No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 379 Xie Xiao's Gamble on Wine (Part Two)
"The girl from Liu Shangshu's family?" On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Luo Junyao brought Xie Yan back to the Luo family. Like them, Luo Mingxiang and Xu Zhaolin also came back together.It is a tradition in Shangyong that married girls return to their natal homes on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and they are no exception.

Luo Yun took the two sons-in-law to the front yard, and the Su family left behind two daughters to speak in the inner yard.

While chatting, Luo Junyao remembered what Princess Changzhao said yesterday, so he also mentioned it in passing.

Su Shi was a little surprised, and the hand holding the small clothes made for the unborn baby paused, and said: "I am familiar with Liu Shangshu's wife, their girl..." Looking at Luo Mingxiang, Su Shi asked: "Xiang'er, are you familiar with that Miss Liu?"

Luo Mingxiang said: "The eldest girl of the Liu family, her name is Liu Ruxia, she is two years younger than me, and we don't usually get along with each other. But I haven't heard anything bad about her. I heard that this girl has a calm and dignified personality. It is deeply loved by the elders in the family. It seems... good at calligraphy and painting, and has a good handwriting."

It seems that everyone is not very familiar with them, their family is the general family, even the female relatives have more dealings with the generals and nobles, and they seem to be unfamiliar with the civil servants.

Luo Jun said: "Since they are not familiar with each other, it's okay. Princess Changzhao just asked casually, and she didn't intend to protect the matchmaker for the Liu family."

Su Shi sighed helplessly when she heard the words: "If that girl is really good, it would be good if your second brother is willing. I'm really worried about the marriage between careful words and careful deeds."

Luo Mingxiang couldn't help laughing and said: "Mother, do you still need to worry about the marriage of the eldest brother and the second brother?" The two sons of the Luo family are both dragons and phoenixes, so it is not easy to be a daughter-in-law?Among other things, there are not a few people who inquire with her on weekdays.

Mrs. Su shook her head, "Let's not talk about Jinyan for the time being, just say that you should do it carefully. Ask him which one he thinks is better, and he will say that his mother can handle it. This important marriage is a matter of a lifetime. How can it be up to me? Daughter-in-law It’s not like living with me after entering the door. If you are in a hurry to ask, just say that Jinyan is not married yet, and he will wait for the elder brother to do it.”

Luo Mingxiang didn't know about Luo Jinyan's affairs, and said: "That's true, mother might as well help the elder brother with the marriage first, and then worry about the second brother. Anyway, it has been delayed for so long, so it's not too late. "

Su Shi and Luo Junyao looked at each other, and then looked at Luo Mingxiang's loving face as he flipped through the little clothes in front of him.

Forget it, it's better not to talk to her about this kind of thing that hasn't even been mentioned yet.

Su said: "Let's not talk about the girls of the Liu family, I'll go and find out later. Yaoyao, the girls who play well with you look good to me. Is there anyone who can fall in love with your second brother?"

"Huh?" Luo Jun shook his eyes and blinked, momentarily stunned.

It's not that she hasn't thought about this issue, but it's just a little bit of thought that drifts occasionally. She really thinks it's a bit strange for her to find a sister-in-law among them.

But after being reminded by Su, it didn't seem like such a bad idea.

Of course the second brother is a good man, and the little girls are also good girls.

Luo Jun shook his head and thought, "Sister Su Rui and Minmin don't need to think about it. Shufeng is already engaged, and Huihui is still a child. Then only Hongxiu, Sisi and Ah Ning are left."

Su hesitated for a moment, and said: "If you want to behave like that, I'm afraid you need someone with a calm personality who can be the master of the house and can hold him down. I'm afraid Miss Zhao and Princess Anyang are not suitable, but the girl from General Shen's family ..."

Luo Junyao said calmly: "I heard from Hongxiu that her ideal is to fight the enemy and become a female general. It seems... quite suitable."

"..." Su Clan was speechless for a while, so he rubbed his forehead and said with a headache, "Forget it, let's take a look."

Seeing Su's headache, Luo Junyao and Luo Mingxiang looked at each other, and both covered their lips and snickered.

They stayed at Luo's house until they had dinner, and then the two couples said goodbye and left.

After leaving the Luo family, Luo Junyao and Xie Yan did not return directly to the Prince Regent's Mansion, but went shopping in Nanshi hand in hand.

Because it was the New Year, the streets of Nanshi were very lively.

Both sides of the street are filled with lanterns of various colors, and white smoke with the aroma of food floats from the windows on both sides of the street.

The streets are crowded with people, laughter and hawking are endless.

Luo Junyao was wearing a red embroidered cloak, with a circle of white hair trimmed around the edge of the hood, covering his hair and ears, revealing only a delicate little face, and the pair of watery eyes on the beautiful face looked more and more beautiful. Bright and dazzling.

Holding Huang Xieyan's hand, Luo Junyao walked slowly through the crowd, and couldn't help but said, "Nanshi seems to have fully recovered."

On the night of King Ning's rebellion, apart from the palace, Nanshi should have suffered the most damage in the entire imperial city.Several courtyards near the Liushang Pavilion were almost in ruins.The streets of Nanshi and the businesses along the streets also suffered a lot of losses, but it seems that they have completely restored their original bustle and bustle in just a few days.

Xie Yan replied softly: "It's almost done here, but the area outside Liushang Pavilion is hard to recover. Fortunately, there are only a few vacant houses there, and no civilians were injured."

"That's good, it's okay to have an empty house." Luo Junyao looked forward, his eyes lit up and said: "It's so lively over there, let's go and have a look."

Xie Yan naturally obeyed her and let her pull him forward.

Sure enough, a large group of people surrounded a booth on the corner of the street ahead, and cheers came from the crowd from time to time.

Luo Junyao pulled Xie Yan to squeeze in for a look, but was a little surprised to see an acquaintance.This person is none other than Xie Xiao, the son of Prince Ancheng.

Xie Xiao was actually sitting in front of a small stall, pouring a jar of wine into his mouth.

There are also some dice and wooden cards in front of the stall. Obviously, this stall is not for drinking, but for playing some small gambling games.

Xie Xiao's drinking posture was also very unrestrained, he just picked up a jar and poured it into his mouth.Regardless of the harsh winter, the wine would condense and harden immediately when it was blown by the wind.

On the contrary, the owner of the restaurant next to him was flushed and looked very happy. Obviously, all these wines were bought from his restaurant.

This small stall is right at the entrance of the restaurant, so I chose a good place.

"Brother, what are you playing?" Luo Junyao curiously asked a middle-aged man standing beside him.

The middle-aged man was happily applauding Xie Xiao, but he was a little unhappy when he was interrupted.But when he saw that the person who was asking the question was a delicate and cute little girl who didn't reach his shoulders, his expression softened a lot in an instant.

The man pointed at Xie Xiao and said in a low voice: "I don't know where the fool came from. He didn't even know he was tricked. He gambled with others, and the loser drank alcohol. He lost if he got drunk first. He had to give away all his valuables. Everything goes to the winner."

Luo Jun shook his head: "But, if one of them pours a cup, even if he wins the bet..."

The middle-aged man chuckled and said: "Dare to come out to cheat people, do you think it will be poured in a cup? Besides, how much money do you think the boss has on him? It's not because of the handsome face of the young man and the rich clothes he wears. "

I get it, this is a trap for treating Xie Xiao as a rich and stupid son from out of town.

Luo Junyao nodded solemnly, and said, "Big brother, good advice."

While the two were talking, Xie Xiao picked up another jar of wine and began to pour it into his mouth.

Luo Junyao leaned against Xie Yan, and asked in a low voice: "Is nothing wrong?"

King Ancheng is just such a stupid son, if something happens, he will be in trouble.

But having said that, Xie Xiao has been walking outside for many years and has quite a lot of experience in the world, but he was cheated at the door of his house?

Xie Yan raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "It should be fine, this person is just asking for money, and I'm afraid he doesn't want to kill anyone."

Luo Jun said: "But I think Xie Xiao seems desperate." Dasheng's brewing technology is quite good, and the distillation technology is infinitely close to the real high-strength spirits.Luo Junyao once secretly tasted the so-called strongest wine, which is definitely no worse than the strong wine in her previous life.

The wine in this restaurant may not be as good as that one, but alcohol poisoning is not a big problem if you drink too much.

Xie Yan disagreed, "That was his choice."

Luo Jun shook his sleeves, "Don't be like this, he will call you cousin anyway? Besides, Ancheng County King and Ancheng Princess are just such a single seedling. If something happens to him, An Cheng The princess is definitely not going to get better either. Princess Ancheng is not going to get better, and the king of Ancheng is not in the mood to work anymore."

Xie Yan was thoughtful.

Xie Xiao was obviously drunk, and in just a few words, he downed another jar of wine.

Although the wine jar was very small and delicate, drinking it like Xie Xiao was a bit scary.

"Come again!"

The small stall owner probably had never seen such a bold master, and was a little worried for a while, "Master, are you... drunk?"

Xie Xiao looked at him coldly, "I'm not drunk."

His eyes were condensed, without the slightest feeling of wandering, and he was not drunk as expected.

"Then... come again?" The stall owner whispered.

"Come again!"

The crowd around the audience also started booing, and the stall owner said, "My lord, are you betting big or small this time?"

Xie Xiao took a fixed look at him, and said very calmly: "Big!"

The stall owner picked up the dice cup on the table again and started shaking it, and put it on the table after a while.

Amidst the noisy shouts from the audience, the dice cup was slowly lifted, "One two two, little one. Young master, you lost."

Xie Xiao didn't care, grabbed the small jug of wine next to him without even looking, and started drinking.

"Come again!"

Xie Yan frowned, the stall owner was clearly a thousand-year-old, ordinary people couldn't see it, Xie Xiao, who started to travel around the world in his teens, couldn't see it.

This is obviously intentional.

It was inevitable that Xie Xiao really drank himself to death, and he lost one of the current and future capable officers, Xie Yan still stepped forward and held down Xie Xiao's hand that was reaching for the wine jar.

Xie Xiao frowned and insisted on getting it.

Xie Yan didn't move either, but with a little force from his hands, Xie Xiao felt that his shoulders were so painful that his arms couldn't move for a moment, and even his already somewhat chaotic consciousness instantly woke up.

Xie Yan's sudden appearance shocked the small stall owner too. If Xie Xiao still looked a bit like an ignorant son, Xie Yan looked like a big shot who couldn't afford to offend.

The stall owner's expression changed, and he didn't dare to speak after all.

"King...king..."

Xie Yan interrupted him calmly, and said: "If you want to drink, you don't need to embarrass yourself here, follow me."

Xie Xiao's face changed slightly, and he didn't answer.

Xie Yan didn't care whether he wanted it or not, he threw an ingot of ingots to the owner of the restaurant next to him, mentioned Xie Xiao and left.

"Why are you leaving? Don't leave." The onlookers couldn't get enough of it.

But no one dared to block Xie Yan's way, and they all felt that they had made way.

The small vendor was naturally unhappy when he saw them leaving like this.Ignoring the fear of Xie Yan, he quickly shouted: "Oh, wait, he hasn't..."

Luo Junyao smiled and said: "But he hasn't given up yet."

"Who would run away halfway through the bet? Isn't that considered an admission of defeat?"

Luo Jun shook his head: "I've never seen someone who pays thousands of dollars for gambling." After speaking, he wiped his neck at the stall owner.

Although she still had a bright smile on her face, the stall owner felt a chill in his neck and could only watch them go away.

Seeing that there was no good show to watch, the crowd dispersed amid boos.

Carrying a drunken man on the street, Luo Junyao also felt a little embarrassed, "What... what should I do?" Xie Xiao didn't take anyone with him when he went out, so why should they send him home?

Xie Yan tossed him into the corner of the street, Xie Xiao was still drunk, and soon stood up unsteadily.

Xie Yan raised his hand and said, "Double Shadow."

"My lord." After a while, Duoying appeared in front of him, bowing his hands in salute.

Xie Yan pointed to Xie Xiao and said, "Send it back to Prince Ancheng."

"Yes, my lord."

Xie Xiao rubbed his forehead and said, "Thank you, my lord, no need, I can go back by myself."

The three of them looked at him together, Xie Xiao nodded to the three of them, turned around and was about to leave.

One step, two steps, walking very smoothly, and there was no sign of being drunk at all.

Luo Junyao couldn't help but his eyes lit up, the hero is a good drinker.

Three steps, four steps.

thump!
Xie Xiao fell straight forward, motionless.

"..."

Loud!That handsome face shouldn't be damaged, right?

(End of this chapter)