comeback [rebirth]

As the sky became darker, more and more people gathered in the busy market.

Originally, Cen Yuan was still worried about the dinner, after all, if he went out, it might be difficult to squeeze in, but soon he realized that he was thinking too much.

——Most of the stalls around the downtown area are for food, ranging from snacks to pastries, and even peach wine.Cen Yuan strolled and ate all the way, and at the end he let out a silent belch... and it smelled like wine.

He stuffed the last half of chestnut cake into Yan Xuan's mouth, and patted off the crumbs.

At this moment, the sky has completely darkened, and the sky above is completely dark, with only a few sporadic stars left, but they are also obliterated by the night lights in the fluorescent lamps.

Looking at this fluorescent lamp at night, it is indeed the same as the ceiling lamp in Qingbao Building, and it almost illuminates the entire downtown area at the moment.

The musicians invited by the king of Chu are distributed in different locations in the southeast, northwest, and the music pours in from all directions, giving the illusion of entering the interior of the guqin and pipa.In addition, some people in the crowd took out their flutes or flutes, and even musical instruments they had never seen before.

Cen Yuan was on the outskirts, leaning against a stone pillar, lazily watching the excitement in front of him, but couldn't help shaking his body together.

He was still holding a wine bag containing peach wine in his hand. He had just taken a sip of the wine when he heard Yan Xuan beside him suddenly say: "In the past when I marched to the north, I would occasionally meet herdsmen."

"Xiongnu?" Cen Yuan asked subconsciously, but when he came back to his senses, he felt that the other party would not talk about such a serious topic at this time for no reason.

Sure enough, Yan Xuan shook his head: "Not all. Some of them were recovered by the Huns, some slipped through the net, but most of them have little power."

After drinking, Cen Yuan continued to hold the wine bag in his arms: "Then what should you do?"

Yan Xuan stood aside, even at this moment, still standing tall: "Unless necessary, take a detour."

"What about when necessary?"

I saw that the people near the fluorescent lamp in front of them, regardless of gender, status or race, had already mixed together and started to make noise.

Cen Yuan even saw the King of Chu who was protected by the guards, and waved to him from afar.

Yan Xuan looked at the bustle in front of him, and said softly after a while: "Only one time, I led a small team of 50 people, separated from the main force, and passed by a tribe one night."

Cen Yuan turned his head to look at the other party.

"At that time, they seemed to be holding some kind of celebration, and it was like this. There was a bonfire in the middle, and the aroma of roasted sheep could be smelled from a long distance."

For a moment, it seemed as if the music had disappeared, leaving only Yan Xuan's deep voice resounding at night, just like a gentle teacher who was taking advantage of the cold to tell the stories of his travels to the children in the town.

But Yan Xuan didn't go on, as if the story only ends here.

On the other side, it was rare for Cen Yuan to listen to the other party talking so much, and it felt particularly novel, so he couldn't help asking: "And then?"

"There were no more than 30 or [-] people in that tribe by visual inspection. They were not afraid when they saw that we were all dressed in black, and even beckoned us to pass." Yan Xuan paused, "I sent one of the soldiers to investigate the situation, and later he He came back with a few bundles of mutton and goat milk, and said that the other party was dressed in plain clothes and could not speak Chinese, and seeing only one person passed by, he gave these food and drink."

"Then have you guys been there since then?" Cen Yuan asked with a smile, "How does the mutton taste?"

However, Yan Xuan shook his head: "We just continued on our way, and we buried our food elsewhere."

He paused, and added: "I'm afraid there will be fraud."

The story still came to an abrupt end.

The sound of music and voices seemed to rush back to his side again in an instant, and Cen Yuan leaned on the stone pillar with his whole body boneless, looking at Yan Xuan's still upright figure.

Suddenly, he thought of the small celebration after Huajin's victory that Fu Jianxin had mentioned back then.

There seemed to be a figure in front of him, surrounded by the flames of the bonfire, holding the same wine bowl as everyone else, but still drifting away from the crowd, looking lonely.

He knew that Yan Xuan's original intention was probably to describe the similarity between this scene and herdsmen's life, but at this moment, he suddenly had a feeling——

Even if the other party is in a busy city, among the crowds of people, he is still independent of a quiet space, as if there is an invisible cover around his body, isolating all the excitement.

Cen Yuan just stared at him quietly for a while, then suddenly stretched out his hand and twirled a fallen flower from his hair.

Throwing Luohua away, Cen Yuan held his hand instead: "Let's go."

Yan Xuan showed a puzzled look.

Cen Yuan didn't answer him, and asked the guards for the safe route, and then led him directly through the crowd to the innermost circle of the crowd.

The fluorescent lamp is close at hand, and the lights of the luminous pearl flicker through the silk gauze, reflecting the world like daytime.

It happened that the king of Chu was right next to them, and when he saw them suddenly getting involved, he asked the guards around him to stand back and wanted to call for someone.At this time, he received a hint from Cen Yuan's eyes, and immediately swallowed the honorific he was about to say, and changed his mouth to chat: "Did these two young masters have a good time playing?"

"It's not bad." Cen Yuan echoed with a smile, "It's just that this person in my family is a little bored, and he can't let go of his hands and make a fuss outside."

"Hahaha!" King Chu immediately laughed three times, without saying a word, gestured in a certain direction.

——The next moment, the drum beats!

To say that the music just now was just a prelude, but now it has really entered the most exciting climax.

The surrounding crowd became more excited, and the cheers hovered above everyone's heads like a whirlwind.

And in the inner circle, Cen Yuan held Yan Xuan's hand tightly all the time, and led him into the fun.

Yan Xuan's whole movements were particularly stiff, and the only thing that moved most flexibly was the hand held by Cen Yuan, and his whole body exuded an air of not being used to this lively environment.

——It was only because Cen Yuan was here and seemed to enjoy it very much that he stayed.

However, Cen Yuan called him: "Yan Xuan."

Still noisy around.

Cen Yuan said very lightly: "Here, you don't have to worry about being cheated."

Yan Xuan's gaze was fixed on him all the time, and he didn't speak when he heard the words, only curled his fingertips a little.

Cen Yuan tightened his hands, looking at the commotion around him, with a smile on his lips.

"It is precisely because you protect the border and defend the people in the north that we have the prosperity and peace in front of us." He said, "So don't wander around, General Yan, you deserve to enjoy it."

Yan Xuan remained silent for a long time.

Following Cen Yuan's gaze, he glanced over the noisy crowd one by one, and what his eyes touched were the various expressions on people's faces—satisfaction, excitement, ecstasy...

But without exception, without He Qing Haiyan, such a happy world would not exist.

Yan Xuan looked sideways at Cen Yuan, and finally lowered his head and chuckled after a while.

How lucky he is.

"That's right." Cen Yuan went straight and rubbed his face vigorously, "We've formed a circle, let's go too!"

Yan Xuan smiled wryly, "I don't know how to dance."

"I don't know how, so it doesn't matter." Cen Yuan directly pushed him from behind, "Just wave your hands and kick your feet twice!"

Yan Xuan: "..."

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In the end, Yan Xuan kept her sanity and the last bit of burden, and did not follow the other party to mess around, while the Second Highness strictly implemented his theory of "wave twice and kick twice", mingling with a group of people who were also messing around, The resulting effect is...

Demons dance.

Cen Yuan was tired from jumping, and finally returned to the stone pillars in the outer circle with Yan Xuan.

He rolled his sleeves up to his elbows: "I'm sweating."

Yan Xuan handed him the handkerchief: "Be careful if the wind blows and catch cold."

"I know, I know, old lady." Cen Yuan took the handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face and neck, and said bluntly, "If you catch a cold, you will be bothered again."

"..." Yan Xuan shook her head helplessly, and seeing the other party yawn, she asked, "Go home?"

Cen Yuan was a little tired, so he let out a "hmm".

He took a breather, and set off with Yan Xuan to walk back and forth.

However, before they had gone out for a long time, a girl dressed in a foreign race suddenly jumped out from the crowd, walked up to them, stopped in front of Cen Yuan, and opened her mouth to say something that they couldn't understand.

Cen Yuan: "?"

He opened his mouth to ask, but before he could make a sound, the girl pulled him closer and touched his forehead and the tip of his nose.

Cen Yuan: "???!"

Yan Xuan: "..."

Yan Xuan: "...?"

Almost the moment the other party let go, Cen Yuan immediately took a step back with a look of shock and vigilance.

Then the girl said something more.

Cen Yuan didn't understand what she was talking about, but felt his eyebrows twitch, so he glanced to the side, and sure enough, he saw Yan Xuan looking at him.

He immediately pointed to the sky with three fingers together: "It doesn't matter! It's clean!"