Herding sheep on Zha Gong's head

Xu Ling'an let Xiaobai get into the carriage first, and then boarded himself. The wheels rolled, and Yin Cheng, who was lying in the carriage with his eyes closed, opened his eyes in a sway, but his eyes were blank. He scanned the interior of the carriage for a moment, and the next moment Neck tilted, eyes closed and fell asleep again.

All the way to send Yin Cheng to the uncle's house, Xu Ling'an didn't get out of the car, the coachman jumped down, trotted to the closed big iron gate and knocked on the door a few times, and soon someone came out from inside.

The coachman whispered a few words to the man, and the two ran back to the carriage together.

The coachman raised the curtain, and the servants of the Uncle Guo's Mansion standing by the carriage were very close, so they could see the whole situation inside the carriage in an instant. When they saw Xu Ling'an, they called out respectfully, and then subconsciously looked to the other side Look, at that look, the heart almost missed a beat.

He looked back in time, although he didn't know the identity of the person, but since he could sit in the carriage, he was not an ordinary person.

The groom helped Yin Cheng, who fell asleep drunk and was awakened by Xu Ling'an, out of the car, and handed it to the servant of the uncle's mansion.

Yin Cheng half-closed his eyes, his body limp into a puddle, thrashing about in the servant's arms, yelling incessantly in a low voice.

"Let go, don't stop me, I can still drink, give me wine, Ling An...you help me bring the wine here..."

"Second Young Master, hey, be careful, there are steps ahead..." The servant grabbed Yin Cheng's waving hand and reminded him to step down.

When people entered the gate, the carriage set off again. Without Yin Cheng, the atmosphere in the car suddenly darkened. Xu Ling'an stared intently at Xiaobai who was directly opposite him. He lifted the curtains and stared outside.

Now that the man came back to him, Xu Ling'an was surprised and felt unreal. None of the plans he had made could be used. gave him.

Does it mean that nothing happened between Xie Hongyuan and Xiaobai, Xiaobai is an unimportant existence to the other party.

This thought made Xu Ling'an's mood instantly better. When he thought that if Xie Hongyuan had touched Xiaobai during this period, he would feel an uncontrollable sense of violence. Fortunately, that situation did not happen.

Xu Ling'an breathed out slowly, and then said, "Tomorrow I will enter the palace and write a letter to His Majesty to return to Yecheng."

"At that time, you will leave with me, you can rest assured, I will definitely protect you."

Xiaobai's eyes flickered suddenly, and he turned to look at Xu Ling'an. The man had already thought about the way forward. I don't know if he said at this time that he likes the third prince, not him at all. He would rather die than leave In the capital, what expression will a man have on his face.

You should be very disappointed. The person you thought you got, in fact, can't belong to him at all, and you will probably be sad for a while.

Do you want to say that?

Xiaobai considered for a moment, then nodded to Xu Lingan: "I believe you."

I still don't want it anymore, it's rare to be liked by such a handsome and outstanding person, so I will stay with him for a while longer.

Presumably, the news that he left the General's Mansion by now had already reached the third prince, Chu Fengxie. That person would definitely not just watch Xu Lingan take him away, and would definitely take action.

Xiaobai himself, in fact, just needs to wait quietly and watch the next scenes.

In theory, it should be so, but in practice, it is impossible for Snapdragon to do nothing.

Since he agreed to go with Xu Lingan, maybe he should remind him a word or two.

"Third Highness...he won't just let me go, we..." A struggling and entangled look emerged on Xiaobai's face.

"Recently, there was a case in the Ministry of Punishment. The scope of the case was quite wide, and because it involved the emperor's family and relatives. Therefore, His Majesty handed it over to the Third Highness to handle it at this time. He won't have much free time in the near future."

The subtext is that the third prince probably doesn't care about them, not to mention his plan is to leave Beijing overnight as soon as he gets His Majesty's permission. He doesn't need to bring much, and he has already started to move out of the mansion slowly a few days ago.

"Master Hou..." Xiaobai suddenly straightened his face, and then said solemnly, "Thank you."

Xu Ling'an was taken aback for a moment, and then just as he was about to say something, the carriage stopped and had already arrived at the Hou Mansion. The driver jumped out of the carriage and informed the people in the carriage that they had arrived.

Xu Ling'an swallowed back what he was about to say.

Walk into the Hou Mansion again.Xiaobai's mentality changed a bit, and he glanced at Xu Ling'an who was walking beside him from the corner of his eye. If not, he should have a stable and peaceful life. He seems to be able to do whatever he wants, but it's not quite the case. This world is huge. The cage binds everyone trapped in it, even he, an outsider, is subject to various restrictions.

This is life, there has never been absolute freedom.

Xiaobai's return made Xu Ling'an's whole aura seem to have changed a lot, he no longer always had such a cold face, scaring people could clearly find that although his expression was still not much, but the coldness between his brows was gone. Dissipated a lot.

It was night, the two of them had dinner, washed and went to bed. Of course, Xiaobai lived in Xu Lingan's house. The two of them slept on the same couch, the candlelight was flickering, and they hugged each other, as if they were two figures that merged into one.

As Xu Ling'an said yesterday, after having breakfast with Xiaobai the next morning, he rode to the palace on horseback. The speed of the carriage was too slow, and it would be dangerous to stay for a quarter of an hour, and he only brought one The guards left the mansion in a hurry.

Due to His Majesty's poor health recently, the early court was temporarily canceled, and all the ministries went directly to his palace to discuss matters. Unfortunately, when Xu Ling'an went, he was told that the third prince had arrived first and was discussing matters with His Majesty inside. Outside the gate of the palace, he waited for more than half an hour. When the third prince came out, he avoided hiding in a dark place, and only pulled out when the figure disappeared from sight when the person left.

"Master Hou, you can go in."

"Thank you, father-in-law." Xu Ling'an took the bag and the purse from his sleeve, and handed it to the chief eunuch who was acting as his messenger.

The manager took over the rather heavy purse, with a smile on his face: "Master Hou is serious, and the family is just doing their part."

Xu Ling'an was noncommittal, with a slight smile on his lips, nodded his head slightly, and then walked into the tall and majestic palace in front of him.

Everything went well. Although His Majesty asked Xu Ling'an to stay, Xu Ling'an was firm. He only said that his mother's dead soul dreamed at night and hoped that he could return to the old city. He would never go against his mother's request, so he begged His Majesty to let him leave.

His Majesty wanted someone to give Xu Ling'an a ride, but Xu Ling'an declined, saying that he didn't need it or that he might mobilize the crowd.

Xu Ling'an came out of the palace and hurried to the mansion. When he came back last night, he had notified his subordinates that he was ready to leave at any time.

Pulling the rein, the horse let out a cry, Xu Ling'an got off the horse, and took three steps at a time. Before the iron gate was fully opened, he had already walked in.

The news of Xu Ling'an's return was simultaneously informed to Xiaobai by 96, Xiaobai walked out of the house, and as soon as he reached the gate of the courtyard, he saw a figure sprinting towards him from a distance.

As soon as the man walked up to Xiaobai, he suddenly stretched out his hands and pulled the eight of them into his arms. His arms were tightly wrapped around Xiaobai's back. Xiaobai's face was pressed against Xu Lingan's chest, feeling the strong beating heartbeat of the other party, he set off Looking at Xu Ling'an with the eyelids, I don't know if it's the angle or some other reason, but there is a strange sense of familiarity, as if I have seen Xu Ling'an somewhere before, not this world, but a certain world in the past.

"...Your Majesty has agreed?" Xiaobai raised his eyes to look at the handsome side face of the man who was close at hand, seeing the bright light flickering in his eyes, he knew that things were probably going well.

The strength on Xu Ling'an's arm eased a bit: "Yes, Your Majesty has allowed me to return to my hometown."

"That's great." Xiaobai showed a faint smile, but his pupils were lowered, as if there was a layer of worry.

Xu Ling'an felt that Xiaobai didn't want to be happy on the surface, and knew his deepest concerns: "We're leaving tonight."

Xu Ling'an held Xiaobai's shoulder tightly.

However, Xu Ling'an didn't inform the housekeeper immediately about this matter, and told him to close the front and rear doors of the Hou's mansion, and not allow anyone in the Hou's mansion to go out until it was dark.

He went to the study with Xiaobai, showing signs that he was not going to travel far away immediately.

Soon, the sky darkened, and the carriage was waiting at the back door. Xu Ling'an and Xiaobai hurried to the back door, brought four personal guards with them, boarded the carriage, and hurriedly rode towards the city gate.

As for the butler, he will stay in the mansion and wait until tomorrow morning before leaving the mansion.

Xu Ling'an expected that Chu Fengxie would not come to block people with great fanfare, and that his every move would be watched by another person who had a competitive relationship with him. If this matter really became a big deal, even the person in the palace would know, yes The third prince is of no benefit.

And among them, the third prince might want to protect his reputation, and he might come to kill him, which would naturally be Mie Xiaobai's mouth.

Xu Ling'an sat with Xiaobai, he held Xiaobai's hand tightly, he was the one who wanted people to come to his side, so he swore to himself in his heart that no matter what happened, he would absolutely protect Xiaobai.

Soon after arriving at the city gate, the city gate guards learned that Xu Ling'an was sitting in the carriage, and there was an oracle from the current sage, so they let him go without checking what was going on in the carriage.

This night, the sky was full of moon and stars, and the road was as bright as day. The carriage left the city, and then entered a boulevard.

The road outside the city was not as flat as the inside of the city, and the carriage was bumpy. Even if it left the city, the danger would be half the contact. Xu Ling'an immediately ordered the personal guard who was the driver to slow down the speed.

The degree of turbulence dropped by half in an instant, and Xiaobai rested in Xu Ling'an's arms, squinting his eyes.

Seeing that Xiaobai seems to have fallen asleep, Xu Ling Ancuili just stared at Xiaobai silently, looking at this person who entered his heart almost instantly.

He doesn't believe in gods and Buddhas, but at this moment, he suddenly wants to ask the Buddha to bless them. What he asks is so simple, to live a simple and peaceful life with the one he loves. He doesn't ask for glory, wealth, or immortality. life companion.

Xu Ling'an lowered his head, and kissed Xiaobai lightly on the forehead, extremely cherishing and affectionate.

In fact, Xiaobai was not asleep, so Xu Lingan kissed him suddenly, he knew it, but he didn't open his eyes, this peace would be shattered immediately.

He originally thought that there would be some action from the third prince, but in the end, the other party didn't, and instead came another person he had never thought of.

The carriage was going up a steep hill, but when it had just climbed to the highest point, it suddenly stopped suddenly.

The stiff rope stretched the horse's neck, and the two horses immediately lifted their front feet off the ground, neighing loudly.

This accident caused the carriage to shake violently for a moment, startled Xu Lingan, and woke Xiaobai up.

Xu Ling'an straightened Xiaobai's body, leaned against the wall of the car, and leaned forward, wanting to ask what happened, but the curtain of the car was lifted from the outside, and the guard driving the carriage had a strange expression on his face, lowered his voice, and said to Xu Ling'an.

"Master Hou, it's the second prince."

"Second prince?" Xu Ling'an thought the guard had misspoken, and looked forward, only to see a group of people standing five or six meters away.

There was someone beside the leader holding a bright lantern, clearly illuminating all the expressions on that person's face, and there was a hint of playfulness in the banter.

The appearance of the second prince is very different from that of the third prince. The third prince has a majestic aura, while the second prince has a feminine face with a thin jaw. Even if he is smiling, it only gives people a chilling feeling comfortability.

Xu Ling'an didn't have a deep friendship with the second prince. This person was not in his palace late at night, but he led a group of people to the wilderness. Xu Ling'an didn't think that the other party was here to see him off. The friendship between them was always discussed Not on this.

Although he didn't understand why the other party came, Chu Yan was definitely more difficult to deal with than the third prince. Xu Ling'an got out of the carriage, and then put the curtain on the carriage after getting off.

Walking forward, walking in front of Chu Yan, Xu Ling'an met the second prince's interesting eyes, and called, "Second Highness."

"Master Xu, I heard from the people in the palace that you asked His Majesty to return your fief. What's the matter? Is there something urgent that needs to be rushed over tonight?" Chu Yan took two steps forward, his eyes Xu Ling'an suddenly turned around and turned to the carriage parked quietly behind.

"I just vaguely saw someone in the car. Who is it? Is it higher than this king? It can't be His Majesty today, right?" Chu Yan said casually, but said shocking words.

Xu Ling'an's expression changed drastically, and he explained, "Of course not, he's a friend of mine."

"Hou Ye's friend must be a young talent like Hou Ye. I wonder if I have the honor to meet him?" Speaking of this, it seems like a request, but in fact it implies a threat.

Xu Ling'an had originally imagined that there might be Xiaobai in it, but the current situation is really because of Xiaobai.

But as far as he knows, Xiaobai has never had any contact with the second prince, even the third prince Chu Fengxie should not let this happen.

Xu Ling'an turned around, winked at the guard, and the guard went to the carriage, opened the curtain, and asked Xiaobai to get out of the carriage.

In the car, Xiaobai heard all the conversations outside clearly, and was surprised by the second prince's request to see him.

He came to Xu Ling'an's side, half a step behind, and saluted the second prince.

After Xiaobai got off the carriage, Chu Yan stared at Xiaobai, barely moving, and when he came to him, the distance became closer, which made him see Xiaobai more clearly. The cracks spilled down, enveloping the boy.

It seemed that his whole body was covered with a thin layer of halo. Chu Yan had seen many different colors. There were three thousand beauties in the harem in the palace, pure, charming, enchanting and seductive, and there were all kinds of them.

He thought he was used to seeing the beauties in the world, but at this moment, when he saw Xiaobai, he was instantly attracted by his appearance.

Then he sighed, no wonder Chu Fengxi would redeem people from Fengyuechang, even he, if he had known that there was such a person, he would definitely gather people to him like Chu Fengxi, and he would not be like that. Like Chu Fengxie, sending such a wonderful person to others for wanton playfulness is really wasteful, obviously beautiful things should be kept for oneself.

"Master Hou, this king has fallen in love with your friend at first sight. I want to invite him to sit in my palace. I don't know if it's possible?" Chu Yan said so, his hand was already raised, and the entourage of the palace behind him left. When they came up, several people put their hands on the sabers around their waists.

Seeing the situation, Xu Ling'an's guards immediately gathered together, and the air froze in an instant, only the cold wind blowing slowly through the forest stirred everyone's clothes.

"The Marquis left the capital this time. There was an imperial edict from the emperor. Now His Highness is coming out to take my people away. I would like to ask, why?"

Chu Yan was amused by Xu Ling'an's words: "It's common sense for Master Hou to refuse to give up his love. Such a delicate and exquisite person is indeed lovable. But did Master Hou make a mistake? This person doesn't care at all. It belongs to you."

"You took him away quietly, have you asked about my third younger brother?"

"Or, you are simply hiding him from him and bringing him out secretly so that you can keep it for yourself."

Chu Yan spoke sentence by sentence, and every time he said a sentence, Xu Ling'an's expression darkened.

"You know everything?" At this point, there was no suspense, and Xu Ling'an couldn't help but be shocked.

"Of course I know. After all, this is the person that my third brother values. As the eldest brother, he will naturally bring his people back to him." Chu Yan raised his hand, waved forward, and his followers pulled out their knives one after another. , and surrounded Xu Lingan and the others at a rapid speed.

Without fear, Xu Ling'an confronted Chu Yan, watching a fierce battle was about to break out.

An unexpected voice suddenly appeared, attracting everyone's attention.

"I'll go with Second Highness, please let Lord Hou go." Xiaobai looked firmly at Chu Yan who was directly opposite.

Xu Ling'an next to him stared at his profile, and after Xiaobai said this, he stretched out his hand to pull Xiaobai. Xiaobai seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and evaded to the right, out of reach of Xu Lingan's fingers outside.

"I can't repay Master Hou's affection for me. I only hope that Master Hou can be safe and sound. This is my greatest wish."

"I won't let him take you away." He had already lost Xiaobai once, if he were to be separated from him again, Xu Ling'an would probably never be able to forgive himself in his life.

After finishing speaking, Xu Ling'an turned his hand around, and took out a knife from the guard, and attacked the second prince.

The second prince dropped his hands to his sides, without any resistance, but following closely, a follower stood in front of him, raised the blade in his hand, and blocked Xu Ling'an's attack.

The fierce battle was about to break out, and there was the sound of fierce collision of swords and swords everywhere. In the chaotic fighting force, there were two people who were relatively abrupt and stood still, the second prince, Chu Yan, and Xiaobai.

None of the opponents attacked the two of them, as if they didn't exist.

While brandishing his weapon, Xu Ling'an approached Xiaobai. He grabbed Xiaobai's hand, and then ran to the carriage with the people.

Chu Yan looked at the two people who were getting farther and farther away from him, and suddenly raised his hand backwards, and then someone handed him a bow and arrow.

Nocking the arrow and pulling the bow, the arrow moved back and forth on the two people in the distance, and then fixed on the back of the person holding the knife.

The bow was fully drawn and was about to shoot, but the person pointed at suddenly changed. Chu Yan stopped in time, and on the other side, his entourage had already rushed over to stop Xu Ling'an and Xiao Baihe. The weapon, that fragile body, was no match for anyone at all. Xu Ling'an wanted to protect him from being pulled away. He actively exposed his body. Someone fell with a knife and cut Xu Ling'an's arm.

After that, there were no more battles, and the battle ended with Xu Ling'an being captured.

Chu Yan pushed aside the crowd and walked towards Xu Ling'an, who was being supported by Xiaobai. One of Xu Houye's arms was dripping with blood, and there were many scars on other parts of his body.

Chu Yan stretched out his hand, pulled Xiaobai over, then squeezed his chin, and carefully looked at the other person's face.Gently rubbing the fingertips, like caressing a piece of beautiful jade with excellent touch, it is hard to put it down.

With the corner of his mouth raised, Chu Yan smiled freely, as if he had obtained a treasure in the world, his eyes were filled with a smile.

Suddenly, a bright light flashed in front of him, and then Chu Yan felt a chill on his neck.

Slowly lowering his head, Chu Yan saw a short dagger being held by a beautiful hand, pressing against his throat.

Misled by beauty, he forgot to be on guard for a while. Xiaobai's behavior not only did not make Chu Yan feel offended, but on the contrary strengthened his determination to get someone today.

Chu Yan didn't resist, he just wanted to see what Xiaobai wanted to do with a knife.

"Tell your people to stop, Your Highness, please tell your people to stop." Xiaobai tightened his knife, and the blade instantly cut Chu Yan's neck, and a little scarlet came out.

Chu Yan frowned slightly, raised his hand and called to stop.

"Everyone stop." Chu Yan's people all stopped their movements.

"Tell them to back off another 100 meters." Xiaobai's pupils constricted, cold sweat dripped from his forehead into his temples.

Chu Yan's lips moved slightly for a moment, it was not the expression of being controlled by others, but it dissipated so quickly that Xiaobai didn't see it.

Chu Yan smiled at Xiaobai, and repeated Xiaobai's words: "Everyone back a hundred meters."

Because Chu Yan was captured by Xiaobai, his subordinates did not dare to make any changes. It was natural for Chu Yan to say what they did.

Quickly retreated to the slope.

Xiaobai grabbed Chu Yan's shoulder with one hand, and led him to Xu Ling'an: "Hold the knife."

Xiaobai said to Xu Ling'an, followed him to take off his outer jacket, bit it into pieces hard, tore out one piece, tied it to Xu Ling'an's injured arm, temporarily stopped the bleeding, and then signaled Xu Ling'an to get Chu Yan into the car.

After the two entered, Xiao Bai sat on the side of the carriage, grabbed the stiff rope and swung it violently.

"drive."

The rest of the guards rode together on the same horse and followed on both sides.

But he didn't run very far, and accidents happened suddenly, there was the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground one after another, Xiaobai's heart tightened, and the horses on both sides jumped over the carriage and rushed forward, but there was an unexpected empty space on the horses. no one.

Pulling the stiff rope violently, Xiaobai didn't check what was going on behind the car, he was more concerned about the situation inside the car, and when he opened the curtain, he was so startled by the scene inside that he stopped breathing for an instant.

"Turn around and go back to Beijing. Of course, you can continue to move forward, but it is to collect the body of your Lord Xu Hou. The choice is in your hands." The dagger that was supposed to be on Chu Yan's neck was not Knowing when to turn around, Chu Yan held onto Xu Ling'an's neck instead.

And Xu Ling'an had closed his eyes at this moment, as if he was not breathing.

Xiaobai's lower lip trembled, and his eyes fluctuated endlessly.

"He's not dead, he's just been poisoned, and the antidote is in the palace." Chu Yan moved his hand away and played with the short dagger in his palm, staring at Xiaobai playfully.

Xiao Bai's lips parted, but he didn't know what to say, his throat was rough and he couldn't utter a sound.

Slowly lowering his arms, the car curtain also covered the two people in the car at the same time.

The carriage that left the city more than an hour ago returned to the capital in a blink of an eye, heading towards the second prince Chu Yan's residence.

The carriage stopped outside the gate of the mansion, and on the way back, they met Chu Yan's entourage who had been looking for them, and a group of people stood outside the mansion.

Chu Yan got out of the car, Xiaobai was standing beside the horse, Chu Yan gave him a sideways glance.

"Follow me into the mansion to get the antidote."

After walking two steps, Chu Yan found that the people behind him did not keep up. Chu Yan paused and turned to look at Xiaobai. hand it over.

His goal was only Xiaobai, there was no Xu Ling'an from the beginning, and the identity of the other party's Marquis was still here, so it was impossible for him to really do anything to the other party.

But he didn't need to explain this, Chu Yan gave Xiaobai a cold and evil smile, turned around and walked into the house quickly.

Xiaobai hesitated for a moment, the initiative rested with Chu Yan, he had no choice.

Followed into the palace, turned a few turns, came to a room, Chu Yan opened the door and entered, there are various jade paintings in the room, all of which are objects for viewing.Chu Yan went to a wooden frame and got down with a small black box.

Then handed it to Xiaobai.

Xiaobai reached out to take the box, and looked at Chu Yan in surprise.

"Send it to Master Xu." Suddenly, Chu Yan seemed to be a different person, his brows and eyes were full of gentleness, and even his tone of voice seemed to be much softer in an instant.

Xiaobai turned around and took two steps, looked back at Chu Yan, Chu Yan didn't stop him, Xiaobai took a few more steps, and then ran directly.

After rushing out of the palace, Xiaobai climbed into the car, opened the box, and fed the antidote inside to the unconscious Xu Ling'an.

Seeing that Xu Ling'an swallowed it smoothly, Xiaobai collapsed against the car wall as if he had suddenly lost his strength.

But not long after that, someone outside the carriage suddenly made a sound.

"Young Master Fu, the Second Highness welcomes you." #A small wheelchair with three q fives, let's look at it and cherish it,