"Sister Wu, you finally won the lantern, how can you give up the lantern? How about this, I will go in with you to get it!" Yang Xiao walked up to Xie Wu and said with a smile.
Xie Wu looked at Yang Xiao with a faint smile, neither speaking nor moving.
Yang Xiao curled up the corners of his lips, leaned towards Xie Wu, put his face close to hers and lowered his voice, "In my opinion, the shopkeeper clearly doesn't want to give it, so we can't go along with his wishes!"
Well, he didn't care whether Xie Wu agreed or not, he turned to the shopkeeper and said loudly, "Shopkeeper, can I go in with my cousin to get the lanterns? If you don't agree with this, you must be deliberately trying to blackmail me.
Don’t give this lantern to us!”
"Yeah."
"Shopkeeper, you can't blackmail this little lady into giving her lanterns! She guessed your lantern riddles without any hesitation!"
People watching the excitement on the sidelines all echoed Yang Xiao's words.
"This can't be done." The shopkeeper waved his hands repeatedly, wiped his sweat, and then quickly found out, "The main reason is that making this lantern took a lot of effort, so I wanted to go into the house with the girl to discuss it.
I put the name of the shop on the lanterns because I don't want to cause the girl to misunderstand. It's really my fault for not thinking carefully."
Xie Wu raised her eyebrows slightly and did not comment on the shopkeeper's words.
"If you still have doubts, girl, you can ask this young master and your friends to accompany you in? What do you think?" Seeing that Xie Wu still refused to answer, the shopkeeper added with a smile.
"Sister Wu, don't worry, as long as I'm here, they won't dare to cheat." Yang Xiao was also busy admonishing.
Xie Wu curled her lips.
These people were really sharpening their knives, just waiting for her to fall into the trap.
The play has reached this point. If she doesn't come on stage, won't it be in vain that they have built the stage for so long?
"Then, let's go." Xie Wu said with a faint smile.
As soon as these words came out, Yang Xiao and Xie Yuan smiled in unison, and even the shopkeeper beside him breathed a sigh of relief.
The fish finally took the bait.
At the restaurant across the lantern street, Xiao Mubei watched with a sigh as Xie Wu walked into the lantern shop without changing his expression. He clicked his tongue, then looked at Lu Zhan with emotion and said, "Wu'an deserves to be here."
The girl from the Marquis family dared to rush in even though she knew it was a trap. She was so brave, tsk tsk, I feel ashamed anyway!"
After listening to Xiao Mubei's words, Lu Zhan pursed his lips and smiled, lowered his head and took a sip of the sweet tea with a slight smile.
"Lu Er, your wife has already stepped into the fire pit, why do you still have the heart to drink tea here? Why don't you go and take a look?" Seeing Lu Zhan's face looking comfortable and not in a hurry, Xiao Mubei couldn't bear it.
Zhu Zhi said curiously.
If Xiao Mubei had asked this question, Lu Zhan would have ridiculed him, but now...
The words "your wife" clearly pleased him.
"Of course I want to go, but not now..."
He had to wait until everything settled.
The reason why Ah Wu set up this situation was obviously because she knew the identity of Suiyu, otherwise, she would not have taken such a big risk.
But if this is really the case, then it further confirms his guess...
Xiao Mubei couldn't help but marvel when he saw Lu Zhan's unpredictable face, "The sun has just risen, why did it start raining again in the blink of an eye? Second Young Master Lu, you are doing something wrong today!"
"Prince Xiao has time to worry about my affairs, so why not worry more about the military salary allocated to Yunnan." Lu Zhan glanced at Xiao Mubei lightly, and then said expressionlessly.
"What's wrong with military pay? Lu Zhan, you can't scare me with alarmist talk if you're not in a good mood!" Xiao Mubei looked at Lu Zhan suspiciously.
Lu Zhan raised the corners of his lips and smiled coldly, saying, "Do you think I would joke with you about this?"
Xiao Mubei frowned.
Lu Er's mouth is indeed venomous and damaging, but he has never been ambiguous when it comes to business matters!
"So, what you're saying is that those people are still evil and want to tamper with military pay?" Xiao Mubei said with a stern face and lowered his voice.
Lu Zhan curled his lips, raised his hand to hold the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Xiao Mubei, and then he chuckled and said, "For the military pay this time, whether it's Fang Shoucheng or the Xu family, they all cut their flesh and let blood."
, do you think they can be willing to do so?"
"But the person escorting the military pay is the food and salary officer of the Ministry of Household Affairs! They can't just watch and steal!" Xiao Mubei said through gritted teeth.
"It's impossible to stick to self-stealing. However, the road to Yunnan has high mountains and long rivers. No matter whether it is by water or land, there will always be a few mountain bandits and water bandits!" Lu Zhan looked at Xiao Mubei and smiled at him.
He raised his eyebrows and said.
After hearing what Lu Zhan said, Xiao Mubei's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
He gritted his teeth and pondered for a long time. Suddenly, he raised his hand to pick up the tea that Lu Zhan had just poured for him. He raised his head and poured the full cup of tea into his stomach. Finally, he poured the tea cup into his stomach.
He placed it heavily on the table, and then viciously uttered four beautiful words, "Fuck, damn!"
Lu Zhan smiled softly, lowered his head and took a sip of tea.
"I will go to the palace tomorrow!" Xiao Mubei gritted his teeth and said again.
Lu Zhan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why, do you want to kiss yourself to escort the military pay?"
"Otherwise?" Xiao Mubei glared at Lu Zhan and said.
Lu Zhan smiled lightly and raised his sharp eyebrows again, "Prince Xiao, how old are you now? Do you think His Majesty will allow you to go? Not to mention escorting military pay, even if you leave the capital, I'm afraid that the person in the Zichen Palace will
You may not be happy?"
As soon as Lu Zhan said these words, Xiao Mubei's face darkened almost instantly. At the same time, countless resentments flowed out silently from his dark eyes.
But as if Lu Zhan didn't think it was enough, he put down the tea cup in his hand, and then slowly added, "Although the man from Zichen Palace has been really kind to you in recent years, Prince Xiao, you shouldn't be afraid of it because of it."
With all this, you just naively forgot why you stayed in the capital!"
"Of course I haven't forgotten. I know my identity very well." Xiao Mubei closed his eyes, changing his usual cheerful and playful look, and his dark pupils were so gloomy that they almost watered.
He is the crown prince of Zhennan Palace.
It is also the hostage left by the Zhennan Palace in the capital.
Looking at Xiao Mubei's condensed expression, Lu Zhan sighed, and raised his hand to fill the cup of tea for him, "Mu Bei, don't be discouraged, you won't be trapped here forever. One day, the sky is high and the birds can fly.
, the vastness of the sea depends on the leaping fish!”
Xiao Mubei raised his eyes and looked at Lu Zhan.
Eyes facing each other.
Both of them saw the hope and determination for the future in each other's eyes.
Xiao Mubei tilted his lips, and then he drank the tea again. After drinking the tea, he raised his hand and wiped it on his mouth. Then he rolled his eyes at Lu Zhan and said, "Lu Zicheng
, you are a fucking bird, you are a fish! I am a soaring roc!"
Lu Zhan shook his head speechlessly, "Prince Xiao, let me remind you that Dapeng is also a bird..."
"Then you are also a human being, and the prince is also a human being. You are both human beings, but how can humans be the same?" Xiao Mubei rolled his eyes and continued.
After hearing Xiao Mubei's words, Lu Zhan nodded in agreement, "Well, when you say so, it is indeed different."
"Really!" Xiao Mubei raised his eyebrows proudly.
"No, we are all human beings. You are the only difference. You are a bird." Lu Zhan looked at Xiao Mubei and said with a faint smile.
Xiao Mubei's originally raised corners of his mouth suddenly fell down. He gritted his teeth and glared at Lu Zhan. After a long time, he finally managed to say, "Lu Er, if you don't hurt anyone for a day, will your mouth get sores?"
Lu Zhan smiled softly, "Is it possible that Mr. Xiao is worried about me, so he deliberately brought it to my door to cause harm to me?"
Xiao Mubei rolled his eyes again, and then he gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "Just one word, I'll only say it once!"
Lu Zhan smiled again and glanced sideways out the window. Judging from the time, Ah Wu should have succeeded.
Thinking of this, he lifted up his clothes and stood up with a smile.
"Lu Er, you, you, you, you really got out of here!" Seeing Lu Zhan stand up, Xiao Mubei became a little anxious and hurriedly stood up after him.
"Since you, Prince Xiao, have spoken, I have to obey." Lu Zhan replied with a faint smile.
"Fuck! I've said so many things before, but I've never seen you take it seriously! Lu Er, you took the wrong medicine!" Xiao Mubei stared at Lu Zhan and glanced at Lu Zhan from head to toe suspiciously.
.
Lu Zhan glanced at Xiao Mubei indifferently, then walked past him.
"No, no, no, no, Lu Er, we haven't finished talking about the military pay yet." Xiao Mubei was excited and hurriedly stepped forward to stop Lu Zhan, "I know you are full of 'conspiracies'.
You must have already thought of a countermeasure, come on, tell me."
"Conspiracy?" Lu Zhan raised his eyebrows slightly.
Seeing that something was wrong, Xiao Mubei laughed quickly and said, "Hahaha, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I mean you, even if Zhuge were alive, you would be inferior to you! Hahaha, it was just a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue!"
Lu Zhan raised the corner of his mouth and raised his thick sword eyebrows again, saying, "The Prince Xiao makes many slips of the tongue."
"Okay, okay! Stop talking nonsense! I know you are anxious to go down to see your wife. Don't worry, you helped me this time. Next time I will put in a good word for you in front of my sister. You also know that my sister
The relationship with your future wife is so close!" Xiao Mubei also followed Lu Zhan's example, raising the corners of his mouth and half-squinting his eyes.
No matter how blind he is, he can still see that Miss Xie is not as attentive to Lu Er as Lu Er is to her.
In fact, maybe she has no interest in Lu Er at all!
Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Mubei finished speaking, the smile on Lu Zhan's lips quickly disappeared.
He had to admit that Prince Xiao really figured out his 'weak spot' this time.
"You can enter the palace early tomorrow morning." Lu Zhan put away the smile on his face and looked at Xiao Mubeidao seriously.
"I'm entering the palace? Didn't you just say that His Majesty would never let me escort the troops?" Xiao Mubei glared at Lu Zhan and said.
"I didn't tell you to go to His Majesty and invite yourself."
"and you……"
"If you can't go, can't you recommend someone else to go?" Lu Zhan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile.
"Recommend someone else? You?" Xiao Mubei said with wide eyes.
The water in the imperial court now was deep and muddy. Apart from him and Lu Zhan, he really couldn't think of any other suitable candidates.
"Of course I can't go, but there is someone who can go on my behalf."
"Okay, stop being so pretentious, who is it?"
Lu Zhan smiled lightly and said, "The grandson of Duke Dingguo, my cousin——Lu Shen."