"I listened to a piece of music and played it pretty well."
Li Xia retracted his hand, and smoothly took another handful of money from his sleeve and handed it to the singer, saying: "Thank you for your hard work, go ahead... help me close the door."
The singer reluctantly took the money and glanced at the "young man" at the door. She could see that the man was a girl. Although he was dressed as a man, his appearance and temperament were several levels higher than hers, so she couldn't bear to leave.
The ground recedes.
Standing there with her hands behind her hands was Zhang Wenjing. Seeing the door of the private room closing, she turned around and glared at Li Xia again.
"I wonder which piece of music you are listening to? It sounds so good."
"I didn't listen carefully." Li Xia responded calmly.
He raised his hand to close the window a little, then looked towards the long street, and saw a little boy in rich clothes leading a group of maids to escort him into the teahouse.
Zhang Wenjing asked again: "You didn't listen to the music carefully, but you hugged her carefully?"
"Aren't you afraid of being kidnapped by me again when you run out?"
"I'm not afraid of you." Zhang Wenjing smiled and sat down opposite him with a little pride.
"Your beard is very sticky, show me."
She stretched out her hand to touch the long beard on Li Xia's face, but she only touched it lightly and asked, "Is it going to fall off?"
"No, I can stick to it firmly."
Zhang Wenjing then plucked up the courage to stare deeply at Li Xia for a while.
The time is very long, yet it seems very short.
"And the corners of the eyes, how did you get these wrinkles? Can they be restored?"
"It's made of egg liquid. It looks like I'm ten years older, right?"
"Hey, you're not that old. You always do this kind of thing, who are you pretending to be this time?"
"Bai Pu."
"You are so courageous. Many of my staff are from Sumenshan Academy. They have all met Mr. Taisu. You are not afraid of being recognized."
"I didn't see them, so I just deceived one person this time." Li Xia said with a self-deprecating smile: "But the tragedy is that the real Bai Pu came and was heard by that person. I had no choice but to run away in embarrassment overnight."
"You deserve it, you are a big liar." Zhang Wenjing said: "But Mr. Taisu writes good music, but the poems are a bit worse than your 'book'. By the way, this time there is a 'book'
'Has a new word come out?"
"I prepared a crooked poem, but it was useless. The person I wanted to hide it from was a fool and didn't even test me."
"Read it to me. Don't worry, if I don't spread it, you can use it to trick people next time. Let me tell you, I didn't tell others about your "Tianjingsha" Xiaque...
But the note seems to have been stolen by Fifth Brother, he didn’t use it to embarrass you, right?”
The note that Zhang Wenjing was talking about was in Li Xia's arms at this moment, and it also had her little poem "Inscribed with several lines of lovesickness" on it.
Li Xia did not take out the note, but only replied: "He can't embarrass me. Instead, you should worry about me embarrassing him. After all, he is your biological brother."
"This is what you said... Then please don't embarrass my family, okay?" Zhang Wenjing said in a pleading tone.
"Okay." Li Xia simply said, "If your family is willing to have a good chat with me, I won't embarrass them."
"How do you want to talk? You can tell me and I will tell your father and brother for you."
"Let's fight against the Mongols together," Li Xia said, "I am seriously inviting them. You also said that you are not traitors."
Zhang Wenjing's eyes widened a little, then she smiled and asked: "I heard that you became an official in the Song Dynasty and killed several Mongolian generals. You have done a lot of credit?"
"Well enough."
"Promoted? Still a county lieutenant?" She actually knew about Li Xia's appointment as a county lieutenant.
"I have been promoted, and I am already the county magistrate."
Zhang Wenjing chuckled and covered her mouth with her hand.
"Hey, is the young official from Zhao Song's family too stingy? How old is my ninth brother? He will soon be promoted to the rank of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households. With your talent, if you are willing to come here, you will be able to command ten thousand armies before the age of twenty."
Li Xia smiled and said, "It's a bit stingy."
"Don't laugh, I'm not trying to persuade you to fall for the trap. Even if I don't understand this kind of thing, I still know that it requires long-term planning, development of strength, and finally the right time."
"It also depends on the determination of your father and brother." Li Xia said: "I won't force them. This time they should at least let go of the person I want to take away."
"Your people have been detained? Let me guess... the person who came to Bozhou recently... is Yang Xi'an Gong?"
"clever."
Zhang Wenjing received the compliment, her eyes lit up, and she said, "Father has left the city. I will go back and talk to Fifth Brother. If he agrees to your condition, won't you embarrass him?"
"Well, you might as well bring a few words."
"Then what would you do without me?"
Li Xia said: "Your fifth brother is probably a little stressed too. I planned to send him a message in a few days so he can make his decision."
"Anything to talk about?"
"Um."
"It's great to spread it out." Zhang Wenjing was even happier and said: "Fifth brother still refused to let me go out, but little did he know that once I came forward, the problem was solved much more smoothly than him."
Li Xia deeply agreed and nodded,
"Tell him that since he can't fight me, just submit. I'm not a hard person to talk to."
Zhang Wenjing felt that she had negotiated a big deal. She smiled and pressed her hands, stretched out her beautiful fingers, and fiddled with the small fruits on the table without eating them, just chatting comfortably.
"You haven't said it yet. Read the crooked poem you prepared for me."
"Okay." Li Xia tucked it away without hiding it, and said: "One, two, three or four, five, six, seven or eight. Nine, ten or eleven, they will fly into the grass and disappear."
Zhang Wenjing blinked and then smiled again after a while.
"Your poems this time are a bit inferior."
"I read it in a book. I don't have any level of appreciation. I can't tell whether it's good or bad. I just use it."
"I can write a hundred poems like this." Zhang Wenjing laughed, her eyes turned into crescent moons, and said, "It's a good thing you didn't take it out, so as not to ruin Mr. Bai's reputation... I will dress up as you next time
Li, a great talent, also composed a crooked poem."
She picked up a piece of fruit and ate it, looking more at ease in front of Li Xia.
It's strange to say that the two of them originally had a relationship of being captives of each other. When they last met, they were not confirmed to be friends. But when they met again after a year, they became familiar with each other naturally.
"By the way, if I ask Fifth Brother and he agrees to your terms, where can I tell you? Don't worry, I won't betray you, so I'll spare you a life."
"You don't need to tell me, Yang Gong set off south, I will know it myself."
"You want to follow me all the way? Be careful of getting caught." Zhang Wenjing said: "Then let me find a place for you to hide? Well... well... don't think that I am treating you well, I just want to control you so that you don't
You keep causing trouble everywhere."
"Take care of it?" Li Xia smiled again, "Then how could I be fooled?"
"Listen to me." Zhang Wenjing leaned a little closer and whispered: "Let me tell you another secret. Last time I overheard my father talking to Mr. Taining. They were planning to persuade Kublai Khan to raise his troops, which scared me.
One jump."
To Li Xia, this was no secret at all. Wherever his eyes fell, he saw Zhang Wenjing's beautiful eyelashes and delicate little nose.
"With my father and brother's character, they would first consider the Zhang family's property in everything, and they would definitely refuse to join forces with the weak Song Dynasty. But it is not impossible for you to persuade my father and brother to resist the Mongols. You must look for opportunities in the north... In short, I think you can stay.
"
Zhang Wenjing may not understand the current situation, she chirped a lot of childish opinions, and the last sentence she said was what she really wanted to say.
Li Xia laughed again, seeming to find it interesting, but he still shook his head, obviously refusing.
"How stingy the Zhao Song court is. Every time you risk your life, you only get a small official. It's really not worth it. You might as well stay a little longer this time and see the results of the exam. What if the situation in the North changes suddenly?
Father is already making such preparations..."
Li Xia looked into Zhang Wenjing's eyes and became more aware of her thoughts.
He sighed imperceptibly and said, "I can't stay any longer. I plan to go back before November. We're getting married in December."
"Getting married?" Zhang Wenjing was stunned.
"Um."
"You're not yet twenty, and you're in a hurry to get married. Is this arranged by your family? I'm afraid I've never seen her before, so I don't know if it's good or not."
"We've met before, and we like each other."
"I don't believe you." Zhang Wenjing snorted, quite dissatisfied, puffed up her cheeks, and then asked in detail.
"Then tell me, which little girl can..."
Li Xia suddenly frowned and said, "Someone is coming."
Zhang Wenjing hurriedly got up and went to the window to take a look, only to see Zhang Wulang leading a group of people from the long street, raising his head along the way, obviously looking for a tall building...