"Small pottery stove, bamboo dragonfly woven by Grandma Li in Tianshui Lane, and osmanthus cake from Rongxiangzhai..." Mo Xia held a piece of clean white rice paper and read while walking, buying while reading.At the end of the street, I already had a lot of things in my hands.

The paper is filled with various things in order, some have been marked with a small tick, and some have not been marked for the time being.

Mo Ya stared at the unmarked words, then looked up at the branching street in front of him, thought quickly, and walked forward purposefully.

"Mo Xia?" An uncertain voice came from behind.

Mo Xia stopped and turned around, looked at the person in front of him, his eyes widened suddenly, and ran forward a few steps, "Xiangbai."

"Mo Xia, it's really you." Xiang Bai looked Mo Xia up and down, his eyes full of disbelief.Patting Mo Xia on the shoulder, he said with a smile, "We haven't seen each other for a long time since you were taken home. I never expected to meet you here."

Mo Xia carried all kinds of paper bags and brocade boxes in his hands, looked around, motioned Xiang Bai to look at a small stall in front, and said happily, "Xiang Bai, let's go eat something."

Xiang Bai naturally had no objection.

Mo Ya chose a small stall selling wontons.

A few tables and chairs, covered by a tarpaulin awning.Everything is the simplest and most inconspicuous arrangement of street vendors, but it is full of people.

Mo Xia took out a pair of chopsticks from the small bamboo tube in the middle of the table and handed them to Xiangbai: "Xiangbai, try it. Don't think this stall is small, it tastes really good."

The plump and white wontons in the blue-and-white porcelain bowl are squeezed together without letting anyone in, and the stuffing is so full that it almost bursts through the transparent dough.

The bowl is sprinkled with red peppers and green onions, topped with a spoonful of hot oil, mixed with a special sauce, and finally sprinkled with crushed peanuts.

The freshly baked wontons are rich in color and bright in taste, and they are fragrant and full of flavor.

Looking at the wontons in the bowl, Xiang Bai hesitated, not knowing what to say: "Mo Xia, I've never seen this kind of eating before."

Mo Xia was already sweating profusely from eating, so he took the time to explain to Xiang Bai: "This is a way of eating from the southwestern counties, and it is very popular recently. There are so many restaurants in the capital trying to follow suit, but it's a pity that they are not as good as this small stall.to the essence."

Xiang Bai dubiously picked one up and put it in his mouth, chewed and swallowed carefully, and then said: "I thought the taste would be weird, but I never thought it would be spicy but not dry, fragrant but not greasy, fresh but not salty. Aya,You are really a person who can eat."

Mo Ya was a little proud.

Xiangbai put down his chopsticks, looked at Mo Xia's brocade clothes and jade belt, he was in high spirits, and felt inexplicably emotional: "If your family hadn't picked you up back home, I would never have thought that the boy who lived with me in the temple for a year would beYoung Master of the Hou Mansion."

Mo Xia scooped up a wonton and put it in his mouth, swallowed it, and said, "What about the prince of the Hou family?Loved by the family. He was sent to the temple by his family to lead his hair to practice, and it was called praying for his mother, but in reality it was imprisonment in disguise."

Mo Xia recalled the difficult days of lack of food and clothing, and shook his head: "You know best how hard my life was."

Xiang Bai smiled.

Of course he remembered that in exchange for a bundle of winter firewood and a big bowl of hot porridge, the two of them even quietly went to the street market to play and sing.

He didn't know why Mo Xia insisted on wearing a mask to cover up his true appearance.Thinking about it now, it was obvious that he was afraid of being found out about his true identity.

Mo Xia finished the whole bowl of wontons, and let out a sigh of satisfaction: "Speaking of which, where do you live now? I went to look for you, but the abbot of the temple said that you have left and did not leave an address."

Xiang Bai said: "I moved to Xingshui Lane, which is closer to Xianlai Lake."

Xiang Bai seemed unwilling to talk more, looked at the brocade box on the stool next to Mo Ya, and asked, "Did you buy these for your siblings?"

Mo Xia followed Xiang Bai's gaze: "No, these are for..."

This street is full of vendors selling all kinds of snacks, and there is a lot of people talking and coming and going.There is a long queue in front of the wonton stall, and there is an endless stream of people waiting for a seat.

Mo Xia stopped talking in time, looked at the empty bowl in front of Xiang Bai, and said, "How about we go for a walk by the lake?"

Of course Xiang Bai had no objection, and followed Mo Xia to his feet: "I'll get it for you."

Mo Xia was also polite, and gave half of the box to Xiang Bai: "Here, you can carry these. I will take the rest myself."

.........

"The scenery of Xianlai Lake is really nice." Xiang Bai and Mo Xia walked side by side, looking at the large green lotus leaves in the lake surrounded by graceful lotus flowers, "I used to feel that this lotus leaf was too careless when I was in the attic on the boat.It's a cliché, but when I look at it today, it has a different taste."

"The lotus leaf is so refreshing, you actually think it's a cliché?" Mo Xia said "tsk tsk", "I don't know what things in this world can catch your eyes?"

Xiang Bai laughed at himself: "It's not that you don't know my identity. On the shore of Xianlai Lake, the Qin Tower and Chu Pavilion are surrounded, and there are painted boats and boats passing by. Playing the melodious music in this kind of place, looking at the lake and mountains in the distance, reveals theDim candlelight, the purpose of entry is flashy and luxurious, even if there is a bit of arrogance, it is also polished clean, so how can you be arrogant?"

Mo Xia didn't like Xiang Bai's self-deprecation: "Don't say that. You are so good. You are good at playing the zither, the pipa, the harp, the flute and the xiao.The mud is not as good as it?"

Xiang Bai was teased by Mo Ya: "Mo Xia, you are really special. If other people know my identity, even ordinary people, they will avoid it. Let alone a nobleman like you? Are you willing to be with me?People meet."

"Xiangbai." Mo Xia's voice raised, "I told you the day I left the temple, no matter what my background, you will always be my friend. I haven't changed, but I feel that you are a lot stranger to meIf you do this again, I'll be really angry."

Xiang Bai was silent, and Mo Xia was unwilling to speak.

The two walked by the lake in such a weird atmosphere.

"sorry."

Xiang Bai suddenly broke the calm.

Mo Xia smiled: "I forgive you. I know, you are actually worried that I will look down on you, so you deliberately provoke me like this. You want to see if the promise I made back then is true.You Mo Xia, who hunts fish and birds all over the mountains and plains, is still Mr. Mo who eats with bells and bells."

Xiang Bai also smiled: "Mo Xia, you are really powerful. In front of you, I even feel that I have nothing to hide. No matter what tricks you play, you can see through them at a glance."

Mo Xia proudly said: "That is, if I have no skills, how can I survive in the palace."

"In the palace?" Xiang Bai was a little surprised, "Aren't you the son of the Hou family? Why do you live in the palace?"

Mo Xia sighed: "You thought my father sent me to the temple, why did he suddenly take me back to the Marquis Mansion? Because he wanted me to enter the palace to accompany His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince."

"Fifth prince?" After all, Xiang Bai was in the place where fish and dragons were the most mixed up.

So he only thought for a while, then remembered who the Fifth Prince was, and opened his eyes wide: "Isn't His Highness the Fifth Prince..."

Before Xiang Bai finished speaking, Mo Xia immediately interrupted firmly: "Your Highness is not what the folk rumors say. It's all rumors about the fate of evil spirits and the reincarnation of ghost stars."

It was the first time for Xiang Bai to see Mo Ya protecting someone like this, and he couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive and envious: "You have a good relationship with His Highness the Fifth Prince, right?"

Mo Xia nodded without hesitation: "Of course."

Looking at the gadgets in Mo Ya's hands again, Xiang Bai immediately understood who Mo Ya bought them for.

From time to time, Mo Xia looked sideways at Xiang Bai, and then turned back to the front, his eyes full of hesitation.

Xiang Bai was so amused by Mo Ya's expression, he found a smooth big stone to sit down, and said, "Mo Ya, if you have anything you want to ask, just tell me. You're so entangled, you don't know what you don't know."Think I've done something to you."

Mo Xia put down the things in his hands and sat opposite Xiang Bai, seeming to be struggling with how to speak: "Xiang Bai, how many officials do you come and go with every day?"

"Of course there are many." Xiang Bai nodded, "This dynasty does not prohibit officials from prostitutes, and the Qin Lou and Chu Houses do not lose girls with outstanding talents. If they fall in love with each other and make it a good story, isn't it also a romantic affair?"

Mo Xia asked again: "Will the nobles who come and go to your place unintentionally reveal something after getting drunk and relaxing?"

Mo Ya's words were ambiguous, but after all, Xiang Bai and Mo Ya used to get along day and night, and Mo Ya just mentioned that he was the fifth prince's companion.So Xiang Bai subconsciously understood what Mo Xia wanted to ask: "You really asked the right person. The second son of the Cui family came to our building a while ago, and after he was drunk, he uttered nonsense in the room, saying that he would soon becomeUncle Guo, you don’t know that Second Young Master Cui’s mouth is so sloppy, Lily wanted to cover her ears at that time.”

Mo Xia continued to ask: "What else did Cui Wenkun say? For example, did you mention the First Prince?"

Xiang Bai didn't know the name of Second Young Master Cui, and it took him a while to realize who Cui Wenkun was: "That's not true."

Mo Xia was a little disappointed.

Cui Wenkun is a brain full of grass, and will swell into a wild boar with no sense of proportion when stimulated, why is he so cautious at this time?

"There are still." Xiang Bai seemed to remember something, and suddenly said again.

Mo Xia immediately asked: "How do you say?"

"Second Young Master Cui seems to say that many officials in the court are very optimistic about his nephew, that is, His Royal Highness the First Prince. When his sister becomes the queen, the First Prince will naturally become the crown prince... um—— almostThat's it."

Mo Ya took the opportunity to learn about the situation of other people, and after making up a general idea, he became more and more aware that Lu Chenzhang's situation was worse than he imagined.

The minions of the Cui family spread all over the government and the public. Except for the staunch royalists, the rest of them either actively or passively boarded the big ship of the Cui family, and they could not escape or leave.

Back then, the supporters of the Du family had their wings cut off by Concubine Qiong.In today's court, not to mention those who are willing to support and support Lu Chenzhang, I am afraid that there are not many people who are willing to speak for Lu Chenzhang.

Seeing Mo Ya's brows furrowed tightly, Xiang Bai couldn't help asking: "Ah Ya, what's wrong?"

Mo Ya looked at Xiang Bai, struggle flashed in his eyes.After hesitating for a long time, he spoke with great difficulty: "Xiang Bai, can you do me a favor?"

Xiang Bai was very active: "Say it."

Mo Xia: "If you have the opportunity to get in touch with Cui's family, can you properly guide them to say some disrespectful words in public, just like the second son Cui?"

After hearing this, Xiang Bai was a little embarrassed: "Mo Xia, I really want to help you. It's a pity that I'm just a small actor, and I can hardly get in touch with these distinguished guests. I'm afraid I have more energy than I want."

Mo Xia explained: "Naturally, I don't want you to do this now. I just want you to approach these people slowly, find a suitable time, and take them down in one fell swoop."

Knowing that Mo Ya was not in a hurry, Xiang Bai nodded affirmatively: "That's it, it's no problem. If you're willing to wait, I really have the confidence to help you accomplish this."

Mo Xia smiled sincerely, "Xiangbai, thank you."

Xiang Bai waved his hands indifferently: "You are too polite. What is the relationship between us? If you really want to thank this kind of trivial matter, just treat me to a plate of longan cakes later."

Mo Xia nodded: "Okay, don't say one set, ten sets will be fine."

Mo Xia talked to Xiang Bai again, and suddenly asked: "How is Weiwei now? Is she okay?"

Xiang Wei is Xiang Bai's younger sister. The siblings grew up together since they were young, and they have a very close relationship.It's just that Xiang Wei was born with a weak body, so she had to rely on all kinds of precious medicinal materials to hold her breath.

It was precisely because of this that Xiang Bai had to try his best to make money, and even got into a low-level profession for this reason.

When Xiang Wei was mentioned, Xiang Bai was silent for a while.

Mo Xia immediately understood, took the purse from his waist, and handed it to Xiang Bai: "Xiang Bai, take these."

Seeing that Xiang Bai seemed to want to refuse, Mo Xia immediately said: "This is not for you, but for lending you. You take it to Wei Wei for medical treatment first, and when she recovers, you have to repay it at half the interest."I."

Xiang Bai couldn't refuse, so he took the purse from Mo Ya's hand, and only said two words: "Thank you."

Mo Xia smiled and said, "Why bother to say thank you? As you said, what is our relationship?"

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Xiangbai and Moya have no emotional lines, no emotional lines, no emotional lines (emphasis added)