comeback [rebirth]

Cen Yuan looked back and felt that this person looked familiar, and after a while he remembered: "Master Xu?"

The man in front of him was none other than Xu Peng, the North Army center baseman who was imprisoned for the Bailulin assassination incident.

Xu Peng is now dressed in commoner clothes, with all his dignified appearance, but he looks like a commoner.

"Your Highness, stop shouting like that." He scratched his head, and his tone of voice was different from his usual toughness, a little embarrassed, "Cao Min is now dressed in white, so he can't be called an 'adult', but he is just an ordinary man who plays with flowers and plants. Just the people."

Cen Yuan didn't go to find out the follow-up specifically, and was a little surprised when he heard this: "You didn't go back to the Northern Army?"

The year is not over, but the soldiers who guard the capital cannot live without.Since Duan Meng was imprisoned for execution, the Northern Army has also been reorganized, and the top and bottom are almost completely replaced.According to the information Cen Yuan knew, there seemed to be quite a few people who suggested that Xu Peng should be appointed as lieutenant.

Now it seems that the other party should have refused.

Xu Peng sighed softly: "If His Highness hadn't cleared up the grievances of the grassroots, the grassroots would have become a handful of ashes who don't know where to go. Looking back now, I have lost my original ambition. No matter how generous Lilu is, it can't compare to this poor life and the time spent with family."

Cen Yuan heard that following his moving eyes, he saw two girls, one big and one young, writing their wishes on paper lanterns on the edge of the square not far away.Seemingly aware of the gaze from this side, Mrs. Xu looked up, stood up and nodded as a signal.

The two also returned their salutes one after another, and Cen Yuan asked again: "Then what is Big Brother Xu now?"

Xu Peng said: "Your Highness probably knows that I love flowers, and now I'm doing some flower seed business with my relatives. I can barely live without worrying about food and clothing, and that's enough."

Cen Yuan nodded: "It's a leisurely job."

Xu Peng replied with a silent smile, lowered his eyes after a while, and sighed: "Oh, I'm just an ordinary person. After this encounter, I also want to rest. But..."

Before he finished speaking, he turned to Yan Xuan: "Master Yan, I heard that the situation in Mobei is unclear recently. Is it possible that the imperial court will raise troops?"

Facing the "common people" at this time, Yan Xuan couldn't finish his words, and only said: "Maybe."

Xu Peng sighed and closed his eyes, shook his head, his face was full of helplessness, but if you look closely, his standing posture is still upright, he has never hunched his back, just like he is still in the army, and his clothes are not ordinary Instead of cloth, he wears armor and holds a spear.

After a while, he opened his eyes suddenly, and slightly cupped his hands towards Yan Xuan.

"If it's really the moment of necessity, if the battlefield needs it, the grass people will definitely go to the conscription office to sign up first. As long as they can contribute their strength to Daning, the grass people will definitely do their best and die!"

Every word is resounding.

Yan Xuan immediately replied, "Thank you, Brother Xu."

After all, it is a lively place for festivals, and these two people standing here solemnly are like being married in a peach garden. Everyone passing by can't help but look at them curiously.

"Okay, okay." Cen Yuan joked disapprovingly, "You two are paying homage here."

This statement made Xu Peng a little frightened: "Second Highness, this..."

Cen Yuan couldn't help laughing again: "I was joking with you."

Xu Peng immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, but now he understood that he could no longer bother the young couple, so he hurriedly said: "The grass-roots will not bother His Highness and Your Excellency."

"Brother Xu can do as he pleases."

After Cen Yuan finished speaking, Xu Peng went back to his wife and daughter. He knelt down and said a few words to his daughter, and saw the little girl who was about two or three years old turned her head and looked at Cen Yuan and Yan with a bright smile. Xuan waved his hand.

It just so happened that there was a sugar figurine booth next to it, Cen Yuan's heart was moved, he hurried to buy a root, and sent it to the little girl before turning back.

"It almost caused her to become a child without a father." He murmured softly, "Little cutie... I hope your life will be safe and smooth."

A large patch of warm yellow enveloped the sky, and Yan Xuan was quietly waiting by his side. Hearing this, he glanced at him and rubbed his head.

"Hey hey! Treat me like a child!"

Cen Yuan immediately returned to his senses with a smile and cursing, snatched a paper lantern from Yan Xuan's hand, went to get a shared pen, and walked to the edge of the square with the other party.

"I don't know what's going on with Chi Lingchixiu's two brats now." He suddenly said, "They should be eating Lantern Festival and setting off lanterns now."

Yan Xuan didn't say a word about this, but mentioned separately: "Master Qu Ping wrote a letter yesterday, saying that he reunited with Miss Cui years ago, and after the Chinese New Year, he will go to live in the Southwest."

"what……"

Cen Yuan sighed and looked up involuntarily. Hundreds of lanterns were thrown into the dark sky one after another, forming a fiery tree and silver flowers, making the lights illuminate the long way ahead.

"It's good that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and it can last forever."

After finishing speaking, he turned to look at Yan Xuan, and the messy thoughts in his heart became agitated again.He squatted down holding the paper lantern, and hooked his fingers at Yan Xuan.

"?" Yan Xuan looked a little dazed, and followed obediently, but was grabbed by the other party and kissed her directly on the face.

"Reward." Cen Yuan hid behind the paper lantern and chuckled, "Our little general has defended the country and the people for several years, so it's unreasonable not to give some rewards."

Yan Xuan was a little dazed at the beginning, her eyelashes drooped slightly and she stirred a few times, but then she tilted her head and laughed, and before Cen Yuan could react, she moved closer to the other party and kissed him on the lips.

Yan Xuan said, "I received it."

All kinds of people around walked by, the shadows suddenly fell on the two of them and disappeared quickly, and the warm lights hanging high together cast a hazy layer on them.

Cen Yuan felt that his ears were a little hot, he quietly raised his hand to grab it twice, and changed the subject inexperiencedly: "What are you going to write on the lantern this year?"

Yan Xuan lowered the corners of her raised lips and said calmly, "It's the same as in previous years."

Cen Yuan was a little disappointed: "You are the same every year as in previous years, that is, the four words 'safe and smooth', not even a single word is changed."

"There are countless wishes in the world, and there are successes and failures. I just picked out the one that is the most uncompromising." Yan Xuan said softly, "What is your Highness planning to write this year?"

A word of "some" is enough to show his deep meaning of ridicule, but Cen Yuan rarely responded playfully, and listed them one by one in his mouth: "For example, I want my father, queen, mother and concubine to be in good health, I want the war in Mobei to subside as soon as possible, I want There are no more exploits and intrigues in the world, I hope every family can be reunited."

Yan Xuan said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Your Highness is going to write all the people in the world on a paper lantern."

"There are more." Cen Yuan flipped the paper lantern casually in his hand, as if he didn't look at Yan Xuan on purpose, "I still want to write, I hope you and I can travel around the world and traverse the mountains and rivers in this life, and we can write for a long time , grow old together, and write that if we can have another life, I must let me go to your mother and make a reservation when you are still in the womb."

Yan Xuan laughed when he heard the words, and wanted to say that this paper lantern might not be enough to write, but Cen Yuan seemed to know what he was going to say, and took the lead: "But I'm not greedy."

This life is already a gift from heaven, he is not greedy, and dare not extravagantly expect the next life, he only hopes that in this life he can live a leisurely life with the little general without disputes and doing whatever he wants.

So he took a pen and wrote on the paper lamp:

"Wish to be safe with Yan Xuan year after year, stay together forever, and grow old forever."

The two lanterns flutter with the wind, and the lights depend on each other, as if swimming together holding hands, and embarking on a bright journey together.

When he could no longer tell where the lanterns they put had gone, Cen Yuan straightened his clothes and walked back with Yan Xuan: "Let's go, go back to the lantern festival for a stroll, I still want to drink."

At this time, there was still a while before the fireworks, and the streets were still full of people, especially in the place where the lantern riddles were guessed, even the hanging cloth strips could not be seen clearly.

Cen Yuan joined in the fun and guessed two questions, and felt that the crowd was really meaningless, so he dragged Yan Xuan back to the Lantern Market for a stroll, and suddenly he pulled Yan Xuan's sleeve: "Wait a minute."

After speaking, he plunged into a wine shop on the side of the street.

Almost all wine shops in Chang'an City know that Cen Yuan loves wine. He is also used to wandering between wine shops, and even knows all the shopkeepers well.Sometimes the shopkeeper would take the initiative to deliver some new wine to the second prince's residence.

After a while, he came out with two wine bags and handed one of them to Yan Xuan: "Here, this is for you."

The latter took it in a good manner, and felt that his statement was a bit strange, so he asked, "The wine in the bottle is different?"

"No." Cen Yuan pulled out the cork of his wine bag and took a sip, "The wine recommended by the shopkeeper just now is new, let us try it."

Yan Xuan pulled out the cork, smelled it and found it a bit familiar, but he was not good at the types of wine, except for millet and sweet wine, he couldn't tell the difference, so he took a sip.

The aroma of the wine bloomed instantly on the tip of the tongue, and Yan Xuan commented without changing his face: "The wine tastes mellow, but it is a good wine."

"I also think that it seems that I can buy more next time."

Cen Yuanyan smiled at Yanyan and clinked a "cup" with the other party, then looked up and took a sip, seeing that Yan Xuan also drank it again, and then dragged him into the downtown area: "Let's go, go to Chi Lingchi. Show the two children to pick some gadgets and send them to them."

There are so many items on the market, the two of them have no needs, and the only thing they can buy is gifts for the little ghosts.While Cen Yuan was picking things from the booth, his peripheral vision kept falling on Yan Xuan who was beside him.

When he saw the other party drink the third sip of the night, Cen Yuan simply paid the vendor two taels of silver: "Just these two."

At this time, I heard the subtle sound of a firework rising in the distance, followed by-boom!

Colorful fireworks bloom in the sky, reflecting the lanterns on the other side.

Cen Yuan clutched Yan Xuan's sleeve and urged him to take a few steps forward. The latter saw that he was no longer stopping on the side of the street, so he asked suspiciously: "Aren't you going shopping?"

Cen Yuan asked back: "You... how do you feel now?"

Under the radiant reflection, Yan Xuan's eyes were bright, and the lines of his tough face seemed to reveal a soft light.He blinked, his black eyelashes seemed to tremble, and asked in puzzlement, "What's wrong."

"..." Cen Yuan heard his tone and saw that his expression was the same as usual, the snicker on his face gradually faded, he grabbed the other party's wine bag, opened it and took a sip.

——It is indeed the taste of "three cups and three steps".

After he came back from his work, Yan Xuan was still in the palace. Seeing that he still had some free time, he took the wine bag to pack the three cups and three steps sent by the King of Chu a few days ago, and found a familiar wine shop in advance to put it away. , just for this moment.

At this moment, the amount of three cups must have been drunk, and he has walked almost thirty steps. Why does the little general still seem unresponsive?

This person's drinking capacity can't even be shaken by three drinks and three steps, right?

Yan Xuan is not sensitive to wine, but he knows his Highness very well. Just looking at his behavior and the frustrated expression on his face, and thinking of the familiar smell of wine, he can probably guess the wine bag What's in it.

He couldn't help but laugh, took the wine bag from the other party's hand and put the cork on it, and said helplessly, "Okay, don't drink any more."

Cen Yuan stared helplessly at the other party as he steadily put the wine bag back on his waist, his expression was clear without a trace of trance, and the frustration in his heart increased a little bit, and he murmured in a low voice: "You obviously don't like drinking very much, you How can you drink so well?"

Thinking back when he first arrived in Jiangnan, he still had some careful thoughts about revenge, but he didn't expect to hit a wall before he even stretched his fists.

Naturally, Yan Xuan didn't know why, so he could only change the topic calmly: "That's why you left Danlin back then, and you went to the King of Chu?"

Cen Yuan, king of Chu, had some eyebrows at this mention: "You said that this king of Chu won't send me a altar of fake wine?!"

It’s okay not to say this, but the more he thinks about it, the more he thinks about it, the real power of three cups and three steps has been experienced by him at that time——no matter how powerful the little general is, he still can’t be immune to it.

Fireworks exploded frequently in the night sky behind them, but the expression on Cen Yuan's face was much darker than that.

Yan Xuan chuckled silently: "If it's really fake wine, just ask the King of Chu to pay for a few more jars when we go back to the south of the Yangtze River."

"..." Cen Yuan curled his lips rather dissatisfied, thinking that this time it won't work, and next time there will be no chance to secretly trick the little general.

Yan Xuan had a panoramic view of his expression, and couldn't guess what the other party was disappointed about, so he promised Cen Yuan coaxingly: "Next time you get new wine, just watch me drink it."

"Really?" Cen Yuan glanced sideways, seeing that the other party didn't mean to fool him, so he reluctantly accepted the plan, "Hmph, wait until I go to Jiangnan next time, and see if I don't give up on that smiling prince. .”

The king of Chu was in the south of the Yangtze River, holding a bowl of sugar-controlled Lantern Festival made for him by the princess himself, when he caught off guard and sneezed.

In Chang'an City, the fireworks were still there. Yan Xuan held Cen Yuan's hand and did not let it go. Now he was gently rubbing the back of his hand with his fingertips: "Okay, if this little temper continues like this, the fireworks will soon be over."

"Who—" Cen Yuan subconsciously wanted to retort, "Who is playing petty temper", but when he saw the specious smile in Yan Xuan's eyes, he was suddenly speechless again.

At this time, the fireworks were gorgeous and the lights were bright, but it seemed that none of them could conceal the depth and tenderness in Yan Xuan's eyes.

Families around were watching the celebration hand in hand. After a while, Cen Yuan also turned his head to look up at the sky, unconsciously tightening the hand that was holding Yan Xuan.

Remembering the night of Shangyuan in his previous life, he was imprisoned in the deepest part of the imperial prison alone. He could only listen to the noise outside, watch the moonlight cut and broken by the iron window, and drink the poisonous wine bestowed by his father.

Who would have thought that this life would come back again, on today's night of Shangyuan, he would be able to be in the midst of the downtown, hand in hand with Yan Xuan, bathe in the full moonlight, and watch the gorgeous fireworks.Suddenly, it seemed that even the deafening sound of fireworks blooming had evolved into a beautiful rhythm.

"Yan Xuan." Looking at the grand scene in front of him, Cen Yuan couldn't help muttering, "Thank you."

This thank you was very light, and was quickly buried in another burst of fireworks, but Yan Xuan looked away from the night sky almost instantly, and turned his head sideways to land on Cen Yuan, his eyes were very bright and gentle.

"I couldn't enjoy the moon on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, so I promised." Yan Xuan said softly, "I will watch Yuandeng City and the full moon with you."

With a bang, another firework exploded in the air.

The celebration was at its climax. Bunches of fireworks were sent high into the sky non-stop, and the splendor continued, and the people around couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

However, the moment the other party's voice fell, Cen Yuan felt that time stopped suddenly, and the sound faded away, as if the same firework exploded in his mind.

No... not Mid-Autumn Festival...

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, they were in the south of the Yangtze River, drinking osmanthus wine on the eaves of Changyou Mansion and admiring the full moon, discussing how to repair the front yard of Xianyun Mansion, and never mentioned Shangyuan.

If she really wanted to say it, Yan Xuan was begging for Qiaoqiao to say it.

except once...

It was in the last life...

Cen Yuan suddenly turned his head to look at Yan Xuan. The latter seemed to have realized what he said, and looked away a little angrily, and turned to the other side.But Cen Yuan held onto his arm tightly, so hard that his whole body was trembling.

"Yan Xuan..." Cen Yuan couldn't even control his voice, "Yan Xuan, you..."

He couldn't say what he said later, and he was afraid to ask because he was afraid of hearing the answer he thought of.However, the consciousness is particularly clear, and the things that were vague before became very clear at this moment - Yan Xuan changed the maids in Jin'an Palace one step ahead of him, knew the existence of Biling, investigated the reasons for conscription in advance, Zhao Yu's identity...

Even the sudden gift of marriage from my father in this life.

——It turns out that there are traces to follow.

Cen Yuan stared at Yan Xuan intently, his lips moved, his Adam's apple rolled up and down a few times, but he couldn't even make a sound for a while.

After what seemed like a long time, Yan Xuan finally let out a sigh, looked back at him, and quietly said the answer that the other party didn't dare to think about:

"I was born again once."