When Xuan Shijing returned to the room, he saw Li Chengqian and the other two chatting with Qin Yuxin. Li Chengqian was extraordinary, Li Tai and Li Ke were gentle and elegant, while Qin Yuxin sitting there smiled cleverly, forming a very harmonious picture. No matter how you look at it, they are all plays of talented men and beautiful women.

For the first time, Xuan Shijing felt the brilliance and darkness of a prosperous era so clearly. This is what it means to be happy and sad. He thought of the little girl just now. I guess she had to spend her childhood or girlish years in Yanlailou.

He smiled bitterly and looked back at Long'er. Long'er also walked into the room, closed the door gently, and followed Xuan Shijing.

Xuan Shijing sat on the soft couch on the other side of the room and signaled Long'er to sit down too. Li Chengqian and the others didn't leave, so he couldn't leave first. It would be better to find a place to chat with Long'er.

"Long'er, you said you were like that little girl, what were you doing when you were that young girl?" Xuan Shijing looked at Long'er and asked.

When I heard the question of my little marquis, Long'er paused and fell into memories: "When I was six years old, it was during the Wude period. At that time, the Tang Dynasty had just been established, and the entire Central Plains was still full of war fires. At that time, I remember Gao Jun and I and many children adopted by the masters were in Erxianzhuang. Erxianzhuang was very good. The older sisters never let us do heavy work. The wife also asked us to teach us how to read and write. We got up in the morning to study.

Wu followed Uncle Zhong to practice martial arts in the backyard. The little marquis and the children from our Erxian Village can be said to be both civil and military. Later, as we grew older, Uncle Qian separated us because he said that everyone is good at different things, just like Qianduo. He is not good at studying, but he is very talented in managing Erxian Village's business affairs. Gao Jun, and Uncle Zhong teaches him how to sword skills. He can't practice well, but he is unique in light skills."

Xuan Shijing nodded while listening. Qian Dui's father could see it clearly.

Long'er did not look at Xuan Shijing, and then recalled: "At that time, the master was often not in the village. We all know that the master was following His Majesty to fight outside. The master once told us that the world was uncertain, why settle down? The master actually wanted to follow His Majesty to quickly pacify the world and no longer let children like us be homeless. Little Marquis, do you know that the life outside the village was really miserable. In the former Sui Dynasty, nine out of ten families were empty in Guanzhong, and the rest were all old, weak, women and children. Once a bandit came to the village to rob, the women and children in the village would take up weapons to fight the thieves in order to protect their children. The Turks in the north often went south to burn, kill, loot, which was even more vicious than the bandits. They once fought outside Chang'an City."

Xuan Shijing had heard of this. The Turks went south to the Weishui River, forcing His Majesty Li Er to sign a humiliating Weishui agreement with the Turkic Khan on the Weishui Bridge. The Turks emptied the Tang Dynasty's treasury and returned with a full load.

"Although the world was unstable when Long'er was young, the master gave us the most stable living environment." Speaking of this, Long'er thought of the deceased Xuan Mingde and couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Have you met Shan Xiongxin when you were young? What kind of person is he?" When Long'er was young, Erxianzhuang was still Shan Xiongxin.

Long'er sniffed, wiped off her tears, and shook her head: "I have never seen Master Dan. I was picked up by my wife. When I arrived at Erxian Village, Master Dan was already dead."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Shijing sighed inwardly. The depiction of Shan Xiongxin, who was born in the Green Forest in the literature and film and television works of his previous life, was very vivid. He said that he was so righteous, but unfortunately he was also submerged in the vast river of history. If he had no grudge against the Li family, if he had not married Wang Shichong's daughter, if he was like Qin Qiongcheng Yaojin, if he had conquered the world with the Li Tang, would he have a place in Lingyan Pavilion?

Too many ifs, but unfortunately there is no if.

In the palace, Taiji Hall, His Majesty Li Er looked at the note delivered by the Jinwu Guard Camp. The more he looked, his brows became tighter and tighter. After reading it, he closed the note and slapped the case hard, and was furious: "It's lawless! At the feet of the emperor of Chang'an City, he dared to use the name of the royal family to kidnap a county marquis to investigate it for me!" His Majesty Li Er grabbed the case and walked and threw it in front of the lieutenant kneeling down: "This matter must be found out. Where is Jing'er? How is he? Are he frightened?"

The captain kneeling on the ground lowered his head and replied, "Your Majesty, Marquis Xuanwei, has no abnormalities."

"That group of people pretended to take Jing'er away in Chengqian's name. Did Chengqian meet Jing'er before?" His Majesty Li Er asked.

He stepped forward with a proud step forward and said in Li Er's ear: "Your Majesty, the Majesty Xuanwei wanted to meet His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Wei. Yesterday, His Highness the King of Wei left you and went to the Eastern Palace."

Li Er frowned and thought for a while. This must have been known by the thieves, so he used this to deceive Xuan Shijing away.

"Deyi, go and arrange it and thoroughly investigate all the eunuchs and palace maids in the East Palace." His Majesty Li Er ordered.

"No." Deyi bowed and responded.

"Your Majesty, in Chang'an City..." The captain kneeling on the ground looked at His Majesty Li Er carefully.

"Intensify the guards at the city gate and strictly investigate. Once a suspicious person is found, he will be detained immediately." Li Er said, and at the same time he was also a little troubled. Whether this matter involves Xuan Shijing and Li Chengqian, he wants to kidnap the nobles on the streets of Chang'an City, this kind of thing is enough to touch the nerves of all the nobles in Chang'an City.

His Majesty Li Er rubbed his temples, then continued to pick up the memorial on the table and read it. After a brief look, the comments read the spring drought in Jiangling, and countless deaths in the fields. It is said that there has not been snowfall in Jiangling for a winter and the rivers have dried up again...

Li Er, who was already a little upset in his mind, felt even more bored after reading the contents of this memorial. Jiangling area suffered a drought last year, but this year it continued because it did not snow in winter.

"Deyi, the head of the Ministry of Revenue came to see me." His Majesty Li Er ordered, he wanted to know how much money and food could be freed in the treasury now.

"No." Deyi bowed and responded.

"Report to Your Majesty." An eunuch walked into the Tai Chi Hall and bowed to salute.

"Say." His Majesty Li Er replied impatiently, still holding a memorial in his hand thinking about the drought.

"The Queen's old illness relapses, and now Taoist Master Sun is rushing to Lizheng Hall." The eunuch saw that Li Er was a little irritated and said cautiously.

When he heard that Empress Changsun was ill, His Majesty Li Er's attention suddenly shifted from the memorial, threw down the memorial and stood up and said, "Prepare the government hall!"

Deyi bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the head of the Ministry of Revenue..."
Chapter completed!