The prince is not doing his job [traveling]

December nineteenth, Pei Ze's birthday.

Although he said he didn't care, when the day really came, Pei Ze had been looking at Xiao Yanzhi's face since early in the morning.

Does Xiao Yanzhi know that today is his birthday?He probably didn't know, he never told Xiao Yanzhi...but would Xiao Yanzhi ask Li An?Or would Li An take the initiative to tell Xiao Yanzhi?If he knew, how would Xiao Yanzhi celebrate his birthday?But it seems that Xiao Yanzhi doesn't know... Does Xiao Yanzhi know?

And Xiao Yanzhi, who could see all kinds of expectations from Pei Ze's eyes early in the morning, was really hurt internally from laughing, and it took a lot of effort to maintain his usual appearance of ignorance. When it was time to act, Xiao Yanzhi decided to act separately from Pei Ze today.

In the imperial study room, after the emperor ordered a few people to kneel down, Pei Ze, Xu Lishan and Xu Liqian stood up as usual, bowed and knelt down, but when they straightened up again, Xiao Yan didn't move, they were still steady sitting on the chair.

The emperor was also surprised, and asked, "What are you still doing here?"

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said: "I suddenly remembered that I still have some things to tell my father, so I won't go with Yixiong and the two imperial brothers today."

"What else do you need?" The emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Yanzhi, but waved his hands to signal Pei Ze and the others to leave.

Pei Ze looked at Xiao Yanzhi suspiciously, but Xiao Yanzhi only got a smile.

It was too late to say stay together at this time, so Pei Ze could only go out with Xu Lishan and Xu Liqian first.

As soon as he left the Hall of Liangyi, Xu Lishan smiled and said to Pei Ze: "I haven't had time to say congratulations to Brother Pei since this morning. I wish Brother Pei a happy and prosperous year and a happy life."

"Thank you." Pei Ze nodded, but then turned his head and glanced into the Hall of Liangyi.

Xu Liqian also clasped his hands and said with a smile: "I wish Yixiong will rise like the sun and live longer than the pine. Knowing that Yixiong doesn't like excitement, I will follow the usual practice of previous years. This birthday gift has already been sent to Wucheng Prince's Mansion, but Yixiong I won’t join in the fun when my brother and his friends have a rare gathering.”

"Your Highness, I'm sorry." Pei Ze said politely.

Xu Liqian waved his hand, then left with a smile.

"I specially asked someone to find two altars of good wine, and Yingji has already been sent to Wucheng Prince's Mansion. When will Feng Yuan and the others arrive?" Excitedly walking down the steps in front of Liangyi Hall, Xu Lishan suddenly stopped He turned around and looked at Pei Ze who was still standing on the steps, "Brother Pei, what's the matter? Aren't you leaving?"

Pei Ze looked at Xu Lishan, then turned his head to look at the Hall of Liangyi, and then took a step forward.

"Let's go."

In the imperial study room, Xiao Yanzhi watched the three of Pei Ze leave, and then he let out a sigh of relief.

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi remained silent for a while, the emperor asked impatiently, "What are you going to do, kid? I'm busy!"

Xiao Yanzhi regained his composure, stood up, and said to the emperor with a smile: "Then father, you are busy, and my son will leave."

The emperor looked at Xiao Yanzhi suspiciously: "Didn't you say that you still have something to tell me?"

Xiao Yanzhi said innocently: "But didn't my father say that you are busy? Anyway, my son, this is not an important matter. My father, you are busy with your work, so my son will ask someone else."

The corner of the emperor's eyes twitched, and he said, "Say something quickly!"

Xiao Yanzhi chuckled and said, "I just want to ask if General Pei's tablet is enshrined in Foguang Temple."

The emperor's eyes sank, and he asked, "You mean Pei Ze's father? Why are you asking this?"

Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corner of his mouth, and said, "What else can I do? I just heard about General Pei from others, and I feel that I should go to burn incense sticks to worship."

After abducting his son, he should go to say hello anyway.

"You still have the heart?" The emperor smiled, "Go, it's in the Hall of Heroes in Foguang Temple, the first one is the first one."

"The minister there will leave."

Turning around and walking to the door, Xiao Yanzhi didn't open the door of the imperial study room immediately, instead he lay on the door and listened to the movement outside the door, then carefully pushed the door open a crack, and secretly looked out.

Seeing the sneaky Xiao Yanzhi, the emperor frowned: "What are you doing?"

"It's nothing." Xiao Yanzhi straightened up, turned his head and smirked at the emperor twice, and then opened the door and walked out.

When he got to the entrance of Liangyi Hall, Xiao Yanzhi still looked around secretly like a thief, and after making sure that Pei Ze was really not there, he took He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng out of Liangyi Hall and walked leisurely. Go to Foguang Temple.

The harem is very lively at any time, but the Foguang Temple, which is enclosed alone, is peaceful and peaceful at all times.

Xiao Yanzhi was not recognized by the little novice sweeping in Foguang Temple, but at least he had practiced in Foguang Temple for a long time. He could tell Xiao Yanzhi only from Xiao Yanzhi's clothes and He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng who followed Xiao Yanzhi. Their status is not low, although they don't know how high Xiao Yanzhi's status is, but these have nothing to do with them in the first place, so they don't need to care about them.

Therefore, when the little monks saw Xiao Yanzhi, they all just nodded lightly, and then went about their own business.

Xiao Yanzhi was not in a hurry to find the Hall of Heroes, but took He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng to wander around the courtyard of Foguang Temple.

Seeing Xiao Yanzhi's cheeks were flushed by the cold wind, Zhang Shaosheng asked, "My lord, do you want to go down and ask where the Hall of Heroes is? It's cold outside, so my lord should not stay outside for too long."

"It's not a problem," Xiao Yanzhi sniffed, "I can't run to the Buddhist hall every day, it's a rare opportunity, so let me be pure and pure. Occasionally, I want to try the peace of mind without distracting thoughts."

Hearing this, Zhang Shaosheng couldn't say anything more.

After wandering around the courtyard of the Foguang Temple for more than half an hour, Xiao Yanzhi went to the Hall of Heroes, sucking his nose.

However, Xiao Yan's arrival seemed to be at the wrong time. In the Hall of Heroes, the abbot of Foguang Temple and two monks were sitting in front of dozens of rows and chanting scriptures.

Xiao Yanzhi hesitated for a moment, and asked He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng to find a shelter from the wind, then stepped into the Hall of Heroes, closed the door of the Hall of Heroes with his backhand, and stopped at the door of the Hall of Heroes, leaning on the door and listening.

The sound of chanting in the Hall of Heroes continued, and no one seemed to have noticed Xiao Yanzhi's arrival, but after reading the scriptures, the abbot said calmly without even turning his head: "The king of Shu is here. , but something happened?"

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Does the abbot recognize me?"

The two monks stood up and bowed to Xiao Yanzhi before leaving the Hall of Heroes, while the abbot was still facing a group of tablets.

"I was lucky enough to meet the prince, but it was far away at that time, and the prince probably didn't notice the old man."

Although he is the abbot of Foguang Temple, he seems to be out of place in this palace, but he often walks around in the palace, sometimes to discuss Buddhism with the emperor, sometimes to see the scenery in the palace, and sometimes just want to move his legs and feet when.

Xiao Yanzhi walked to the abbot's side and looked at the rows of neat and orderly memorial tablets.

"All the generals enshrined here are generals who died for the country?"

The abbot also stood up, nodded and said: "Exactly, here, led by General Pei, are all generals who helped His Majesty conquer the country. His Majesty thought of their hard work, so he specially built a Hall of Heroes in Foguang Temple. The old monk and his disciples Chanting scriptures and praying for them every day, hoping to wash away their murder."

As he spoke, the abbot picked up three sticks of incense from the incense table and handed them to Xiao Yanzhi.

"Thank you." Xiao Yanzhi took the incense, lit it with the help of the abbot, bowed reverently, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

After Xiao Yan finished the incense, the abbot gave Xiao Yanzhi a slight nod, then turned and left, and closed the door for Xiao Yanzhi intimately.

Xiao Yanzhi stood in front of the large pile of tablets pretending to be deep for a while, and when there was no sound around him, he sat down on the futon that the abbot had just sat on.

"General Pei, do you mind if I come to talk to you?"

Here Xiao Yanzhi chatted with the memorial tablet, and Pei Ze over there also returned to Prince Wucheng's mansion, sitting around a table with Xu Lishan and Feng Yuan.

Feng Yuan looked around, but he couldn't see Xiao Yanzhi anywhere, so he asked Pei Ze curiously, "What's the matter? Isn't the King of Shu coming today?"

Pei Ze's face darkened, and he said coldly, "I don't know."

He also wanted to know what Xiao Yanzhi was going to say to His Majesty, if he said no, he would rush today?And what are you talking about for such a long time, and you don't even come back for lunch?

Feng Yuan was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and asked Xu Lishan next to him in a low voice: "Did he quarrel with the King of Shu?"

Xu Lishan shook his head and said: "No, Brother Huang said he has something to discuss with Father, so he is probably still in the palace right now."

But how did Feng Yuan know Xiao Yanzhi?

"Let's talk now?" Feng Yuan looked at Pei Ze again, seeing that Pei Ze's face was still gloomy, he smiled again, "Come on, we brothers haven't been together for a long time, I heard that today King Qi brought good wine? Open it!"

As soon as Feng Yuan's words fell, Luo Yi, the General of the Habayashi Guard who was sitting next to him, bumped into him: "What's the matter with King Shu?"

"What's going on?" Feng Yuan glanced at Luo Yi, "It's fine if you don't have anything to do."

"Hey, you!" Luo Yi stared, "Don't think I dare not hit you now that you are limping?"

Feng Yuan snorted coldly and said, "Don't think you can beat me if I'm limping, what are you talking about?"

Yushi Zhongcheng Fan Anwen said softly: "We are here today to celebrate Pei Ze's birthday, not to listen to the two of you bickering. If you two haven't seen each other for a long time and want to catch up with each other, can we do it someday?"

Chu Xin, a doctor in the Ministry of War, said with a smile: "Who made them sit next to each other? Separate them, separate them!"

Fan An shook his head and laughed, and had to get up and move to a place, sitting between Feng Yuan and Luo Yi.

"Speaking of the King of Shu... Pei Ze seems to have a good relationship with the King of Shu recently. What's the matter? Is the King of Shu an interesting person?"

Hearing this, Pei Ze glared at Feng Yuan.

If it wasn't for Feng Yuan's talkativeness, how could the topic be brought up on Xiao Yanzhi?

Among these five people, he and Xu Lishan grew up together, and they had a life-long friendship with Feng Yuan, but they were not very close to the other three. The relationship between drinking and drinking together, and later His Majesty dismantled the people around them to pieces, and the few of them who stayed in Chang'an City got together. friend.

But he always treats matters about Xiao Yanzhi with caution, so far he has only told Feng Yuan, and even Xu Lishan doesn't know about it, so how could he easily tell the other three people?

"How can it be considered interesting?" Pei Ze smiled, "I just know that I don't look at him, because he might cause trouble."

"That's true," Chu Xin nodded in agreement, "How many disturbances did King Shu cause as soon as he entered the palace? If there is no one to watch over him, it would be a small matter if he got into trouble, but it would be a big deal if he lost his life."

Luo Yi poured down a bowl of wine, puzzled, "What does it have to do with you, Pei Ze, because the King of Shu paid for his life?"

Pei Ze's eyes flickered.

What does it have to do with him?It didn't matter before, but now it matters!

Feng Yuan, who knew that he had made a mistake, immediately explained: "How can it have nothing to do with Pei Ze? It's not that you don't know him. Although the King of Shu has nothing to do with him, it is he who personally picked him up. It is said that he is still hunting him down. He was arrested only a year ago, and he brought this man into the palace, do you think he can watch the King of Shu lose his life?"

Fan An shook his head, looked at Pei Ze helplessly, and said, "When will you change your temperament? It's not what it used to be. We were able to say the same in the army, but now in the court, we have to look at other people's faces every day. It's very difficult to be alone. , why do you drag another burden?"

Pei Ze scanned the faces of several people, and then said dissatisfied: "Are you here to celebrate my birthday today, or to teach me a lesson?"

"Okay! Don't talk about this, drink and drink!" Feng Yuan hurriedly skipped this topic in cooperation.

But this topic is skipped, but Pei Ze's drink is not at ease. After chatting with Feng Yuan and others, he has to look in the direction of the gate of Prince Wucheng's mansion. can not watch anymore.

Feng Yuan, who knew the inside story, also guessed that Pei Ze was waiting for Xiao Yanzhi, but he was afraid of other people asking about this matter, so Feng Yuan tried his best to find something to say, just to prevent others from paying attention to this matter.

However, the other few people have also stayed in the court for three years. How could they not see Pei Ze's absent-mindedness and Feng Yuan's uncharacteristic behavior?But seeing Feng Yuan's desperate posture, they knew that they didn't want them to ask, so they didn't ask, anyway, even if they asked Pei Ze here, they wouldn't say anything, so they might as well go to Feng Yuan together to extract a confession.

Pei Ze waited all afternoon, but no matter how long he waited, Xiao Yanzhi did not come back. The more Pei Ze thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more he drank the wine.

Seeing Pei Ze's appearance, Li An faintly felt a headache.

In fact, the king of Shu came back a long time ago, but he went through the back door, saying that he was not familiar with Feng Yuan and the others, and he didn't want to spoil everyone's interest, so he avoided it.Moreover, the king of Shu avoided talking about it himself, and he was not allowed to tell their princes. He felt uncomfortable for a long time, and it was even more uncomfortable to see their princes sulking.

Knowing that the prince has been waiting for the king of Shu to come back, should he tell the prince that the king of Shu has actually returned?

But if the prince knows that the king of Shu is avoiding him, he will be even angrier, right?

It's killing me...

Fan An and the others also gradually realized that something was wrong with Pei Ze, but watching Pei Ze drink one cup after another, they didn't know whether to leave, so they could only stay by the side.

Feng Yuan couldn't stand it anymore, so he called Li An and said, "Li An, we've finished drinking, you can make a pot of tea. Why do you feel uncomfortable after drinking all afternoon?"

After saying this, Feng Yuan kicked Fan An.

Fan An's eyes flashed, and he agreed: "Yes, yes, I remember that Pei Ze received the tribute tea from His Majesty a while ago, and served it up. This wine is so good that I have a headache."

Pei Ze raised his eyes to look suspiciously at Feng Yuan and Fan An, and then at the empty wine jars piled up around him, and waved his hands gloomily, telling Li An to do what Feng Yuan said.

Li An breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly sent someone to remove all the wine and replace it with tea.

Feng Yuan rolled his eyes, and ran away with the excuse of being anxious, and dragged Li An away by the way.

"I said, is the king of Shu coming today?" Feng Yuan asked eagerly, hiding behind a tree.

Li An glanced at Pei Ze, and said in a low voice, "The king of Shu has returned, and he is...in the backyard."

Hearing this, Feng Yuan's eyes widened: "He's back, won't he come out?! Pei Ze is still waiting! Go, go, get him out!"

The king of Shu came to Wucheng Palace as if he had returned to his own home. Why did he run to the backyard as soon as he came back?

Li An said with a bitter face: "If I can shout the king of Shu, is he still the king of Shu? The king of Shu said that he will celebrate the prince's birthday today, but it looks like this will have to wait until dark."

"Wait for dark?" Feng Yuan frowned, "Why wait for dark?"

How can he celebrate Pei Ze's birthday when it's dark?

"Then how would I know!" Li An glared at Feng Yuan, "I was hoping that the King of Shu would come out and make the Prince smile!"

Feng Yuan was stunned: "Tsk! It's just a birthday, what a mess! Wait until it gets dark, right? Well, I'll help drag it out for a while, and you go to the backyard and tell the king of Shu to hurry up! What's the matter? I have to wait until dark..."

Feng Yuan ran to relieve himself with dissatisfaction, and when he came back, he acted as if nothing had happened, and pulled Pei Ze to laugh as soon as he sat back in his seat.

After hearing Feng Yuan's words, Li An hurried to Pei Ze's bedroom to find Xiao Yanzhi.

"My lord, are you there?"

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yanzhi walked to the door and opened the door, looking at Li An with a puzzled face, "Have everyone left?"

"Not yet," Li An said again, "My lord, don't you really want to take a look in front?"

"They haven't left yet?" Xiao Yanzhi looked up at the sky, frowned slightly, "It gets dark early in winter, why haven't they left yet?"

Upon hearing this, Li An asked without tears: "Are you still waiting for them to leave?"

But the prince is angry, Feng Yuan and the others dare not leave at all!

"That's what I planned," Xiao Yanzhi asked with a smile when he saw Li An's expression was wrong, "You look like you're about to cry, what's wrong?"

Li Anwei: "What else can I do, my lord has been waiting for you all day..."

Xiao Yanzhi laughed out loud when he heard the words: "Doesn't he care about his birthday? Then what are you waiting for me?"

Li An said with a fake smile: "Then you can be the same as others..."

Xiao Yanzhi smiled, looked at the sky again, and insisted: "Since he has been waiting for a whole day, it's not too late. If the sky doesn't get completely dark, he won't be able to see clearly."

Li An asked curiously: "My lord, what are you going to do?"

"What's the rush? You'll know later?" Xiao Yanzhi smirked, "By the way, if Xu Lishan and the others haven't left by then, then you and Kong Qing have to help me stop people, and if they break into Seeing me in the backyard, it's likely that the world will be in chaos."

Blinking blankly, Li An faintly had a bad premonition: "My lord, can you give your subordinates a letter first? What kind of trouble are you going to cause?"

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and shook his head: "It's hard to say. I thought they would leave at night, but if they don't leave...it will be a bit troublesome. So I'm counting on you and Kong Qing."

Li An suddenly felt a sense of mission to shoulder the responsibility of the common people in the world.

Come on, as long as it makes their lord happy, let him do anything!

Li An simply didn't go to the front yard anymore, and after calling Kong Qing, he and Kong Qing stood guard at the door of the room, urging Xiao Yanzhi every other incense stick, making Xiao Yanzhi dumbfounded.

Finally, when it was completely dark, Xiao Yanzhi dragged out a big bag from the room wearing a big cloak.

"My lord, what is this bag?"

Helping Xiao Yanzhi carry that bag of things to the middle of the yard, Li An really wanted to know what was in that bag, even though it was such a big bag, it wasn't very heavy.

"What's the hurry, I'll just listen to you urging me today," Xiao Yanzhi curled his lips, "you and Kong Qing can guard the entrance, and find two more people to help me."

"Yes." Li An hurriedly called two more people, and then he and Kong Qing stood guard at the entrance of the backyard, but both of them looked in Xiao Yanzhi's direction with curious expressions.

I saw Xiao Yanzhi took out something from the big bag and handed it to the servants next to him. After the two servants picked it up together, Xiao Yanzhi turned around and looked at it again. After a long while, he seemed to be confirming something. After confirming that it was correct, he took out a fire pocket from his arms and lit something.

As soon as the fire was lit, Li An and Kong Qing realized that the object held by the servant was a sky lantern. When they saw the big characters written on the sky lantern through the firelight, they were shocked. , I broke out in a cold sweat immediately.

Kong Qing turned her head to look at Li An, and asked anxiously, "This thing... can it go to the sky?"

If this praying lantern flies into the sky, it will cause a sensation in the whole city, right?

Li An gritted his teeth and said, "Let it go to heaven!"

If the prince sees this thing, he will definitely be happy, and just for this reason, he must let it go to heaven!A sensation in the whole city is a sensation in the whole city, anyway, there is no signature on the sky lantern...