There are many treasures in this country

After Xiao Suo arrived at Yushitai, it was smooth sailing, and he got started with official duties very quickly.All the colleagues are also humble and polite. Although they are a bit pedantic and noble like him, they are beyond reproach in terms of moral cultivation—at least he thinks so.

Until April-May, he lived a peaceful and fulfilling life.

And on April [-]th, Shen Yan got married.

The dignified princes and nobles in Beijing all went to Shen's residence to watch the ceremony, and naturally they wanted to join in the joy of marriage.Because Xiao Suo was escorted by him that day when he paraded through the streets, even if he didn't have the previous affair, he still needs to visit the house to congratulate him.

He was dressed in white, which was particularly dazzling.

The street has long been closed, with big red curtains on both sides.The gates of Shen's residence were full of sedan chairs and horses, even the servants driving the chariots and carrying the sedan chairs occupied three big houses as resting places.

Xiao Suo only took a plain sedan chair, and went in through the corner gate with Babao, gave him gifts, and went to the front hall to drink tea.

It's still the same as before, just much more lively.He had just become an official and didn't know many people, so he exchanged awkward greetings in the hall, he seemed out of place and slightly dull.

Xiao Suo probably wore too thick clothes, and was so hot that his chest felt stuffy.He tugged at his collar, quietly left the front hall, and hid in the back garden for a walk.Fang turned around the small study, and saw a person coming out of the moon cave door next to him.

Ruan Tong was wearing a rather dazzling royal blue robe, and when he moved, he acted like a spring breeze rolling a bead curtain, graceful and charming. "Master Xiao... Your lord, it's time to call me your lord. I haven't congratulated your lord on winning the Toad Palace. It's really gratifying. Your lord is not drinking tea in front, what are you doing here?"

"Being cautious in front, come here to relax." Xiao Suo said listlessly, "General Shen went to pick up the bride, but he hasn't come back yet. I think this is the quietest place."

Ruan Tong smiled and said, "I'll accompany you for a walk, I don't know if you can dislike me?"

"How could it be?" Xiao Suo walked forward slowly, and said to Ruan Tong, "You are right beside me, why lag behind by half a step?"

Ruan Tong grew up in a prostitute and was used to serving the nobles, so he unconsciously became thoughtful and careful in his words and deeds, and only after hearing Xiao Suo's permission did he dare to go forward and go with him: "I heard that my lord has been very happy recently, and has already established a foothold in Yushitai. "

"It's just that the adults are taking care of it, and the colleagues are in harmony." Xiao Suo asked with his hands behind his back: "Isn't General Shen going to marry Princess Pingyang, why did he marry Princess Nan'an again?"

"This..." Ruan Tong boarded the pontoon in the lake, turned around and said: "I don't know the inside story, the general didn't mention it. However, according to my selfish speculation, the emperor gave the marriage, and the general had to marry, instead of delaying Princess Pingyang and Shi My daughter, why don't you make peace with the foreigner."

"A foreigner's daughter, isn't she a human?" Looking at the scenery on the lake, Xiao Suo couldn't help but think of the scene when he watched the moon here in Mid-Autumn Festival last year.It was also the couch in front of him, on which Shen Yan had hugged him and messed around.

The sweet-scented osmanthus drunken sword and the peerless lightness kung fu are still in front of my eyes, but it's a pity that things are different and people are different, and the world has long been changed.

Ruan Tong's eyes flashed, and he said: "It's not about the daughter of a foreigner, so it doesn't matter. It's just that since she came to marry, she is destined, and she can't do whatever she wants in this life. The emperor is sick, and there are many concubines in the harem. If you want to entangle with the courtiers, how can you have the energy to spend with the princess from this small country in Nan'an? Besides, according to the emperor's intention, the daughter of the vassal state was to be given to Prince Qi."

"King Qi?" Xiao Suo frowned slightly.

"Yes." Ruan Tong said, "I have frequent contacts with Mei Qi. I heard that Princess Qi has just passed away. The emperor intends to continue the strings for King Qi. Originally, he was interested in Princess Nan'an. You and I know Prince Qi's hobbies. Although he Men and women are not taboo, but most of them are still men. For many years, there has only been one woman who has been with her—Princess Qi. What's more, he and the emperor... In short, it may not be better for Princess Nan'an to marry him than to marry a general. Besides, the prince is forty or fifty But the princess is only 17 years old, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a grandpa and grandson."

"So," Xiao Suo asked, "General Shen begged for this relative?"

Ruan Tong denied it with one word: "That's not true. The emperor only wants a woman who can tie the general so that he will stay by his side forever. Whether it's Princess Pingyang or Princess Nan'an, it doesn't matter. Since there is a fan If you are a princess, there is no need to delay your sister. The general knew he couldn't resist, so he agreed."

Xiao Suo sighed, and said: "Although it was a forced and helpless act, she is a living person after all. How does General Shen want to deal with her?"

Ruan Tong looked at his expression quietly, and said in a deliberate tone: "Probably... maybe we really want to be a husband and wife? Hobbies are one thing, and getting married is another thing. Isn't it the same for everyone in the world? Which son of a bitch is young Didn’t you ever get confused with the book boy? It’s all the same. I’ve seen this too much before.”

"Alright," Xiao Suo sneered, and said lightly, "Correct evil and return to righteousness."

He and Ruan Tong walked through the garden, and then walked back to the front yard, only to see firecrackers and paper all over the floor, the hall was noisy, and there was a faint sound of punching——Shen Yan had many friends who were warriors but few literati, and most of them were greedy. wine.

Xiao Suo was annoyed, so he turned around and went to the small study for a stroll, seeing that there was no happy word pasted on the windows, he felt much more at ease, so he wanted to go in and be quiet for a while, and rest his feet.

There was a fire here during the New Year's Day, and it is more elegant after the new repair than before.Thousands of green bamboos are hidden in the rockery of the Taihu Lake stone pile, which meanders so that you can't see the direction. If you want to enter, you have to drill in the narrow passage.In the courtyard inside, there are banana trees and plum trees, and the window casements are no longer paper, but a green gauze like water.

This is really nothing.

Xiao Suo passed through the small bamboo grove, the sound of orchestral music outside and the noise of drinking and drinking were all cut off, only the rustling sound of the wind blowing bamboo leaves.

He walked under the eaves and pushed open the door. There was no one in the room, only a half cup of cold tea on the table.He suddenly remembered that before Shen Yan sacrificed his life to save him, he was lying here to recuperate from the injury on his back.

That day Ruan Tong knelt in the courtyard, no one interceded for him, but Shen Yan let go of his words.He was really impulsive at the time—the forty court sticks in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment didn’t make his memory long—he thought about it in his heart, so he found it recklessly, regardless of the consequences.

Xiao Suo sniffed the tea, it was a broken wall, there was no one else to drink it except Shen Yan and him who lived here before.He put down the cup, and saw a stack of papers on the table, densely written with words.

It was his handwriting, or a handwriting that resembled him but was far from it.

Xiao Suo read word by word, and slowly frowned—the handwriting was fine, even the articles were written by himself, and they were written on the papers during the imperial examinations and never leaked out.

He turned down two pages, and the backside was full of blank paper. He couldn't help being even more surprised. He glanced away and suddenly saw a stack of papers piled up under the two books in the upper left corner. When he took a look, it turned out to be the papers he had written for the exams over the years. Bottom roll.

What did Shen Yan do behind his back?

Xiao Suo put all the books and papers back, put the lid on the teacup, turned his head suddenly, saw a shadow falling in front of him, he was startled.Take a closer look, but Baoyu is squatting there with his head held high.

"Hiding here to scare me," Xiao Suo picked it up, "Why don't you go ahead and steal it?"

Naturally no one answered.

He sat by the bed with the cat in his arms, leaning on the lead pillow and lost his mind for a while. He remembered that when he was in Zhuoyang, Shen Yan sat in front of the desk and prepared a memorial. A few words are also written crookedly, like earthworms.Now three days after Shibai, even his articles can be copied.

The almanac on the small table beside the bed was still on April [-]th, Xiao Suo let go of Baoyu, who was clamoring to leave, and turned over the article, revealing the following line: "On April [-]th, the god of good fortune is in the north, and the god of wealth is in the east. , the god of joy is in the south, and it is advisable to get married, accept a lottery, seek an heir, and avoid laying down a bed, entering a house, and giving blessings."

Baoyu clawed at the crack of the door and called "meow, woo woo", Xiao Suo vaguely remembered that time when he took a bath with Shen Yan, he forced himself to meow like a cat, and in the end the floor was covered with water, his face turned red, and he hurried over to give it to him. open the door.

Before Shen Yan's hand touched the copper ring, the door opened by itself, and Xiao Suo stood in front of him.

Dreaming again, he knew it.

Baoyu screamed and ran away. The two of them glanced at the same time and turned their heads at the same time.

Xiao Suo saw that the scarlet wedding robe on his body was crooked, the scarlet silk belt on his head was half loose and half loose, his eyes were bloodshot, and his lips were still stained with wine, so he could not help asking: "You are not in the bridal chamber, what are you doing here?"

"I..." Shen Yan lowered his head slightly, "I'll take a break—no, I'll take things, take things."

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help feeling annoyed: "This is my home, I can go wherever I like. What are you doing here?"

"Nothing." Nothing was done.

"Oh..." Shen Yan nodded, "Then, what are you doing now?"

"You rest yours, I rest mine."

Hearing this, Shen Yan nodded again, a trace of hesitation flashed on his haggard face.Neither of them moved, the two of them stood like this, silently, resting earnestly.

"I can't rest anymore." Shen Yan said with a frown.

Xiao Suo nodded: "Me too."

"I can't bear it anymore," he suddenly fell forward, and pressed Xiao Suo's lips with incomparable precision while drunk, "Kiss."

"Hmm... Let's go!" Xiao Suo pushed him hard, but at the same time hoped that he would be stronger, so that they could indulge each other for a while.

Shen Yan licked the corner of his mouth, and said, "I'm sorry, I drank too much and was presumptuous, next time I must kiss less." As he spoke, he couldn't help groping his lower lip with his thumb, as if he was still thinking about it.

"The general respects himself." Xiao Suo said, "The princess is still waiting for you in the main room, you go quickly."

"The princess is not what I want to marry." Shen Yan blinked his blurred eyes, obviously very anxious, "The emperor forced me, I will not consummate the marriage with her, don't worry!"

Xiao Suo remained expressionless: "It has nothing to do with me."

He dragged the man with teeth and claws into the house, threw him on the bed, and poured him half a glass of water after thinking about it.Shen Yan was crooked and motionless, quietly being served by him.

Xiao Suo remembered that when he first came to the capital, he was as drunk as he was at the moment after the Hongmen banquet, but he took the opportunity to be frivolous, and he didn't know that the retribution came so quickly, so he spat on him.

Memories are like a tide, and thinking about it now, it seems to be something from a previous life.

He moved Shen Yan's face, looked at it carefully for a long time, then turned around and left.