Jiang Chengzi rode an unfamiliar horse for the first time, and naturally he didn't ride fast, but Ah Nian quickly caught up. The two men stopped talking, and spurred their horses all the way to the west of the city.

The early spring in Yizhou was a little cold, but fortunately, there was no cold wind, and it was not too cold.

After walking for about half an hour, he went out of the west gate and came to the house on the outskirts of the city. The house is hidden in a large green bamboo forest, and there is a small river in the bamboo forest, the water of which is clear and meanders with fallen flowers. The small wooden bridge over the river is not so much used for passing people as for decoration.

Jiang Chengzi turned over and dismounted, handed over the horse to Ah Nian's men, who had been waiting by the river for a long time, and the two went to the house side by side.

Because the house is the house of corrupt officials, it was taken over by the government the year before last and put it there. Now that Ah Nian came with the edict of the Son of Heaven, the officials of Yizhou naturally fully cooperated, and this mansion was also requisitioned and used as a place for Jiang Chengzi to set up a formation and wait for the thieves.

Because the house has no owner, the plaque on the red lacquered door has long been removed. The surrounding courtyard walls are high and deep, and the courtyard walls are built like city walls. Jiang Chengzi can imagine that when the owner of this house is there, there must be guards on duty in front of the courtyard around this house day and night, and even bows and crossbows will be placed.

Looking at the map before, I only knew that this was a big mansion, but now it seems that it is just a mansion, which is clearly more like a city. How ambitious the corrupt official must be, and how much fat and ointment he has looted, will build such a mansion.

"This is it. Ah Nian pointed, and then someone opened the door.

Because of the requisition, Ah Nian sent someone to clean it overnight, although traces of hasty cleaning could still be seen. But it's not bad.

"What do you think?" asked Ah Nian.

"What?" Jiang Chengzi asked rhetorically.

Ah Nian said excitedly: "Naturally, what is the environment like here?"

"The environment is quiet and surrounded by bamboo forests. It's a great place to set up. Jiang Chengzi looked around, only to feel that if it weren't for this house. I thought it was a wilderness. This is really the best place to set up and fight people.

"Not only that, but the backyard of this house is a whole backyard garden, which belongs to this house. And there is a large open space in the backyard, when you have nothing to do, you can plant flowers and vegetables. In addition, there is a spring at the foot of the back mountain garden mountain. There is a fish pond next to it, so you can raise some fish and fish at your leisure. Ah Nian said excitedly.

Jiang Chengzi listened to this content, why does it have nothing to do with this layout, he immediately waved his hand and interrupted, "Wait." Are you talking about layout?"

"yes, I'm talking about the layout of the house. Ah Nian replied sincerely.

"Ah Nian!" Jiang Chengzi straightened his face and called his name unhappily.

He smiled, not at all like he had when they first met. A cold and noble appearance.

"Can you be serious?" she said.

He chuckled. With a smile on his lips, he whispered, "I'm serious." ”

"Then from a strategic point of view, how to lay out so that your opponents can be caught one by one. Jiang Chengzi suggested.

Ah Nian shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's okay, they can't run." ”

"Don't be too confident. Since the official surnamed Gao can cooperate with them, he must have something extraordinary. Otherwise, the Holy One would not have commanded you to arrest them at all costs. Jiang Chengzi didn't like Ah Nian's indifferent attitude. In her cognition, underestimating the enemy is equivalent to sending him to death.

Ah Nian broke a peach blossom and played with it in his hand. Said slowly: "Ah Zhi, you said that the pond in the back mountain is not only for fish farming. Let's plant some more lotus roots. I love the fragrance of lotus root soup. ”

"Ah Nian. Jiang Chengzi saw that he didn't seem to be talking about cooperation with herself, and she didn't seem to want to get involved, so she shouted anxiously.

But he took her hand and said, "Come, look here." ”

He ran away with her, Jiang Chengzi was stunned, and let him take it, and suddenly felt as if there had been such a fragment in a dream. When she came back to her senses, she had already run to a small courtyard near the water.

The small courtyard is made of bamboo, which allows sunlight to be finely projected, and the wooden floor reflects a small light, which makes people feel particularly graceful and mysterious.

"Isn't it pretty?" he asked, turning to her.

"Good looking. She replied sincerely, and while his smile was still on his face, she said, "Get down to business." ”

"For me, it's all about business, it's all my ideal. In such a house, with their beloved, they planted flowers and fish, hunted and played chess, studied food and drink, poetry, wine, calligraphy and painting, had children, watched time pass slowly, and finally hugged each other and slept forever. Ah Nian's voice was very soft, like a feather floating in the room where the shredded sunlight was sprinkled indiscriminately.

Jiang Chengzi had the urge to cry, because all this that Ah Nian said used to be her dream. She had hoped that there would be such a person who could spend this life happily and freely with her.

Now, her dream is being spoken by another person. However, she knew that the person he was thinking of was his dead wife, not her. He met, but heaven and man are forever apart, and she doesn't know if she can meet after exhausting the time of this life.

This beautiful ideal, a peaceful life. For each of them, they are both longing but unreachable, just a pure land in their hearts, a utopia.

"Are you okay?" Ah Nian asked her in a low voice after a moment of silence, looking at the pool outside the window.

"It's beautiful. She replied.

He said "um" and said, "I will work hard for this kind of life." ”

That person is no longer there, what's the use of working hard? Jiang Chengzi slandered in his heart, but he didn't say it after all. She is not a frivolous and selfish person, and she can't do vicious things that expose people's wounds.

"Then you work hard. She didn't know what to say, but only responded.

He nodded solemnly, and then asked, "Ah Zhi, how do you say a person should not be hated by others?"

He asked such a question without a head, Jiang Chengzi didn't know why, so he had to answer ambiguously: "It's about being kind to others." ”

"Even if you are kind to someone, the other party is always worried that you will take away his things?" Ah Nian asked again.

Jiang Chengzi thought for a while and said, "You don't say anything specific, and it's not easy for me to analyze." Her implication was to let him tell him what was going on.

But Ah Nian just shook his head and said, "I can't say, it's not time yet." ”

"Oh, then my answer may be itchy in my boots. Jiang Chengzi gave him a preventive injection first, and then said: "If the other party has been worried that you have taken away his things, he will hold a grudge against you, or even harm you." There are only two ways to do that. One is to make him feel that you are not a threat to him at all, and the other is to reach the peak that he cannot reach and make him look up. ”

Ah Zhi replied, very much to my liking. I think so too. Naturally, I can't let myself not pose a threat to him, I'm already there, and even if I don't do anything, some people's light can't be hidden. He chuckled, confident in his tone.

Then he walked around the room a few times, turned back to her, and said, "So, I'm going to stand at the top." ”

"The top?" Jiang Chengzi always felt that there was something wrong with Ah Nian's words, so he couldn't help repeating this sentence. Then she thought to herself: In this era, isn't the emperor at the top? If Ah Nian really said this, wouldn't that be tantamount to conspiracy? (To be continued......