Daily life of captives

The sun was just right at noon, and the eldest grandson Boyi, Yong Ning, Xie Jun, and Yan Xin were sitting in a Hufeng restaurant in Xishi having lunch, looking at the extremely leisurely eldest grandson Boyi, Yong Ning was very curious.

"Why does the eldest grandson want to invite us to dinner today? Where is the young master? Alone at home?"

As soon as Yong Ning mentioned Li Shao, the grandson Boyi gave Yong Ning a glare.

Xie Jun gloated and said, "It's not that the eldest grandson left the young master, but that the young master invited his nephew out today, and the eldest grandson was lonely and miserable, so he thought of our good friends. Pity me, for being greedy for such an unscrupulous friend. Seeing him outside the palace is as difficult as going to heaven!"

At the end of the sentence, Jie Jun pretended to sigh sadly.

"Are you bothered?" Changsun Boyi gave Xie Jun a sharp look, "You can't stop your mouths even if you eat something!"

Yong Ning teased and said: "I really want the common people in Hou Chu to see the resentful face of their general Tiance. You said that you and the young master are together day and night, but we only have such a meal apart. The effort, are you as good as it is?"

The eldest grandson Boyi remained silent.

Yan Xin followed Jie Jun to eat, rolled her eyes at this moment, and asked cautiously: "Is that son's nephew called Mu Ran?"

As soon as Yan Xin said this, the remaining three looked at Yan Xin together.

"You recognize it?" Jie Jun looked at Yan Xin curiously.

Yan Xin is only nineteen years old, and he is not a native of Chang'an. He hadn't even been to Chang'an ten years ago. How did he know about Mu Ran?

Glancing at grandson Boyi, Yan Xin nodded: "I know, that kid...cough...Mr. Mu is quite famous in the market."

"Oh?" Yong Ning became interested, "Why are you famous?"

Li Shao said that he wanted Muran to take the imperial examination, and he also asked him to find some gentlemen for Muran, but that kid, Muran, looks a bit like Li Shao, but his temperament and talent are far inferior to Li Shao's. It's stupid, if mixed with Yan Xin, Yan Wei and the others, Mu Ran's talent is above average, but this doesn't seem to make him famous, right?

Yan Xin curled her lips, and said with a bit of contempt: "Because he is the son's nephew. Ever since the son showed his face at the Xiangyun Tea Shop, many people have remembered the son. We people came to Chang'an for fame and fortune. Well, how could a nobleman like Young Master not be taken seriously? Even those who already have a place to go, most of them still want to find opportunities to climb up to Young Master.

But the young master lived in the mansion of General Tiance and didn't go out often, so they began to think of a roundabout way, trying to get close to the people around the young master.This Muran...Mr. Mu happened to appear at this time, and he called himself his nephew when he met everyone, and called General Changsun "Uncle Changsun", and he was acquainted with Master Yong and Master Xie.At first no one believed him, but after going back and asking the adults for proof, those people started to admire Muran... Mr. Mu is here, and Mr. Mu seems to be enjoying it.After a few months, Mr. Mu has become a big celebrity now. "

After hearing this, Xie Jun laughed and said: "That kid knows how to pretend to be a tiger, but you hate this kind of thing the most, right?"

Yong Ning sighed and said, "That's hard to say. The young master originally hated the trick of pretending to be a tiger and bullying others, but Muran is the son of the eldest princess, so the young master must treat him with more indulgence."

Jie Jun turned to look at his eldest grandson Boyi, and said jokingly, "Uncle his eldest grandson, what do you think?"

Zhang Sun Boyi snorted coldly, and said: "If he can make a name for himself by relying on the pretense of a fox and a tiger, he will be considered capable. I'm afraid Li Shao will have to clean up the mess for him in the end. Those who pursue him also have ulterior motives. They don’t know the authenticity because they don’t have enough eyesight, and in the end they don’t get anything and they can’t blame others.”

Yan Xin was dissatisfied and said: "But you always call that kid Mu Ran...cough...you always call Mr. Mu to bully others, won't your reputation be ruined?"

Xie Jun smiled and said, "What are you so fussing about? Besides caring about his eldest grandson uncle, what else do you care about? Fame? You don't care about that kind of false name given to you by others. But it's really not good to just let Muran go like this, eldest grandson." You have no idea?"

The eldest grandson Boyi said solemnly: "Li Shao promised to let Muran take the imperial examination next year. If he fails the exam, he will send Muran back to Shezhou. But I think that if Muran really fails the exam, I will send him to the army for training. After ten years of being at ease, someone should discipline him properly."

Yong Ning nodded, and jokingly said, "You are really worthy of saying 'uncle eldest grandson' to Mu Ran, you really have the demeanor of an uncle."

The eldest grandson Boyi gave Yongning a white look.

"Ah!" Yan Xin suddenly pointed out the window and exclaimed, "My lord and Mu Ran."

The other three immediately stretched their necks and looked out the window. The elder Sun Boyi saw Li Shao at a glance, and after searching the crowd carefully, he saw Mu Ran who was walking around beside Li Shao.

It took Xie Jun a while to find Li Shao and Mu Ran, then turned his head and said to Yan Xin, "Go and call the young master."

Before Yan Xin could answer, Changsun Boyi stopped him: "No need, today is Mu Ran's birthday."

Xie Jun and Yong Ning suddenly realized: "No wonder you are so generous."

The eldest grandson Boyi looked at Li Shao's back with his head propped up. Although he refused Xie Jun's proposal to call Li Shao up, he clearly hoped that Li Shao would turn his head to look at him, and perhaps hoped that Li Shao would leave Mu Then come to him.

But Changsun Boyi also knew that this might be trivial, not to mention that he and Li Shao were far apart at this time, there were many foreign businessmen in the West City, and each of them had a wild temperament, and many people talked like a quarrel, which was much different than that in the East City. It was much noisier and more chaotic here, no matter how keenly he was, Li Shao might not be able to detect him.

So Changsun Boyi could only watch intently, seeing Li Shao go further and further away, feeling sad in his heart.

Li Shao, who was being watched by others, walked leisurely in the hustle and bustle of the West Market, looking at the lively Mu Ran with a smile on his face.

"Uncle, come here quickly!" Stopping in front of a certain booth, Mu Ran picked up a hat on the case and put it on his head, "He said it was Ding Linguo's fur hat, uncle, do you think it looks good?"

Li Shao walked to Mu Ran's side unhurriedly, nodded slightly at the peddler who sold fur hats, and then picked up a hat and looked around: "If you like it, buy one and take it home."

After saying that, Li Shao put down the hat in his hand.

It is true that this hat is made of animal fur, but it does not come from Ding Lingguo, it is just something from the northwest or northeast of Hou Chu.But today is Mu Ran's birthday, and taking him out to buy things is just for fun, as long as Mu Ran likes it, otherwise why would he go to other people's stalls to buy things?It's not impossible for Luan Qi to get it.

"Really?" Mu Ran's eyes lit up, and he started to choose with great interest. Seeing that Li Shao and Mu Ran were dressed in luxurious clothes, the peddler tried his best to recommend to Mu Ran, but Mu Ran chose for a long time, but he still couldn't find it. After choosing the one I like, "I always feel that something is missing...Uncle, let's go look elsewhere."

"Okay." After giving the peddler a slightly apologetic smile, Li Shao followed behind Mu Ran without haste.

When passing by a wine shop in West City, someone suddenly shouted Mu Ran's name, Li Shao and Mu Ran looked together, and saw four or five people crowded at a certain window on the second floor of the wine shop, look at their flushed faces , I know that I have drunk a lot.

"Your friend?" Li Shao asked calmly.

Mu Ran smiled and nodded: "Yes, I met them when I went out to relax after studying. I feel like-minded, so I keep in touch with each other."

"That's right," Li Shao looked away and looked at Muran, "Since we are friends, let's go say hello and let Wei Ze follow you, and I'll go back first. Your eldest granduncle also prepared a birthday present for you, and after that I'll have someone send it to you."

"Uncle, are you going back now?" Mu Ran looked at Li Shao with some disappointment.

Li Shao smiled lightly: "I'll take you out later, go."

"But the birthday is only once a year." After thinking about it, Mu Ran suddenly took Li Shao's hand and went into the wine shop, "Anyway, it's noon, uncle should eat something here first, we can't make uncle hungry They go back to the house full of stomach. Anyway, they all admire uncle, and they must be very happy to have the opportunity to sit at the same table with him!"

Li Shao frowned.

He knew that Mu Ran used his name to pretend to be a tiger outside, and now he insisted on taking him with him, presumably to show off to others, he didn't like such things, but...

Looking at Mu Ran who seemed to be very happy, Li Shao didn't say anything.

But even if he was sitting with Mu Ran's friends, Li Shao, who was already in his late thirties, really couldn't chat with a few young people in their [-]s and [-]s, except for the pleasantries, especially Li Shao's life experience is extremely rich, And these young people were drunk again, it was only now that Li Shao, who was an uncle, really felt that he was an elder.

After sitting with him politely for a while, Li Shao just found an excuse to say goodbye and leave, and heaved a sigh of relief when he walked out of the restaurant.

Turning left to go back to the mansion, he caught a glimpse of someone walking towards him, Li Shao turned his feet and wanted to go around, but the man followed Li Shao and took a step to the side, Li Shao was stunned, and walked to the other side, and the man Then he went to the other side, Li Shao frowned, raised his head and was about to say something when he saw Changsun Boyi standing in front of him with a smile on his eyes.

"How about picking up gold with your head down?" Changsun Boyi teased, then took Li Shao's hand and walked slowly among the crowd.

Walking beside Changsun Boyi, Li Shao asked Changsun Boyi in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I heard you calling me."

"I'm calling you?" The surprise on Li Shao's face turned blank.

Changsun Boyi turned his head to look at Li Shao, raised his finger and pointed at Li Shao's heart: "The voice came from there."

Li Shao blinked and smiled brightly: "You can hear this? Then I don't have to speak in the future?"

"That's not okay," Changsun Boyi shook his head, "I like to hear your voice."

Out of the corner of his eye, a passer-by seemed to have heard this by accident, and gave Changsun Boyi a subtle look, Li Shao couldn't help but burst out laughing, but his face felt a little hot.

Turning his head to see Li Shao's blushing, Chang Sun Boyi's eyes became more gentle and proud.

Leading Li Shao into the previous restaurant, the eldest Sun Boyi returned to the previous private room.

"Young master." Seeing Li Shao, Yongning, Xie Jun and Yan Xin all stood up and bowed.

Li Shao blinked, then squinted at his elder Sun Boyi: "It turned out that I just happened to see me."

Hearing this, both Xie Jun and Yong Ning looked up at Changsun Boyi, Xie Jun rolled his eyes, and said with a smile, "Chang'an City is so big, it's not easy to meet by chance, my lord, please sit down."

Li Shao sat next to the grandson Boyi, and after sitting down, he naturally chatted with Yongning and Jie Jun. While chatting, Li Shao suddenly sighed.

"What's wrong?" Changsun Boyi felt a little nervous when he heard Li Shao sigh.

Li Shao shook his head and smiled, "It's nothing, I just suddenly feel that I'm really old, and I can't talk to young people."

"I don't like to hear what you say." Yong Ning looked at Li Shao dissatisfied, "I am two years older than you. If you are old, then am I even older? But I think I'm still young, please don't drag me into the water, my lord."

Yan Xin chuckled, and said: "No wonder you came out of that wine shop so quickly. But the reason why you can't talk to those people probably has nothing to do with your age, it's just that you are not the same kind of people. You and your heart agree..."

As soon as she said this, Yan Xin regretted it, and after being glared at by Changsun Boyi, Yan Xin picked up a piece of roast meat and stuffed her mouth.

"Will you be going on the northern tour this time?" Seeing that the elder Sun Boyi had been glaring at Yan Xin, Yong Ning helped to change the subject.

Swallowing what was in his mouth, Li Shao looked up at Yongning: "Do you have arrangements?"

Yong Ning and Xie Jun Qiqi looked at the eldest grandson Boyi: "You haven't told the young master yet?"

While helping Li Shao pick up vegetables, the eldest grandson Boyi said calmly: "He doesn't care about the affairs of the court."

Hearing this sentence, his ears were almost callused.

Xie Jun was taken aback for a moment, then asked Li Shao, "Does the young master plan to go?"

Li Shao didn't answer Jie Jun's question directly, but turned his head to look at Zhang Sun Boyi, and asked solemnly, "Should I still go?"

"Aren't you going?" Changsun Boyi glanced at Li Shao, then continued to pick up vegetables.

Bei Xun's trip was at least a month, and he had to go, so he never considered the possibility of Saburo not going.Wherever he is, Saburo will be there, and he dare not let Saburo stay alone for a month.

Li Shao blinked: "You have decided to take me there?"

He has been to the place where the northern tour is going many times, so personally, he doesn't really want to go. If he goes, it's just to stay by Boyi's side.But Boyi took all the important officials of the court to the north, if he left with him, what if something happened in Chang'an city?

The eldest grandson Boyi stopped picking up vegetables, looked at Li Shao and asked, "You don't want to go?"

"Okay, you two go home and discuss it, it's really hard to listen to!" Xie Jun feigned anger.

It doesn't matter if the young master goes or not, it's all up to the eldest grandson, but the eldest grandson cares more about the young master's wishes, listening to the conversation between these two people, he almost has goosebumps!

Yong Ning said with a smile: "Young master, don't worry, I will stay in Chang'an when they go on the northern tour. Firstly, Chang'an city cannot be left unoccupied, and secondly, my wife's birthday happens to be at that time. I had to go to the northern tour with me before, so I always I didn’t celebrate my wife’s birthday properly, and I didn’t care about last year’s chaos, but this year everything went smoothly, so I don’t want her to be wronged again.”

"I'm the one who got you into trouble, and I've also conveyed my apology to my sister-in-law. Now, I don't know how to thank you. If you can use me in the future, just ask." Needless to say, Li Shao He took Changsun Boyi's wine and drank it down after toasting Yongning.

Yong Ning also drank a cup, and said in a warm voice: "Young master, you are serious. I have always wanted to be in the court, and it is my wish to be reused by a wise emperor. My son let me get what I want, so I should thank you. My wife is deeply Knowing that even if there is no son, I will put state affairs more important than family affairs, but she thinks it is a blessing that I can follow him, if it is someone who only wants to use me, her life will be difficult."

After hearing Yongning's words, Xie Jun shook his head and said, "Sister-in-law is such a good woman, why did she agree to you? My ancestors have accumulated virtue."

Yong Ning turned to look at Jie Jun, and jokingly asked, "What's wrong? Is Mrs. Madam not good?"

"Okay!" Jie Jun immediately widened his eyes, "Okay! Don't talk nonsense, if it reaches her ears, I will be finished!"

The rest laughed.

It was rare to get together, and none of the four of them left in a hurry. They ordered two jugs of wine and chatted while drinking.

It was rare for these four people who could make the ground tremble three times by stomping their feet on the boundary of Houchu sit together and chat, and Yan Xin did not leave, sitting on the sidelines with great interest, listening to these four people talking about their own interesting stories , Listening to them talk about embarrassing things about important officials in the court is simply endless fun.

But when I was in high spirits, I heard someone outside the window shouting loudly: "Uncle!"

The four of Li Shao were taken aback, and looked out the window.

I saw that the street outside the window was already in chaos, Mu Ran and his friends fled around in a panic, while a few foreigners shouted incomprehensible foreign languages ​​and jumped up and down to chase after them.

The grandson Boyi glanced at Li Shao and raised his hand to call Yu Shi, but before the grandson Boyi gave orders, Li Shao lazily said: "Leave him alone, if you have the ability to cause trouble, you must have the ability to end it."

"Uncle!" Mu Ran yelled while searching for Li Shao's figure, and he finally found him in the panic, "Uncle!"

Mu Ran immediately chose a safe route and rushed into the restaurant, ran up to the second floor and hid behind Li Shao: "Uncle, help!"

Immediately afterwards, a foreigner with a big arm and a round waist also rushed into the private room. Seeing five people sitting here, the big man was stunned, and then he yelled a series of foreign words that no one could understand.

In the private room, except for Mu Ran and Yan Xin, they are all people who have seen the world, and no one will be frightened by the loud voices of foreigners. Jie Jun and Yong Ning still have smiles on their faces, and Chang Sun Boyi's hands are still wrapped around Li Shao's waist, while Li Shao is still drinking tea, sitting firmly like a mountain.

"What trouble did you cause?" Li Shaocai asked Muran calmly after blowing away the tea leaves floating on the tea.

"I didn't do anything, yes, they are finding fault!"

"Are they finding fault?" Li Shao smiled, "What? It's because you are so handsome, so you feel inferior and want to kill you?"

Mu Ran's face was embarrassed, and he lost his confidence: "Uncle, uncle was joking..."

"What's the matter?" Li Shao turned his head and looked at Mu Ran coldly, "You guys ordered the most expensive food and drink, but they couldn't afford it, so you insisted on grabbing it?"

"No, no..."

"Then I find it strange. Although there are many foreigners in the city of Chang'an, there are no more than Han people. The Jinwu guards patrolling the city are also Han people. The foreigners who take the initiative to find fault usually get nothing. If you are lucky It’s a bit worse, maybe you’ll be put in prison for three to five years, why are these foreigners going to take such a big risk to find fault with you?”

Mu Ran hesitated and couldn't say a complete sentence.

Li Shao asked in a cold voice: "I'll ask again, what happened?"

"Just, just one of my friends, he took a fancy to one of the foreigners' knives and wanted to buy them, but the other party didn't sell them, so he, he poured vegetable soup all over him..."

Yong Ning shook his head and laughed: "What a group of children."

After drinking a little wine, I don't know who I am anymore. The Chinese of these foreigners seems to be not very good. Even if they want to communicate, they may not be able to understand. Mu Ran's friend put on a contemptuous attitude, That must be to annoy the other party.And if these Gentiles get angry, they don't quarrel if they can do it.

"Go and apologize."

Upon hearing this, Mu Ran was unhappy: "Why?"

"Why?" Li Shao turned his head to look at Mu Ran again, "You ask again?"

Mu Ran didn't dare to speak anymore.

"You know the reason well, go, or not?" Li Shao's voice sounded a little angry.

Xie Jun and Yong Ning also suppressed their smiles and looked at Mu Ran, Yan Xin was so nervous that she didn't dare to take a breath.

The eldest grandson Boyi glanced at Mu Ran, said nothing, only held Li Shao's hand and gently kneaded it to remind Li Shao not to be too angry.

"No!" Mu Ran's neck twitched, not believing that Li Shao would leave him alone.

In the end, Li Shao really didn't intend to take care of Muran, so he got up and walked out the door. When he reached the door, he bowed to the bewildered foreigner, and walked out of the elegant room when the foreigner returned the salute blankly. Before leaving, he left a word for Yongning and the others.

"No one is allowed to help him!"

The eldest grandson Boyi naturally followed behind Li Shao unconditionally, Xie Jun and Yong Ning also cast sympathetic glances at Mu Ran, but they had no choice but to follow and leave.

Yan Xin and Mu Ran were about the same age, looked at the foreigners blocking the door, Yan Xin walked up to Mu Ran kindly, raised her hand and patted Mu Ran heavily on the shoulder: "It's just an apology. Whoever is a hero is a man who can bend and stretch... Take care!"

After saying this, Yan Xin also left.

Mu Ran stood there in amazement, then turned around and lay down on the window sill as if suddenly revived, looking out the window: "Uncle!"

Uncle actually left him alone?He is his uncle's only relative, yet his uncle doesn't care about him?He was just a Gentile, why did he have to apologize?

However, Li Shao and his party wandered away as if they didn't hear them.