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Chapter 10 New Peach
Cleverly cutting banners wins the test of Silla, painting and drawing gold to make moths.Since then, the scissors have been idle for a month, and the needlework in the boudoir is more than before the age of [1].A few days before the Chinese New Year, Yuan Xiye’s playthings are being sold in the streets and alleys, especially the moths made of golden crow paper. It is said that women wear them on Yuan Xiye to match the season and play with moths. The meaning of the fire should be that the banquet of hundreds of officials is about to come, and Gaodu has already become lively.

Fu Sisi bought Zhuo Ran a little golden rabbit, Nao Moth. In previous years in Yongzhou, Zhuo Yi would often make it for her.Zhuo Ran solemnly placed the little rabbit on the bed made of several planks, feeling uneasy, picked it up and held it in her hand, and sat next to Han Congzhong.

Seeing that Zhuo Ran was getting bored in the drunken snow court, Fu Sisi said softly, "Teacher, tonight is the official banquet. I don't need to be on duty. Gaodu is lively and there are few guards. I will take Xiaqiu out for a walk. Bar."

Zhou Yu hurriedly stopped her: "No, Ran'er is not in good health, if she bumps into someone when she goes out, it will cause trouble."

Han Congzhong took the rabbit in Zhuo Ran's hand and looked at her: "If you want to go, just go, arrange it in advance, everything will be fine."

Zhuo Ran thought that he would refuse, but when he heard him say that, her eyes lit up immediately, she lifted the corner of her mouth and smiled slightly, and the corners of her eyes raised a perfect arc, which made people a little stunned.

Fu Sisi nodded hurriedly: "I'll make arrangements now, Xiaqiu, come with me."

Zhou Yu slapped her with his sleeve and said, "Why is Sisi ignorant, you are ignorant? Have you thought about the consequences after Ran'er went out?"

Han Congzhong didn't take it seriously, squinted his eyes and looked carefully at the workmanship of the moth, and answered the question: "The craftsmanship is really not as good as it was then."

Maybe Zhou Yu has always wanted to protect Zhuo Ran and bury her in a place where no one knows, but Han Congzhong wanted to give her a chance. Only when she walked out, she would know that trapped beasts and prisoners can only see what they yearn for. You will work hard to get it at any cost.

This is a life gamble.

***
Li Xunchuan was wearing a purple curved collar with large sleeves, a hem and a horizontal hem, a black leather belt around his waist, a goldfish bag and a waist plate, a Futou on his head, and a pair of boots on his feet. He always felt uncomfortable, the Futou It gave him a headache, he didn't like this attire the least, and he didn't like this kind of occasion even more.

He got on his horse and looked at Qi Du: "Enter the palace."

Xiao Qijing sent word that he had already arrived in the palace, Li Yanchuan couldn't wait to rush into the palace, Zhushi was extremely excited, and ran happily in Gaodu Street, Li Yanchuan almost couldn't hold it back.

In the pilgrimage hall, Chu Shiyu sat upright, looked at Xiao Qijing, and said: "Ah, you will be in Gaodu from now on, you and your wife don't have to worry about it."

Xiao Qijing smiled: "Your Majesty loves you so much. As long as Ah Yan is at ease, we will naturally not worry. But Ah Yan is a bit childish, so he must have caused His Majesty a lot of trouble."

Chu Shiyu sighed: "Ah-Yu is my brother, so there is no trouble. Thanks to the great help of you and A-Yu this time, Dayu would not suffer a heavy loss. With Beili, ten ancient Qiang tribes It will be a little more peaceful."

The battle in the Luxi mountain stream gave Chu Shiyu an opportunity.

Xiao Qijing said: "This is the responsibility of the ministers."

"Speaking of which, you and Ah Yang haven't seen each other for a long time, right? During the battle, you separated?"

Xiao Qijing bowed his head: "At that time, the three tribes of the ancient Qiang made a detour to attack the Beili territory, and the Dangxiang tribe set fire to the food and grass of all the soldiers, and the rest of them rushed to the mountain stream of Pingxi. Ah Yan took the iron cavalry to support Pingxi. Then he stayed in the Great Realm of Beili, and since then, we have never met each other again."

Chu Shiyu knew that he was worried, and said: "Don't worry, Ah Yu is fine, he is on his way to the palace, wait a little longer."

Li Chengru grabbed a handful of food and fed it to the parrot. He has made it fatter in the past few days. Its coat color is brighter, and it is even more beautiful than the previous few days. As soon as Chu Shiyu walked to the parrot, he was about to say something, so someone called According to legend, Li Yuchuan has arrived.

When Yuxuan of the first generation entered the hall, the guards lifted the curtain, and saw Li Yanchuan strode in, gasping for breath.

"Your Majesty Li Yuchuan kowtows to His Majesty."

Chu Shiyu looked at his attire and said with a smile: "Sure enough, Ah Yang is still suitable for iron armor, this clothes are not suitable for you."

Li Xunchuan said, "I think so too."

Xiao Qijing stretched out his hand and patted Li Yuchuan's back: "Good boy, I almost didn't recognize you when you dress like this."

"Brother-in-law." Li Yuchuan called out.

Chu Shiyu stood up, supported by Li Chengru, and said, "Let's rest first, and remember the official banquet tonight."

The snow had stopped, but the wind was blowing.Xiao Qijing wrapped his cloak tightly in the wind, and said, "Ah, what are you going to do next?"

Li Xunchuan looked at him: "What else can I do besides staying here. Brother-in-law, don't worry, I have a measure, don't worry about me."

"Qi Du, I see that Ah Yu has lost weight, what do you think of him?" Xiao Qijing said, "This kid is not bored, Gaodu is a prison, and he has become like this in just a few days."

Qi Du shook his head helplessly, and said, "That's the reason."

"Where's Jun'an? Didn't he come too?" Li Yanchuan asked.

The fierce horse went straight behind, Li Yanchuan smiled, and Xiao Qijing stopped for a while.

"Thank you wolf cub for remembering!"

The visitor was wearing a cloak with iron armor wrapped inside, his long hair was pulled up and hidden in a hair crown, he held the reins with one hand, and the other hand tightly grasped the knife straddling his waist.

This is Ye Baiqi's second sister, General Xiqi, Ye Ji.

Ye Ji and Ye Baiqi are twins, they look very similar, but their temperaments are very different. Ye Ji looked at Li Yanchuan seriously: "I don't call you the governor."

Li Xunchuan smiled: "Even the emperor doesn't call me."

Ye Baiqi said: "This Baiguan Banquet is becoming more and more like a Hongmen Banquet. Your Majesty surrounded Xiqi and Beili and played the role of scaring chickens and monkeys. It is expected that no one will do it again in a short time. We will dedicate our lives to it." Just right."

"What did you and Your Majesty say?"

Ye Ji said: "Old rules, thank you first. I thought that His Majesty appointed Jun'an as Zhonglang General, and wanted him to go back to Xiqi with me, but I never thought that he wanted to put Jun'an in the border garrison." inside."

"Border garrison?" Xiao Qijing thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty has become jealous, and they are all in the border desert, far from Xiqi, but closer to Beili. This is to kill two birds with one stone."

Li Xunchuan snorted, and said coldly, "I'm not a bird."

"Then I brought up the matter of Zhuo Ting." Ye Ji tightened her grip on the reins, "It stands to reason that collaborating with the enemy and treason is a death penalty for the nine clans. Instead of killing Zhuo Ran, His Majesty imprisoned her instead. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look right."

Ye Baiqi said: "The heavenly master prophesied that this woman is related to the fate of the country and should not be killed. Besides, considering Zhuo Ting's past achievements, it is not easy for His Majesty to judge, otherwise, it will be bad for everyone to lose the reputation of being a tyrant."

Xiao Qijing nodded: "Speaking of which, the court has the same opinion on Zhuo Ting's matter. It seems that they all follow the left side, but there is no such thing as the right side."

Li Xunchuan shook his body: "That soft persimmon Xu Zheng is in charge of the military. As long as his subordinates are safe, why should he come to this muddy water? Besides, Zhuo Ting has no relationship with him, he cares about that matter what."

Ye Baiqi sighed, changed his tone, and said, "Brother Xiao, how is sister Junyi?"

Only then did Xiao Qijing relax his brows, and with a smile, he said softly: "Fortunately, the war in the Great Territory of Beili didn't affect her, and she is safe now. By the way, Ah Yu, your sister is pregnant. You're going to be an uncle."

"Really?" Li Yanchuan couldn't hide his joy, and said, "Then she..."

"Jun Yi asked me to bring you a lot of letters, and I'll give them to you when I get back to the mansion." Xiao Qijing said, "I guess you will be able to see the child next summer."

Li Xunchuan laughed loudly, put his horse back on his back, and rushed out, disappearing immediately.

Both Ye Baiqi and Ye Ji breathed a sigh of relief, this is the most gratifying news recently.

***
The Banquet of Hundred Officials was presided over by Guanglu Temple. The Minister of Guanglu Temple had assigned tasks to the Taiguan Office, Zhensha Office, Liangying Office and Zhangying Office a month ago, to expand the area and select materials from door to door, and asked the Ministry of Households for more. A lot of money, so that those in charge can make money and enjoy it.

I am afraid that the money will be liquidated after the next year, and if there are big loopholes, it will not be recovered at all, so I simply didn't keep the accounts from the beginning, and the account department didn't care about it, and devoted myself wholeheartedly to the household registration.

The Hundred Officials Banquet was chosen at the New Year's Eve again, so it was naturally grand. Before the banquet started, Chu Shiyu brought the hundreds of officials to the Wu Temple to sacrifice, with the intention of praying for the prosperity of the country and the people.

Li Xunchuan knew that the elder sister had a child, so he was happy for a whole day, and he was no longer restrained when drinking, pouring pot after pot.But the more he drank, the more uncomfortable he became. How much he wanted to go back to Beili, to be with his eldest sister, and to watch his nephew grow up.

He thought it over, if it was a girl, he would take her to ride a horse and train her to be a great general like Ye Ji, and when he was old, he would hand over Beili to her.

It would be even better if it was a boy, the next champion.

Li Xunchuan laughed out of thought, Ye Baiqi was also drunk, he took Li Xunchuan's arm and walked out: "Ah Xunchuan, let's go out and take a look at Yimei Garden."

Li Xunchuan broke away from his hand: "You go back, I want to go out of the palace."

Ye Bai nodded his head, then turned around and walked in obediently.

The gate of the palace was guarded, and the guards saw the person galloping on horseback in the middle of the night, and immediately stopped him: "Who is this person?"

"Me!" Li Yanchuan tore off his badge, "Open the door!"

"Governor..." The guard hurriedly opened the door, Li Yanchuan grabbed the reins and ran around in the alley.

In the past, when he drank, he would always take bamboo and rocks and run around the grassland to his heart's content. After he broke out in a sweat, he would probably wake up from the alcohol. This was a habit carved into his bones.

***
The night market was still open, Fu Sisi took Zhuo Ran to many places, Zhuque Street was crowded with people, almost no one would notice her.

Fu Sisi changed into casual clothes, together with Zhuo Ran dressed up as a pretty girl, Fu Sisi bought a lot of things that Zhuo Ran had never seen before, and when she was done playing, she turned back from the alley.

"Sister Fu, it's very deserted here."

The alley was dark and damp, and at first glance it was not a place where people often come. The alley was long and dark, and Zhuo Ran's scalp was numb. Fu Sisi said, "It is because there is no one that we are safe walking here."

After the sound of horseshoes, Fu Sisi paused: "Stop."

There was someone at the end of the alley, and Fu Si thought that it was not someone important. After all, most people would not dare to enter and leave the palace at the official banquet, so she decisively dragged Zhuo Ran forward.

"Who?!"

The man seemed to have just vomited while holding the corner of the wall, his voice was hoarse, and he sounded a little scary.

Feeling bad, Fu Sisi let go of Zhuo Ran's hand and went forward, only to find out that the person was Li Yuchuan.

"I've seen the governor in a humble position." Fu Sisi bowed her head.

Li Xunchuan recalled it for a while, and suddenly realized: "My lord, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

He looked back, Li Yanchuan's eyes were like a wolf's, and he recognized Zhuo Ran at a glance, and he said, "I see, I'm walking the dog."

Fu Sisi was not timid at all: "Your Excellency, be careful with your words."

Li Xunchuan smirked, his whole face could be put on Fu Sisi's, and he said: "You are so brave, if you dare to bring her out, you are not afraid that I will tell Your Majesty."

Fu Sisi said, "Scared."

"That's right, stay away, I want to talk to her."

Li Xunchuan raised the corners of his lips, he was really drunk.

Zhuo Ran grabbed Fu Sisi's sleeve and said, "Sister Fu, wait for me outside the alley."

"Happy!" Li Yanchuan looked at Fu Sisi, "She has agreed."

Fu Sisi walked out step by step, looking back three times.

The alley was extremely quiet, Zhuo Ran couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Yanchuan's heavy breathing.

　[1] From Qingcha Shenxing's "Fengcheng New Year's Speech"

　　
　
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