Days passed day by day, and it was New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye. Wang Yuanbao and Ah Shan held a banquet at home, and ordered all the butlers in the house to call their wives, children, and children to the banquet together.The hall was buzzing with people, so it was very lively.

During the dinner, Wang Yuanbao asked the butler to bring the Fulu pouch, and everyone present had a share, holding the pouch with joy made everyone even more joyful.

Wang Yuanbao said to Ah Shan while eating the Lao Wan in the soup: "This year's Lao Wan is very delicious, you should eat more."

Ah Shan replied: "Two new cooks were hired, and they were invited from the shelter. Oh, yes, there are some maids in the house, who were originally disaster victims. I got them all for the New Year's Eve. Anyway, there is only Xiang'er in the house." Girl, although the housekeeper does the sweeping work, she washes your and my clothes every day, and also has a lot of work in serving tea and water, so it’s better to fill in more."

Wang Yuanbao sat up suddenly, squinted his eyes at Ah Shan and said, "Well, Xiang'er will be a big girl from now on, let her stop using rude words, she is not young anymore, she will be eighteen after the new year, right? I remember being one year younger than Jiawen."

Ah Shan didn't notice the deep meaning in Wang Yuanbao's eyes, but continued to lower his head and eat the pills and said, "Well, it's eighteen, it's a big girl."

Wang Yuanbao suddenly laughed, and said: "Ah Shan, do you feel sorry for Xiang'er? Why don't you accept it? Xiang'er also studied with Mr. Jiawen for several years, and that girl is very careful. You take care of it."

Ah Shan blushed instantly and said with a thick neck: "I'll talk about it later, I won't talk to you about it today."

Seeing Ah Shan like this, Wang Yuanbao immediately understood, and leaned forward and backward with a smile. When did this happen? Originally, he always made fun of Ah Shan with Xiang'er, but he didn't expect it to come true now!But one of the two brothers has to get married first, isn't it?

After the meal, Wang Yuanbao asked the housekeeper to give everyone gum teeth glutinous rice balls, which were dipped in sesame seeds, sweet and crunchy, and ordinary people couldn't eat them. The children were the happiest, and they couldn't get enough of them.

Later, everyone went to the yard to set off fireworks and firecrackers, and the children were running around chattering. Wang Yuanbao, who was watching, was beaming with joy in his heart. When he became interested, he also put them in the yard for a while, until he was called in by Ah Shan. It was found that it was already tachyon time.

Wang Yuanbao and Ashan sat down after burning incense, and heard the sound of bells and drums outside, and the sound of thunder and firecrackers. Then everyone came in, kowtowed to Wang Yuanbao and Ashan, and said, "I wish you the best of luck!" Bao Ye and Shan Ye have auspicious new year, prolong the new day with blessings, and celebrate birthdays without bounds."

Afterwards, Wang Yuanbao rewarded him with money again, played with Ah Shan until midnight, and dozed off while sitting on the couch in the study.

In the early morning of the first day of the new year, Wang Yuanbao listened to the crackling sound outside, lying on the couch without moving. He didn't know whether he slept or not that night. He must have slept for a while, because he didn't know when Ah Shan went out.

Ning Xuan has been gone for almost a month, right?Forget it, love will come back or not, isn't it the same as the days without him in the past?

Wang Yuanbao cheered up and was about to get up when Ah Shan suddenly pushed the door open. Scared, Wang Yuanbao lay back down again and said to Ah Shan, "Hey, you scared me, how old you are, you must knock on the door in the future." The door is open."

"Knock or not, you're the only one, are you afraid of being seen by me? Really! Hey, I keep knocking, isn't this a new dress for you!" Ah Shan said, pouted his mouth, let Wang Yuanbao looked at the clothes in his hands.

"Why are you still making new clothes? There's a disaster outside, so what's the waste?" Wang Yuanbao said angrily.

"We donated money and food for other disasters. For the Chinese New Year, it's okay to make new clothes. We still have to live! Get up and try." Ah Shan grinned.

Only then did Wang Yuanbao walk over in his middle clothes, touched the new clothes, and took a closer look. The dark purple ones, um, were not bad. I thought they were black just now, and I could only see them clearly through the sunlight.So he said with satisfaction: "Then put it on, it looks good."

"By the way, is the flag hung up?" Wang Yuanbao asked.

"Butler Liu hung up before dawn, very happy." Ah Shan said.

"Master Bao, Mr. An Chen and Miss Jiawen are here." Butler Liu stood at the door at some point, and said to Wang Yuanbao who was getting dressed.

"It's so early? Have they had breakfast? Go ask, prepare it if you haven't eaten, and let's eat together." Wang Yuanbao said.

"I asked just now. I ate early and came to pay New Year's greetings." Liu Butler said.

"Well, let them wait a moment, I'm fast, I haven't combed my hair yet! Ouch, I'm so flustered!" Wang Yuanbao said anxiously.

"Then tidy up slowly, and I'll ask the girl to comb your hair. I'll go over to see An Chen and Jiawen first, and you will come later." Ah Shan said, and left with Butler Liu.

Ah Shan stepped into the hall, and saw Li Xuan'an and Yang Jiawen, who looked like a pair of brothers, sitting there, both wearing black brocade clothes, couldn't help laughing and walked to Jiawen's side.

When Yang Jiawen saw Ah Shan approaching, he immediately stood up and arched his hands together, and mischievously said New Year's greetings, "Brother Ah Shan, happy new year, I wish you good health and good luck, find a beautiful little lady as soon as possible!"

Ah Shan was in a good mood, took out his purse and said with a smile: "You, like that Erlang, always say that you want to marry me a wife, here, a gift for you! I wish you grow longer and more beautiful!"

Yang Jiawen received the red envelope, opened it and saw that it was a glass hairpin, exquisitely carved and very beautiful.But she still smashed her mouth and said: "I give this thing every year, no wonder no little lady has taken a fancy to you now, it's really boring."

"Hey, you, don't make fun of me for this New Year's Eve." Ah Shan said pretending to be angry.

Yang Jiawen turned his head and walked towards Li Xuan'an, and said, "Oh, An Chen, you don't know, as long as the festival is celebrated, Ah Shan will give me hairpins. I have a bunch of them, all from him. Nothing new."

Before Li Xuanan could speak, Ah Shan suddenly thought of something and hurriedly said: "Jiawen, why don't you wear women's clothes? I've never seen you in women's clothes."

When An Chen heard this, he looked up at Yang Jiawen, and said thoughtfully: "Yeah, I've never seen you wearing women's clothing. Why don't you wear it?"

Yang Jiawen pouted and said, "I'm not used to it. Isn't men's clothing bad? How handsome!"

"That's good, but you're a woman, you always want to get married, and you always wear men's clothes. Others think you are a man, so they don't come to propose marriage." Ah Shan said.

"It's so good, it saves trouble, and I don't want to marry someone else." Yang Jiawen said.

An Chen looked up at Yang Jiawen again, thinking in his heart: If this girl wears women's clothing, she must look good, but it's okay if she doesn't wear it, it really saves trouble.Thinking of this, he lowered his head and smiled again.

The three of them were talking vigorously when they saw Wang Yuanbao stepping into the hall. Yang Jiawen couldn't help but blush when he saw Wang Yuanbao in purple, and said, "Erlang looks really good today."

An Chen stood up, looked up at Yang Jiawen, frowned, but only for a moment, he smiled again, and said to Wang Yuanbao, "Well, it's really pretty. Erlang, happy new year."

"An Chen, Jia Wen, happy new year, I have prepared a gift for you two." Wang Yuanbao said, and then he stretched out his hand and showed two glazed rings.

Yang Jiawen saw that the two rings were emerald green patterns, each of which was carved with a small fish, which was vivid and eye-catching, so Jiawen hurriedly picked up the smaller one and put it on, and at the same time Said: "Erlang has always been careful, and it fits very well. I like it very much."

"Hey, Erlang is still the one who will choose. It seems that Jiawen likes it. She disliked my gift just now." Ashan looked at Erlang and joked.

An Chen also came over, and just as he was about to take a look, Yang Jiawen turned his head and grabbed An Chen's hand, and while putting on the slightly larger one for him, he said: "An Chen, let me put it on for you, look , How suitable, how beautiful." As he spoke, he raised both hands and placed them in the sunlight, the stream of light was shining brightly, very dazzling.

An Chen looked at Yang Jiawen's actions, and was a little dazed. He didn't react until Yang Jiawen turned around and sat back on the chair. He sat back slowly, raised his hand, carefully looked at the ring on his finger, and then looked at it again. Taking a look at Yang Jiawen, he found that she was looking at her own ring with satisfaction.

An Chen blushed, lowered his head, and tried hard to calm his mood: can't blush, can't blush, can't blush.He took another deep breath and said, "Why don't you go out for a walk? It's very lively outside."

Before Wang Yuanbao could speak, Yang Jiawen jumped over, took Wang Yuanbao's arm, and said, "Okay, let's go out and play. The snow on the side of the road has disappeared a bit. It seems to be warmer these days."

Wang Yuanbao and An Chen frowned at the same time.

Wang Yuanbao broke Yang Jiawen's hand and said, "Jiawen, don't talk about it."

"What are you afraid of, that Ning Xuan of yours is leaving..." Yang Jiawen suddenly felt that he had said something wrong, and immediately let go of his hand and said, "Erlang, I didn't mean to say something that would make you uncomfortable, I'm sorry."

Seeing this, Wang Yuanbao didn't blame her, but said flatly: "It's okay, let's go, go out for a walk." After speaking, he turned and walked out of the hall.

Yang Jiawen bit the corner of his lips, looked at Ah Shan, who shook his head and said, "Let's go, go out and play, don't think about anything."

An Chen followed at the end, thinking a little depressed that Yang Jiawen still didn't seem to let go of Wang Yuanbao.What is Li Xuanning doing?If you don't come back, Wang Yuanbao may not wait for you.Looks like it's time to go to the palace!

Li Xuanning is very busy here. It has been nearly a month. Although he will not go to the morning court, there will be new memorials to report the progress and situation of the disaster area every day. The victims will settle down and rebuild the disaster area. Thinking about leaving the palace, when I think about it, it will be the dead of night again.

A few days ago, the weather turned warmer and the snow had melted a lot. Li Xuanning felt a little relieved. The arrival of the new year also brought some color to the lifeless palace. For the new red lanterns, Yujin also asked people to decorate the palaces a little bit, pasted some window grilles, and hung some colorful lights.

On New Year's Eve, Li Xuanning stayed up all night. First, he had a night banquet with his family and officials, and then he had to give food and blessings, and watch the year. Once the morning passed, he began to bathe and change clothes again. After finishing it, I took a short break.Immediately rushed to the Xuanyuan Hall to start the grand court meeting, to accept the court congratulations from civil and military officials.

Just after the nine prostrations, they began to give tea and wine, gold and silver wishes, and red envelopes for the new year. It was really indispensable, and all of them had to be taken into account.

After all these ceremonies were over, it was almost time, and finally he was able to be quiet for a while. Li Xuanning sat alone in his bedroom, eating breakfast. He looked at the soup Feng Deshun brought over, which was wine glutinous rice balls. It reminded him of Wang Yuanbao.

It's been a long time since I left the palace!I don't know if Erlang misses himself, or is already angry.Why!

"Your Majesty, Lord Changwu and Lord Ghost Miying are waiting for an audience at the Xuanzheng Palace." Feng Deshun said softly while serving food for the Emperor.

"Come back? Why are you here now, let's go, don't eat, let's have lunch with Yujin and the others at noon." Li Xuanning was already tired and had no appetite. Hearing Feng Deshun's words, he simply couldn't eat a bite , put down the chopsticks and hurriedly got up and walked to the Xuanzheng Hall. "

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, may my emperor's dragon body be healthy and live forever, may our dynasty prosper and our country will prosper!" Chang Wu and Ghost Miying kowtowed and bowed to the emperor.

"Pingshen, come to the hall to discuss matters." Li Xuanning said seriously while sitting on the chair.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The five stood up slowly, then bowed their waists and walked in front of the Emperor.

"Wait, Chang Wu, let the four of you talk about it first!" Li Xuanning said.

"Back to the emperor, the Liuxiang Inn has been bought by Wang Yuanbao. The two of us checked and found that the time of purchase was wrong. The time when we bought the inn should be when Wang Yuanbao was unconscious. It was robbed by bandits. The fifth day after the money. That is to say, someone else bought it for him, or bought it for him. If it is a small soldier, it should not have the financial resources, but it may be ordered by the sage king, so you have to ask the sage king himself. " Mei said.

"Also among the people who stayed at the Liuxiang Inn at that time, except for the caravan, the others were businessmen and artists who often traveled between nearby cities. We checked, and there was no doubt. I'm sure if it's Zhang Junhe. It's just that a local from Zizhou stayed in the inn for a day. On the day of leaving, he saw two people dragged Wang Yuanbao and six other people back. , because the mask is dazzling, so I am impressed." Ghost said.

"It's just a little strange. Everyone who left the inn before encountering the bandits was still alive, and those who left after encountering the bandits died for various reasons. The person who met him may be lucky to be alive, or he was He is leaving, and he never mentioned it later, if I hadn't lured him with a high price, he probably wouldn't have said it either." Mei said.

Li Xuanning frowned after hearing this, and then asked again: "What about the bandits? Didn't the local officials investigate such a big matter later? Are there any records?"

"Going back to the emperor, I checked. The records at the time said that they were bandits. Because the mountain was closed by heavy snow and there was not enough food and grass on the mountain, they went down the mountain to rob. Afterwards, they were all strangled by the local officials and the army. But we also went up the mountain to investigate and found no cottage. The ruins, the place has always been peaceful, and the common people had never heard of bandits before that incident." Mei said.

"Well, let's continue." Li Xuanning said.

Seeing that the two of them had finished speaking, they went on to report to the inquisitors in the city: "Your Majesty, we have also checked the caravan that sold silk with Wang Yuanbao in the capital, except for Wang Yuanbao and Zhao Hu, the leader of the team. The others also died, a total of 11 people. Six of them died in the snow that year, including Wang Dabao. Later, the three who returned to Beijing also died one after another. As for Zhao Hu, he disappeared. I don't even know where he is, whether he is dead or alive."

"We mentioned it to Mei and the others, and found that Zhao Hu entered Zizhou City after the robbers left, and then disappeared. I searched in many ways, but there was no trace of him. I will be negligent! Please punish the emperor!" Fan continued explain.

Li Xuanning listened patiently to what they said, and felt that the matter was too strange, so he said that he should concentrate on investigating Zhao Hu's whereabouts now, and let the four of them retreat. "Awu, tell me."

Seeing Ah Wu knelt on the ground in an instant, he said in a deep voice: "Returning to the emperor, the military camp had no records of the King Xian's going out six years ago. At that time, the army had sufficient strength, and they only recruited soldiers near Xuzhou, but never went to Zizhou. Moreover, the person in charge of conscription in Xuzhou is not the virtuous king."

Li Xuanning lowered his head and sneered and whispered to himself: "As expected, did the virtuous king leave the camp secretly?"

Chang Wu hesitated for a while and then said: "It is very likely that because of the special status of the virtuous king, he was not punished, and the major incident was reduced, because there is no record of punishing the virtuous king."

Li Xuanning thought for a while, and then asked: "Have you found out why he left the camp?"

"It hasn't been found yet. There is no trace of what happened back then. Even the military officers who were with King Xian didn't know anything about King Xian leaving the camp. They only knew that he seemed to be ill for a while. A non-commissioned officer later... later..."

"What happened later? Did you die?" Li Xuanning stared at Chang Wu and asked word by word.

"Well! Your Majesty, I will definitely find out about this matter. If my father is involved, I will never show favoritism!" Chang Wu said tremblingly with some fear.

Li Xuanning was shocked in his heart. He never expected that the military camp and General Chang Qing would be involved in the events of that year. What exactly was Xian Wang going to do? What was it that made him leave the camp without permission? And to hide, what is it?

Li Xuanning looked at Chang Wu who was kneeling on the ground for a long time, and said, "Where is that Zhang Junhe?"

"Returning to the emperor, there are indeed Mr. Zhang and this person, who were the personal soldiers of the Xian king back then, and they were indeed killed in battle later." Chang Wu said.

"Well, you are not good at investigating cases. This matter ends here. You should not participate in the future. I will send someone else to continue the investigation." Li Xuanning said.

Chang Wu thought that the emperor felt that his investigation was inappropriate. After all, his father was involved and he had nothing to say, so Xie En got up and stood aside without saying a word.

Li Xuanning opened his mouth again and said: "Ah Wu, this matter is still unclear, you don't need to be so worried, maybe it's not a serious matter."

After saying this, even he himself didn't believe it very much, and felt a little uneasy. After all, all the people who were related or those who had seen the sage king all died. Could it be that the sage king...

It's also unlikely, if you really have a different heart, you don't have to wait until now.Besides, he has been reluctant to return to the palace for a long time.And that Nanzhao man, since that man, there has been no movement!

what is going on actually?

Li Xuanning couldn't quite figure it out, thinking back and forth, Chang Wu suddenly moved, and asked softly: "Your Majesty, how about I step back first?"

Li Xuanning looked up at him, suddenly remembered something, turned around and walked towards the table, took out a letter, handed it to Chang Wu, and said in a low voice: "Let's go to the palace, this... He, if he doesn't want to see you, and he doesn't force you, you can take it back, he is already angry. Then, you take a few days off and go... to see it. "

Chang Wu looked at the emperor, understood in his heart, didn't say much, just hummed, turned around and retreated.

Li Xuanning watched Chang Wu leave the palace gate, sighed softly in his heart, calmed down his mood again, called Feng Deshun to his side, and whispered a few words.Then he raised his head and pulled his lips in a sneer.

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