"The man who played the piano is Xian Cousin!" Xue Shao reached out and pointed to a man sitting cross-legged in the garden, playing the piano with both hands, while Xue Ning'er, wearing a skirt, sat opposite him, immersed in the wonderful sound of the piano.

"You look so handsome, you're not a good person at first glance!" Zhang Zong looked at him for a moment and suddenly said with a sour look. Although he didn't want to admit it, Li Xian was indeed a rare handsome guy. He was not the feminine handsome guy with a boy and a girl's appearance, but the sunny and healthy handsomeness. This is completely different from Li Hong's sickly image.

"Brother Shi, do you think I am a good person or a bad person?" Xue Shao next to him almost laughed out loud when he heard Zhang Zong's complaints, and then he turned his face forward and asked.

"Of course you are a good person, and you are a great person!" Zhang Zong said very seriously immediately.

"Well, Brother Shi is also a rare good person in my eyes!" Xue Shao also fought back without hesitation.

"Why are you two back?" Suddenly, a questioning interrupted Zhang Zong's "praise" with each other. Just listening to the sound, you can tell that it must be Princess Taiping who spoke. When Zhang Zong turned his head, in addition to seeing Taiping, he also saw Shangguan Wan'er beside Taiping. At this time, she also bowed slightly to Zhang Zong.

"Who asked you to come to my house?" Xue Shao immediately rolled his eyes and asked. The guest he was the least welcome was Taiping, because the other party would bully her whenever he saw Xue Ning'er. Fortunately, Li Xian followed him today, otherwise he would not know what Ning'er would be bullied by her?

"I'll come here as soon as I want to come. This is not your own home. When my aunt left, she asked me to come to the house for more purposes. Do you have to worry about it?" Taiping is not a soft persimmon that can be kneaded. She kept talking "bang" on her mouth. Although Xue Shao also has a good eloquence, she didn't even have the chance to interrupt in front of her.

"Taiping, don't mess around!" At this moment, Li Xian in the distance finally discovered the situation on Xue Shao's side. He immediately stood up and walked in big strolls, but his eyes were looking at Zhang Zong beside him.

Princess Taiping listened to Li Xian very much. She immediately made a face at Xue Shao and didn't say anything else. At this time, Li Xian came to Zhang Zong and looked at him a few times, then smiled and said, "You are Zhang Zong who offered Lin Yi Dao?"

"Cough, it's just here to see Your Highness Yong!" Zhang Zong coughed dryly and went forward to salute. After all, Li Xian is the prince, so he still needs to have the etiquette he should have. Moreover, the other party was not as arrogant as Li Xian, but instead smiled very kindly.

"Haha~, there is no need to be polite. I have heard that Zhang Zong is a famous person who is knowledgeable and talented. I didn't expect you to be so young. When I see you today, I feel that I have the honor of three lives!" Li Xian was very enthusiastic about Zhang Zong, and even made people feel a little too enthusiastic.

"King Yong was joking. I was just an ordinary little flower dealer. How could I call it "learning"?" Zhang Zong also felt that Li Xian's words were a bit too much, so he hurriedly said modestly.

"Two-color rose, saltpeter ice making, Linyi rice, and there are perfumes that will make my aunt and Taiping miss. Now the ladies in Chang'an City have long been quarreling about perfumes, and countless people are willing to spend a lot of money to buy. With these things alone, it is not something that ordinary people can do!" Li Xian said very seriously.

Zhang Zong was also stunned when he heard this. Before he knew it, he had done so many things, and everything could make him famous, which made him suddenly realize: Is he a little too high-profile?

"Cousin, don't rush to praise Brother Shi. Let's find a place to sit down first and then chat!" Xue Shao interrupted Li Xian and said, as if he was a little dissatisfied with being neglected aside.

Li Xian laughed again when he heard this, and then the three of them came to the pavilion in the garden. The weather was not too hot today, and there was a cool breeze blowing in the garden, which was very cool.

Taiping was full of energy, so he ran to the swing with his maid Shangguan Wan'er. Xue Ning'er did not dare to be alone with Taiping, so she sat honestly beside Xue Shao.

"Zhang Zong, your method of making ice in saltpeter is very exquisite. Before, during the summer days, I asked someone to make ice in front of the palace to give it to the people who passed by to cool down. Later, you offered Linyi rice. It happened that I was in some fields in the south, so I also asked someone to try it. The result is that it is growing very well now, and I guess it will be harvested in a while!" Li Xian was obviously very interested in Zhang Zong, and at this time he talked endlessly about what he did because of Zhang Zong.

Zhang Zong showed a very interested expression on the surface, but in fact he was a little disagreeable, because Li Xian was not the prince after all, and he was too high-profile in his work, and even suspected of taking the opportunity to invite fame. Coupled with Li Hong's condition, this makes people wonder if Li Xian has any ideas about the position of the prince?

"Zhang Zong, my palace still lacks a Sima, why don't you come and help me?" Finally, Li Xian changed his mind and directly threw an olive branch to Zhang Zong.

Zhang Zong also showed a surprised expression when he heard this. Li Xian was really willing to invest in order to attract him. You should know that Sima of the Prince's Mansion was a fourth-rank high-ranking official, which was higher than his father Zhang Jingzhi back then. Although the officials of the Prince's Mansion were limited in terms of power, Li Xian was a prince after all, and no one could be sure whether he would have the chance to ascend the throne in the future. If there was really that day, then Zhang Zong would be a hero of the Dragon, and his future would be limitless.

"Cousin, don't think about it. My eldest cousin and my mother have advised my brother to become an official, but my brother just refused to agree. You should keep your Sima by yourself!" Xue Shao interrupted again at this time.

"Well~, thank you for your kindness. I am a businessman from a low-level businessman. I am not suitable to be an official in the short term. Please understand your highness!" Zhang Zong also coughed dryly and refused.

Facing Zhang Zong's rejection, Li Xian seemed not surprised, but he immediately said again: "I know your father's affairs, but this is not a big problem. If you are willing to become an official in three years, the door of my Prince Yong's Mansion will always be open to you!"

Zhang Zong was speechless after hearing this. He and Li Hong had already made a three-year agreement, but now Li Xian is going to make a fuss. Of course, he is not easy to say anything, so he could only deal with it: "Thank you, Your Highness, if I have the idea of ​​becoming an official in the future, I will definitely consider it seriously!"

Li Xian was not too disappointed when he failed to recruit him. Instead, he still talked to Zhang Zong. Zhang Zong also found that Li Xian was not only knowledgeable, but also very good at talking. No matter how boring the topic was, it would immediately become very attractive when he got to his mouth. Such a person was born with a halo and was the absolute focus no matter who he was in.

"Cousin, let's not just talk, why not just play mahjong?" Xue Shao suddenly spoke and suggested, because Li Xianhe was only concerned about talking to Zhang Zong, which made him feel neglected, so he proposed this.

"Haha~, Sanlang, I remembered that the mahjong that has been popular in Chang'an recently seems to be the hands of Zhang Zongzhi. Although I can play, I am not very proficient. Then Zhang Zong, you have to show mercy!" Li Xian laughed again at this time.

"Your Highness, you are polite. I am not very proficient in mahjong, and the winning or losing of this thing is not important. As long as everyone is having fun," Zhang Zong also smiled at this time. His mahjong skills are indeed not very good. As long as they go to the table, they will give people money.

Seeing that both of them agreed, Xue Shao immediately asked someone to take mahjong. However, this time, they were not the one that Zhang Zong gave last time, but a brand new ivory mahjong. However, they were only three of them, and Xue Ning'er was too young and could not play. She originally wanted to find a manager in the mansion, but she didn't expect that after Taiping heard about it, she immediately came to clamor to play. The three of them had no choice but to agree.

Taiping didn't know how to play, but she had a smart Shangguan Wan'er around her. With her guidance, she was very good at playing. Xue Shao was not very scheming. When he caught a good card, he was happy and shook his head. He almost all his cards were written on his face.

As for Li Xian's smiley expression on the surface, his card style is very sharp and he will never be ruthless when he should win. In contrast, Zhang Zong plays very casually and even has time to tell a few jokes or tell a small story to Xue Ning'er next to him, and he is not thinking about playing cards at all.

Time passed quickly on the mahjong table. When the sun sets west, Li Xian and Taiping finally stood up to say goodbye. However, when they left, Li Xian also expressed the intention of soliciting Zhang Zong again, and Zhang Zong could only hum and deal with it.

But what Zhang Zong didn't expect was that in the next few days, Li Xian often came to the Princess's Mansion, nominally looking for Xue Shao, but in fact it was for him. Even if he and Xue Shao went to the flowerbed to supervise the craftsmen to repair the house, Li Xian would come here, and would take the initiative to find various topics to chat with him every time.
Chapter completed!