The ground was still wet because the snow had just melted, and almost half of the courtyard was covered with words. Ye Chi didn't care if his clothes would get dirty, he just sat quietly in that circle, his head swaying with the evening breeze, and sure enough, he was drunk.

The people around him showed strange eyes, and thought that this good show was really interesting. Kaoru stood by and looked at him for a long time, she had never imagined what it would be like for the usually gentle Hazuchi to get drunk, but now she understood.

He's actually going crazy drunk.

She looked down at the ground, and what he was silent on was supposed to be the seventh chapter, which had nothing to do with his actions, and should have just written wherever he thought.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Kaoru Yutai, and they were all looking forward to it, but there were also a lot of gloating, wanting to see if she would refuse Ye Chi a second time in public.

At this time, Su Yu suddenly walked to the outside of the circle, patted Ye Chi's shoulder and said, "Do you remember who I am?"

Ye Chi raised his head in a trance, not as excited as Fang Cai, but still didn't move, "Fool Su, where is Kaoru?"

"It's good, I'm drunk. Su Yu walked back to Yutai Kaoru again, spread his hands and whispered, "It's a bit embarrassing for him to sit here, you better take him back as soon as possible." ”

Kaoru Yutai nodded slightly, but still did not take a step, silently turning his head to stare at Ye Chi.

Usually he would never have such a reaction, everything is handled with a serious and steady attitude, sitting on the ground like this, although it is embarrassing and stupid, but it makes her feel a little ...... I can't put it into words.

It's like the cat next door being beaten by a dog, and she likes that expression.

She smiled unconsciously, walked over and stretched out her hand to Ye Chi, and said calmly, "I'm here." ”

Ye Chi looked at her for a while, although the candlelight in the courtyard was bright, but the corner was still dim, he actually couldn't see the faces of these people clearly, stared for a moment before he recognized Kaoru Yutai, and called with a smile: "Kaoru." ”

Kaoru Tantai said calmly: "Do you know that there are dozens of people watching you now?"

He pointed to the circle on the ground with a serious face, as if to say some secret: "As long as I don't come out, they won't see me." ”

“……”

Kaoru took a deep breath and jerked him up and dragged him across the room. Ye Chi was long, much taller than her, and almost the whole person leaned on her. Su Yu and Le Tong also came out to help at this time, and finally brought Ye Chi to a guest room.

By this time he was almost delirious, he didn't know how much he had drunk, his eyes were half open and half closed, but his mouth was always on the mind.

Kaoru Yutai borrowed a basin and towel from the butler, turned his head and asked Su Yu, "Did he do the same when he was drunk before?"

"It's exactly the same. Su Yu shrugged helplessly, "He doesn't drink much, just because as soon as he got drunk, he began to silentize the Four Books and Five Classics, and once he wrote on Mr.'s face in Taixue." ”

He suddenly laughed as he spoke, as if he was recalling a very interesting past, but Kaoru Tandai didn't have the leisure to laugh.

She only gets drunk when she fights with people, but because she drinks a lot, she only says that she is drunk to a certain amount and doesn't want to continue drinking, and her mind is still sober, and she has never been drunk to the point of squatting in the corner of the wall and talking silently.

Why did he drink so much? Just because she didn't let her descendants have the surname Ye? It's ridiculous.

Yuan Ziling at the door followed them into the house, but it was just a matter of turning around and talking to someone, and Kaoru Tai had already begun to wipe the sweat beads on Ye Chi's head.

It's so unfair, he wants it too.

Yuan Ziling frowned and wanted to walk over and pull Kaoru back from Yutai, but Le Tong shook his finger and said, "You don't know the girl's family too well, no wonder it's been so miserable." ”

"......" Yuan Ziling clutched his chest. He doesn't do business with Lejia for a day or two, Letong is mixed in the major fireworks places, and he knows his bad behavior too well, before the other party's identity is exposed, he used to treat her as a competitor, which shows how much this person understands women's minds.

"Then can I ask Boss Le for advice?"

"Of course it's simple, wouldn't it be nice to do what you like?" Le Tong said lightly, "She doesn't like anything you like, what can you expect her to have a good impression of you?"

Yuan Ziling realized, he felt that he was good enough, for example, Kaoru Yutai's favorite thing was not a killing instrument, but a small and cute doll, which was a secret that only he knew.

But even if he knew, the person who was now lying in bed and being taken care of by Kaoru Yutai was Ye Chi.

After a short time, most of the guests invited by Le Tong dispersed, leaving only a few familiar people to take care of Ye Chi. Kaoru Tantai wrung out the towel, because she had taken care of Haruka since she was a child, she was surprisingly attentive in this regard.

Yuan Ziling sat on the side and watched, for fear that Ye Chi was pretending to be drunk in order to take advantage of Kaoru Tai; Le Tong diagnosed Ye Chi's lower pulse, saying that he had drunk too much wine, and sent the housekeeper to the kitchen to get a bowl of sobering soup, but his action was abrupt.

Noticing this subtle change, Kaoru Tandai hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"Not much, it's just ......" Le Tong pondered for a moment, frowned slightly, his expression was a little solemn, and muttered, "People from the powerful...... The body shouldn't be like this. ”

Kaoru Tandai looked at her, and suddenly chuckled in her heart.

Ye Chi was still muttering something, and it didn't seem like he was talking to himself, and his voice gradually got higher. Kaoru Tandai seemed to hear her name, and put her ear up, only to hear him say, "Fire...... It's not your fault......"

She was suddenly stunned, but she didn't expect that what he was thinking about was this, "What?"

Ye Chi closed his eyes and smiled slightly after hearing her response, but it was still a little like he was talking in a dream, "I've visited those people's homes, and they'...... They all know that you've been sending them money. You don't have to push yourself like that......"

Kaoru Yutai raised her eyes to look at him, she had long understood that Ye Chi knew more or less about this, otherwise he would not have gone to those people's homes as a doctor, but such a sentence was said so bluntly by him, which made her a little ...... At a loss.

Because for the first time, she felt so warm in her heart.

***

When Ye Chi woke up, it was already three poles in the morning, and he lay on the bed for a while, his head was still a little unconscious, and it took a long time to realize it...... This is not his home.

The memory of last night is very vague, fragmentary, and even a little incoherent. He remembered that Kaoru Tandai came to talk to him, and he still seemed to be very concerned, and he was very happy. At that time, there was wine at hand, and as soon as he was happy, he drank a few more glasses, and then his body was out of control.

He hugged his head suddenly.

No...... That's certainly not him.

Kaoru Yutai was holding a bowl of decanting soup when he entered the house, and his eyes seemed to be a little surprised: "You woke up." ”

Ye Chi looked at her expressionless face with some horror, and asked tentatively, "I ...... last night Didn't you do anything out of the ordinary?"

"If you take a branch and write the Analects on the ground, and then draw a circle and sit in it and refuse to walk - then no. ”

She didn't seem to be joking at all, put the soup bowl on the table, pointed outside, and said, "Miss Le has closed this courtyard, and only those who pay for tickets can come in to see your masterpiece." ”

"......" Ye Chi suddenly raised his hand and held his forehead.

After that day, the eyes of the people of Qinzhou looked at Ye Chi more subtlely. He actually didn't care about this, anyway, his glorious image was gone as early as the first day, but in fact, the more important reason was that Kaoru Yutai didn't show that it was different from usual.

His memories are very magical things, sometimes they are clearly just recalling something like ordinary people, but every detail will come back to his mind again. For example, on the day I first arrived in Qinzhou, I wiped my lips on Kaoru Yutai.

Ye Chi involuntarily touched his lips, but quickly put it down and shook his head violently.

No...... He couldn't think back to something so unspeakable.

Ye Chi rubbed his temples, and it happened that Master Zheng came in at this time, and he seemed to be a little flustered, and said with a frown: "Lord Ye, there is a lady outside who wants to see you, saying that it is related to Su Tong's judgment." ”

He was slightly surprised: "Is it related to the girl's family?"

Master Zheng nodded.

"Sure enough. He said helplessly.

Ye Chi spent his time in Taixue with many people who were too different in age from him, after all, for others, it was almost unheard of to graduate from Taixue at the age of fourteen. Su Yu is the only one in this group of people who is about the same age as him, but unfortunately he is a frivolous person, he provoked many female classmates when he was in Taixue, and he did not have the slightest intention of repenting when he arrived in Qinzhou.

He got up and followed Master Zheng with him, only to find that Le Tong and Yutai Kaoru were also present, I don't know who found them, and opposite them, there was a plump middle-aged woman with a solemn expression.

It was as he had expected, the woman was one of the merchants, surnamed Huang, and had a daughter who had not yet married. Mrs. Huang is a big family, so she is naturally very wary of outsiders, and everyone looks like she is coming to cheat money. Su Yu had a good conversation with her daughter at the Lejia party, and her current position was just a general judge of the yamen, so she was naturally full of vigilance.

"Lord Ye, you will judge the judges. Madam Huang looked at Ye Chi proudly, "This general judge and the little girl bragged about the capital, and now the little girl doesn't even want to stay at home." What is it that he is not a liar?"

Ye Chi smiled politely at her, spread his hand and said, "Although I also want to express sympathy, I don't think that the Marquis of Luoyang will be a liar. If Madame doesn't believe me, I can confront him. ”

When Mrs. Huang heard this, her face turned pale, and she was speechless for a moment. Le Tong opened his mouth, I don't know if he was sarcastic or teasing, "I didn't expect that our Qinzhou is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, first there was a prime minister, and now there is a Hou Ye, it's really interesting." ”

Kaoru Yutai didn't have any special reaction, which caused Ye Chi to be curious: "You don't seem surprised. ”

She replied blandly: "I don't think that the friend who has known you for many years will be an ordinary person. She paused, "If you are demoted, then why did Su Tong come to Qinzhou?"

Ye Chi looked away and suddenly clapped her hand, "I'll sue you later." ”

Yutai Kaoru didn't ask again, followed him back to the yamen, and then returned to the mansion alone. She found that she had recently become more and more curious about Ye Chi's past, and about the capital, which she had never been like before.

For the first time, I was so desperate to know something.

It was getting darker and earlier, and the sun had already set before the unitary time. Kaoru Yutai looked up at the gray sky, and couldn't help worrying about Ye Chi's eyes, thinking about whether he should go back to pick him up, but he saw a sedan chair parked in front of the house, and a middle-aged man in his forties was wandering left and right.

"Is there something wrong?"

She stepped forward to ask, looking at the person's outfit carefully, not like a native of Qinzhou.

"Are you ......" The middle-aged man was not tall, his body was not very strong, his face was dry, he stared at her for a while, and did not ask her identity specifically, "Is Lord Ye at home?"

"No, he's still on the government's side. Kaoru shook her head and said, "Is there something wrong with you?"

When she asked like this, the other party didn't really want to answer, and said, "Oh...... It's fine, let's come back another day. ”

He turned around and walked to the sedan chair, but Yutai Kaoru stopped him: "I am the governor of Qinzhou, are you from the capital?"

The middle-aged man stopped when he heard this, nodded with a smile with her, and simply said bluntly: "The old man was sent by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent to pick up Lord Ye." ”

Kaoru Yutai was suddenly stunned for a moment, "...... Come pick him up?"

"yes. The man pursed his lower lip, seeming a little embarrassed, "The prince has always felt guilty about that incident, and let the old man come several times, but Lord Ye has never agreed." ”

Kaoru Tandai blinked.

…… How many times?