Ying Lanfeng looked at the official letter brought by the passerby, which said that he should immediately leave to take his family into Beijing to listen to the investigation, and all the affairs of Taizhou County would be temporarily handed over to the master bookkeeper for disposal, and the imperial court would send another county official to take over in the near future, and he must arrive before the end of the month.

The person from the ministry said again: "Congratulations to Lord Ying first? When I return to Beijing, I'm afraid the palace should also be very happy?"

Ying Lanfeng had to smile and said: "Where, I have worked hard all the way to the errand, please drink a cup of tea and rest before going." ”

The man sat down for a while, and said many nice words, telling him to hurry up and arrange all kinds of affairs, and set off as soon as possible, and then go back to Beijing to resume his life.

The news spread quickly, and all the towns and villages knew about it for a while, although the people were extremely reluctant, but thinking that Ying Lanfeng should be promoted when he returned to Beijing, they were all happy for him, and he was the only one who was not only very unhappy, but also very sad.

Zhang Zhen heard from her parents that Ying Lanfeng was going to take her family back to Beijing, so she immediately ran to the county office, and when she saw Ying Huaizhen, she shouted: "If you want to go, I will go!"

Ying Huaizhen saw that he was in a hurry, and he shouted this sentence without a head or brain, but he also guessed what it was for, and he didn't say anything for a while.

Zhang Zhen grabbed her hand and said, "Why don't you speak?" or I'll follow you, or you'll stay, okay?"

Ying Huaizhen said: "Big ingots, you're messing around again." He withdrew his hand and stepped aside, sitting in a daze.

Zhang Zhen was in a hurry, so she hurriedly sat side by side beside her, looked at Ying Huaizhen with her eyes, and said, "I'm not talking nonsense, I said a long time ago that I wanted to be with you...... Last time, when Brother Pei was there, he also invited me to play in Beijing, have you forgotten?"

Ying Huaizhen said: "Of course I remember, but ......"

Zhang Zhen hurriedly said: "What is it? Otherwise...... Our family originally lived in the capital, so I begged my father to let him move back again, so that we could be together. ”

Ying Huaizhen was so anxious when she heard that he was really anxious, but she felt very uncomfortable in her heart, so she said, "Don't shout, let me be quiet." ”

Zhang Zhen opened her mouth, but she didn't dare to disobey her, so she had to endure it and look at Ying Huaizhen intently.

Ying Huaizhen was stunned for a while, turned his head to look at Zhang Zhen, and said, "The scar on your leg is lighter?"

Zhang Zhen didn't expect her to ask this, and she was stunned and replied: "Some are light, some are still there, what's wrong?"

Ying Huaizhen said: "You roll up your trouser legs and let me see." ”

Zhang Zhen was confused, but he also pulled up his trouser legs according to his words, all the way up to his knees, Ying Huaizhen looked down carefully, and at a glance, the whole person's heart twitched a few times.

Although the wounds have healed properly, the scars left behind can still show how tragic the injuries were at that time. The place where the calf was hit by fireworks was missing a piece, slightly concave, and the traces caused by the burning around were intertwined, and the child's skin and flesh were delicate, which was even more shocking in comparison.

Ying Huaizhen endured the pain in his heart, looked at it carefully, and then nodded with tears: "Put it down." ”

Zhang Zhen hurriedly put down his trousers and said, "It's okay to look at this for no reason." I'm a boy again, what's this little scar? By the way, you haven't told me about going to Beijing yet?"

Ying Huaizhen exhaled slowly, and then said, "Great Yuanbao, do you listen to me?"

Zhang Zhen nodded hurriedly and said, "I naturally listen to you the most." ”

Ying Huaizhen said: "Since this is the case, then you listen to me, don't go anywhere, just stay in Taizhou." ”

Zhang Zhen was shocked and immediately shouted: "You deliberately slandered me!

Ying Huaizhen saw that he was impatient, hurriedly reached out to hold his hand, looked at Zhang Zhen's eyes, and said seriously: "Da Yuanbao, I know that you are good to me, better than anyone else, and not only now, but also in the future." You're not like one of those two-faced people, and you're not the kind of unkind, but that's why I don't want you to have anything to do with you. For example, if you were injured in the leg this time, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been injured like this, fortunately, there was no danger, it was just a flesh and skin pain, but what if there was a bad pool?"

Zhang Zhen was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and when she heard the end, she shouted again, saying, "Why is this because of you? This is obviously my own naughty! My father and mother also say the same thing about me! What does it have to do with you!"

Ying Huaizhen said: "If it weren't for me going and someone else was with you, would you be like this?"

Zhang Zhen pondered for a while, slowly lowered her head, but did not answer.

Ying Huaizhen sighed and said, "You are a really good person, I have always been very grateful to you in my heart, you must not know this...... Actually, you don't need to know. But what you have to understand is that if something happens to me again, I'm afraid I won't be able to live. ”

Reliving a life, she may be able to be lighter with other clouds, but she can't turn a blind eye to such a good person in front of her, and she can't accept his kindness in its entirety, precisely because she is afraid of hurting him.

Zhang Zhen opened her mouth, her two eyebrows were twisted together, and she finally stammered: "Sister, why don't I understand what you said......

Ying Huaizhen looked at his simple appearance, and the tears in his eyes finally fell, Zhang Zhen was even more panicked when she saw this, and said at a loss: "What did I say wrong again?"

Ying Huaizhen sniffed, endured the sadness, and said warmly: "In short, you have to remember that I don't ask you to go to the capital for your good, but for your good, if you really listen to me and love me, then you promise me, don't go to the capital, don't make me sad again, don't let me owe your ...... again"

Although Zhang Zhen didn't fully understand the meaning of Ying Huaizhen's words, but looking at her red eyes and tears, she also knew that Ying Huaizhen was serious and didn't ask him to follow, Zhang Zhen was naturally extremely disappointed, but looking at Ying Huaizhen's sad appearance, he couldn't help but be sad too, and he couldn't blame her or not listen to her.

Zhang Zhen didn't open his mouth for a while, the two little ones looked at me, I looked at you, Zhang Zhen also had tears in his eyes, and at the end, he said with a crying voice: "If you don't ask me to go, then I won't go, as long as you don't cry anymore, as soon as you cry, my heart is also very sad." ”

Ying Huaizhen almost couldn't hold back her tears, so she opened her arms, hugged Zhang Zhen, and said, "I will never forget you this time." But I wish you had remembered me less. ”

When Zhang Zhen heard this, she felt even more sad, so she began to cry.

In an instant, Ying Huaizhen wiped his tears, took out a handkerchief and wiped it for Zhang Zhen, and said: "Let's not cry first, even if we are separated at this time, there may not be a day when we will see each other again in the future, maybe my father doesn't want to be in the capital again, and he will come back immediately, or he will be transferred to Taizhou in two years......

Zhang Zhen had no choice but to nod. Ying Huaizhen looked at his red eyes, and said with a smile: "What's more, although I hope you remember me less, but I vaguely know that you will not forget me, the ancients said, 'The sea has a confidant, and the end of the world is like a neighbor', as long as they remember each other's hearts, it seems to be still by their side, don't you say?"

Zhang Zhen couldn't help but say, "Sister, how do you know so much?"

Ying Huaizhen looked at his stupid appearance, stretched out his hand, gently pulled his cheek, and said with a smile: "Do you believe it or not, I know more? I also know that in the future, Da Yuanbao will grow into a very handsome man, and you will meet a gentle and virtuous lady, you will marry a wife, start a family, and give birth to a pair of extremely cute babies." ”

Zhang Zhen was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and when she heard it, she laughed at the end, and asked with bright eyes, "Really?

Ying Huaizhen was stunned, and then realized that Zhang Zhen had misunderstood: where could she be that "gentle and virtuous" woman?

The two of them sat under the eaves, you said a word, at first they looked at each other and choked, then hugged their heads and cried, and finally laughed and laughed, the two of them were engrossed, and they didn't pay attention to the distance away, Li Xianshu stood against the door, looking at this scene, he turned back to Ying Lanfeng in the house and said: "Come out and take a look at these two little enemies!"

Ying Lanfeng paced to the door, and when he looked at it, he was also dumbfounded.

In the evening, Zhang Zhen finally went home, Li Xianshu hugged Ying Huaizhen and put it on the kang, and said: "Ah Zhen, is Yuan Bao reluctant to let you go? I heard his mother say that he kept shouting at home that he wanted to go to Beijing." ”

Ying Huaizhen held his cheeks with both hands, thinking about saying goodbye to Zhang, with a little melancholy in his eyes, and said: "I have already persuaded him, he will not make trouble anymore." ”

Li Xianshu looked at her with a smile and said, "Is it......?

Ying Huaizhen's eyes rolled stiffly: "What did you say?"

Li Xianshu sat over and said with a smile: "I also said that I will make a doll for you and Yuanbao...... Do you know what a baby pro is? That is, you will be like a father and mother in the future. ”

Ying Huaizhen was full of cold sweat, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "Don't." ”

Lee Hyun-sook asked curiously, "Why not?"

Ying Huaizhen twisted his eyebrows, but did not answer, Li Xianshu said to herself: "I originally felt that ingots were not worthy...... It's just that on the night of the Lantern Festival, seeing him sacrifice his life to protect you like that, he is a good boy worth entrusting...... This time he made such a fuss, and his mother said that he would marry you again...... Tell your mother, do you like him?"

Ying Huaizhen saw that she was seriously asking about herself, and she was slightly alert, so she also said: "Mother, I naturally like Yuanbao, because he is an excellent and good person." But I don't want to marry Yuanbao, and I will never marry anyone, I want to stay by my father and mother for the rest of my life, and I will never marry anyone for the rest of my life. ”

Although Li Xianshu was tempting, she also had a bit of sincerity, and suddenly heard Ying Huaizhen say this seriously, she was naturally very surprised, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, what are you talking nonsense? Where is there a person who will not marry in his life?"

Ying Huaizhen suddenly said loudly: "I won't marry!

Li Xianshu was taken aback, and saw her gritted teeth and hateful appearance, so she confirmed that Ying Huaizhen was not childish and said casually, and hurriedly hugged her and said, "Good boy, what's wrong with this suddenly? Who provoked you?"

Ying Huaizhen had a sour nose, suppressed the pain, and said in a low voice: "Mother, I really can't marry, let alone marry, don't let me marry, otherwise I will die." In the end, it was already a very aggrieved tone of crying, but I just held back.

Li Xianshu was terrified, and she didn't even dare to scold her for a while, she only hugged Ying Huaizhen tightly, and only said after a while: "Okay, good, if you don't marry, you won't marry......! Ah Zhen is not allowed to think about it anymore, you are obedient. His hand touched Ying Huaizhen's head and face, comforting him in every possible way.

In the evening, Li Xianshu told Ying Lanfeng about this, Ying Lanfeng was also very surprised when she heard it, and she pondered for a long time before saying: "That's it, then you don't have to worry about this matter anymore...... I've been more and more aware of how I'm behaving lately...... It's not like those ordinary children who only know how to play naïvely, but it seems to have an idea. What's more, she's only so young, so it's better not to mention it, and ...... in the future Let's talk about it. ”

Li Xianshu pressed her chest and said, "You haven't seen the situation when she said that she wouldn't marry, it's not like a child is angry, but it's like, it's like...... I really suffered a big loss and hated to get married, and my heart was beating wildly!"

Ying Lanfeng said: "It is said that our daughter is different from others, since she doesn't like it, and don't provoke her, it's small horizontally and vertically, and when she gets older, maybe no one needs to mention it, and she has changed her mind." ”

Lee Hyun-sook nodded yes, and the matter was pressed immediately.

On the day of the departure of Ying Lanfeng's family, the people in the county came to see each other, blocking the road in the county, everyone thanked Ying Lanfeng for his diligence in the past four years, and did a lot of good things that are beneficial to the people's livelihood.

Only the people of the Zhang family and the chief secretary of the county government were left, and they were able to take a good look at each other at this moment, and Ying Lanfeng and Li Xianshu said goodbye to everyone one by one.

In the carriage, Zhang Zhen and Ying Huaizhen held hands and refused to let go, Zhang Yunfei said goodbye to Ying Lanfeng, and urged Zhang Zhen to get off the carriage, Zhang Zhen refused, Zhang Yunfei had to force him down, Zhang Zhen saw that he was really going to separate, and he cried and screamed regardless of it, and many adults couldn't help but have red eyes when they saw this.

Ying Huaizhen was uncomfortable when he heard this, so he leaned out of the car window and shouted, "Big ingots, don't cry!"

Zhang Zhen listened, then slowly stopped, looked back at Ying Huaizhen, and threw himself on the side of the carriage, Ying Huaizhen reached out to hold his hand, suddenly took off the silver collar he had worn since he was a child, handed it to him, and said: "You take this, if you see it, you should see me, don't cry anymore." ”

Zhang Zhen shed tears, held the silver collar tightly, and also took off his gold collar and stuffed it to Ying Huaizhen: "You also hold mine!"

Ying Huaizhen had to hold it, Zhang Yunfei stepped forward and hugged Zhang Zhen away, and the carriage moved slowly.

Zhang Zhen watched the carriage go away, and couldn't wait to catch up, but Zhang Yunfei kept hugging him, and Zhang Zhen remembered that Ying Huaizhen didn't allow him to cry, so he only endured it, crying and sobbing, but he didn't make a sound.

Zhang Yunfei looked down at his son crying with tears on his face, and couldn't help sighing and said: "Your father and I are a merry man, why did you give birth to a son like you?"

Ying Lanfeng rode a horse in front, and Zhaocai followed Bao also each rode two mules to follow him, and traveled nearly ten miles, and the bend was the Annihilation Lake, and the clear water that was drawn out from the lake was happily rushing along the canal, leading to all directions of Taizhou.

Jinbao suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the front, and shouted, "My lord, what do you see standing there?"

Ying Lanfeng looked at the gesture and was stunned, it turned out that in the direction of the Annihilation Lake in front of him, next to the canal, I don't know when a huge monument was erected, and three big characters were engraved with red characters on it: Yinggong Canal.

Approached to see, see that the following is written in small characters: a certain year, a certain month, a certain day, Taizhou county should Lanfeng led the public to open a canal to divert water, the merit is in the people, beneficial to the autumn, should be the public Ming Festival high righteousness, Taizhou people are grateful, set up this monument together, to commemorate.

Ying Lanfeng raised her eyebrows slightly, speechless for a long time, her eyes stared at the three words "Ying Gongqu", and her gaze gradually became deep, as if she could engrave these three words in her eyes.

The summer breeze blew people slightly drunk, and Ying Lanfeng watched it quietly for a long time.

It wasn't until Ying Huaizhen came out and asked, "Dad, what are you doing?" Ying Lanfeng raised his head and smiled, and then hit the horse again and walked forward.

The carriage walked on the road for more than ten days, it was considered to have traveled more than half of the way, this day had entered the boundary of Cangzhou, seeing that it was late, the city gate was also closed, and it rested in an inn outside the city.

The arrangements were made, and dinner was eaten, and because it was hard to travel for days, they each rested early.

It was night, Ying Huaizhen was tired from the bumps, so he also fell asleep, and was in a deep dream, suddenly there was a chill for no reason, and his heart shrank into a ball, Ying Huaizhen woke up from the dream vividly, looking blankly at the darkness...... The sudden uneasiness made her shudder.

Ying Huaizhen held her breath, this feeling of unknown fear was familiar, just like the night of the Lantern Festival, when she watched the fireworks rush straight towards Zhang Zhen!

Although the night was still silent, and it seemed to be as usual, Ying Huai really knew: something was wrong!