Li Xiu ate another blue shrimp, wiped his hands in an orderly manner, got up and saluted the princess again, and turned to leave.

"You've seen snow for fourteen years?"

Second Lady Li asked suddenly.

Li Xiu didn't answer, and left on his own, Lao Qiao looked at her deeply, and followed behind Li Xiu with his body bent.

"It turned out to be Tingxue Lou. ”

Qi Liu stretched out his hand to pinch the silver beads on the table into powder, and looked at a lake of white fish with a cold gaze.

Under the command of the old housekeeper, the people of the palace went to the lake to fish in fear, and they couldn't understand how the lady had just had a meal with His Royal Highness the prince, how could so many koi fish die?

Besides, if the koi fish die, there will naturally be no koi, and only the carp remains.

......

"Young master, you're full. ”

Leaving Chaoyue Pavilion and walking out of the palace, Li Xiu and the others walked on the streets of Chang'an, which were paved with blue bricks, and Lao Qiao said loudly.

"No matter how sick I am, I'm still a man after all. ”

He stopped in front of a stall at random, took out the silver and bought a few buns, took a bite and said.

Men's appetite is usually not small, how can a blue shrimp with two index fingers long and thick enough to satisfy their appetite?

"Where are you going?"

Li Xiu didn't answer, he ate the bun by himself, subconsciously sucked his fingers, and stood in front of a teahouse.

"I don't know if I can survive for a month, so I can't come to Chang'an in vain. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the dark clouds in the sky, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of sarcasm: "Besides, do you think that the hundred officials of the court really care about me? What they care about is only the attitude of Li Anzhi, the attitude of the academy, the attitude of the border army, and the attitude of His Majesty." ”

"And what are you going to do?"

Old Joe continued to ask.

Li Xiu looked at the plaque of the teahouse, Yunlai Teahouse, a very nice name, very beautiful four big characters.

The teahouse is in the center of this street, this is still a prime location, not to mention overcrowded, at least full, but now the teahouse is empty, and there is a faint fragrance of tea wafting out of the door.

He stepped inside.

"I want to kill someone. ”

Old Joe followed behind him, silent.

"I'm sorry guest officer, the shop is closed today and doesn't accept customers. ”

As soon as the two entered, a little second brother in a cloth suit greeted them and said apologetically.

"I'll have a cup of tea, drink it and leave. ”

Li Xiu found a table to sit down, and Old Qiao closed the door and stood behind him as always.

"Guest, there are still many things to deal with in this store, you might as well go to the Taibai Building on the next street, where the tea is recognized as a must in Chang'an. ”

Seeing him sit down, the little second brother said a little anxiously.

"It's just to quench your thirst, and it's a waste to drink too good tea. ”

Li Xiu stretched out his hand and poured himself a cup, this tea is good, it should be Meiling's newly picked Biluochun.

"Xiaolin, since this son is thirsty, let him have a drink. ”

Just when the little second brother was about to stop it, an old man in a gray robe lifted the curtain from behind the counter and walked out.

"Yes, shopkeeper. ”

The little second brother responded, and glanced at Li Xiu and the others angrily, feeling that these two masters and servants really don't know how to be people, how can they know that people still insist on breaking in?

"Please go to Taibai Mansion and help me bring a pot of braised knives. ”

Li Xiu took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and put it in the hands of the little second brother, and said with a smile.

He looked back at the shopkeeper, a little hesitant, not knowing whether to go or not.

The gray-robed old man nodded slightly.

"Come on, officer, wait a minute, and the little one will go back as soon as he goes. ”

The shopkeeper held the silver ticket and pushed open the wooden door, his body trembled in the cold wind, and then bent down and ran straight to Taibai Building.

The wooden door was closed, and the teahouse was very quiet.

"When the old man comes to visit, won't the shopkeeper come and sit down?"

Li Xiu picked up another teacup, placed it on the other side of the table, and then poured the tea to the brim.

The gray-robed old man looked at him with a complicated gaze, and after a moment, he took a step and sat down opposite him, picked up the teacup and drank it all.

"Biluochun has a cool taste, sweet and moisturizing, it is best to drink a third of a cup, like Liu Xiaowei to drink it all, I am afraid that it is rare to have a taste, why not drink another cup?"

Li Xiu picked up the teapot and poured another cup for him, and said lightly.

The gray-robed old man looked at him with a blank expression, then picked up the teacup and drank it again.

Li Xiu sighed.

"There is only tea and wine in the world that can not be disappointed, if it is me, even if the butcher's knife hangs around the neck, it will not live up to such a good tea, since Liu Xiaowei opened this teahouse, I think it must be a tea lover. ”

He picked up the teapot and filled the third cup.

"Is His Royal Highness the Prince here to invite Lao Liu to taste tea?"

Li Xiu didn't speak, but stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please.

The gray-robed old man looked at him, and finally picked up the teacup, took a sip seriously, and the tea flowed between his lips and teeth, passed his throat, and then swallowed.

He didn't say a good cup of tea, nor did he show a beauty that was intoxicating and invincible.

Suddenly, there was a sound of singing, and it was the voice of the Venerable Master not far away.

Old Qiao closed his eyes and felt that this song was very beautiful, and he couldn't hear such a song in a place like Xuelou.

"Tang 461, Captain Liu was just an ordinary soldier, stationed in Luoyan Gorge with the border army, encountered an ambush by Changlin aliens, the whole team of 216 people, 215 people were killed in battle, Captain Liu was captured, Li Laizhi personally led the army to chase the enemy for 4,327 miles, and Changlin rescued Captain Liu. ”

Li Xiu placed the tea set between the two, the tea rendered the teacup, and the sound of the water was mixed with the babbling opera, which had a unique flavor.

His tone was cold.

Those eyes were colder.

"In the fourth and seventh year of the Tang Dynasty, the snow wolf rode the wind and clouds, and took my thirteen cities of the Tang Dynasty overnight, killing and wounding more than 140,000 people, the army oppressed Xuzhou City, Xuzhou City Lord Fan Wujian fought to the death for half a month without taking a step back, Xuzhou soldiers died eight or nine times, and then Xue Hongyi single-handedly entered the Snow Clan Palace, the red knife dyed the red clothes, and the realm fell to the five realms. ”

"Li Laizhi led the army deep into the snowfield, and it took 64 days of bloody battles to solve the danger of Xuzhou, if I remember correctly, Captain Liu was also in Xuzhou that day. ”

He flicked the wall of the cup with his fingers and let out a soft groan.

"In the 490th year of the Tang Dynasty, Qishan mutinied, and the 340,000 local troops of Qishan County killed each other, or did Li Laizhi send his henchmen to gallop 120,000 miles around the clock to Qishan to protect all the families of the Qishan border army, and the second elder of Captain Liu was also in Qishan County at that time, right?"

The teahouse was quiet and terrifying, except for the sound of Li Xiu wiping the teacup, and even the sound of breathing seemed to disappear.

On this day, there have been a little snowflakes in the sky, which are not big, but they are always floating and refuse to stop.

If you want to come to the shop, Xiao Er should have arrived at Taibai Building at this moment, and he should have already made half a pot of braised knives.

The gray-robed old man's hands were thin, his hair was gray after years of busyness, and his eyes were cloudy and yellow.

Some of the water from the teacup spilled on the table, his hands trembling, his eyes bloodshot, and he gasped for breath, but he still didn't say a word.

Li Xiu smiled, took out a short knife from his arms, picked up a rag and moistened Biluochun, and wiped the blade.

"Whether it is public or private, Li Laizhi has never failed any of his subordinates. ”

He wiped the dagger clean and spotless with a towel and placed it on the table.

"In that case, why did Captain Liu betray him?"

Li Xiu pushed the dagger in front of the gray-robed old man, and the snowflakes in Chang'an gradually became larger, covering the doors and windows of the teahouse, making the dagger a little dim, he stared at his face, and said calmly.

His tone was not calm, there was no roar, no questioning, and the terrible calm seemed to fall from the sky, making it impossible to avoid.

"Is it just for 100,000 taels of silver?"

Li Xiu stretched out a hand, and Lao Qiao took out a hundred thousand taels of silver tickets from his body and put them in his palm.

He put the silver ticket on the table, pushed it to the side of the dagger, pushed it in front of the gray-robed old man, and said, "I will pay 100,000 taels to buy your life." ”