When Shen Yinxiao went back to find Lan Xi, Lan Xi was listening to someone playing the piano in the bright room of the banquet.
The banquet was already halfway through, and the wine was almost drunk. Some people took advantage of the drunkenness and lost their sense of control in talking and laughing, which seemed to be a bit dissolute. Shen Yinxiao asked several servants before he found Lan Xi. When he sat down, his calf Still shaking.
"Have you been resting for so long? I've been waiting for you for a long time. I almost sent someone to find you, but someone still came to report that you had gone to rest. Otherwise, I would be really shocked."
"I just had a few glasses of wine and took a nap."
Lan Xi poured her a cup of tea.
The ladies who had been fishing just now were back, sitting around eating grapes and chatting.
"The young master of the Helian family was just promoted to the governor of Dai County yesterday." The lady, who was about thirty years old, peeled grape skins and chatted: "Dai County is not a simple place. It is adjacent to the northwest desert and is the first place in Hu and Han Dynasties. On the defensive line, Young Master Helian is of Qiang origin, and the Wei family dares to let him serve as acting county governor, which shows that they have great trust in him. This Young Master Helian has a bright future in the future."
Shen Yinxiao thought it sounded familiar, "Is this Master Helian called Helian Chongming?"
The lady nodded: "Yes."
After saying that, he sighed again: "It is said that she is already twenty-five or six years old, but she has not yet married a wife. I have seen her from a distance once. She looks so outgoing that I don't know which lady she will match."
"But I heard that Mr. Helian is a frequent visitor to the fireworks place. I guess he's not worried yet."
Shen Yinxiao thought of the Helian Chongming he had met that day. He was indeed a man of elegance and elegance, and he was also a frequent visitor to Cuihua Building.
Yun Xian is quite familiar with him.
Mrs. Ting Hou, who was fishing with them, was sitting on the other side. She held instant noodles, covered half of her face, and said with a meaningful expression: "My maid just went to get me some snacks. You guessed she is here?" What did you hear from the rockery in the back garden?"
"What did you hear?"
Mrs. Tinghou covered her mouth and smiled: "My girl heard the cry of wild mandarin ducks behind the rockery."
The group of people laughed tacitly, and Shen Yinxiao stiffened, with goosebumps crawling on his back.
Shen Yinxiao didn't plan to stay at the inn tonight, lest she would be matched up by Lan Xi to Beigong Boyu again that night. Thinking of Lan Xi's idea, she felt a little funny.
She tugged on Lan Xi's sleeve, "I won't sleep with you tonight. I have to go home. I don't feel at ease without me at home."
Lan Xi regretted: "I can't stay one more night."
"Next time, next time you come to Fan Yang, stay at my house."
At the beginning of the lanterns, there were very few people in the city on the border of the North. The wind carried the clear cold fragrance of the grass and trees, wrapped in the Hu wind blowing from the grassland, giving it a unique and exotic feel.
The guests filed out. The originally empty and desolate long street was filled with cars and BMWs. The border town had not been so lively for a long time. Shen Yinxiao was riding Lan Xi's carriage. The waiter led the carriage to the door. Shen Yinxiao and Lan Xi stood side by side. When I came out, I happened to see Shanggu County Sheriff escorting Wei Cheng and Beigong Boyu out.
The wind blew into his sleeves, and Wei Cheng's robes were flying. He was tall and tall, and he could attract countless eyes just by standing there. Now that he was the popular Colonel Protecting Qiang, his gestures were even more impressive. Coercion and killing.
The governor of Shanggu County was over forty years old. He had worked diligently and carefully to sit in his current position. After seeing Wei Cheng out, he diligently led his horse and saddled him himself, opening and closing his lips and saying something to Wei Cheng.
"General, the county Zhongzong elder heard that the general was coming and prepared a private banquet to entertain the general. Why doesn't the general stay a few more days?"
"We are busy with official matters, so there is no need to waste people and money." Wei Cheng glanced at him indifferently.
Lan Xi ordered her servants to send Shen Yinxiao back. Beigong Boyu sent someone to rush her. She said goodbye hastily: "I will go and play with you another day."
Shen Yinxiao nodded and watched Lan Xi get on Beigong Boyu's chariot.
Wei Cheng, who was not far away, seemed to be in a trance. Sheriff Shanggu said several words, and he nodded after a long time.
Wei Cheng got on his horse and mounted the Zhaoye Jade Lion, flicked his tail and snorted.
When the carriage that Shen Yinxiao was sitting in passed him, the wind blew the curtains slightly, and Wei Cheng's chin flashed past. She yawned and leaned against the wall of the carriage to fall asleep.
She didn't know how long she had slept, but the carriage seemed to have stopped for a while, and a ray of cold wind came in. She shivered while half asleep, and a pair of warm hands picked her up.
Immediately afterwards, the faint fragrance of agarwood filled the tip of her nose, and she woke up instantly, but did not open her eyes.
"You're still pretending to be asleep when you're awake?" A man's pretending to be deep voice came from above his head.
Seeing that she was discovered, she opened her eyes, rubbed her groggy eyes, yawned, and said blankly: "When did Young Master come?"
Wei Cheng deliberately teased her: "I will come whenever you wake up."
Shen Yinxiao said nothing, covered his mouth and yawned again.
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the belt around his waist. The string of Pisces pendants had been taken off at some point and was empty.
"Where's the jade pendant?"
She was a little curious.
"Give it to Wei Ning."
He didn't say the reason, and Shen Yinxiao didn't ask again. Maybe no one spoke in the car for a while. Shen Yinxiao was a little uneasy and turned to look at the scenery outside.
Wei Cheng had taken her out of the city many times before. He didn't like to take her to crowded places. Maybe he didn't want to be seen by too many people. He was in a high position and everything he did was watched by a group of people. Others like him There are almost no military officers and officials like him like him. In the words of those who talked about him behind his back, he cherishes feathers too much.
I can't find anything wrong, almost to the point of disowning my relatives.
Do not accept gifts, do not visit prostitutes, and do not violate any prohibitions.
The law prohibits people from riding horses in the busy city during the day. He is a young king and has an official rank of fourth rank. Whenever he rides a horse in a busy city, he reins up his horse and drives slowly. A member of the Wei family once drove a horse carriage in a busy city and injured pedestrians. The county The lieutenant didn't dare to take anyone, so he stabbed him. Without saying a word, he tied the man up, whipped him twenty times, and threw him in front of the county lieutenant.
Even Wei An was frightened when he saw his son.
Shen Yinxiao looked at the hill standing in the distance, pointed with his finger, turned to Wei Cheng with interest and said: "Look, do you remember, there is a temple on that mountain that is very popular, we went there last year. "
She remembered interesting things, her eyes were shining, and there was a smile on her lips. Wei Cheng looked at it and couldn't help but curled his lips and nodded: "Yes, I remember."
"The temple also sells colored glaze burned with incense and ashes. Dozens of them can be made into necklaces, but they are too expensive." She shook her head with a regretful tone.
"It's not expensive." Wei Cheng frowned, a little unhappy: "I wanted to buy it for you, didn't you say you didn't like it? It's not like I can't afford a string of beads."
She really felt that it was not worth it, so she counted on her fingers: "A glass bead costs one thousand yuan, a necklace with more than fifty beads costs almost sixty thousand yuan, and a cheaper war horse costs three to four yuan." Ten thousand dollars, a string of beads costs 60,000 dollars, which is too expensive. Nowadays, there are wars from time to time, and the roads are full of refugees who have no food and clothing. Spending tens of thousands of dollars on a necklace is too extravagant."
She calculated so clearly that even Wei Cheng couldn't help being surprised and raised his eyebrows: "How do you know how much a war horse costs?"
She pursed her lips and couldn't help but roll her eyes.
When he was with her, he was always the boss. How could he know how tired she was of carefully catering to him.
In the beginning, she was racking her brains to find topics to echo him, for fear that he would be bored and lose face. In order to have more things to talk about, she worked hard in other places.
It's just that I know more and more, but I use it less, and I probably won't use it in the future.
"I heard someone say it accidentally."
The surprise in Wei Cheng's eyes dimmed, and he laughed: "Military salary expenditures and disaster relief allocations are the public account of the imperial court. If I buy something for you, it is my own private account, so don't interfere."
Shen Yinxiao wondered if he had secretly received gifts. Unless it was money from the Wei family, how could he afford those jewels with his little salary? She squinted at him and said, "That money can't be small." Are you here because you are greedy and greedy?"
