The first male queen [crossing]

With just a few sentences, Gu Junci understood the meaning of Xiao Yuan's words.

The situation in the world made it impossible for the Xiao family in Lanling to remain neutral. However, it was because of Mrs. Xiao that Liang Guogong could not raise troops happily.

In this way, Gu Junci understood the melancholy in Xiao Yuan's eyes, and listening to the wind outside Xiaozhu, he picked up the teacup and drank the tea ceremony:

"Because of Mrs. Xiao, you can't learn from Wuming, but you have to raise troops. What are you and your lord worried about?"

Staring at Gu Junci's eyes, Xiao Yuan felt his heart beating a little fast, and quickly stretched out his hand to hold the teacup to cover up his emotions: "Yes."

He frankly confessed to Gu Junci what had been discussed before, and even wanted to hear Gu Junci's opinion.

Gu Junci put down his teacup and pondered for a moment, then smiled slyly and said relaxedly:

"Isn't this not easy? Not in the name of raising troops, but in doing so, the current situation in the world is already in chaos. All families and anti-kings are beginning to expand their power, or be annexed, or annexed by others, Lanling Xiao It is only natural to expand one's sphere of influence in order to protect oneself."

Xiao Yuan frowned lightly, and lowered his eyes thoughtfully: "It is a feasible strategy to act as a soldier instead of raising the name of a soldier."

Gu Junci nodded: "I have been in Lanling for more than half a year. I heard that the prefect of Fuling is the prime minister's favorite student. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he was the one who recommended him to be the prefect of Fuling. What this prefect has done all these years is impressive. Renfa pointed out that in addition to exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, there are other private names, various taxes are collected, and the people suffer unspeakably."

Xiao Yuan understood what Gu Junci was referring to, and couldn't help but said: "Coincidentally, this Fuling is only two days away from Lanling, and the march is only three or four days away. If Fuling is also under the jurisdiction of Lanling, wouldn't it be that there are people around here? With a leaning?"

Gu Junci nodded, seeing Xiao Yuan's expression relaxed at the moment, he seemed relieved too.

When he poured the tea again, he found that Xiao Yuan's gaze had been fixed on himself, and he couldn't help but look up and down: "Look what I'm doing? I'm well dressed."

Xiao Yuan stared at the jade crown that bound his hair and said: "When I was looking for this jade crown, I thought your hairpin would look good, but it really didn't happen."

Gu Junci was a little embarrassed to be praised: "By the way, speaking of it, whether you will come tomorrow or not, there is no one else, just you and Ayu, as well as Brother Huo and Brother Yang, plus Qingxuan. Sister and brother-in-law, you all know each other."

Xiao Yuan nodded in response: "Come on, how can you not come, I also...prepared a big gift."

Gu Junci was a little curious: "Great gift, what kind of gift, can I know in advance?"

Xiao Yuan shook his head: "I won't tell you for now, you will know tomorrow."

Curious in Gu Junci's heart, he said after a long time: "Okay, then I will wait for your big gift. Now that my guests have arrived, I should go back, and go back to make arrangements."

"I'll see you off." Xiao Yuan said.

"Okay." Gu Junci nodded in response, then got up and followed Xiao Yuan to Tingfeng Xiaozhu, and left Liang Guogong's mansion.

Compared with last year's summer, this year's summer seems to be hotter than May, and it's not too hot now, especially on June [-]th, when it's windy and cool.

Gu Junci's small courtyard welcomed Zheng Yuzhi and his wife as neighbors early in the morning, as well as Yang Junfang and Huo Situ.

Xu heard that there was a banquet at noon, so he brought several jars of wine, and they were pulled by the wine shop's cart.

Gu Junci couldn't help laughing when he saw the boy unloading the goods.

And the dishes on the table were the dishes arranged by Ah Chun in advance at the restaurants in the city, and they had just been delivered at this moment, still steaming.

"Why hasn't Second Young Master Xiao come here?" Yang Junfang glanced outside the courtyard and said with some doubts.

"The Second Young Master Xiao is a son of an aristocratic family. Naturally, he has to dress up before going out. Come in quickly and take a look. This wine seems to be wrong. It's not the one we drank last time." Huo Situ dragged Yang Junfang into the room and pressed him on the bed Let him smell the wine in front of the wine jar.

Yang Junfang sniffed it, frowned and said, "I remember it smells like this, it must be that the people in the winery pretended to be wrong."

Huo Situ: "Dare to lie to us, go and find them quickly."

While talking, the two wanted to go out, but were stopped by Gu Junci:

"Hey, forget it, this wine tastes good, so just drink this."

"What, the wrong wine was delivered?"

Xiao Yuan's voice sounded at the gate of the courtyard. He was dressed in maroon red clothes, making him very handsome and handsome. Even Xiao Yu beside him was very lively and lovely.

Holding a jar of wine in Xiao Yuan's arms, he handed it to Gu Junci after stepping through the courtyard: "This is your favorite Cangxue, I went to find a jar of wine, you can keep it and drink."

Gu Junci looked at the wine in his hand: "This is... this is using me as a wine jar. Look at my room, so much wine has been delivered today."

"It's okay, I still have to drink today." Xiao Yuan raised his lips and smiled.

Seeing that all the guests had arrived, Gu Junci greeted everyone to sit down, and after opening the altar of Zangxue, he personally poured wine for them and drank together.

Gu Junci hasn't been as happy as today for a long time. He drank with all his friends without getting drunk at all, and didn't even ask what the big gift Xiao Yuan prepared for him was.

I don't know how much he drank, and Gu Junci doesn't know when he fell asleep, he only knows that someone suddenly pushed him in his sleep and pulled him back from the dream.

The blurred vision gradually became clear. Xiao Yuan was sitting on Gu Junci's bedside, shaking his shoulders. Seeing Gu Junci wake up, he said:

"It's getting dark, get up quickly."

Gu Junci looked blank, but seeing Xiao Yuan's face right now was very emotional, especially just now in the dream, he seemed to have returned to the night of the Shangyuan Festival, when he hooked Xiao Yuan's neck and kissed him look like.

Thinking of this, Gu Junci suddenly woke up and got up from the bed in surprise: "I...why did I fall asleep."

Xiao Yuan said: "You are drunk, I carried you to sleep, Madam Zheng and Ah Chun also cleaned up the house, get up quickly, I will show you something."

Gu Junci was a little puzzled: "What is it, I have to watch it at night."

Xiao Yuan nodded and thought for a while: "Didn't I tell you that I have prepared a big gift for you, so let's go."

Gu Junci looked at his mysterious appearance, but didn't ask any more questions, just got up and changed his clothes, and then went out with Xiao Yuan.

There are willow branches on the moon, but there are still many pedestrians on the street.

Gu Junci rubbed his drunken mind, followed Xiao Yuan for an unknown how long, and couldn't help saying:

"Ah Yu, why are you here alone, how long will you have to go?"

Xiao Yuan didn't answer him directly, but led him around to the edge of the river passing through the city of Lanling.

From a distance, Gu Junci could see Xiao Yu's cheerful figure, who was waving at them from the pavilion by the river.

"You guys are so slow, if you come a little later, this painting boat should go back." Xiao Yu pouted.

Gu Junci looked at the painting boat parked in the middle of the river, and asked curiously: "What's going on, why is that painting boat in the middle of the river?"

Xiao Yuan said: "Let's begin."

"Okay." Xiao Yu responded, and quickly waved the torch that the boy handed over to the painting boat.

Gu Junci recognized that it was a code word to convey a message in the dark.

Sure enough, Huafang who received the message also responded with a torch. Just when Gu Junci was still thinking about what the code word was, he heard a strange noise, and by the way, a little spark rose into the sky and exploded. Colorful flowers.

Such a scene even caused many people to stop and stop.

While staying in the pavilion, Gu Junci watched the fireworks rising from the painting boat, his heart was warm.

"Is this the big gift you prepared for me?" Gu Junci looked sideways at Xiao Yuan who was beside him with a calm expression, and asked with a smile.

Xiao Yuan met his eyes, stood up straight with his hands behind his back and said, "Do you like it?"

Gu Junci: "Well, I like it more than the wine at noon. It seems that no one has ever set off fireworks for me. I feel a little overwhelmed."

Xiao Yuan said softly: "I was not by your side during your birthday. Today is your 19th birthday. Of course I will spend it well for you. When you reach the crown next year, I will pay it back for you."

Gu Junci stared at him: "You are clearly one year younger than me, why do you speak like my elders?"

Xiao Yuan pretended to be relaxed: "Why, can't it?"

Gu Junci pursed his lips: "Of course it can't be done. How did you come up with it as my elder?"

Xiao Yuan stared at him quietly, and said softly, "Who said it was the elders who cared for you."

It is clear that I want to give you the best, even if you are not an elder.Xiao Yuan slandered the second half of his unspoken words, but nothing could be seen on his face.

Quiet and without waves, it seems that he can't read his true inner thoughts.

Gu Junci looked at the fireworks exploding in the air, no matter how he looked at it, he felt happy, and even expressed his gratitude to Xiao Yuan from the heart.

After watching the fireworks, Gu Junci walked back together with Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yu.

The evening wind blowing on his face dispelled Gu Junci's drunkenness, and he was extremely sober at the moment.

There was no one else on the street, only the footsteps of the three of them.

After walking for a long time, Gu Junci finally asked: "What is the plan of the Duke of the State for what you said yesterday?"

Xiao Yuan said: "Father said that this matter is feasible, but it needs to be delayed a little bit. Uncle Hao said that this matter should be planned and perfected."

Gu Junci nodded in response: "It should be so. Otherwise, if it is true, you will not stand upright when the time comes. How can you rectify the chaos in the world?"

Xiao Yuan looked at Gu Junci and asked, "Will you stand by our side?"

Gu Junci stopped and looked back at him: "Why do you ask such a question?"

Xiao Yuan narrowed his eyes and said: "You told me your purpose of coming to Lanling, and now we are going to make trouble, won't you make it difficult?"

Gu Junci thought for a while, then smiled and said: "What's the embarrassment? Didn't you say that a gentleman does something and doesn't do something, but he wants to have a clear conscience for what he does. Besides, things in this world have past and future. Whether it is big or small, if you gain something, you will lose something, if you care about everything, what can you do?"

Gu Junci looked calm, Xiao Yuan nodded and smiled slightly, looked at the alley ahead and said:

"You're here, go."

Gu Junci looked at the dim and cold candlelight in the alley, then looked back at them and said:

"Everything I say counts, if you need my help, just say it, and I will help you."

Xiao Yuan nodded.

Gu Junci then walked towards the alley, waved his hand and said, "I'm going back to sleep, be careful on the road."