After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Xiao Yansui had just left Xu Guogong's mansion, and the family inevitably showed an indescribable desertedness.

Because of her daughter's departure, Mrs. Pei has been acting a little sleepy all day long. Even though brothers Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu are by her side, Mrs. Pei only makes her smile occasionally, and her mood remains the same. Looks a little depressed.

It was also because of this that Li Tan from the East Palace also left Chang'an City on the same day, and his destination was quite close to Xiao Yansui. The Xiao family was completely ignorant that day.

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Heng came out of the house and arrived at the Hanlin Academy. After sitting down for a while, a figure blocked his front.

He raised his head, and saw Zhao Junzhuo looking at him with somewhat complicated expression, hesitant to speak.

Xiao Heng was puzzled in his heart, but he just smiled on his face, and simply found an excuse, the two of them went out, and whispered a few words in a place where no one was around.

Zhao Junzhuo was in a complicated mood, pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Forgive me--was what happened yesterday the Xiao family's tacit consent?"

Xiao Heng was stunned for a rare moment, but he couldn't catch up with the conversation for a while.

Zhao Junzhuo was obviously in a trance, and he didn't even notice Xiao Heng's obvious sluggishness. He just lowered his eyes, sighed to himself, and said softly with deep meaning: "The battle between Donggong and Li Xianggong It's getting more and more intense, and it's only a short period of time to see Tuqiongdagger. I thought that the Xiao family didn't want to participate in the matter of Conglong..."

Xiao Heng squinted his eyes, and already noticed that something was wrong during the period, but he didn't directly ask Zhao Junzhuo why he said such words, he just suppressed his doubts and anxiety in his heart, and only went to investigate later. As for Zhao Junzhuo's words that made it difficult to distinguish whether they were probing or emotional, they just deliberately opened up the topic with half truth and half falsehood, and smiled pointedly: "Jun Zhuo is too worried."

The topic between the two of them froze. After a brief silence, the two returned to the room as if the topic just now had never happened.

Xiao Heng was calm on the surface, but after thinking about what Zhao Junzhuo said just now, a trace of uneasiness and impatience inevitably flashed in his heart. He couldn't calm down for a whole day, and as soon as the duty time came, he rushed back to at home.

Just arrived at the door, and the maid next to Pei's was waiting.

After Xiao Heng entered the courtyard, the maid hurriedly said: "The lady and the gentleman are both in the main courtyard."

Xiao Heng's heart moved. The main courtyard of Xu Guogong's mansion, since his grandfather Xiao Song insisted on going back to his hometown for the elderly, and his grandmother Mrs. Xu Guogong's wife He Shi has been taking care of his own sister Lu Mansion He Shi in Lu Mansion, most of the time, In fact, they are all empty.

At this moment, Pei's family and Xiao Hua are both there, the only reason, of course, is that grandma came back today.

Although his heart became more and more irritated by listening to Zhao Junzhuo's intentional or unintentional words in the Imperial Academy today, Xiao Heng still went directly to the main courtyard, intending to greet his grandmother.

In the main courtyard, apart from Mrs. Pei and Xiao Hua, even Xiao Wu, who had just returned from the academy, was already there.

It's just that Mrs. Pei and Xiao Hua seem to be talking with their grandmother Mrs. Xu Guogong Mrs. He in the house, but Xiao Wu is squatting outside the yard by himself, looking around from time to time, obviously waiting for someone.

Xiao Heng strode forward, "Goro?"

Xiao Wu immediately straightened his body, and pulled his elder brother in the same way, with complicated eyes, he quickly said in a low voice: "Li Tan was named the King of Jianning, and he only had a vain job. He found an excuse to leave Chang'an City, saying that he was going to the Jiangnan area."

The Jiangnan area is not small in terms of location, but among the counties, only Yangzhou Prefecture has a great momentum, and then Lanling County, there are several other relatively insignificant county residences.

--Of course, Li Tan's destination is actually Yangzhou City, which is not too far away from Shanhai Town in Nanlanling County.

What's more, Xiao Wu felt even more keenly than anyone else that since Li Tan went out under the name of a false job, there is a high possibility that he would not go to Yangzhou, the real destination, so as not to be in trouble with the Yangzhou government. The local sheriff had a power struggle, which led to alienation.

Just hang up a false job and go out to visit the mountains and rivers, and the local government officials in Yangzhou will be happy to see the success. In this way, everyone will be happy, isn't it beautiful?

After Xiao Wu's words came out, Xiao Heng's heart was shocked. Coupled with Zhao Junzhuo's words before, it was easy to figure out what was going on here. For a while, his brows were tightened, and his face also changed color.

Xiao Heng took a deep breath, patted his younger brother's shoulder heavily, and said in a deep voice, "I see, let's go in first."

Xiao Wu nodded, and followed with a slight frown, but he was already thinking about this matter, and he had to send a letter to Liu Niang first.

What Xiao Wu and Xiao Heng already knew, the Mrs. He, Xiao Hua, and Pei, Mrs. Xu Guogong's wife in the main courtyard, naturally also had eyebrows in their hearts.

Because it was related to Xiao Yansui, He Shi was obviously displeased, drooping his brows and eyes, and said in a somewhat uneasy manner: "Liu Niang's marriage--do you two have any plans? The intention of the East Palace is basically obvious. Liu Niang is also troublesome, even when good things happen to her, she can always make other mishaps."

After finishing speaking, he muttered a few more words to himself, Xiao Song just didn't want to get involved in the muddy water, so he simply went back to his hometown.

When Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu walked in, they heard He's words.

Even though Xiao Hengdang frowned, Xiao Wu secretly rolled his eyes.

Pei Shi has never been a good friend when it comes to his daughter.Originally, because of Li Tan's matter, Mrs. Pei was feeling anxious and annoyed for a while. However, it is one thing to be worried in the heart of a mother, but it is another time to find that the mother-in-law is here to accuse her daughter intentionally or unintentionally. It's over.

Mrs. Pei frowned, with a smile on her face, but she directly pushed back in her words, "Liu Niang's 15-year-old Jiji ceremony has not been held, and if you really want to get married, at least after the age of 20 Even in Chang'an City, this is a well-known fact."

To put it bluntly, no matter who the other party is, it is impossible for Xiao Yansui to get married as soon as possible.

In particular, Li Tan himself is three years older than Xiao Yansui. Under such circumstances, if Donggong intends to keep Li Tan waiting for a few years, it is also Donggong's sincerity and Li Tan's sincerity.What's more, after a few years, it is still unknown how the court situation will change.

Xiao Song himself kept a distance from the East Palace, in order not to touch Xuanzong's older and more suspicious glass heart, but since Xiao Song no longer held power, Xuanzong only left him with the old friendship of the past, Naturally, all his political opponents also stopped, so Xiao Song didn't ask Xiao Yansui to pay attention to the degree of communication with Li Tan as before.

Xiao Song obviously had the same consideration - it's too early now, the contact between the two juniors is a bond of friendship, but it can't affect the overall situation.

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No matter if it is the Xiao family in Xu Guogong's mansion, or Zhang Liangdi who got the news after the fact in the East Palace, no matter how many thoughts and plans they have, they will not be able to affect Xiao Yansui and Li Tan who have left Chang'an City for a while. up.

The person Xiao Wu secretly sent to Xiao Yansui to deliver the letter was still on his way. Previously, Xiao Yansui ordered the guards around him to investigate Princess Wan'an's matter, but she did not stop because of her departure.

However, on the surface, Xiao Yansui and Li Tan seem to have moved away from the increasingly turbulent undercurrent in Chang'an City...

At this time, the autumn is high and the air is crisp, the weather is pleasant, and it is a good time to travel far.

Because there was one more Li Tan traveling together, even though it was the same journey, this time, it was a bit more lively.

If it was just him, Xiao Yansui would probably just stay in the carriage the whole time, reading books when he had nothing to do, or lying there thinking about some experiments he could do next.

After having an extra Li Tan, besides the two of them talking and laughing together, occasionally they both got out of the carriage, and before boarding the boat, they simply rode for a distance together to stretch their bodies.

Xiao Yansui and Li Tan were also big-hearted, no matter how secretly the guards brought by Li Tan were amazed, it had no effect on Xiao Yansui and Li Tan.

After the two of them sat together, Xiao Yansui and Li Tan naturally talked about each other's itinerary despite the initial surprise.

"If you're going to Yangzhou City, we can just take a boat and go through the waterway together." Xiao Yansui directly pulled out a roll of maps that were not easy to obtain from the box, removed all the teapots and cups, and flattened it Spread it out on the desk in front of you, and gesture to Li Tan while looking for a spot on the map.

Li Tan just glanced at the map quickly, and then looked away casually. There was always a slight smile on his handsome face, but all his attention was basically on her.

"Well," after Li Tan nodded, he moved a little closer and asked softly, "I know that the old house of Xiao's family is in Xiao's village, but I don't know where is Xiao's village in Nanlanling County?"

"Hey, in fact, when you get to the local area, you can find out if you just ask." Xiao Yansui said casually. Of course, the Xiao family in Lanling is deeply rooted in his hometown. hundreds of years of accumulation.

However, despite saying so, Xiao Yansui still took the map, pointed at a small spot with a self-made pencil, and said casually: "Here, it's almost here, and there is a lake next to it."

Li Tan took a look, carefully remembered the location, and then nodded.

Although he didn't intend to stay in Yangzhou City for a long time, he just smiled and said, "Can I visit Mr. Xiao later?"

Xiao Yansui couldn't help but paused when he heard the words, and raised his head to look at him in surprise, just in time to meet his smiling eyes.

"Okay." After a while, Xiao Yansui simply nodded.

Even though there was no promise for the future during the conversation, hearing this word still made the smile on Li Tan's face deepen.

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The person Xiao Wu sent out to deliver the letter to Xiao Yansui was in a hurry, and finally chased them all the way before the group turned into water and boarded the boat.

In the past few days, Xiao Yansui and Li Tan walked together all the way, the two of them had fun, and the accompanying guards and servants had gradually gotten used to the scene of walking in such a dress.

However, the servant who had just rushed over from Chang'an City found that the guards of the Xiao family were huddled together with the people around Li Tan, but his face was in a trance, and he seemed to be in a bad mood.

Because of Xiao Wu's message he brought, when Xiao Yansui was talking to him, he naturally shunned the others, and then asked curiously, "So urgent... what does Wu Lang want to tell me?"

The servant couldn't help but secretly glanced at Li Tan who was not far away.

Xiao Yansui immediately understood, and laughed softly: "Could it be that what Wu Lang asked you to tell me has something to do with Li Tan?"

The servant nodded dazedly.

--In Chang'an City, apart from Xiao Yansui, who was born in Xu Guogong's mansion and Li Tan, who was born in the East Palace, other people in the court, in fact, all of them naturally knew that Li Heng, the third son of Prince Li Heng, was on the top of the throne. A vacant job went to Yangzhou City.It's just that most people probably wouldn't have imagined that Li Tan's trip to Yangzhou City, besides asking for something else, even on the way to Yangzhou, he had already walked with Xiao Yansui together...

Under Xiao Yansui's gaze, the servant whispered the words that Mrs. Xu Guogong's wife He Shi said in Xiao's house a few days ago, together with Pei Shi's rebuttal, and some things that happened in Chang'an City afterwards, all in detail. Tell Xiao Yansui.

Xiao Yansui nodded upon hearing this, then turned her head subconsciously, and glanced at where Li Tan was standing.

His senses were always sharp, especially when it came to her.

Only when Xiao Yansui's eyes swept over, Li Tan raised his head as if aware of it, their eyes met, his brows and eyes were smiling, full of tenderness.

Xiao Yansui also smiled slightly, then looked away, and turned to the servant in front of him and said softly: "I know everything. When you go back, tell brother, I will talk to Ah Weng about it."

The servant breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words. Xiao Song's position in the Xiao family is unquestionable. Xiao Wu couldn't help being a little worried about Xiao Yansui. Don't worry about it anymore.

The servant got Xiao Yansui's approval letter, and after he was relieved, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Since Liu Niang has such a plan, Wu Lang will feel relieved after he knows about it."

Xiao Yansui nodded slightly, and said softly: "You go back and tell Wulang the truth, let him not worry!"

After a pause, Xiao Yansui smiled and said, "I'll write back to him after I return to the old house of the Xiao family!"

The servant listened, and even claimed it was.

He rested here for a while, and the next day, Xiao Yansui and Li Tan set off again, and after taking a boat to the south of the Yangtze River, the servant also turned back to Chang'an, and brought Xiao Yansui's message back to Xiao Wu.

On the river, when there is no big wind and waves, it is actually easier to ride a big boat than a horse-drawn carriage.

The only thing is, although the big boat they took was spacious, it was still not as free as they could be on land. Except for replenishment on the shore, the space for the whole boat to move around was basically limited to this big boat. on board.

Fortunately, sitting on the boat and looking at the endless river, flat water, and the vast distance in the distance that seems to meet the water and the sky, it gives people a particularly open and vast scene.

Although Xiao Yansui was not surprised by this, he was also happy to appreciate it.Li Tan, on the other hand, is different from those small boats that enjoy the scenery and play. This trip is actually his first time on a boat on the vast and misty river.

He and Xiao Yansui were almost inseparable, and when they became curious and puzzled, they didn't hide it, and asked questions openly and openly. They were not lonely along the way.