to me, but Xiu Huang just sits quietly on the side, although there is a gentle smile on his face, but there is not even a trace of warmth in his eyes.

At the wedding banquet, I was arranged to sit in the chair, next to the couple.The bride is not a stunning beauty, but she is also pretty, with a gentle smile, and she is shy and charming against the backdrop of an auspicious outfit.

Xiu Huang was at the same table as me. Although he also congratulated his brother and sister-in-law, he was still not very happy.

Although Yi Shan said he wanted to invite me to have a few more glasses of wedding wine, but after Yi Shan and the newcomer toasted me, when other people who knew how to read words came to offer a toast, they were stopped by Xiu Huang.

The excuse is, of course, a ready-made excuse: "Healed from a serious illness, it is not suitable to drink alcohol." I didn't say that I was seriously injured, because I was concerned about my identity, but Mr. Yishan's eldest son got married, and there were many shrewd and experienced businessmen present. .

Firstly, I don't want to be entangled by people who know my identity, and secondly, I don't want to steal the limelight at other people's wedding banquets.Xiu Huang stopped a few people, and I followed suit saying "I'm too drunk" and left the table early.

Yishan asked someone to take me to the guest room to rest, and Xiuhuang came out after him.On the way, he stretched out his hand to help me, and asked, "Xiaojie, you're not really drunk, are you?"

I shook my head and said, "It's okay."

Xiu Huang hesitated for a moment, and then said softly: "Then you take a rest, and we go back to the Falcon Palace?"

I laughed, turned around and looked at him directly, "Isn't this your home? Why are you in such a hurry to leave? Are you unhappy here?"

Xiu Huang was startled, and then smiled self-deprecatingly for a while, "Am I acting obvious?"

"Yeah." I nodded, "It's obviously written on my face."

He frowned again and said nothing.

So I looked at him for a while, and then asked: "Although it's a bit gossip, I still want to ask, why?"

A trace of embarrassment appeared on Xiuhuang's beautiful face, he coughed softly, and said, "It's actually just some emotional problems, it's too naive, so don't worry about it..."

It's rare to see him like this, so I couldn't help feeling playful, and said: "Could it be that the girl your brother married happened to be your sweetheart?"

Xiu Huang said eagerly: "Xiao Jie, don't make fun of me, I've never seen that girl before." After a pause, he sighed again, "I'm afraid my elder brother has never seen her before today. "

I startled. "Huh?"

Xiu Huang explained: "It's a marriage. Didn't I tell you about marriage and household registration before? This can be regarded as a way. And at this time, the marriage between the two states is far more beneficial to both parties than just household registration." Change this."

It turns out that the so-called commercial marriage and political marriage can be found everywhere.

I smiled again and said, "Is that why you're unhappy?"

He pursed his lips, but did not answer.He sent me to the guest room with the servant, and after the servant bowed and retreated, he looked at me and asked, "If I want to marry a woman I have never seen before, do you really not mind at all?"

His voice was soft, like the wind blowing through the treetops.The expression is soft, just like when he kissed my fingers that day.

His gaze was like the moonlight at this moment, faintly cold, with a hint of sadness.

I was stunned there.He opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

As a result, Xiu Huang just smiled lightly, said: "Please rest well, Lord," then turned around and left.