Ah Lan's face moved slightly.

I looked at her calmly and said, "Sister Lan, you said before that you didn't come for nothing, there is always some reason for that, you also said that you people from Miaoshanmen are doing business, and you ask for money when you sell." Who ordered you to come? Or who, please?"

She raised her eyebrows, and the expression on her face became playful: "You ask this, what are you doing?"

"I want to know. ”

"But I don't want to say it. ”

I was stunned by her.

But I saw Ah Lan raise his eyebrows and glance at me again, and he couldn't tell whether it was kindness or something else, and turned his head to look outside. By this time, our convoy had passed the last checkpoint, and the tall boundary markers on the side of the road slowly moved backwards as we advanced.

We are out of Shaanxi.

The road under your feet is still flat, but you can already see the sunset in the distance, as if the end of the earth, the mountains are undulating, the terrain is steep, and the danger of Xichuan gradually opens its veil in front of you.

The atmosphere in the carriage also became a little stiff.

As if sensing his attitude, Ah Lan turned his head to look at me after a while, his tone did not ease much, and he only said calmly: "There are some things that you should know yet, it is better not to know, otherwise, even if I say it, it will not mean anything to you." ”

I'm tempted to ask her -- do you know when "I should know"?

However, she has already spoken first, and I can't be too aggressive, after all, two days ago, it was she and Ye Fei who rescued us from Nangong Jinhong's hands, and this situation is the same as taking people short.

So, the two of them fell silent again.

We didn't speak, Su Su and Zhao Shuyuan naturally didn't say anything, Zhao Shuyuan's fever had subsided, but the person was not very awake, and he had been sleeping in the corner. Ah Lan glanced back at her and said with a sneer: "I used to hear that those ladies in the palace were all prosperous and rich, who knows, it really looks like this." ”

As she spoke, she looked at me with a smile: "Sometimes, I really know people but don't know my heart." ”

I thought that she meant something, and after thinking about it, I asked, "Sister Lan, at that time in Jixiang Village, why didn't you tell me anything, just left." ”

"What do you have to say?"

"But aren't you going to sue me now?"

“……”

"I don't think you hate me, and you don't have any prejudices against me, but sometimes I think your attitude is very strange, especially at that time, why did you break up with me? ”

She sneered, "You still don't think you did anything wrong?"

“……”

"If you didn't do anything wrong, why didn't you stay in Jinling and be your noble wife?"

“……”

I was stunned for a moment, and finally understood: "You-you are because I decided to marry Pei Yuanxiu at that time, so you have such an attitude towards me?"

“……”

She glanced at me coldly again, didn't speak, and turned her head to look out the window.

I was quiet for a while.

Looking back and thinking about the past, I came back to my senses, it seems that Ah Lan has really always had a very bad attitude towards Pei Yuanxiu, especially when I got along well with Pei Yuanxiu and even decided to get married, she even complained about me, so Yue Qingying's death, she had obviously found out, but she didn't tell me and I just left.

I asked her, "Why?"

“……”

"Why did you have so much hostility towards Pei Yuanxiu from the beginning?"

Ah Lan blinked and turned her head to look at me, her expression was a little solemn, but her voice was still full of coldness and ridicule when she spoke: "You know, I'm a runner." ”

I don't know why she suddenly changed the subject, but I immediately nodded, "Hmm." ”

"I've seen all kinds of villains, and I've never been afraid of these people, no matter how vicious their methods are, and I have never been afraid of killing people without blinking. ”

“……”

"But that Pei Yuanxiu, he's different. ”

"What's the difference?"

Although, I also know that he has done a lot of things behind my back, but he still seems to be a personable nobleman, and he can't be more terrible than those villains on the green forest road.

Ah Lan thought for a while and said, "He looks like an immortal, but he crosses people to hell. ”

“……”

I shuddered.

Immortals, Hell......

It's the first time I've heard someone say these two words together, and it's the first time I've heard someone describe him in such words.

Thinking back to that personable man, no matter what I experienced with him later, and how I resolutely left his side and left Jinling, but now what I think of most often is when he was in the Inner Hidden Pavilion, so pure and peaceful, and there was no quarrel with the world.

What is it that has pushed him step by step to where he is today?

I was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Is that just the reason?"

Ah Lan raised her eyebrows, as if she was a little surprised by my acuity, she smiled at the corner of her mouth, and said in a flattering voice: "As for other reasons, you can think for yourself." ”

With that, he put his arm on the window frame and looked out, as if he had made up his mind to ignore me.

I kept my mouth shut.

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Time passes day by day, like the journey under our feet, passing quickly.

After crossing the Aoki River, the road became difficult to walk, the carriage could not move forward, we could only ride horses, and even in some places we could not even ride horses, so we could only walk on foot, which was nothing to Su Su and me, and Ah Lan was not struggling, but with Zhao Shuyuan, it was a little troublesome.

We suffered a lot to take care of her along the way.

It wasn't until the Sword Pavilion that the road became a little easier.

The official road built by the imperial court came to an end here, and the people who came from Shaanxi did not gather on a road again, but scattered in all directions, and the road was not so crowded, just looking at the backs of those mountain roads that disappeared one by one, and couldn't help but sigh.

These people are really like wanderers on the sea, they don't know when they will get together, and they don't know when they will separate, if the world can be more stable, maybe they can be more stable.

However, no matter what, after entering the Sichuan, we basically breathed a sigh of relief, although Pei Yuanxiu and Nangong Jinhong's people were powerful, but I knew that it was unlikely that they would enter Xichuan, let alone do something to me in this place, so everyone relaxed a little.

Although the road is easy to walk, another trouble also comes.

We don't know the road very well.

The coachman and the team leader Wenhu have never entered Sichuan, and the road in Shudi is rugged, so it is easy to lose your way, and although I have walked these roads, it was many years ago, and a team of people walked quite hard.

In the afternoon, it was still early, and it was originally bright, but after a gust of wind, the dark clouds gathered overhead, and the sky became gray.

Shu is a humid and rainy place, especially in summer, so sudden rain is very common.

After a while, the rain began to fall in a hurry.

I quickly put on my robe, but apparently it didn't do anything in such a heavy rain, and soon my clothes were soaking wet, and they were even more wolfy, and at this time we came to a fork in the road, and there was not even a little shelter from the wind and rain.

At this time, Wen Hu saw a person standing on the edge of the fork in the road in front of him.

The man, who was also dressed in a cloak, could not see clearly in the dense rain, and thought it was a scarecrow standing on the side of the road, but he seemed to see us too, and immediately took two steps into the middle of the road, and wiped his face with his hand, as if to see us more clearly.

Wen Hu said: "I'll ask for directions." ”

I nodded, and said, "Be careful. ”

He dismounted, took the reins and walked over, and in the sound of the falling rain, he was heard to say in a loud voice, "This brother, we want to ask-"

Before he finished his words, the man suddenly said, "You, but Miss Yan's team?"

“……”

We were stunned.

This man, know us?

Wen Hu frowned and glanced back at me, probably a few attacks encountered along the way, he immediately became cautious and took a step back: "Who are you?"

"Is it really Miss's team?"

The man looked happy and said in surprise: "The villain has been waiting for you for a long time. ”

“……”

He raised his head again, looked at me, and immediately raised his foot and walked towards me, Wen Hu hurriedly let go of the reins and walked over, and stopped in front of him when he was still a few steps away from me: "Who are you?"

The man only looked up at me, and bowed respectfully: "Meet the eldest lady." ”

I frowned slightly and looked down at him, "You're—"

"Miss, the villain is here to wait for Miss. ”

“……”

"Miss, it's stormy here, and I'm afraid that Miss won't be able to stand it if you drench it again, there is a place to shelter from the rain in front, please come with me!"

After saying that, he didn't wait for us to ask him again, but hurriedly turned around and walked forward, came to the road in the middle of the fork in the road, pointed to the front, and said, "It's not far ahead." ”

Wen Hu looked at me with a frown: "Miss Yan, this-"

I raised my eyebrows: "Let's go." ”

"Miss, aren't you worried that he's from over there?"

"Xichuan is much safer than Shaanxi, besides-"

I glanced at the man and said, "I think I know who sent him." ”

I had already spoken, Wen Hu and the others naturally didn't have a good idea to say anything, so they all followed, but they were quite cautious, the team gathered around me, and the one who opened the way in front walked over first.

After a while, I saw a small courtyard in front of me.

A courtyard in the middle of nowhere.

This is a temptation for us who are drenched in heavy rain, but this temptation looks a little weirder.

Wen Hu and the others probably had their hair standing on end, but I seemed calmer and rode over directly. The courtyard wall was only one man high, and I could see it on horseback, and several servants came out with umbrellas, led my horses, helped me to dismount, and some immediately held the umbrellas above my head.

Wenhu and they also carefully dismounted, followed into the courtyard, I took off my clothes under the eaves, and when I walked in, I felt that the lobby was clean and dry, in addition to the smell of cold rain in the air, there was a faint incense. As soon as Ah Lan walked in, everyone stretched out and let out a charming sigh.

Wen Hu became more vigilant.

Seeing that the servants were about to help me upstairs to wash and change clothes, he finally couldn't hold back and stepped forward: "Miss Yan, what is this-"

I laughed: "Don't worry. ”

“……”

"This is the Yan family's property. ”

"Huh?"

He was stunned, and when he turned his head to look at the servants, the man who greeted us also took off his coat and showed him a tag on his waist, on which was the word "Yan".

"We are here to greet the eldest lady at the behest of the family. ”

“……”

"The next thing for the eldest lady will be in charge of us. ”

Wen Hu was stunned for a moment, as if he still couldn't come back to his senses.

Actually, he may still be a little unaccustomed to it, his task is to escort me from the capital to Xichuan, and when I get here, I meet the people of the Yan family, and his task along the way is completed.

No wonder some can't come back to their senses.

I explained a little, they went down to rest and wash, Ah Lan and Zhao Shuyuan also had someone to take care of, Su Su and another servant sent me upstairs, took a hot bath, drove away the cold, and when I changed into clean clothes and went downstairs, several tables in the lobby had been set up with a hearty meal.

The food on the other tables is simple and clean, but only the food on my table is booming, all of which are famous dishes from Shudi.

It took a snack.

After all, it can be regarded as my own chassis, I beckoned Wen Hu and them to sit down, and then sat at the table with Ah Lan and Zhao Shuyuan, and was about to raise chopsticks to eat, when I heard the sound of rain outside the door, there seemed to be the footsteps of some people, and there seemed to be the sound of horses' hooves, which was stopped outside the courtyard.

A few of the servants immediately pushed the door open and walked out.

None of the people sitting in the lobby moved their chopsticks, and they all subconsciously listened to the sounds outside.

After a while, the man who had greeted us here also walked over, pushed open the door and looked out for a while.

I asked, "What's going on outside?"

"Some people came and said they wanted to come in. He frowned: "I don't have long eyes, and I don't want to see whose place this is, do you want to come in casually?"

“……”

Indeed, in Xichuan, there should not be such a "long-eyed" person.

I became more and more confused, and I pricked up my ears and tried to listen to the voices of the people outside in the rain.

Then, I heard a somewhat familiar voice.

I was thinking about the owner of this voice, when a servant hurriedly ran in from outside, saluted me respectfully, and said, "Miss, outsiders, they say they want to see you." ”

If you want to see me, you are coming for me.

I didn't expect someone from Yan Qingchen to pick me up today, and there was actually another way of people coming, especially the familiar voice just now, which suddenly reminded me of something. I immediately put down my chopsticks and stood up, and the people next to me were stunned for a moment: "Miss, what are you doing?"

Without saying a word, I walked over and pushed the door open.

In the heavy rain, a group of men were standing outside the courtyard with their horses, talking to the servants, and when they heard the door open, they all turned their heads to look at me.

One of the familiar faces met my gaze.