Linque

Food and living at four o'clock.

In a quiet place facing the street on the second floor, several people including Xiao Gaomin and Han Chengmiao gathered here for a drink.

It was said that this game was to give Ye Shuli a farewell party, but after drinking for three rounds, no one mentioned it carefully.There is no other reason, the wine was invited by the eldest son, if he doesn't start this way, how can others "do it for him"?

But I don't know if he still remembers all the old grievances from the past. Although the son did this thing, his interest has waned. Seeing that the meal was about to be finished, he couldn't say goodbye.

Su Lang sat close to him, couldn't help touching his arm, and winked, Shizi seemed to have just come to think of it, raised his glass and stood up, looking at Ye Shuli opposite, cherishing words like gold :"Bon Voyage."

As we all know, Ye Shuli has always been at loggerheads with the elder son, and he managed to blackmail the elder son's treat. Doesn't the attention have to fall on him from time to time?Well, let's eat happily with Shizi's unhappy expression on his face.No matter how subtle the actions Su Lang just reminded him to be, he still couldn't escape the sharp tricks of "Ghost Seeing Sorrow", so he drank the Shi Dongchun in the cup, looked directly at Xiao Gaomin, and said with a smile: "My lord!" Lord, you still remember that Qiu Chunsou bet against me, right? I’m willing to accept the bet, my lord."

"..." Xiao Gaomin's face darkened, he put the cup heavily on the table, turned to Su Lang and said, "Tell him to get out."

After saying that, he turned and left the seat, moved to the window of the Xiangge, and looked at the scenery facing the street.

These two people have pinched each other since the first time they met in the imperial capital, and they are still like this after they parted. Yun Fei and the others who came to the banquet have long been familiar with it.Su Lang smiled lightly to smooth things over, said a few farewell words, and asked, "It will take about two years before we see each other again, right?"

——Except for national celebrations such as entering the pilgrimage on New Year's Eve, or meeting the Empress Dowager's Qianqiu birthday, Lishan's descendants rarely set foot in the imperial capital. The next time we see each other, it will not be until March next year, when the princes of the four directions come to Beijing again During the debriefing?

Ye Shuli let out a "hmm".

Leaning by the window, Xiao Gaomin tilted his head slightly when he heard this word.

However, this movement was a bit unfortunate. When Shizi turned his eyes, he was facing Ye Shuli's eyes looking out of the window. The two inadvertently looked at each other for a moment. Xiao Gaomin's expression froze, and he turned his head away quickly.

As if nothing had happened, the other people on the table laughing at Yanyan were still toasting and drinking, Ye Shuli's eyes returned to the table, and even Shizi himself didn't realize that when the word "um" came out, He unconsciously used some force with his fingers pressing on the window sill.

The edges of the shiny nails were bluish white.

……

Called Xiaoer to pay the bill, Shizi paid, took out a thin invitation card from his sleeve pocket, threw it in front of Ye Shuli, coughed lightly and said: "When I went out in the morning, my father taught me I'll bring it along the way, to Lishan, and come to attend the academy celebration when you have time."

March is the ten-year celebration of Yishan Academy, and the Marquis of Yong'an distributed invitations to various aristocratic families and sects in the past.After the son finished speaking, he turned around and walked downstairs without waiting for Ye Shuli's reaction.

Ye Shuli raised his eyebrows, picked up the invitation and opened it to read it again. Yi Chong Xiao's family has a long history, and Yishan Academy is not only the number one sect of the Wufu in Dayin, but also attaches great importance to the six arts of gentlemen. This invitation I don't know who held the pen under the door, this handwriting is really silver hook and tail, very beautiful.

Ye Shuli was admiring while walking, while Lu Ji behind him scratched his head, and asked Yun Fei next to him, "Did I remember wrongly? How did I remember that the academy invitation was sent out two days ago?"

Yun Fei recalled it for a while, and said, "I was in the Mingzheng Martial Arts Hall two days ago, and I heard someone talk about it..."

Lu Ji stared at the words, and lowered his voice slightly: "Isn't it? Is the relationship between the academy and Lishan so bad? The invitations are not issued on different days?"

No matter how low Lu Ji's voice was, the group was only a few steps away, and all of them were martial arts masters with sharp eyesight and cleverness. His words naturally caught the ears of several people.

The crown prince who gave the invitation walked in the front, quickened his pace quietly, and went down the stairs.

And Ye Shu, who was appreciating the invitation, moved his head slightly, as if he was touched by something.

"Don't talk nonsense." Su Lang heard Lu Ji's words and said, "It must be that Uncle Xiao heard that we are coming for a farewell party, so let the son invite him again by the way."

Dayin customs, festivals, etc., the host usually chooses the same day when distributing invitations in large batches, otherwise the invitations will be arranged in order of day, and it will inevitably be contemptuous of the latter, which is not beautiful.If the two direct descendants are married, the friendship is particularly deep, or the status of the other party is particularly noble, Xu will give it one day in advance.But there is absolutely no other family that has finished distributing, and there is only one family that invites after three or four days. Is it a friendship or a grudge?There are also some very important guests who may be invited twice, but this is the rule, not so often these days.

But the son's move today should be the latter.

When Su Lang said that, several people suddenly realized, they all nodded and said yes, they passed by and stopped talking.

In the group, Han Chengmiao walked last, glanced at the invitation in Ye Shuli's hand, his eyes moved slightly.At first glance, Su Lang's words made some sense, but after careful thought, there seemed to be something wrong.

The Yichong Xiao family, as the first family of Dayin who enjoyed the hereditary nobility, and with the backing of Yishan Academy, has produced a large number of talents and has been prosperous since the founding of the People's Republic of China.But it is precisely because of the "prosperity" of cooking oil and flowers with brocade that the Marquis of Yong'an pays special attention to the distance from other princely and noble families, and has always been neutral and impartial in major matters. The government sent people to disperse invitations at the same time on the same day, and there was no difference in priority at all.

To say that it is extremely important, even the emperor's shadow guard and the prince and princess have not heard that they have been sent twice.The academy has been passed down for thousands of years, and its foundation is so profound. Although there are two Mahayana realms in Lishan Mountain, they may not be able to reach this level.The most important thing is that the eldest son bows in person. It should be known that the Xiaosu family is a family friend. When the child was young, the two parents joked that they would betroth the daughter of the Xiao family to Su Lang in the future, but they never saw the eldest son like this. ah. ①

How strange is this invitation...

Han Chengmiao stared at Xiao Gaomin's uncomfortably hurried back, thoughtfully.

After coming out of the Four Seasons Food House, the group of people went for a stroll outside the city again, and it was only in the evening that they officially broke up to say goodbye, and they separated.

Ye Shuli went to the outskirts of the city alone, while Xiao Gaomin, Su Lang and others went to the inner city.The prince was riding on the horse with little interest, and he didn't bother to talk to others, he was walking slowly, Su Lang turned his head to touch him, and asked: "When are you going back to Yichong?"

The Xiao family maintained neutrality, so Yong'an Hou Shizi did not often stay in the imperial capital.Xiao Gaomin said: "Just these two days, if you hurry up, maybe you will leave tomorrow."

"Ah?" Su Lang opened his eyes wide, "The academy celebration is in March, so there's no need to be in such a hurry, don't you read the scrolls?"

Xiaohou is one of the inevitable deputy examiners without any dispute, and the number of examination papers submitted by the candidates to Yong'an Hou's family is only a lot.It stands to reason that the crown prince will have a look at it himself.

Xiao Gaomin shook his head, "I don't want to read it, it's boring. The imperial examination is supposed to go to those who are capable, and if you have the ability, you can really take the exam. If you get such a testimonial sponsor, you still have to look at the relationship. It's like going through the back door. It's not interesting."

Su Lang was silent, took a deep look at Xiao Gaomin for a few moments, then chuckled lightly after a while and said, "You're the one who dares to say that."

Xiao Gaomin pulled his lower lip: "The examination paper is for students to vote for their favorite works, but I don't know whether those poems were written by themselves. Yesterday I was reviewing the examination paper at the mansion, and it was the same poem. I saw three people's works. I borrowed other people's words to cheat, and I still want to rely on my Xiao family's door? This is just what I saw by chance. I don’t know how many things I can’t see. It’s easier to start the exam directly.”

After saying that, Shizi lazily waved his whip and galloped away.

……

It was already one hour when Ye Shuli returned to Luyuan in the suburbs of the city, and Chu Heng had just arrived not long ago.

"Ghost Jianchou" stepped forward to take a closer look at this smooth and jade-like mountain face, shook his head rather unwillingly, and said, "There is no scar, it's boring."

Chu Heng gently blew on the hot tea in his hand, without raising his eyes, he said: "The day before you left, did you feel itchy?"

Ye Shuli said "Hey", jumped on the table and sat down, knocked on the fan in his hand, looked down at Chu Heng, and said with a smile: "Junior Brother Chu, why do I remember that today is not sixteen? It shouldn't be difficult for your second senior brother to tidy up the mountain flowers, right?"

Chu Heng put down his teacup unhurriedly, looked at him and said, "I just ate half of Mengtan just to wait for you."

"Ah?" Ye Shuli withdrew the smile on his face, "Why are you eating that stuff when you have nothing to do? Are you lying to me?"

Chu Heng seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Ye Shuli jumped off the table in surprise, looked him up, and sure enough, he saw wet drops of water on Chu Heng's forehead, as if he had just eaten the cold sweat from a half-mengtan—then the person in front of him at this moment was not a delicate one. Chu Shanhua is the "cruel" senior brother.

Chu Heng stood up slowly.

Ye Shuli couldn't help taking a step back.

When he was about to speak, Mu Xiyun came in and asked them to have dinner. Seeing this, he smiled and said, "Don't believe it, he's bluffing you. The bad things he did offended your uncle. I don't know how to reply. Turn your face, in order to think more clearly."

Chu Heng simply stopped pretending, only worrying about being able to caress his forehead: "Master..."

Mu Xiyun couldn't help covering her lips and chuckling.

"Ghost Seeing Sorrow" the horse stumbled and was caught once, how could he not return it, and immediately asked Mu Xiyun what a bad thing it was.

Alarm bells rang out in Chu Heng's heart, and he hurriedly stepped forward, "Master!", then turned to stare at Ye Shuli.

Mu Xiyun "coughed" and said with a smile: "Forget it, you'd better not know it first, otherwise your senior brother will be so angry that he will really eat half a dream. When the time comes, he will beat someone up, but no one can stop him."

"Infuriated?"

How disgraceful that would be, Ye Shuli felt itchy in his heart when he heard it, and just as he was about to find out, a hidden guard from Luyuan suddenly came outside the door, begging to see Ye Shuli.

When the business came, Ye Shu couldn't leave to ask again, so he hurriedly dragged the hidden guard to explain the matter, and said before leaving that it was about business.

Chu Heng was feeling very sad, and said "um" without asking carefully.

Ye Shu left the main hall and returned to the room, and asked the guard: "How is it?"

The dark guard nodded: "According to the young master's instructions, everything has been arranged."

"Yeah." Ye Shuli nodded and rubbed his chin: "After I leave, I'll do it in a few days at the beginning of February, otherwise it will seem too deliberate, do you understand it step by step?"

The dark guard solemnly responded, but hesitant to speak, he glanced at the direction where Dong Jun was in the main hall, hesitated for a moment and said: "My lord, I always feel that this is not very reliable, I have a bad feeling... "

"Don't worry." Ye Shuli waved his hand, "This is an idea that Xinghui and I discussed, and the senior brother also agreed. It kills two birds with one stone. If you earn money, you can share him with two profits, and solve this difficult problem for him." If he is in a good mood, he will definitely reward you."

"Young master..." The dark guard became even more perturbed when he heard the words, he said in his heart that you and the young master conspired to do things, and the results are often bad. If you screw up by accident, Dongjun will not peel my skin, right?

After Ye Shuli explained happily, he patted the back of the dark guard, and asked again: "By the way, did the Marquis of Yong'an send us an invitation two days ago? Show it to me."

The dark guard answered yes.

Not long after, the invitation was delivered to Ye Shuli. He closed the door, took out an identical copy from his pocket, and read the two posts under the bright light.

The content is the same, but the handwriting is really different.

The one given by the son of the world, with iron and silver hooks, is too good to be at 01:30.

Ye Shuli frowned, flicked his fingers twice, and put it away carefully.

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①The two parents of Xiaosu got married as a joke, and there is indeed such a thing, so in the next chapter, the young master Dela came out for a walk (not to the imperial capital)