"Life is only suitable for death in Yangzhou, where the Zen wisdom mountain is bright and the tomb field is good."

Li Bai just finished the glass of wine, laughed loudly and said, "I am the banished immortal", and simply raised the wine bottle to his mouth and drank.

Xue Bai laughed, followed by another song, one after another.

"The wine shop is in the down and out rivers and lakes, the waist is slender and the palm is light."

"After ten years of dreaming about Yangzhou, I won the lucky reputation of a brothel."

~~

When Xue Bai woke up, his head was extremely dizzy.

When he was with Li Bai, he would inevitably drink more than he could drink. Last night he probably drank four or five drinks, which was considered an improvement.

Sitting up on the couch, he could smell the faint fragrance in his nose and observed the side room.

Spring comes earlier in the south than in the north, and even the sunlight shining through the window panes is full of joy. Through the bead curtain, I can see many newspapers and storybooks, and calligraphy and paintings are hung on the walls. The handwriting is beautiful.

Yan Yan's handwriting.

This is the house he bought in Yangzhou. It was the home where he gave Yan Yan refuge during the war in the north.

He felt very comfortable and lay back down again.

The door opened with a "squeak", and someone walked in carrying a bowl of hangover soup. It was Qing Lan.

For two years, Xue Bai couldn't get along with her. When they met two days ago, it was the time when they were getting married. Therefore, the hangover soup was put aside without drinking it. The two of them had a good time with each other, which made them even drunker.

.

"Mr. Lang, my wife is a little angry."

"Um?"

Xue Bai and Yan Yan met the day before yesterday. They were very happy and did not think she was angry.

"Is it because I was drunk last night?"

"I don't know." Qinglan said, "We woke up in the morning, but after waiting for a long time, my husband didn't wake up, and my wife went to the yard angrily."

Xue Bai then stood up and walked into the courtyard.

This house is quite large, and the gardens here are not as square and symmetrical as those in the north. The gardens in the south pay attention to taking advantage of the situation to create a winding path leading to a secluded artistic conception.

After bypassing two bamboo gardens, Xue Bai got lost.

When he reached a fork in the road along the pond, he was hesitating about which way to go. Suddenly, small pebbles fell out of the flowers on the side and landed on the path with a thud.

Xue Bai looked into the flowers and saw a colorful skirt running away in panic.

It was Yong'er, the maid next to Yan Yan. She saw him standing on the pavilion and felt anxious for him, so she had to remind him.

Yong'er led the way and finally looked back. Seeing Xue Bai following him, he quickly ran into the back garden, where Yan Yan was doing Tai Chi, muttering "big fool" and so on.

"Madam, your husband is here."

Yan Yan turned around and saw Xue Bai. She ignored him and waved Yong Er away. She even gave her a lesson, "You're in a hurry." Then she went to boxing on her own.

Two years later, she no longer looked as sickly as before. She looked slimmer and had a healthy blush on her cheeks.

Xue Bai stepped forward and stood beside her naturally, doing a set of punches with her while laughing at himself about how he had just lost his way and making fun of his own embarrassment.

Yan Yan just said "hum".

"Are you angry? I went to the lantern market with you last night and it was fine."

"Obviously I was drinking with Li Taibai, but he said he would accompany me to the lantern market. Li Taibai is currently using soft words to coax the wife of the clan, but she is more sensible than you."

Xue Bai was amused when he heard this and said, "I am too ignorant. I just want to apologize to you."

Yan Yan glanced at him, turned her head and said, "This is not the only thing you have done to offend me."

"Okay, you eat something and settle the accounts with me one by one."

After Yan Yan heard this, she pursed her lips slightly as if she wanted to laugh, but held it back.

The two of them sat in the garden, and Yong'er served tea.

Yan Yan picked up a sweet-scented osmanthus cake and took a small bite. She felt her lips and teeth were fragrant. When she turned around, she saw that Xue Bai was not eating and was looking straight at her.

She then stepped on him lightly.

"See what I do?"

"I haven't seen you for a long time. Let's see how you have changed." Xue Bai looked back, seeming a little embarrassed.

Yan Yan clapped her hands and said: "Okay, now I will settle the accounts with you, one by one. Let me ask you, what is the meaning of the poem 'Win the reputation of a brothel'? I haven't seen you in two years. Are you here?"

Is it already such a famous name in Huanchangjian?"

It turned out that her dissatisfaction over the past two years had erupted because of this poem.

Xue Bai was already a little drunk when he was composing the poem last night and did not think thoroughly.

He touched his nose and replied: "This poem is actually written from Li Taibai's perspective."

In this way, it will be appropriate.

Yan Yan then spared him and said: "Let me ask you again, you said that we were sent to Yangzhou to escape the war. Why did you send me here, but they could stay with you when you were free?"

"That was an accident. I have been busy quelling chaos in the past two years, so I don't see her very often."

"It seems that you want to see them often?" Yan Yan added: "When I got married, my husband's name was 'Xue Bai', but later he changed his name to 'Li Qian'. Everyone in the world knew about it.

But I was the last to know."

She didn't look fierce, her voice was quite soft, but her sparkling eyes looked very serious.

"As your wife, you don't tell me anything because I'm not trustworthy, right?"

Xue Bai said: "It's because you are still young and I don't want you to get involved in these turmoils."

"Hmph, I'm young, so how much older are you than me?" Yan Yan refused and complained: "You act old and arrogant all the time, don't think I didn't see you, you still jump up and imitate tree branches when you walk.

childish."

"Okay." Xue Bai did not avoid these questions. He met her eyes and said, "I won't hide these things from you in the future. I will just discuss them with you."

"Then are you really the son of Prince Ying?"

Xue Bai smiled bitterly. It was of little significance to talk about these things now, but rather quite risky.

Yan Yan just wanted to make things difficult for him. She smiled proudly and stopped asking questions. She changed the subject and asked, "Do you like older women?"

"What?"

"There are rumors in the market that you have an affair with Concubine Yang..."

At this time, Qinglan hurried over and said: "Mr. Lang, I have a visitor asking to see you. It is the prefect of Guangling who has come to visit."

Xue Bai then stood up and said, "I'll go see him."

~~

In terms of seniority, Li Xiyan was Li Longji's uncle. When Xue Bai met him, he should be treated as a junior.

But Li Xiyan just waved his hand and asked him not to talk about etiquette. He didn't know whether he didn't recognize Xue Bai's clan status or was not interested in these red tapes. He asked straight to the point: "Why did you come to Yangzhou?"

"Before, I sent my family to Yangzhou to escape the war. Now that the war has passed, I have some free time, so I came to pick them up in person." Xue Bai responded calmly.

"The war in the north has passed, but war has started again in the south." Li Xiyan asked: "Li Lin said that you sent someone to contact him and agreed to start a rebellion, but is it true?"

"If I want to rebel, how can I come to Yangzhou alone?" Xue Bai said, "If the saint orders me to return to the capital, I will set off immediately; if he orders me to relieve my power, I will hand over the seal of the general marshal of the world's soldiers and horses. I can do it.

I have done everything, and I am loyal to the sun and the moon, but the world still doubts me, so believe it or not."

Before, Li Xiyan also firmly believed that Xue Bai wanted to usurp the throne, but now he saw with his own eyes that Xue Bai had indeed abandoned everything and went to Yangzhou. Would a person with ulterior motives and evil intentions do this?

He had to admit that Xue Bai was a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty.

"I believe in you." Li Xiyan then sighed, "The current prince is your biological brother. If you can sincerely assist you, you can become a virtuous king for a generation. The story of a brotherly relationship, a relationship between the king and his ministers, will last forever. The rest is extraordinary.

Don't think about your duties. As long as you stick to your duties, people's misunderstandings about you will be eliminated sooner or later."

Xue Bai listened impatiently to what he said and responded: "I have no intention of being in officialdom anymore. I only hope to be able to leave my secular duties and travel around the world."

"It's time for the country to employ people, especially for a clan that needs young and talented people like you. Don't belittle yourself." Li Xiyan gave a few words of false persuasion.

Xue Bai pretended that he had no intention of fighting, but in fact, if Li Cong really dared to take away his power, he would definitely not make it easy for Li Cong.

Li Xiyan came to test Xue Bai today. He did not think that Xue Bai came to Yangzhou just to pick up people, and asked: "Are you worried that Li Lin will go down the river and occupy Yangzhou?"

"I heard that the imperial court has sent Wang Shi to quell the rebellion. I believe there will be a great victory soon."

Xue Bai showed an attitude that it had nothing to do with him, as if he would not care about anything if he was under suspicion.

While he was talking, he saw a servant rushing outside the lobby and gestured to him to indicate that there was an urgent message to be delivered.

Seeing this situation, Xue Bai had a guess in his mind, and instead of reading the urgent letter in front of Li Xiyan, he calmly waved the servant away.

After talking for about two-quarters of an hour, someone from Li Xiyan hurried over.

"Prefect, urgent report from Dengzhou!"
To be continued...