After careful calculation, by the end of this year, Ying Lanfeng had been away from Beijing for exactly six years.

Ying Huaizhen wanted to go to tell Li Xianshu first, but when he saw Jixiang coming to shout, he knew that Li Xianshu must have heard about it, and he couldn't talk to Mr. Zhu for a while, so he was busy going to the front with Jixiang, walked two steps, and hurriedly turned back to the house, bowed to Mr. Zhu, and said, "Sir, please forgive me for missing my company first." ”

Mr. Zhu smiled and said, "Go ahead." Ying Huai was really happy, so he was busy with auspiciousness.

When they went, Mr. Zhu glanced back at Zhang Ye and said, "Good apprentice, let's go back too." ”

Zhang Ye said: "Why don't you ask me to tell Huai Zhen? It's not an ulterior matter, then Tang Shilang actually suspects that she is a demon spirit fairy...... Isn't it funny? Huai is really a good person, but how did he come up with it? ”

Mr. Zhu glanced at him and said: "You have to talk more, Huaizhen is originally a multi-minded, if you tell her this again, she will be cranky, you just don't interfere, so as not to mess up other people's lives." ”

Zhang Ye shouted and said, "It's still your old man who mentioned it, what kind of life will I mess up if I talk too much?"

Mr. Zhu smiled at him, and he didn't reason.

Zhang Ye came over again and said with a smile, "Master...... Just show me that sachet and show it to me, it's really good?"

Mr. Zhu nodded, put the sachet in his arms, and even pulled the neckline when he heard the words, and said: "It's good, it's good, but it has nothing to do with you, and it's useless to look at it, this is given to me by the girl, and it is difficult for others to understand its meaning and smell its fragrance." ”

Zhang Ye was slightly unconvinced, and said: "There is a way, there must be a teacher, there must be a disciple, I can still smell a trace of fragrance last time, if this is the case, wouldn't that sachet have to be given to me? Anyway, Lord Tang can't understand it." ”

When Mr. Zhu heard him say this, he couldn't help but stomp his feet and said, "Shut up, it's easy to talk nonsense like this?" ”

Zhang Ye pouted, just hummed, Mr. Zhu looked at him for a while, finally sighed, and said, "Now I don't know if it's good or bad to bring you to Beijing this time." ”

Zhang Yecai said: "What is Master doing and making such a useless sigh? The capital has its own prosperous benefits of the capital, and there are many interesting people...... For example, Sister Huaizhen is a rare one, isn't it?"

Mr. Zhu asked, "What about the mountains? The years in the mountains are dull and boring?"

Zhang Ye shook his head and said, "The mountain also has its own benefits, the scenery changes every morning and dusk, and all kinds of creatures in the mountain are also interesting, how can it be said that it is bland?"

Mr. Zhu raised his eyebrows, looked into Zhang Ye's eyes, and asked, "If you had to choose, would you want to stay in the mountains or stay in the capital?"

When Zhang Ye heard this, he frowned and pondered for a while, and then said: "It's just that you can't have both, if you live in the mountains and see many interesting characters, then it will be my ......" Suddenly looked at Mr. Zhu squinting at himself, and then smiled again: "That's it, but, from this moment, I feel that the capital is good, but I don't know how to read ();." ”

When Mr. Zhu heard this, he nodded thoughtfully, Zhang Ye's heart turned, and he hurriedly asked, "Master, why do you ask me this for no reason, could it be that you have the idea of living in Beijing for a long time?"

Mr. Zhu glanced at him again, and after a while, he sighed slightly: "You know it in the future, it's okay, when the family is reunited, let's go first." ”

Not to mention that Mr. Zhu and Zhang Ye went out of the house on their own, but only that Ying Huaizhen and Jixiang walked to the front hall, and when they walked halfway, they met Ying Cui Yingyu, and the two said: "I heard that the second uncle is back?

After seeing the old lady, Ying Huaizhen opened his eyes and looked around, who knew that he didn't see the shadow of Li Xianshu, Xu Yuan smiled and said: "Don't look for it, your mother heard the news, so she ran out without caring about anything......"

When Mrs. Ying heard this, her face was expressionless, and Mrs. Ying laughed twice, but said, "Lan Feng has been out for a few years, but he has come back...... No wonder the second grandmother is anxious. I just don't know what Lan Feng looks like now?"

Suddenly, another maid came in from outside, and said: "Back to the old lady, the second master has already entered the mansion, and the second girl and the young master have entered the mansion with the second master." ”

When the old lady heard this, she was overjoyed and said, "Yan Ke and Yan Hao are also here?"

The maid said, "That's right, I see that I'm about to enter the second gate." ”

At this moment, Ying Yu whispered to Ying Huaizhen, and said: "You must not know, the old Taijun's family is the Chen family, a big family in the south, and this Yan Ke sister and Yan Hao's brother are also the children of the old Taijun sister's family...... That Aunt Chen married the local Gu family, but her uncle-in-law died early, and the year before last, I heard that Aunt Chen's wife also went, and their eldest sister married again, and there were only two of them left in the family. Why did he come back to Beijing with his second uncle? By the way, the Gu family is in the south, could it be because the second uncle happened to meet him when he was passing by?"

When Ying Huaizhen heard "Second Miss Gu", his heart moved, and a face that looked very soft and beautiful appeared in front of him...... In fact, Ying Yu naturally couldn't think of it: Ying Huaizhen actually knew the two of the Gu family.

The Chen family, who should be born in the old Taijun, also had the power of the dragon when the country was founded, and was sealed in the land of Yiyang, Jiangnan, which is considered a local rich family, and in this generation, it has been divided into three branches, the eldest son and grandson, and now it is still the prefect of Yiyang, but the other two ethnic groups are somewhat declining. This Gu Yanke's mother is the daughter of Lao Taijun's sister, and Gu Yanke should call Lao Taijun "aunt".

If it weren't for the reappearance of the names of these two people at this moment, Ying Huaizhen would have almost forgotten it. In fact, Gu Yanke's appearance, in his previous life, was a few years before this......

Not to mention Ying Huai's sincere suspicions, in an instant, the people outside had arrived, first Li Xianshu and Ying Lanfeng came in, Ying Huaizhen saw Ying Lanfeng at a glance, only to feel as if he was in another world, so he didn't care about any etiquette, stood up and ran over.

Ying Lanfeng was also looking for her figure everywhere, and suddenly saw the girl standing up, much taller than when he left Beijing before...... is also a lot more out, but it is still the appearance in his memory, Ying Lanfeng is full of love and pity, only had time to call "Huaizhen", seeing that Ying Huaizhen has run to him, Ying Lanfeng opened his hand and hugged her into his arms, and the tears fell from the ground, only holding Huaizhen, and forgetting to salute the old lady reads();.

At this moment, the little girl outside said again: "Miss Gu and Young Master Gu have arrived." As he spoke, the curtain was raised, and a graceful and noble woman came from without, followed by a beautiful woman with Nana, and a young man who seemed to be seventeen or eighteen years old.

Gu Yanke and Gu Yanhao saw that this was the case in the room, so they couldn't help but go forward first to meet Mrs. Ying and the ladies and grandmothers, Mrs. Ying saw the people in the house, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, so she held Gu Yanke's hand and asked first: "Why did you come all of a sudden?"

Gu Yanke said with a smile: "I had a plan, but the date has not been decided, and I still want to repair the book first and come over to talk about it, who knows that it happened that Cousin Lanfeng beat us, so I came with him along the way, so that my aunt and grandmother could be happy." ”

Ying Lao Taijun hugged her, and she was really happy, Gu Yanhao also stepped forward to salute, and the old lady saw that he was very good, so he also nodded in admiration.

At this time, Ying Lanfeng and Ying Huaizhen separated, Ying Huaizhen looked at his father's face, but he saw that he had been outside for a long time, although he looked a little thinner, but he had not changed much, although his face was not as fair as before, he looked a little more calm, but he didn't know how much he suffered outside...... But no matter what, after all, An came back safely, and Ying Huai's heart was full of gratitude.

At this moment, Ying Lanfeng also looked at Huaizhen, seeing that she had grown up a lot, she was relieved on the one hand, and felt sad on the other, and thought in her heart: "Although I am loyal to the country and work hard, I just missed all these years in vain, and I have no way to watch Huaizhen grow up day by day...... In any case, there is no going back after these six years. For a while, I only felt sad in my heart, and I actually shed tears again.

Ying Huaizhen stretched out his hand to wipe away Ying Lanfeng's tears, and said, "Dad, go and see the old lady and his wife." ”

Ying Lanfeng endured the sadness in her heart and stepped forward to greet Mrs. Ying and Mrs. Ying.

The old lady looked at him, nodded and said, "You have always been outside in the past few years, although it is inevitably hard, but it is also for the country...... Now that I'm back safely, I can reassure my family, it's good ......."

After talking for a while, Mrs. Ying asked again: "It's just that how did you come back with Yan Ke and them by such a coincidence?"

Ying Lanfeng said: "Just because I went to the south first, I encountered some difficulties in the land of Yiyang, thanks to the help of Governor Chen, when I came back, I passed by, and I was hospitalized, but the cousin of the Gu family and others were about to go to Beijing, and Governor Chen was afraid of inconvenience because they were young, so they entrusted me to take care of them...... So I accompanied all the way back. ”

Mrs. Ying nodded again and again, asked a few more questions, and let Ying Lanfeng go to meet Lord Ying and his brothers.

Although Ying Lanfeng agreed, she was reluctant to Ying Huaizhen, and when she came out, she looked at her, and Ying Huaizhen saw that Ying Lao Taijun was talking to the Gu family's sisters and brothers, so she secretly followed out.

When Li Xianshu saw the two of her coming out, she said to Xu Yuan: "The third grandmother is here first...... I'll go out for a moment. ”

Xu Yuan said with a smile: "I know your heart, just go quickly, what is polite at this time." ”

But said that Ying Lanfeng walked to the door, and did not move, Ying Huaizhen followed and also came out, Ying Lanfeng didn't say a word, so he was busy picking her up, holding her waist and lifting her higher as before, Ying Huaizhen was startled, reacted, and laughed twice, and was afraid that he would hear it, so he hurriedly covered his mouth and said: "Dad, let me go!"

Ying Lanfeng let her go, and at this time Li Xianshu went out, and when she saw this scene, she said with a smile: "Don't just make a fuss, now that you have grown up, it is not as good as before, what does it look like?"

Ying Huaizhen and Ying Lanfeng looked at each other, Ying Lanfeng winked at Ying Huaizhen, and said, "Your mother said that we are gone, can we change it in the future?"

Ying Huaizhen stuck out his tongue and said, "Of course, mother's words must be listened to reads();." As he spoke, he ran over again, threw himself into his arms, hugged Ying Lanfeng's neck, and whispered in his ear, "Dad...... I miss you so much. After saying this, I couldn't help but cry again.

Ying Lanfeng heard this, and her eyes immediately turned red, Li Xianshu was beside her, her eyes were slightly moist, but she only sighed, and said, "It's just not enough!" Stretched out his hand and pinched Ying Lanfeng, looked at the room, wanted to say something, and held back.

Because the door was full of little girls, and it was full of people, it was not a place to talk freely, so Li Xianshu grabbed Ying Lanfeng and said, "You come with me." ”

I went out of the old lady's courtyard all the way, and when I arrived in the east courtyard, Li Xianshu said: "You tell me honestly, what happened to that girl from the Gu family? Why is it so coincidental that when you go back to Beijing, they also go to Beijing?"

Ying Lanfeng said: "How do I know? I heard that they wanted to go to Beijing together, but I didn't want to." It's just that Governor Chen has helped me a lot, and I admit his affection...... I had no choice but to agree and be entrusted by others. ”

Li Xianshu thought of Gu Yanke's appearance...... I felt very uncomfortable, so I said, "You and her...... When there really is no ......."

Ying Lanfeng guessed what she was going to say, and her face was incredulous, so she said: "What are you thinking? I was tired and dead all the way, and at this moment I still have a breath to come back to see you and Huaizhen, it is already God's blessing, why do you say that I don't seem to be on an errand, but to do nonsense?"

Li Xianshu was silent, and Ying Lanfeng responded to Huaizhen: "Look at your mother, I just came back, just judge me, and you won't say a word for me?"

Ying Huaizhen laughed, pushed Ying Lanfeng's hand away, and said, "Don't blame my mother for being suspicious...... Dad didn't come back for five or six years, but suddenly came back, and brought a big girl like a flower, if my mother didn't try it, I would have to try it. ”

Ying Lanfeng heard her say this, but she was happy, so she hugged the person again and said, "Let's try it...... The more I judged, the happier I became! Do you know that what my father has been thinking about most over the years is my precious daughter?"

Ying Huaizhen was a little dizzy, but he was very happy in his heart, so he just laughed.

Li Xianshu said anxiously: "Hurry up! What kind of frivolity has become!"

Ying Lanfeng smiled and said: "I haven't held Huaizhen for five or six years, so I must make it back." ”

Although Li Xianshu was also happy, she snorted coldly and said, "It's a shame that you will come back this time, if it is two years late, I am afraid that I will not be able to get you to hug me." ”

When Ying Lanfeng heard this, he was stunned, laughed, and said, "What does this mean?"

Li Xianshu saw that he was upright, so he smiled and said: "Don't you see Huaizhen grow up a lot? You still think you are a hairy girl who didn't know anything a few years ago? Now someone has come to the door to propose marriage." ”

Ying Lanfeng was shocked when he heard the "proposal", so he put Ying Huaizhen and asked busily: "What is the proposal, who will propose the marriage? How old is Huaizhen, and what kind of kiss is proposed!"

Li Xianshu deliberately said: "Twelve will be twelve immediately, and there will be three years to go, and it will be easy to get married.

Ying Lanfeng stomped his feet, walked up to him and asked, "Which kid ate the bear's heart and leopard gall like this, and actually targeted my baby daughter?"

When Li Xianshu saw this, she pursed her lips and laughed more and more, Ying Huaizhen heard this, and said, "Mother, what are you talking about, it's so boring...... Dad just came back, and let him rest and rest, besides, don't you have to go to see the master and uncles?"

Li Xianshu saw her daughter speak, so she hurriedly saluted Ying Lanfeng and said, "Okay, second master, sit down, I haven't given you a good life to wash the dust reads();." ”

When Ying Lanfeng heard this, he turned around and sat on the chair, pulled Ying Huaizhen over, and asked him to sit on his lap, before he hugged and said to Li Xianshu: "Why bother to take the wind and wash the dust, just don't ask me to interrogate like a thief, thank God, besides, tell me quickly, who is so bold and so far-sighted, who actually takes a fancy to us Huaizhen?"

Ying Huaizhen's face was already embarrassed, and before Li Xianshu could speak, he stopped him, and said angrily: "Why does Dad still ask? If you ask again, I will ignore you." ”

Ying Lanfeng saw that she had repeatedly blocked her, knowing that she was shy in her heart, so she had to stop, thinking that she would go back and ask Li Xianshu carefully, so she smiled and pinched Ying Huaizhen's chin, and said, "Okay, good, dad is wrong, dad shouldn't ask nonsense...... Don't worry. ”

Ying Huaizhen turned his anger into joy, and threw himself into Ying Lanfeng's arms again.

Seeing the two of them like this, Li Xianshu couldn't help but laugh and said: "Two ancestors, let's stop a little, Hengzhu is back now, don't you have to leave immediately?" Huaizhen come quickly...... Your father came from outside, and the dust on his body was not pickled. ”

Ying Lanfeng looked down at Ying Huaizhen and asked, "Is Daddy pickled?"

Ying Huaizhen looked at it carefully for a while, and when he saw that the beard on his chin was unshaven, he couldn't help but smile and nodded, and said, "The beard has grown, but it looks like a down-and-out scholar." ”

Ying Lanfeng smiled and said: "Dad has been away from home for the past two years, you have learned badly from your mother, and you actually think that your father is ......" said, he held Ying Huaizhen's hand and rubbed the stubble on his chin, Ying Huaizhen felt that his hand was scratched very much, so he smiled and struggled, and finally jumped to the ground.

Li Xianshu took the opportunity to grab Ying Lanfeng and said: "It's just nonsense! In the past two years, I thought it was a lot more stable, but I didn't expect it to get worse, can't I raise two children who don't grow up?"

As he was talking, he saw Ying Pei coming back from school, and as soon as he entered the house, he heard that Ying Lanfeng had returned to Beijing, so he hurriedly came to visit, but Zhang Zhen also followed him.

Ying Lanfeng was surprised and delighted when she saw that the two of them were very good, and the father and son talked for a while, and Zhang Zhen asked long and short questions on the side, and it was very lively for a while.

Ying Huaizhen snuggled up to Ying Lanfeng and listened to them. In an instant, Ying Lanfeng looked around, and when he didn't see Ying Rui, he asked, and Ying Pei said, "Rui'er has fallen ill in the past two days...... Otherwise, I would have come to see my father a long time ago, but it was not a serious illness, but a little cold. ”

Ying Lanfeng nodded and said, "It's not a serious illness, when I settle down a little, I have to go and see her." ”

Ying Lanfeng sat for a while, and sure enough, he went to see Lord Ying and Ying Meifu and others, and they had been circling for another hour, and Li Xianshu here prepared bathing and other things, and after Ying Lanfeng hurriedly bathed, he cleaned up properly, and then went to report to the Ministry of Officials.

I didn't come back until the evening, and when I entered the room, seeing that Ying Huaizhen was not there, Ying Lanfeng grabbed Li Xianshu and asked about the courtship that he said during the day.

Li Xianshu had no choice but to tell him that it was Guo Jianyi who came to ask for marriage, Ying Lanfeng heard it, was shocked for a long time, and then said: "I didn't expect it to be my cousin...... This ...... He actually fell in love with Huaizhen, and when did he have such a thought?"

Li Xianshu let out a long sigh and said, "But isn't it? When I heard it in the old lady's room, I thought it was a dream...... I really can't imagine that he has such a heart......"

When Li Xianshu said this, her heart suddenly moved: It turns out that Ying Lanfeng still doesn't know what happened to Ying Huaizhen at the moment...... Li Xianshu frowned when she thought of it, not knowing if she should immediately explain reads() to Ying Lanfeng;.

Ying Lanfeng saw Li Xianshu groaning, so he asked, "Are you willing?"

Li Xianshu opened her mouth and said, "Originally, although I knew a little bit that he had that in mind about Huaizhen, I was not optimistic...... You also know that my wife is very unaccustomed to us, and the Guo family and my wife have that relationship, but I am afraid that if Huai Zhen marries, there will be no good fruit to eat...... It's just that...... In short, I see that Jianyi is indeed a good one. ”

Ying Lanfeng nodded, and said thoughtfully: "Jianyi is indeed a capable person, although I am outside, I have also heard of his name, and the official is getting bigger and bigger, and he is reliable...... It's just that he's a lot older, and he's always a real cousin, so it's not nice to say. ”

Li Xianshu said with a smile: "He has done everything to ask for relatives, what else is not good?" Speaking of this, I can't help but think of the incident where Ying Huaizhen was taken captive: that thing is even more unpleasant.

Li Xianshu wanted to explain to Ying Lanfeng for a while, but Ying Lanfeng loves her daughter like her life, if she knew about it, she didn't know what it would look like......

Li Xianshu thought to himself that he had just come home, and it was not good for him to tell him such a big thing at this time, not to mention that in addition to this matter, in the past five or six years, the major events that have happened are not just one, how can we talk about it for a while?

Li Xianshu hesitated here, and Ying Lanfeng said again: "Yes, I didn't say how about Jianyi's courtship?"

Li Xianshu calmed down and said, "I originally liked it, but your daughter ...... She wasn't happy, and she couldn't. ”

Ying Lanfeng exclaimed: "Huai Zhen doesn't like it?"

Li Xianshu sighed and said, "I look at this girl's behavior, it's not that she is completely ruthless to Jianyi, it's just that she has a weird heart, I don't know what she thinks." But although she said she didn't want to, I didn't give up on Jianyi's behavior...... Every time I come to the house these days, I have to meet Huai Zhen...... He also brought a lot of things to her, and he looked cautious and polite, and he didn't see any annoyance, nor did he have any frivolity, and he was really a good boy with a heart. ”

Ying Lanfeng was stunned for a while, and then hummed: "Although Jianyi is good, but I haven't seen anyone for five or six years before, and I finally came back, but I can't hire Huaizhen out for a year and a half, so I have to keep her with me for two or three more years." ”

Li Xianshu smiled and said, "You are careful to keep her as an old girl, what do you say?"

Ying Lanfeng said: "What are you afraid of? Jianyi's vision is so high, and he is such a picky person, he actually takes a fancy to Huaizhen, are you still worried that there is no good family to marry? I have to look at it carefully, not to mention that Huaizhen is not willing to marry, even if he is willing, and he has to pass my level." ”

The two of them chirped in the middle of the night, Li Xianshu wanted to tell Ying Lanfeng about what had happened in the past few years, but she always couldn't find a good time to speak, seeing that it was night, both of them washed up, and the maids also retreated, Ying Lanfeng hugged Li Xianshu and said: "Good wife, you have also suffered in the past few years." He rested his head on Li Xianshu's shoulder, greasy and crooked.

Li Xianshu has been worried about it for all these years, and finally welcomed him back, and after a long time, there was no leisure and relaxation...... Now that I heard such words, I smiled and said, "Since you came back...... Finally said a word that I listened to. ”

Ying Lanfeng's hand moved, and Li Xianshu felt funny, and held it down and said, "What to do!"

Ying Lanfeng snorted a few times, and his hands became more and more dishonest, Li Xianshu knew that he had also suffered for a few years, so he was no longer embarrassed, and only put the curtain down, and the two of them went to the bed.