An Feng Bamboo Horse

?12. Engraved plum pattern

The impression of that glimpse is really too profound; it also includes the pair of star-studded eyes that lifted the curtain in the car and glanced out.Xia Anfeng asked himself that he would not be mistaken, and his photographic memory was a rare and precious skill that he could put on the table.

So he asked solemnly, and even grabbed the girl's hand.

Hongxiu was a bit at a loss when he asked him, and looked down at the jade pendant he was holding in his hand: "This... was given to Hong Xiu by a young master not long ago. Is there any problem with this jade pendant?"

Xia Anfeng said: "Didn't Luo Tang say that you never performed in front of others? Then how did the young master get to know you?"

Hongxiu looked at Luo Tang, then at Xia Anfeng who was questioning, and said: "Today is Hongxiu's first public appearance, but there have been very important guests, and my mother introduced one or two to Hongxiu in private. "

Luo Tang frowned slightly. "My friend, you're asking questions like you're trying to force a confession. The place where fireworks are open for business, the more famous and distinguished guests are, the more necessary it is to make friends. It's impossible to keep people out just because you want to maintain the mystery of the top brand." Reject."

"Then do you know his name, life experience, and origin?" The young master's desire to teach the other party to be a man is still alive.

Hongxiu pursed her lips and shook her head slightly.

Brothels also have brothel rules, keeping secrets for guests who come to seek pleasure is one of the rules.When Hongxiu shook her head, Xia Anfeng was not sure whether she meant she didn't know or had no comment.

He still wanted to ask more questions, but Luo Tang couldn't stand it anymore. "I said, you didn't fall in love with the original owner of this jade pendant at first sight. What do you want to ask like this? Even if you are shocked by the other party and want to make a soft hand, Miss Hongxiu has her own inconvenience to tell difficulties. Don’t force them.”

"..."

Fall in love at first sight can also be imagined, as expected of Mr. Luo and Love Sage Luo, who wandered around and had fun everywhere.

Xia Anfeng handed him the jade pendant for a look, and finally asked persistently: "Have you ever seen this kind of weird plum pattern pattern in the capital?"

Luo Tang narrowed his eyes and looked at it carefully for a moment.Flatly denying: "No. I know all the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital who have family badges. The badges they use are elegant and easy to identify." He thought for a while, and then said: "Look at this method of carving lines , concealed and low-key, not like the court, but with the habits of the world."

The habits of the world... Then it is not easy to find the other party in the vast crowd.

The point is, if you find it, you may not be able to beat it.

Xia Xiaohou fell into a bit of depression, and returned the jade pendant to Hongxiu angrily.

Luo Tang looked at him, and chuckled: "Why, I really hit the mark, do you still miss him?"

"You're not finished yet."

"Actually, there is another way. If you come to Nuanyun Pavilion a few more times and get to know Miss Hongxiu well, maybe one day Hongxiu will meet the young master who gave the jade pendant again, and she will be able to think of a way for you two. Introduction."

Facing such a situation that was so obvious that it was only close to saying "I'm just going to drag you into the water", Xia Anfeng chuckled a few times and ignored it.

Looking out of the window facing the street, it was almost noon, the falling snowflakes stopped the downward momentum, the sky cleared up slightly, and a faint golden edge appeared in the clouds.

"You are here to survive the winter this time, when are you going to return to Beijing? If the time is just right, you can catch up with the same journey."

Luo Tang was a little surprised: "Why, you also want to go to Beijing?"

Xia Anfeng talked about his father's plan to him, and said: "Xiaobai, like me, was born and raised here, and has never left a step. I am worried that he will not be used to going to Beijing alone, so I am going to accompany him. By the way, report to the Ministry of War to see if you can get a part-time job." He just omitted a sentence, if Xiaobai was not recorded in the exam and had to go home, he would find someone to secretly take the invitation card return.

Luo Tang couldn't guess what this friend was thinking, he was the one who was talking anyway, and later told Marquis Dingguo that there was no vacancy in the Ministry of War, so he casually dismissed the trip to the capital.

To say that Xia Anfeng took care of Bu Zhangbai, although it was out of love, but after all, it was too mother-in-law and followed suit.He really wasn't afraid that Bu Zhang would think he was pestering others.

Deliberately said: "My father has been clamoring for a while ago to donate a Dragon Guard Captain to me. Although he is of the same rank as your Yunqi Captain, but he is by the emperor's side, and his actual responsibilities are much greater than that of a military official like you. A lot. Otherwise, I'll go back and make arrangements for you?"

Xia Anfeng jumped up and waved his hands: "No hurry, no hurry."

Luo Tang has no interest in becoming an official, and hides if he can; why doesn't he want to stay as far away from the court as possible.

If it wasn't for finding an excuse to accompany Xiaobai to Beijing, he would happily spend his whole life in the Marquis's mansion waiting to die - provided that after his elder brother Xia Feng came to the throne, he wouldn't continue to rack his brains to kill and maim him.

Thinking of the hostile elder brother, the young Yingting's brows knit together.

Luo Tang still wanted to continue teasing him, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught sight of an alley across the street from the window, a figure in white was turning out hastily, with his head lowered, about to cross the street.

Qi said: "Hey... look at my friend, is that person Mr. Bu?"

Bu Zhangbai was wearing his usual moon white gown, only a thin cloak around him in the cold weather, with four or five books in his arms, and hurried out of a remote alley.

He walked in a hurry, the white air exhaled from his mouth dissipated faintly in the air, and the soles of his feet staggered as he stepped on the melting slush from time to time.

At this moment, Xia Anfeng didn't care about hiding his identity anymore, so he lay down by the window and shouted at him, "Xiaobai—"

Bu Zhangbai was taken aback when he heard the sound.

Looking up, I saw a familiar head protruding from the carved window on the second floor directly opposite, waving enthusiastically at me.Move your eyes up a little bit, and move to the name of the plaque of this building. The capitalized "Nanyun Pavilion" is impressive.

Bu Zhangbai had heard about Nuanyun Pavilion for a long time, and his handsome face suddenly elongated.

Holding the book in his arms, he stopped under the eaves of a tea house, with snowflakes that had not completely melted on his shoulders.Squinting his eyes slightly, he looked at Xia Anfeng who was still waving at him, but he refused to come upstairs.

Xia Anfeng's waving of his arms weakened, and with a guilty conscience, he remembered where he was now.

"I'd better..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Luo Tang squeezed out a space beside him, poked his head out, and showed a big and bright smile to Bu Zhangbai who was downstairs with a cold face: "Mr. Bu, long time no see!"

It is rare to see such a handsome and noble person as Luo Tang. Even though Bu Zhangbai only met him a few times, he still has a fresh memory of the third son of the Duke of Wei.

Luo Tang's personality is unrestrained and unscrupulous. Since he appeared in Nuanyun Pavilion, the chances of Xia Anfeng being abducted by him would be much higher than the chances of him seeking pleasure in private.

After thinking about this, Bu Zhangbai's complexion improved somewhat, and the staring eyes at Xia Anfeng were not as sharp as before.

He hesitated for a moment, and felt that he couldn't just turn around and walk away. Mr. Luo was also a guest from afar.He crossed the street with the book in his arms, and walked up to the second floor with a dark face, surrounded by a bunch of smiling girls.

Xia Anfeng waited at the stairs early in the morning, welcomed Bu Zhangbai into the wing room with a courteous face, and asked Chang Le to send out all the girls who came around with some broken silver.Like a child who did something wrong and was ready to be punished, he followed Bu Zhangbai with his head down.

Looking at him like this, in Luo Tang's eyes, he secretly laughed heartbroken; and seeing Bu Zhangbai, although he greeted him politely on the surface, he still felt a little bit about Xia Anfeng's coming to the place of fireworks in his heart, maybe he couldn't explain the reason himself. Unhappy - I couldn't help feeling a sudden sense of sympathy in my heart, and the smile on the corner of my mouth became more gentle.

"Mr. Bu, I can't blame my friend for this matter. I insisted on dragging him to the Nuanyun Pavilion to appreciate Miss Hongxiu's signature dancing skills. He originally planned to stay in Moon Lake Xiaozhu to welcome me. "Although it was an excuse for Xia Anfeng, there was no lack of intentions in the tone of his tone.

Xia Anfeng was keenly aware of his inappropriate wording, and yelled strangely: "What do you mean you can't blame me all, it's clear that you are all to blame—"

Bu Zhangbai was a little embarrassed when he noticed that there was an outstanding woman in the room.

Naturally, it is impossible for him to be serious with Xia Anfeng in front of Mr. Luo San, and it is impossible for him to make a fuss in front of Miss Nuanyun Pavilion.After the short-term unhappiness just passed, he seriously thought that he was neither Xia Anfeng's father nor his mother, and he really didn't care about the position of an adult young man going to the entertainment venue to listen to the music.

He smiled and said: "Mr. Luo said where did you go? Where the young master wants to go to have fun is the freedom of the young master. Even if Bu Zhangbai is his young friend, he has no right to ask. It's just that these people who are having fun in private It's better to keep it a little secret from Lord Hou, just now, yelling at the window like that may not be suitable for others to see."

Luo Tang nodded vigorously: "Yes, this is not a place to stay for a long time. We were planning to leave to find a clean restaurant for dinner. Mr. Bu came just in time, why don't we go together?"

Bu Zhangbai said: "I have to go back to the mansion to review the book..."

His arm was held by Xia Anfeng.

Bu Zhangbai was startled, and subconsciously wanted to pull his arm out of his arms, but the red-haired boy who managed to catch him once was as relentless as a creeper, and clung tightly: "Wen Shu can do it anytime." Wen, didn't you go to the academy early in the morning? It won't take much time to have lunch, come on Xiaobai."

He was so close that the body a head taller almost went over his shoulders to hug him.Bu Zhangbai was very nervous in his heart, forced a smile and said, "How big is it to hug and hug like this, you, you are not afraid that Mr. Luo will see a joke."

Luo Tang looked at them both with a smile, remembering someone, and there was a layer of tenderness in his eyes.

Since he couldn't evade it and couldn't find a chance to leave, Bu Zhangbai had no choice but to agree to have lunch with the two of them.

"There is a Cuixiang restaurant near here. The fresh crabs specially shipped from Xiangyin are the most famous. They are full of fat and fat, and the cooking techniques are excellent." Xia Anfeng recommended them to the two of them as he went downstairs. It is the season to eat crabs, if it gets colder, it is not suitable to eat such cold food..."

His voice stopped abruptly when he saw more than a dozen servants of the Xia Mansion who were familiar with their attire passing through the street.

The dozen or so servants did not come at him as he expected. They held snares and clubs for arresting people, and hurried past the gate of Nuanyun Pavilion, chasing a staggering figure in front of him, dressed in clothes. Ragged figures.From the angle at which Xia Anfeng and the others stood, it was just barely discernible that what they were chasing was a beggar with a beard.

Standing next to Xia Anfeng, Luo Tang pushed the little lord of Xia's mansion who thought he was found by his father to play in the place of fireworks, and was almost scared out of his wits: "It's not your father who came to catch you, don't worry."

He turned around and was surprised to find that Bu Zhangbai standing next to him was as pale as Xia Anfeng.

"Master Bu...?"

Bu Zhangbai couldn't hear his question at all, and his pale and slender fingers tightly protected the brown letter paper hidden in the inner pocket of the skirt through his sleeves. ?