Qi Huang

Chapter 61 Xie Xuan, don't be nervous

In Xie Xuan's memory, the last time he saw Feng Jiuyuan was when the snow fell at its peak in Bianliang.

It was the beginning of the spring of the year.

At the time of the "Zheng Dynasty", the courtiers should have entered the palace as usual to pay New Year greetings to the emperor.However, today's emperor refused all congratulations on the grounds that "the snow is thick and it is difficult to travel".

The courtiers looked at the salty snowflakes sprinkled in the air, and shook their heads one after another, saying that the emperor's stinking problem of avoiding people had committed again.

The northern border was extremely cold, and the weak winter wind from Bianliang was nothing to Feng Jiuyuan.When he found Xie Xuan, he was in the corner of the imperial garden.The snow in the sky did not stop, and an eunuch was crawling hard in the snow with Xie Xuan on his back, using his body as a ride.

The snow fell for a long time, and the eunuch's cheeks were flushed from the cold, and his palms were chapped and bleeding.His knees were left with bloodstains due to long-term wear and tear in the snow, which stood out against the vast whiteness of his eyes.

Xie Xuan didn't wear a crown, her long hair just fell down her shoulders.He grabbed the rope tied to the eunuch's chest with one hand, and waved the whip with the other, shouting and making trouble, smiling brightly and cruelly.

The palace servants stood aside, not daring to make a sound, let alone take a look, because they knew that if they took a look, their heads would be chopped off.

So when Feng Jiuyuan walked in, he happened to bump into Xie Xuan face to face.

The emperor's expression was blank for a moment, and then suddenly became violent.

"How courageous! How dare you stop me!"

He raised his hand and was about to swing the whip, but Feng Jiuyuan stopped him with his palm wrapped around his wrist.

"Your Majesty." The visitor spoke softly, as if he was afraid of disturbing the person in his dream, "It's me."

The eunuch was finally rescued, and ran away with tears in his eyes and weak arms.

The snow rustled down, falling on the slender eyelashes of the Son of Heaven.

"What are you doing here?" Xie Xuan tilted his head, and approached Feng Jiuyuan innocently, as if he wanted to take his appearance seriously into his eyes.

It's just that he stared at Feng Jiuyuan for a while, but didn't see what he wanted in Feng Jiuyuan's eyes, and finally backed away dully: "You're late."

The moment she left, Feng Jiuyuan suddenly grabbed Xie Xuan's wrist.

"presumptuous!"

Xie Xuan immediately waved his backhand, and the whip that was used to "control the horse" just now was tensed in the air, and it was whipped towards Feng Jiuyuan with a sound.This time, he didn't dodge or evade, and let the fierce whip bring the wind.

Xie Xuan aimed at his face, and the long whip naturally left a deep scratch on Feng Jiuyuan's face.It didn't take a moment for blood to ooze from the wound, drop by drop like begonia petals falling on Feng Jiuyuan's sleeve robe.

Feng Jiuyuan didn't care, and didn't even feel the pain.He just looked at Xie Xuan quietly, his eyes still gentle.

"Do you want to come with me?"

"Go?" Xie Xuan looked back at him, "Where are you going?"

"Go to Jiangnan, go to northern Xinjiang, or go east. Wherever you want to go, I will accompany you there."

The scene he described is like a ranger wandering in the vast world without talking about the past or the future.That is what the ten-year-old Xie Xuan, who just came out of the cold palace, can look forward to, and it does not belong to the direction that the emperor Xie Xuan should go.

Xie Xuan put the long whip back into his sleeve, his eyes no longer moved.

"I won't leave." Xie Xuan looked into the distance, like a bird with its wings cut off.

"If one day I really leave, it will be the day I die."

It was a matter of course, and then it was - when the soldiers conquered the land, they were surrounded by songs.

The children of the local rebellious family rose up, and Huaiyuan Wang Feng Jiuyuan accompanied him.In Ziluan Hall, the two are separated by the endless long steps, like a long river in the years.

On both sides of the road.

Feng Jiuyuan drew the bow and drew the arrow, and the arrow flew through the gap like lightning, but he never looked back.

The moment the steward of the state government office saw Feng Jiuyuan's arrival, he seemed to be more frightened than seeing the emperor in person.

He secretly muttered "When did he come" in a voice that only he could hear, then raised his smiling face, eagerly greeted him, kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, showing utmost respect.

"Li Zhang, the steward of the small government office, pay my respects to the Ninth Prince!"

"Exemption." Feng Jiuyuan said with a faint smile, "I have just entered Yongzhou and have not yet entered the mansion with invitations. I hope that Guanshi Li will not find me abrupt."

But...it hasn't changed at all.

Xie Xuan thought of it.

At that time, Xie Xuan had just come out of the Leng Palace when she heard that a young prince named Feng Jiuyuan lived in the palace.He was supposed to live in Rongchun Palace with his mother and concubine, but at the age of teens, he was no longer considered a child, so in order to avoid suspicion, he had no choice but to move into the side courtyard where Xie Xuan lived.

Xie Xuan still remembered that first meeting.

Feng Jiuyuan, whose stature has not reached adulthood, raised his arms and bowed, and took half a step leisurely, with thorough etiquette and extraordinary bearing.

"Feng Jiuyuan pays his respects to His Highness Thirteenth."

When he raised his eyes, those eyes were like a stream of eternal and peaceful mountain springs, not soaked in wind and snow, not stained with fine dust.

"How would you dare?" The steward surnamed Li Mingzhang smiled obsequiously, bent over and knelt, and stretched out his hand to lead Feng Jiuyuan into the main hall, "My lord came to Yongzhou from northern Xinjiang. The mountains are high and the road is far away. My master has not fulfilled the friendship of the landlord." Neglect, Ninth Prince, please wait a moment, follow the younger one into the hall, and the younger one will report to the master right now."

Feng Jiuyuan smiled softly.

The two guards accompanying him, as if they had heard some order, stepped forward in unison and helped Li Zhang up.

When Li Zhang was flattered, Feng Jiuyuan said again: "No need, Lizhou Mansion is sick, how dare I bother you? But thinking of coming to Yongzhou, I need to say hello to Lizhou Mansion. skillful."

With that said, Feng Jiuyuan's eyes fell on Xie Xuan: "It seems that today, His Highness Thirteenth and I have made a trip in vain."

"No, no, no." Hearing the intention of leaving in Feng Jiuyuan's words, Li Zhang repeatedly denied it, even shaking the beard on his mouth, for fear that Feng Jiuyuan would turn his head and leave. Body, even if my master is sick, he has to come out to greet him in person, there is absolutely no reason to keep distinguished guests out of the door!"

Because of Feng Jiuyuan's leaving, Li Zhang was too impatient and didn't pay attention to the inappropriateness of his words and deeds.

I only heard Xie Xuan say: "Oh? Since you say that, in Li Guanshi's eyes, I am a dispensable person?"

Li Guanshi huh huh ah ah ah a long while, did not say a word, but cold sweat dripped all over the floor.

Everyone could see that this Li Jingyang had followed Li Jin's order to give Xie Xuan, who had just arrived, a disgrace.But the Li family, no, Li Jingyang seems to attach great importance to Feng Jiuyuan.

Although the Li and Feng families had frequent contacts, they were only related to interests.The Feng family takes care of itself and does not have any relationship with any other family. Does Li Jingyang... or Li Jin... have something to ask for?

Xie Xuan watched Li Zhang's sweat dripping down his face calmly, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

When everyone was harboring ghosts, he said again: "If Li Jingyang can't come out, why don't we ask Li Jin to come out?"

There was an eerie silence all around.

Xie Xuan: "Li Jingyang didn't have the guts to leave me here, but Li Jin did. But after he resigned from office, he is now just a commoner, and he has no right to see me after all."

Li Zhang's face was distorted: "His Thirteenth Highness..."

"Not coming out?" Xie Xuan said with a smile, "It will be very difficult if the Ninth Prince wants to come to this mansion again in the future."

Feng Jiuyuan came just in time.I don't know if I arrived in Yongzhou early and just waited for Xie Xuan to come here, or it was just a coincidence.

But since there is such a coincidence, it would be a loss for Xie Xuan not to use it.

During the gap, he glanced in Feng Jiuyuan's direction.

Feng Jiuyuan was also looking at him, with a pair of gentle eyes that seemed to be able to accommodate everything.

The two were not strangers, and with that glance, it seemed as if they had seen countless springs and autumns between them.

Xie Xuan couldn't help but think back to his youth in the palace, when he met her for the last time, that decisive and gentle arrow.

The pain engraved into his soul made him breathe a little faster, and his throat, which was eloquent just now, became dry for some reason.Xie Xuan exhaled slightly to stabilize his breath, and clenched his palms tightly.

After a while, the unreasonable fear slowly faded away.

He didn't see the slight change in Feng Jiuyuan's eyes.

But he has always been so...cautious and subtle.

Feng Jiuyuan said: "Your Highness, don't worry, in my opinion, Lizhou Mansion is really too sick to get out of bed."

After finishing speaking, he turned to look at Li Zhang again, "How about this, among the people accompanying me are two doctors with excellent medical skills. If the Lizhou government does not dislike it, I can let them show the state government."

"This, but..."

Li Zhang wanted to refuse, but Feng Jiuyuan didn't give him a chance to refuse, so he clapped his hands, and then two men who looked like doctors came out and stood in front of Li Zhang.

"If the disease is deep enough, it will be difficult to cure. The Lizhou government must take good care of your body." Feng Jiuyuan said with a smile, "The vain courtesy of receiving this king is not so important, are you right?"

Yes... hell!

Li Zhang panicked.

They had been waiting for Feng Jiuyuan for several months, who knew that he would not come, but suddenly ran out at this juncture.

Right now Li Jingyang is not coming out, nor is he not coming out.He was also forced to accept the two "doctors" that Feng Jiuyuan stuffed in. Who knows if it was spies' eyeliner or something like that!

Li Zhang was so anxious that he wanted to slap himself.

But the matter now is already a foregone conclusion.

This Feng Jiuyuan... can only meet again in the future, there will be a chance in the future... I hope Li Zhoufu will not beat him too hard.

Li Zhang sent Feng Jiuyuan, Xie Xuan and others out of the mansion with a mournful face.

Both of them were tall and tall, standing at the gate of the government office, attracting passers-by to look around frequently.

But Feng Jiuyuan is much taller than Xie Xuan, and has been in a high position all the year round, so the calm and majestic temperament on his body can be seen at a glance.But the paradox is that the first time I saw this prince, my feeling was not majesty, but gentleness.

He doesn't seem to care about anything, and he can laugh everything away, and his calm and unwavering face will never change even if the earth collapses and the mountains collapse.

Feng Jiuyuan walked down the stairs, Benyin followed his followers into the carriage, but looked back when he was about to leave.

He looked at Xie Xuan, and also at an old friend whom he hadn't seen for many years.

"Xinglan."

Xie Xuan paused, then turned around slowly: "My lord."

"What do you call me?" Feng Jiuyuan said, "We haven't seen each other for a few years, and you and I are so different?"

Xie Xuan pursed his lips and remained silent.

He was a little nervous, but he didn't know why he felt nervous.

The person who killed him was Feng Jiuyuan from the previous life, not the current Feng Jiuyuan, who said and deeded the same spring breeze and bright moon.

Xie Xuan raised her eyes slowly: "Brother Nine."

"Yeah." Feng Jiuyuan smiled, "Xinglan, long time no see."