〖Emperor〗 Don't lose prosperity

"The things in the Western Regions are really amazing. I haven't seen them in previous years. I saw that the potted plants were full of dead branches, but they can still bloom again, and they bloom so beautifully. I have to take them back to tease my mother." Bear boy go."

"No, I bought two pots, now I'll watch it again tonight!"

"Hey, there's nowhere to spend the money, are you, don't you feel heartburn?"

"I'm just trying to have fun, why burn?"

Hearing the passerby's conversation, Xiao Zixian couldn't help but stop and looked at the things they were holding in their hands.

"What's the matter?" Su Jiulian asked when he saw him stop suddenly.

"What those two people said just now should be the wonders of the Western Regions, the Red Hidden Tree."

"Sacred tree?" Ye Shuang was curious, "What kind of sacred tree? Master, tell us."

Su Jiulian asked Xiao Zixian again, "Have you heard of it in the Western Regions?"

"Well, I heard a little bit."

The group continued to move forward, and Xiao Zixian also told them what he knew.

The Red Hidden God Tree has an ancient legend.

In the desert in the extreme north of the Western Regions, no grass grows, and there are either severe droughts or floods all year round. Very few plants can grow here.After accumulating an unknown number of years, a big tree with luxuriant branches appeared out of thin air in the center of the desert, and it grew taller and taller day by day.A traveler from the Western Regions once stumbled across it when he ventured into the desert, and recorded it out of curiosity, but this was a thousand years ago.

Now the extreme north is no longer flooded all the year round, but has been short of water and severe drought, the land has turned into sand, the tree has changed from green to black branches, flowers are bright red, and leaves have disappeared missing condition.It is said that the tree will glow at night, and the picture is extremely beautiful.Because of its mysterious origin, and its ability to grow strangely in the desert where not a single blade of grass grows, it is more agile than the trees in other places, so the people of the Western Regions gave it a suitable name-the Red Hidden God Tree.

This sacred tree is easy to grow, its branches can be inserted into the sand and grow, and when it grows, it will be another scene.

"Teacher, what is the other scene?" Su Ye asked curiously with his big eyes open.

Xiao Zixian smiled, "Let's see."

It happened that the group of them came to the stall selling the Red Hidden God Tree.

The owner of this shop is an old man from the Western Regions with a white beard.Seeing a guest coming, he said cheerfully, "Are you buying the sacred tree? Only the last three are left."

This old man speaks Chinese very fluently, as if he often travels around the Central Plains.And what he sells is even stranger.The legendary Red Hidden God Tree is actually a few dry black branches with several butterfly cocoon-like things growing on the branches. It doesn't look like a god.

Xiao Zixian paid the money on the spot, and said: "My friends want to see the magic of this sacred tree, please let it bloom!"

"Okay, young master, but take a good look."

The old man took out a small bag from his waist, and slowly poured the white powder in the bag onto the dry branch of the sacred tree in the pot.

Mo Zi couldn't help asking: "Old man, what did you pour on it? Well, it's still fragrant."

"Oh, this one. It's a secret treasure for us travelers from the Western Regions to pick the sacred tree. Ordinary people don't know about it."

"so smart?"

The surrounding people also came over to join in the fun, crowding around in front of the stall.

Not long after, the black branches began to shake slowly, and the butterfly cocoons growing on them also began to bloom one after another, with a subtle red light overflowing from them.After all the flower cocoons are opened, the gorgeous petals and the black branches are integrated, which can be said to amaze everyone's eyes!

Ye Shuang praised: "As expected of a fetish, even the way it blooms is so special!"

"Haha! No, it's so beautiful." The old man from the Western Regions took out two small bags from his arms and handed them to Xiao Zixian, "Let's keep the remaining two pots with you! It's said that you can watch them with your sweetheart." I'll stay with you forever."

Xiao Zixian didn't say much, and accepted it after thanking her.

Ye Shuang winked at his brother, the sweetheart is talking about our master!

Su Jiulian felt very useful.

Mo Zi hugged Su Ye and rubbed his face, and said aggrievedly, "I'm a loner, tears streaming down my face!"

Su Ye patted his head and said, "Don't cry, Ye'er will accompany you."

Ye Shuang rolled his eyes, "There are so many good-looking girls in Hangzhou, you just go and chase one of them back."

"No." Mo Zi turned her face, and then smiled again: "Why don't you let me be your sister-in-law? You give me your brother?"

"Get out!" Ye Shuang was furious, "Get out as fast as the carriage goes!"

Mo Zi gritted her teeth and gave Ye Yi a wink, Ye Yi quickly turned away to avoid misunderstanding later.

After taking the flowers, the group went to watch the magic tricks in the Western Regions.

Several men from the Western Regions with turbans on their heads held torches, and some strange patterns were painted on their faces, which were a little hideous but not scary.

The people who came to see it all formed a circle, including men, women and children, and it was very lively.

Ye Yi looked up, fearing that something might happen in such a noisy environment, so be vigilant.

Seeing his long face, Ye Shuang said: "Brother, don't be so serious, it's the Western Region Festival, it's rare to have time to play."

Ye Shuang pulled his face to make him smile.

Ye Yi obeyed his wishes and showed his face.

Ye Shuang just wanted to tell him something happy, but unexpectedly Ye Yi frowned.

"What's wrong?" Ye Shuang looked back curiously, but didn't see any special crowd.

Ye Yi shook his head: "Nothing."

Ye Shuang raised her eyebrows, she must have something to do, I'll ask tonight!

Ye Yi frowned because he saw An Yao, a woman from Yanyuelou who was rushing from Qishui Town to Hangzhou City. She was standing in the crowd, but she walked away when Ye saw her.

Ye Yi paid attention to the direction she was leaving, but did not catch up.

Mo Zi next to him smiled and said, "The Western Region tricks are really interesting and flexible."

Indeed, the tricks of the Western Regions were different from those of the Qing Dynasty.Most of Qingchao's works are based on hand movements, while those of Western Regions are full-body coherence, such as swallowing torches raw, walking alone in the air, changing boxes from nothing to nothing, etc., which are extremely exciting.

Even the common people who were used to seeing these at the Western Regions Festival still applauded for them one by one.

Su Jiu repeatedly said to Xiao Zixian, "Can you do tricks?"

Xiao Zixian smiled wryly, thinking that in Su Jiulian's eyes, he seemed to know nothing.But he really doesn't know this trick, he just saw it.So I shook my head

Su Jiu smiled and didn't speak.

……

And An Yao, whom Ye Yi saw in the crowd just now, was walking on a remote path with a man.

An Yao straightened her clothes and said, "The general has really changed a lot, but he didn't even notice me."

The man next to him had a resolute face, he said without saying a word or a smile, "There is no need to worry about other things, just do what is planned.",

An Yao said with a smile: "When shall we inform the general, after all, he has never been aware of the previous things."

The man was silent for a long time before he said: "There is no need to explain to him, you and I both know that although he is a Shura on the battlefield, his heart is extremely soft-hearted. If you tell him the plan, the chances of success will be greater." It will be half the size."

An Yao frowned, "Could it be that the general has fallen in love with that emperor?"

"Ridiculous!" The man snapped, "What kind of relationship is there between them!"

Why not?It's just that you haven't noticed it.An Yao thought so, but said in her mouth: "Then I will go back first, just send a young man to inform me when I am going to act at night, you can go to work!"

Before An Yao could walk a few steps, the man said again: "The child I saw today is the grandson of the king."

"Oh? The one in the general's arms? He looks a bit like the princess, but he mostly inherited the emperor's appearance, and Kai Ning has very little blood."

"You have to remember, no matter when, you can't hurt him and the general!"

"I know this. If I want to hurt them, I don't have the ability."

As An Yao said so, she didn't stay long, and walked straight forward, and soon disappeared.

The man stared at her last back, still a little displeased.

After staying for half a moment, a handsome man dressed in Chinese clothes came out from behind him. Although he was wearing Hanfu, it was obvious that he was a foreigner, and he was six points similar to him.

He said: "Second Uncle, how is this Central Plains? Is there a beautiful scenery everywhere?"

The middle-aged man disdains: "How good is the Central Plains? It's not as good as Kai Ning!"

"Haha, Second Uncle, I'll go look for Third Brother tomorrow. We haven't seen each other for more than four years. We should get together, otherwise the brotherhood will fade away."

"Hmph! If you didn't come home all year round, how could you not see him? He returns to Kaining at least twice a year."

Speaking of this, the handsome man's eyes dimmed in an instant, but he quickly returned to his original state, and said with a smile: "I, Lacy, is just a wanderer of Kaining, why do I have a family?"

"If your father hears what you said, let's see if he doesn't take a whip and give you a good meal!"

Lacy didn't care too much, and just said: "Second uncle, I haven't come to Qingchao for a long time, and I won't be with you during this time, just tell me when you go back, I don't care about your affairs." Blend."

After pulling up, he turned around and left.

Lacy's second uncle seemed to have gotten used to his unreasonableness, his brows were deeply frowned, he hesitated to speak when he had something to say, he looked extremely difficult, he didn't know what he thought of, but he didn't say a word in the end speak out.

But in the middle of the night, Lacy sneaked into the inn with light skills and found the room where his third brother lived.At this moment, most of the people in the inn were asleep, so Lacy had to stand on the tree and imitate the birdsong.

Qing Ling in the room immediately opened his eyes when he heard it, and then flew into Xiao Zixian's bed tent, chirped a few words, and pulled his master out of his sleep.

"Qing Ling, what's the matter?" Xiao Zixian stretched out his hand, trying to drive away the drowsiness, so as to hear its meaning clearly.

Qingling seemed to be extremely happy and kept barking, but after it finished barking, Xiao Zixian was confused, looked at the window, and did not relax until he heard a few voices imitating birdsong.

He got up and opened the window, and said to Qing Ling: "Go! You two haven't seen each other for so long, it's rare that he will come to the Central Plains."

Qing Ling was very happy, and flew out of the window after thumping twice.

Xiao Zixian suddenly remembered all kinds of past events, couldn't help but shook his head, got up and went to change clothes.

Lacy was sitting on the tree with his legs crossed. When he opened his eyes, he saw a blue bird rushing towards him, flapping its wings and circling him vigorously. The feathers on its tail looked particularly gorgeous at night.

"Hey, I didn't expect you to miss me so much?"

Lacy rubbed Qingling's head and laughed.

"Where's your master? Didn't he come down? You won't be so heartless?"

Qingling responded a few times, and Lacy nodded after hearing this, and said, "As expected of my third brother, you will never act in a hurry."

As soon as he finished speaking, the back door of the inn opened, and Xiao Zixian walked out calmly.

Lacy jumped down immediately, Xiao Zixian sized him up a few times, and said with a smile, "You have grown a lot taller."

"Of course, I'm already double ten, how can I not grow taller?"

Xiao Zixian was afraid that he would wake up Su Jiulian and the others, so he said, "Let's go outside and talk!"

Lacy glanced at the upstairs room intentionally or unintentionally, and said, "Okay."