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In the morning of the second day, the envoys of the ceremony and the envoys of the Ministry of Lu came as expected, and they chattered for more than half an hour just about going to the suburban altar with His Majesty tomorrow. Later, when Chu Yu came to see him, he hurriedly went to sleep, and now he was very sleepy, but fortunately, he was already familiar with these red tapes, so it was enough to nod his head from time to time.Wu Shan was stunned when he heard it. He was originally a lively person. He was suppressed by these rules and did not speak for a long time. After the second emissary left, he whispered: "I won't let this, I won't let that, and I won't let you go to jail." So restrictive."

Yuan Jing nodded again and again, and looked at Chu Yu sadly. Chu Yu folded his arms and stared into the distance.On the same day, a message came from Zhanyun Garden, saying that there were many things going on in the palace, and they were afraid that Wu Shan would be disturbed if he stayed, so he was asked to go back.Wu Shan was very reluctant, so he courageously replied - "Tell him that I won't go back", but the courage was forced to retreat by saying "The prince should go back, the eldest prince has been flustered recently and is not in a good mood".

As soon as he left, Yuan Jing felt even more boring, with constant traffic around him, and he didn't even have time to be lazy.For the next half a month, I got up before dawn every day, and could not fall asleep until late at night, and sometimes dozed off when I was so sleepy sitting on the soft chariot.Chu Yu couldn't bear to disturb him, so he walked to the residence and quietly hugged him in.Yuan Jing always didn't get enough sleep every day, and he had to make a fuss when he woke up early. Although he was just acting coquettishly, his status was noble, he could not be beaten or scolded, and the auspicious time could not be missed, so it was difficult enough.

In the past, Xiao Liu racked his brains to coax him. Fortunately, now that Chu Yu is here, he can directly fish him out of the quilt if he can't wake up, and he can barely handle this little ancestor.

The banquet in the palace lasted for more than ten days, and Yuan Jing could not escape with Emperor Yan to stay in the Taimiao Temple, enter the fasting palace, and pay homage to the national temple. accompany.On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Yan gave a banquet at Baojin Building, and Wushitu also brought his younger brother.In the middle of the banquet, Yuan Jing ran away with an excuse. When Wu Shan saw that he had disappeared, how could he stay in a daze?Sitting next to his elder brother twisting and twisting like twists and turns, Wushitu was in the midst of drinking, and he did not forget to teach his younger brother: "Sit down! Is there a nail under the butt?" With a fierce scare, the flagon poured down, soaking the corner of his clothes, and he knelt down to plead guilty.Ushtu held her hand, supported her, and changed his tone when he spoke again: "Get up, beauty, where did we just talk? Oh yes, what's your name?"

With a sad face, Wu Shan pulled his sleeves: "Brother, my stomach hurts."

Wu Shitu glanced at his head and saw that Emperor Yan was talking to the envoys of Gaoli, and he didn't notice this side, so he said impatiently: "You have a lot of things to do, get out of here."

Wu Shan rolled away when he heard the words, and ran away in the blink of an eye. When he went down the steps, he took five or six steps. He couldn't wait to fly up. Seeing Yuan Jing standing downstairs like a little adult with his hands behind his back, a palace guard saluted him, He also just nodded, went up and slapped his ass: "Yuan Xiaojiu!"

Yuan Jing immediately counterattacked, and knocked his fist up and down on his shoulder, his nobility was gone, the two of them played around for a while, and then ran to a place where there was no one else to chat.On the way to Baojin Building, Wu Shan walked across the Yujiezhou Bridge, and saw vendors entering the market under the two corridors, thaumaturgy and strange people, and the sound of singing, dancing and music stretching for more than ten miles. Proposal to go out together tomorrow night.Yuan Jing shook his head and said dejectedly: "Tomorrow is my birthday, I have to stay in the palace."

Wu Shan was puzzled and said, "Isn't it okay in the second half of the night? My brother said that the market will not be closed all night tomorrow."

Because Emperor Yan had too many princes who died young, when Yuan Jing was born, he was worried that he would not be able to grow up, so he went to Wutai Mountain to invite a fairy elder, and built a Taoist temple surrounded by water in the palace. The immortal said: Prince 15 On their birthdays before the age of [-], they have to spend the night inside with eleven teenagers of the same age. Everyone wears brocade clothes with cloud patterns, and their faces are covered with bronze masks of mysterious beasts. At a glance, they all look the same. , for Prince Zhenshou.

Wu Shan came up with an idea: "It's just a matter of finding someone to replace it. Anyway, everyone is wearing a mask, so it's impossible to tell who is who."

Yuan Jing was stunned, apparently he hadn't thought of it before, he bit his fingernails and thought for a while: "It's possible to replace, but I can't run out, my elder brother sees me closely."

Hearing his tone loosen, Wu Shan became even more excited, and everyone stood up: "He's going to play with my brother tomorrow, so he can't control you, you find a good person, and I'll take you away when the time comes, and I'll see you off at dawn Come back and keep it for no one to know."

Yuan Jing said "ah": "Accompany your brother? Why?"

Wu Shan said loudly: "He already knows your elder brother. He told you at home a few days ago that he is going to borrow someone from His Majesty today."

Yuan Jing suddenly became unhappy, Chu Yu's previous discipline on him all surfaced at this moment, he thought angrily: Treat everyone better than me!Hmph, if you don't take me with you, I'll go with someone else!Immediately said: "Okay, then you come over tomorrow, I will wait for you at Nangong Gate."

He was nestled in the fire, and when he went back at night, he kept silent. Chu Yu habitually came to help him when he got off the chariot. He shook off his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and walked away with his head held high.Chu Yu was confused, completely unaware of what kind of temper he was having.During the banquet, Emperor Yan promised Wushitu that he would accompany him to the Lantern Festival Night Market, so he left before the evening of the second day.Before leaving, Yuan Jing was changing his clothes. When he heard that he was leaving, he took the bronze mask and put it on his face.

Chu Yu guessed that he was not happy to go out alone, thought for a while, and finally coaxed: "Bring you something back?"

Yuan Jing pushed his hand and said fiercely, "No!"

Chu Yu hit a soft nail and left a little disappointed.

At three o'clock in Haishi, Yuan Jing had slipped out of the Taoist temple, and now he was crouching behind the big tree beside the Nangong gate, looking left and right.Not long after, I heard a low cooing of birds, and I was overjoyed, and called out in a low voice, "Ashan, I'm here!"

Wu Shanmao ran over with his waist clattering. Today he was wearing a heavy dress, and the golden crown on his head weighed a pound. He was tied up and inconvenient. When he saw Yuan Jing, he threw away a black cloth bag in his hand.Inside were two coarse black robes, Wu Shan smiled and said, "If we don't disguise ourselves, we will be caught when we go out." Yuan Jingshen thought it was right, the two of them turned their backs to each other, and changed into the clothes.

It is difficult to enter and exit the imperial palace, although it is impossible to exit through the main entrance, but it is not difficult to jump out of the wall according to the timing of the guards' shift.The palace wall was more than five feet high, and Yuan Jing couldn't turn it over. Wu Shan volunteered to turn over with him on his back. Needless to say, the journey was difficult. The two of them fell down several times before they escaped. In the cold winter months, both were sweating profusely .Yuan Jing looked up at the tall palace wall, and said sincerely, "You are too powerful, are you a monkey?"

Wu Shan tied his hair into a high ponytail with a brocade belt, and proudly said: "What is this? In Heqi, I even dare to climb cliffs."

The two chattered and ran towards the Zhouqiao Night Market. There were so many pedestrians that they almost flocked to Weiyang Tower today.Wu Shan bought two plum-blossom steamed buns that were fresh out of the cage from the street. He blew on the hot air, took a few bites, and couldn't get used to them, so he threw them to the side of the road with a smile.But seeing Weiyang's downstairs colorful flags stacked, painted with gods and ghosts, a storyteller holding a folding fan, with his sleeves rolled up high, telling the story on the mountain shed vividly.Yuan Jing looked up for a while, and asked Wu Shan, "Why didn't you put up the sky lantern?"

There was a lot of voices around, Wu Shan leaned into his ear and said, "Then it won't be released until dawn."

Yuan Jing said "Oh", looked at it for a while, and suddenly said, "Do you know where your brother went?"

Wu Shan was still looking up, and casually said: "Where else can he go?" He frowned and thought for a long time, and finally thought of the pronunciation of these Nan dialects: "It seems to be called Baomeng Hall."

Yuan Jing pulled him hard, almost staggering him: "Then let's take a look secretly."

Wu Shan was a little unhappy, and shouted: "Hey, that person is still spitting fire! Let's go after watching."

Every year in the palace, various troupes are invited to perform miscellaneous performances. Yuan Jing has long known the inside story: "That man has wine in his mouth, and if he sprays it on the torch, the fire will of course burn!" He was dragged away in a daze.

Baomeng Hall is the premier brothel in the capital, with tall and spacious pavilions, and hundreds of luxurious rooms. When the sky is dark, the red candles are warm and fragrant, and singing and dancing will follow.At the moment Wushitu is living in a luxurious room on the top floor. The room is covered with a thick cashmere and gold silk carpet, and several bead curtains separate him from the inner room and the outer room. Looking at the delicate beauty behind her, she feeds herself wine, and the singer with her pipa in her arms sits outside the curtain, singing "Qingping Diao" with a tired voice.After the song, Wushitu opened one eye and glanced at the side, and saw Chu Yu sitting beside him with an indifferent expression, the wine on the short table hadn't touched a sip, and two beautiful girls beside him were at a loss. Kneeling and sitting, not daring to go up and cuddle.

Wushitu laughed and said, "Why are you pretending to be Liu Xiahui here?" Seeing Chu Yu ignoring him, he stretched out his long leg and kicked him: "There are no outsiders here, and you still pretend to be unfamiliar with me?"

Chu Yu frowned and said, "Do you have to choose this place?"

Wushitu laughed, and took a sip of wine with the beauty's slender hand: "It's not that you don't know that this prince has nothing else to like but likes women." He stretched out his hand and called the two beauties beside Chu Yu. Come here, take a sip from the left and right.

Chu Yu said mockingly: "I heard that Long Yue's women are all beautiful, and their princesses are probably also of national beauty. Now that the chasing son is here to marry you, why are you running away?"

Wushi Tulian poohed more than a dozen times: "What kind of national beauty, let me tell you, the two elder brothers who came to propose marriage are the two elder brothers of the princess, and those two people are barely shorter than the iron tower..." He stretched out his hand and gestured a few times: " In terms of body shape, she is stronger than the bears I raise. How can the princess look good with their mother and compatriots? If she is willing to settle down, that’s all. I made a rule, saying that Long Yue has always been monogamous, and asked me to send away all the beauties around me, and said that if their precious sister was wronged in the future, they would beat me up." Speaking of which, even Shaking his head in dissatisfaction, he slapped the table and said, "How can I marry her! I must never marry her!"

In terms of women, Chu Yu had nothing to talk to him about, so he picked up a bowl of wine and made it clear that he didn't talk to him.Wushitu looked at him for a while: "How are you doing in the capital?"

Chu Yu said indifferently: "What can I do? It's just taking care of the children."

Wushitu covered his stomach and laughed for a long time, then kicked him again: "What about raising a child, that's the prince, I've heard it all, he likes you so much."

Chu Yu said unhappily: "What do you like? It's just that whoever obeys him, he will get close to whomever. If your brother can stay for a long time, how can he use me?"

Wu Shitu said indifferently: "Then you just follow him more, and you are lucky to find him as a backer." Chu Yu frowned and didn't answer.Ushtu pushed away Meiji beside him, and crawled towards him drunkenly, and then spoke in a much lower voice: "Brother knows that you are not the kind of person who climbs the dragon and the phoenix, but the situation is stronger than others, and sooner or later the general will fight back." Yes, if you have coaxed the prince well, it will always be useful in the future."

Chu Yu glanced at him: "If that day comes, what will He Qi want?"

Wushitu smiled, and his voice was as low as a whisper: "We Heqi are a small tribe, and we are not as big as your family. Naturally, we have to... observe the situation and then move." He hugged Chu Yu: "But we The friendship here is here, if I find out anything, I will send someone to inform you, your ability, escape is always no problem."

Chu Yu didn't speak, and slowly finished a bowl of wine.

Yuan Jing stood outside the Baomeng Hall, hesitatingly asked: "Is it here?"

Wu Shan looked at the countless women wearing gauze skirts and covering their faces with smiles, and felt a little guilty: "It should be, hey, aren't they cold?"

Yuan Jing shook his head, summoned up his courage and said, "Let's go in... shall we?"

Wu Shan took one of his hands and repeated inexplicably: "Ah, then... let's go in."

The two were stopped by the madam as soon as they entered the door. The madam was well-informed after all, seeing that although they were wearing coarse cloth clothes, they were born with jade quality, not like the children of ordinary people, so she did not dare to offend them too much. He said politely: "The two young masters have gone to the wrong place? I'm afraid it's too early for you to come here, you'd better go home quickly."

Wu Shan spoke quickly, and rushed, "We're here to find someone!"

The bustard smiled and said, "That's easy, young master, tell me your name, and I'll ask someone to take you there."

Wu Shan was apprehensive even when he came to take a sneak peek, how could he dare to go looking for someone?He looked at Yuan Jing and signaled him: How about we go?

Yuan Jing said: "We are from Mr. Chen's house. When he came out, he forgot to bring his money bag and asked us to deliver the silver." Then he took out his pocket full of gold and silver ingots and shook it in front of the madam. He looked up, and suddenly said: "Hey, I saw it, it's there!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the madam didn't have time to react, she dragged Wu Shan up the stairs, and Wu Shan asked, "Who is Mr. Chen?"

Yuan Jing said, "I made it up."

They lowered their heads and ran wildly. When they turned a corner, a person was coming out of the next room, and they bumped into him without noticing.This man's shoulders are big and his waist is round, his face is full of flesh, and he still stands as stable as a mountain when he hits it. On the contrary, Yuan Jing was bounced to the ground by the thick fat on his stomach.Wu Shan quickly went to help him: "Xiao Jiu, are you alright?"

The man put aside the servant who was supporting him, and walked over full of alcohol: "Where is the brat, dare to attack my master." He picked up Wu Shan and was about to hit him, and suddenly saw Yuan behind him. Suddenly, he couldn't move his eyes away, and his voice was disgusting, and he stretched out his hand to caress his face: "Are you a new boy?"

Wu Shan didn't understand what Xiao Guan meant, but he saw that his intentions were not good, so he kicked him: "Get your hands away!"

This kick was precise and hard, and the person who kicked fell to the ground with a "boom", and the servants around him rushed to help him. When he got up, his face had turned into a pig's liver, and he pointed at Yuan Jing. They said: "Dog, you don't eat the toast, you don't eat the fine wine, come on, take them down for me."

Seeing that they were about to make a move, Wu Shan hurriedly said, "Xiao Jiu, hide behind me!"

There was only a flurry of noises, interspersed with the sound of tearing cloth, the girls came out to see, all of them were so frightened that their faces paled, and there was a lot of screaming, and the place of singing and dancing was in chaos in the blink of an eye.Wushitu was drunk, and when he heard the commotion outside, he said impatiently, "Go and see what's going on."

A singer asked in response. She hadn't closed the door in time when she went out, and a voice came in from outside: "Oh, a few big men actually bullied two children."

Chu Yu was drinking, he was shocked when he heard the words, got up and rushed out the door, Wushitu looked at his back, and said drunkenly: "What are you doing when people fight..." Suddenly reacted, and cursed: "Damn it! Don't be Ah Shan!" The beauty who pushed away also chased her out.

A lot of people have surrounded the downstairs, and the two sides of the fight have been separated.Chu Yu pushed aside the crowd and squeezed in. Just as he saw Yuan Jing standing in the middle in fear, his clothes were torn a lot, half of his shoulders were exposed, and his face turned livid.Seeing him, Yuan Jing rubbed his eyes vigorously: "Brother!"

Chu Yu walked over quickly, took off his outer robe, and wrapped him tightly. He noticed that his small body was shaking, and patted his back lightly. Yuan Jing was frightened and was hugged by him. In his arms, his nose was sour, and tears flowed down. When Chu Yu let go, he saw the tears on his face, and his expression became colder. He wiped him with the back of his hand, and then looked around: "Who did it?"

Wu Shan had a lot of wounds on his face, he wiped it casually, pointed to the fat old man and said, "It's him, he still wants to touch Xiao Jiu's face!"

Chu Yu's breath was suddenly cold, and he moved his palm, but seeing a flash of cold light, the long sword was unsheathed. He looked at the man and said coldly: "Which hand touched him?"