Saying that on this day, in the Ying Mansion, it was suddenly reported that Princess Chengrong came to visit.

The maid invited to the room, and they saw each other, Cheng Rong saw that Huaizhen's face and body were still the same as before, and he was not particularly comfortable and rich, and he still had some slender girlish attitudes, and his heart was relieved and sighed.

The two of them sat down to eat tea, and Cheng Rong said, "Lord Ying and his wife have not come back yet?"

Huai Zhen said: "Thank you for your concern." I came with a letter from the previous year, and I have already gone back, and I will probably return to Beijing in a few days. ”

Cheng Rong smiled: "It's hard for you, I'm afraid that I rarely go out since years ago, and I'm only afraid that I'm going to be stuffy in this house." ”

Huai Zhen smiled, what she said was also true, except for going to Mrs. Pingjing's mansion before, she had never gone out again, but she just felt peaceful.

Cheng Rong observed the words and looks, and saw Xiao Jin'er beside him, so he came over to look at it for a while, because he said: "Now the weather is just right, and the grass is growing and the warbler is flying outside, it is really lively, I went out of the city a while ago, and glanced at it from a distance, and saw that the pear blossoms on the embankment are blooming, a piece of snow and snow, and some peach blossoms, but they are only half-opened, but they are like crimson clouds, but unfortunately you have not been to see." ”

Huaizhen listened, and was distracted for a while, since she returned to Beijing, she really rarely went out of the city, only that time Ying Lanfeng took her family on a trip, so she had to go to the bank of the Huanshui River to have fun for a while, and she still remembered it at the moment.

However, when I think of this, I can't help but think of ...... At that time, she was eating wine and gossiping with everyone in the peach forest, and Li Huo heard about it in the garrison, and specially asked for leave to come to visit......

Now the peach forest is still there, and the Huanshui River is still surging, and the sassy and heroic young man who came on a horse will never come on a horse again and call "sister".

Cheng Rong saw that her face was faintly sad, and she didn't know that what she was thinking was Li Huo, but she would be wrong, so she said: "According to me, why are you only trapped in this house, now that the spring is just right, why don't you go out and take a break in the spring?"

Huai Zhen reluctantly smiled and said: "Although I have this intention, it is not appropriate after all." ”

Cheng Rong said: "Are you afraid that Lord Ying is not at home? It is the same with Brother Ling...... If you don't like it, I am willing to accompany you, and you should rest assured that I will accompany you. ”

Huai Zhen didn't speak, Cheng Rong was not reluctant, he just smiled and said: "Don't you hear: there are flowers in spring and moon in autumn, cool breeze in summer and snow in winter, if there is nothing to worry about, it is a good time in the world." I see that you are still too preoccupied, although it looks fine, but for a long time, who knows what Yu will be, this Xiao Jin'er is still so young, you have to open your mind better. ”

Huaizhen was surprised, thinking that she had only met with herself a few times, and she said it so intimately. Huai Zhen laughed in a low voice: "Thank you princess for your comfort." ”

Cheng Rong said: "Do you still remember the last time in my house, the two kinds of flowers I talked about? Even if you can't be the domineering general flower, you have to be like that Gesang Meiduo, which can withstand the wind and snow, withstand cold and heat, have a bright day, and be used freely for a day, who knows what a step will be." ”

Huaizhen thanked her for her kindness, and nodded in agreement. Cheng Rong saw that she was a little relaxed, so he said, "Why hesitate any more, I'll invite you to travel tomorrow, okay?"

Huai Zhen smiled: "This has to be discussed with my brother." ”

Before he could say a word, he heard someone outside, "What are you discussing?" As he spoke, he saw Ying Pei walk in, and it turned out that Ying Pei heard that Princess Chengrong was coming, and knew that her identity was different, so he came out to meet her.

Ying Pei saw the ceremony, and said to Huaizhen: "I originally wanted to persuade my sister to go out for a walk, but I was afraid that my sister would not be happy, but now that the princess has spoken, it is just right." This is the spring flowers, just look at this good time, people are also clear and refreshing. ”

Huai Zhen saw that Ying Pei also hurried to say, so he had to agree.

Because of this thought, I couldn't help but think of Ying Yu, so I sent someone to Li Mansion to invite, half a night, the little guy came back to report that Ying Yu also agreed to go, Huai Zhen Cai liked, because he thought that there was Wei at home, although he was not very affectionate, but it was not good not to say hello, so he went to say a word, Wei really did not want to go, just thanked each other, Huai Zhen returned.

Sure enough, on the second day, Cheng Rong came early, and not long after, Ying Yu also hugged the dog baby, and when the dog baby was now babbling, he saw Huaizhen and called vaguely: "Aunt!"

While talking, Mrs. Tang also came, it turned out that Huaizhen was afraid that the wind would be strong in the wild, so it would be difficult for the child to be taken out, because she sent someone to tell Mrs. Tang and asked her to take care of her for a day, Mrs. Tang naturally agreed, and drove over early in the morning.

After settling down at home, they took two cars, Huaizhen and Ying Yu took the dog baby in the front car, the girls waited in the back car with some baggage, but Princess Chengrong rode with them and went to the suburbs together.

Huaizhen hadn't gone out for a long time, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart, and he looked out a few times from the gap in the curtains, and saw the lively scene of the world, but his heart was like a desert, and the taste was a little different.

But I heard Ying Yu say: "Sister, how did I hear that Lord Tang went to your mansion the day before yesterday, but there is something?"

Huai Zhen turned his head: "It doesn't matter. ”

There was nothing taboo between Ying Yu and her, so he said, "Didn't he tell you anything else?"

Huai Zhen didn't want to mention it, but she buried all the things in her heart, after all, it was not a long way, and after being silent for a while, she said, "He said...... Said a few good words. ”

Ying Yu asked again, and Huaizhen vaguely said a few words about Tang Yi. Ying Yu hurriedly sat down beside her, grabbed her hands and said, "Then how did you reply to him?"

Huaizhen was stunned for a while before he said, "I'm ...... I just felt terrified. ”

Ying Yu didn't understand, tilted her head to look at her. Huaizhen said: "I'm a little afraid to think about it. After settling down, Fang said again: "I followed him last time...... In that way, after I came back, I didn't dare to think about it, but when I talked to my sister about it, it was very useless in my heart, and if I thought about it too much, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to live. I don't know how long this will last. ”

Ying Yu said: "It can be seen that you are reluctant to give him up, since this is the case, why don't you turn around while he speaks? After all, he ...... It's also a very rare one, and I've never had a deep affection for you. ”

Huai Zhen said: "My sister doesn't understand, it's just me...... After experiencing this incident, he is still alive, as if he has turned back between life and death, and he has been separated from ...... Like him, it's not a joke, it's really admitted, it's like admitting it and I'm going to die, now I'm telling the truth with my sister, if it wasn't for my father's accident at that time, and Xiao Jin'er was by my side, I'm afraid that I would have died. This will be ...... How can I go back again, if I do it again, I think to myself, I will not be like this again, I will definitely die. ”

In his previous life, because of a fight with Ling, he made up his mind not to fall in love in this life, who knew that he was still entangled with Tang Yi, he thought that he had become a relative, and he treated each other like that, so he naturally grew old together, who would have thought that he would fly separately on the way.

On that day, in response to Lan Feng's release from prison, she mustered up the courage to visit Tang Yi, if she met seriously, she might not be able to say it...... Who thinks that is the case......

Later, she went to the Tang Mansion to help, although she looked calm, there was a warm fire in her heart, how could he say "don't come again in the future", suddenly like a basin of ice water, extinguished all the fire.

Since then, all thoughts have been lost, and he doesn't want to get involved in love again, but now he has come to ...... How can it be embarrassing?

When Ying Yu heard this, she seemed to understand whether she understood or not, but her eyes were a little sour.

Huai Zhen said: "Although I respect the third master, but he is not a person with me all the way, I am afraid of getting along, there are still many twists and turns, I claim that I am not Tang Sanzang, I can't experience nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties, if I do it again, it will be ruined, and he is not a person who can't live without me, why bother with each other." At this point, he hurriedly stopped, not daring to say any more.

Ying Yu raised his hand to wrap his arms around her shoulders and comforted her in a low voice.

After going out of the city and walking for a while, the road gradually became more and more open, and the scenery became more beautiful, so the two of them stopped talking, and only looked out of the car window, and the dog baby was walking around in the car, toddler.

After a short time, I arrived at the bank of the Huanshui River, and there was a house next to it, and it was clean and refreshing.

Cheng Rong called to stop, the girls came to settle themselves, Huaizhen and Ying Yuche, temporarily went to the manor to rest, and then came out to enjoy the flowers.

Cheng Rong accompanied the two of her, and when she saw Huaizhen raising her eyes to look at the flowers, at this point, her face showed a little joyful smile, and her eyes were shining, so Cheng Rong also smiled and said, "How is it, how is it here?"

Huaizhen said: "It's really good, thanks to the blessing of the princess, so that we can also be used once." ”

At this time, the little dog baby saw such a fresh place, so she wanted to spread joy everywhere, and she was about to run away with Ying Yu's hand, but Ying Yu couldn't, so she smiled and played with him.

Huaizhen tilted his head and looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but admonish: "It's not far away from the river, sister, don't let him walk alone." ”

Ying Yu agreed, held hands tightly, and only played in the forest, with a few maids and servants behind him.

Huai Zhen looked at it a few more times, and when he turned around, he saw that the little guys who followed were all on the side of the carriage outside the forest, and there was also a familiar figure among them, which seemed to be a fortune.

Cheng Rong saw her looking back, so he said, "But what are your orders?"

Huaizhen shook his head, and walked towards the forest, Cheng Rong followed behind him, and the two of them walked around for a while, seeing all the good flowers, and they were full of love.

Only Huaizhen did not work for a long time, although he walked for a while, his feet were already a little sore, when he returned to the middle of the forest, sat on the blanket to rest, Cheng Rong sat opposite her, the maids had already made a small stove next to it to boil water, and after a short time it rolled away, and each ate a cup of tea.

At this moment, the wind is slow, the fragrance of flowers is bursting, and there are petals falling from time to time with the wind, it is really a good spring, Huaizhen looked at it for a while, because in this scenery relaxed his mind, the heart depression temporarily went, so although it was a tea, it was like eating wine, slightly drunk.

When he was slightly crouched on the table, he felt a little sleepy. Cheng Rong asked, "Don't sleep in this windy land, be careful of the cold." ”

Huai Zhen smiled and said: "It's not in the way, this wind is also warm." At this time, he was brisk, squinting, and at first he could vaguely see the flowers drifting, and gradually he fell asleep.

Cheng Rong didn't bother, just sat opposite each other, and after a while, he saw that the petals were fluttering, and she fell all over her body, and there were two petals on her cheeks, and her face was slightly red, and her long eyelashes were drooping, so she was in a state of lazy spring sleep.

Cheng Rong wanted to sweep her away, but he was afraid of waking her up, so he just watched.

Half an hour after such a small time, the dog baby over there came back from crazy play, because he was thirsty and hungry, Ying Yu hugged him back, Huaizhen heard the sound, only to wake up, looked around blankly, and saw that there were so many people around him, only to smile in a trance, rubbed his eyes and said, "I fell asleep." ”

Ying Yu said: "Lazy girl, I asked you to come to Qingqing, but you are sleeping here." ”

Huai Zhen sneered, and saw that two petals also fell in the teacup, fluttering slightly in the wind, and raised it to drink, Cheng Rong said: "It's already cold, and my stomach hurts after drinking." Raised his hand to pour it for her, refilled another cup, Huaizhen said thank you, and ate it himself.

The dog baby sat in Ying Yu's arms, ate two small snacks, and drank water, so he was a little sleepy, and Huaizhen hurriedly took a cloak and wrapped him.

At this moment, suddenly a small guy outside came in and said something in Cheng Rong's ear, Cheng Rong nodded slightly, and said to Huai Zhen: "There are some small things, I'll go out and have a look." ”

Huaizhen asked, "What's the matter?"

Cheng Rong smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, don't worry." "Get up and go out.

Ying Yu and Huai Zhen glanced at each other, Ying Yu was guarding the dog baby, and it was not easy to move, so Huai Zhen followed out, and when he was about to leave the forest, he heard Cheng Rong say: "Who are they?"

The little servant said: "It seems that there are more than a dozen people who fled all the way from the south, and a carriage was surrounded in front. ”

Princess Chengrong said, "Oh?" walked a few steps outside and saw the clue for herself.

Huaizhen secretly wondered, and suddenly heard someone beside him: "It's a few homeless people, Miss don't need to panic." ”

Huaizhen turned around, but saw that it was Zhaocai, because he asked: "But the displaced people who escaped because of the epidemic in the south, why did they come to the border of Jingli?"

Zhao Cai said: "These people want to flee for their lives, so they do everything they can, and some people hide in the cabin of the ship that is coming to Gyeonggi, so they naturally come faster." ”

Only then did Huai Zhen understand, but unexpectedly Zhao Cai said: "Are the injuries on Miss's hands all healed?"

Huai Zhen asked, so he stretched out his hand and looked at it, Zhao Cai was exactly what he meant, and when he looked at it, he saw several red scars on her palms, although they were light, but they had not faded.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the carriage rolling, Huaizhen hurriedly looked up, and saw a carriage and two horses rushing towards this side like crazy, and more than a dozen homeless people behind him hurriedly chased after him.

After a short time, the carriage arrived, and Princess Chengrong ordered the car to stop, and the knight on the horse was already angry, and said, "Where are you from? Those robbers in the back want to do wrong, hurry up and kill them!"

When Princess Chengrong heard this person so rude, she was disgusted, and suddenly heard the voice of another woman in the car: "Yes, if you want to rob and kill people in broad daylight, just beat them to death." ”

Huai Zhen heard this familiar voice, and couldn't help tilting his head to look at it, and suddenly remembered who the person who spoke was coming, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.

Who knew that the people on the horse had already seen Princess Chengrong and the others clearly, and saw that the license plate on the vehicle was Yingfu, so he turned around and said, "Madam, this looks like a person from Yingfu." ”

The woman in the carriage said: "Which Ying Mansion, is it Ying Gong Mansion or that ......"

The person on the horse coughed: "It's from Ying Shangshufu." ”

When the woman heard this, she appeared in the car, but saw Princess Chengrong standing in front of her, although it was not common, but she also recognized it, because she knew Chengrong's identity, she didn't dare to make a mistake, so she raised her head and said, "Who is in Yingfu?"

Princess Chengrong had already seen Huaizhen, and when she didn't speak, she already understood: "Who are you? ”

It turned out that in this carriage was Mrs. Tang's sister Aunt Zeng, who had praised and degraded her in the past because she had no sincerity. I didn't expect to meet at this moment.

At this point, the homeless people had already caught up, and one of them scolded: "Don't go the murderer!"

Immediately, the man listened, turned around and scolded: "You guys who are not afraid of death, do you dare to catch up?" Do you know where we are?"

The homeless man scolded: "It doesn't matter where you are from, this is the capital, the feet of the Son of Heaven, don't you talk about the king's law?"

Aunt Zeng said angrily to Princess Chengrong: "These thieves injured my family, and they also intended to rob, please ask the princess for help." ”

The homeless man said, "Obviously your carriage hit people and ignored them, and beat people!" The others were also indignant and shouted.

Cheng Rong listened to their own words, and said: "Don't be impatient, you don't have to be reasonable." When he asked the knight what had happened to him, the young man saw that she was a princess, and that she was so dignified and noble, that he did not dare to lie to her face, but said, "They walked without looking at the way, and they came up with it...... They didn't mean to, they surrounded and robbed. ”

The homeless man said, "It's you who want to escape, so we chase after you." ”

Cheng Rong said: "Since you have injured someone, you have to pay some money, so why quarrel more?"

The exile said: "We are exactly the truth, and we don't mean to blackmail them. It's just that they are scoundrels who want to escape. ”

Unexpectedly, Aunt Zeng heard it and said, "Shut up, you scoundrels and robbers, and you say that others are scoundrels, we are from Zeng's Mansion, and we are related to the Tang Mansion in the capital, who will rely on you?"

Cheng Rong saw that he was in such a posture and looked down on him, so he said coldly: "It's right and wrong, hurting people and losing money, why bother to use your family background to oppress people? If Madame is blindly like this, please leave here quickly and negotiate with them on your own!"

Aunt Zeng couldn't help but be sluggish, the young man saw that the situation was not good, so he had the intention of calming things down, after all, in this wilderness, if Cheng Rong didn't help, those homeless people would fight, but they were afraid that they would still suffer, so they took out some broken silver, threw it over and said: "Compensation to you, get out!"

When the homeless people at the head saw him so cheap, they were very angry, and they wanted to reason, but they were stopped by the people next to them, so that they could talk about it, pick up the silver, and persuade him to go.

Huai Zhen saw that the matter was resolved, Fang Qing breathed a sigh of relief, who knew that Aunt Zeng was not angry, and because it was the carriage of the Ying Mansion, she was puzzled, and in the blink of an eye, she saw a familiar shadow in the forest, and immediately sneered and said: "Who should I be, it turned out to be the one who was divorced by the Tang Mansion!"

Huai Zhen turned around and wanted to go, and when he heard the words, Aunt Zeng said in a strange way: "Zhen'er is a ruthless and heartless person, and he still has the face to come out to play?"

Huaizhen only didn't hear it, but Cheng Rong's face changed greatly, and he raised his hand to touch his waist, it turned out that she had a soft whip wrapped around her waist, and when she pulled it out, she shook it lightly in the air, only to hear a "snap" sound, and hit an extremely loud whip in the air, which scared the horse to neigh, and then withdrew, Aunt Zeng was caught off guard, and suddenly fell into the car, rolling all over the car.

Cheng Rong held the soft whip and shouted: "I don't care where you are from, if you don't cover your mouth here, I'll open another hole in your mouth." ”

Aunt Zeng couldn't get up in the carriage, and the young man was also not possessed, so when he drove the car, he went to the direction of the capital quickly.

Huaizhen didn't pay attention to it, and walked back slowly, while only thinking about his thoughts.

was about to return to the resting place, but vaguely heard the sound of the man talking, Huaizhen was stunned, three or two steps out, and saw a person sitting on a blanket, talking to Ying Yu...... Although it is the back, it looks very unfamiliar.

I don't know what to say, both of them smiled, Ying Yu raised his eyes and saw Huaizhen coming back, so he said, "Huaizhen." ”

Before Huaizhen agreed, the man had already turned around, but he saw that he was thirty or forty years old, with three strands of long hair, but elegant and noble, dressed in a silver-gray silk robe, with a smile and a smile, and when he saw Huaizhen, he stood up,

Ying Yu said: "This is Uncle Mu from Jiangnan, who also enjoyed the flowers here...... Earlier, he had a relationship with our house, and he had a good personal relationship with my father, which you probably haven't met. ”

Huaizhen made a salute, but he didn't know how to call it, so he had to be called "Uncle Shi".

Mu Ningxuan looked at Huaizhen and said with a smile: "Is it Miss Huaizhen, Ying Shangshu's beloved daughter? It's me who came abruptly. Having said that, his demeanor is elegant and upright, and he has a sense of calmness.

Huai Zhen had never seen such a strange man rashly, and it was not a place, so he only lowered his head.

At this moment, Cheng Rongyin came back, and suddenly saw Mu Ningxuan here, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Mu shopkeeper...... How can I get here?"

Mu Ningxuan saw that it was Cheng Rong, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, the princess is here, and Mu Mou likes this Huanshui River, so he lives in the house next to him for a few days...... I don't want to meet the princess and the daughter of an old friend here. As he spoke, he glanced back at Ying Yu with a smile.

Cheng Rong saw that it was Mu Ningxuan and Ying Yu who knew him, so he was relieved, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be an acquaintance? Suddenly, he woke up again: "The courtyard of the strange road is elegant and simple, and the people at the bottom are also smart, it turns out that it is already the other courtyard of the shopkeeper." ”

The two exchanged a few words, and then sat down again, Ying Yu has always been an extroverted temperament, and because he knew Mu Ningxuan, he didn't feel anything, Cheng Rong had a lot of friends, and Mu Ningxuan also had a few faces, so he didn't feel strange, only Huai Zhen felt that he was a little uncomfortable with this outsider, and he was a little uncomfortable after listening to Aunt Zeng's words.

Seeing this, Cheng Rong said a few more words to Mu Ningxuan, and wanted to go back to the city, Mu Ningxuan still sent him off with a smile, behaved and behaved, very appropriate, and when everyone went, Mu Ningxuan still stood in place, staring thoughtfully for a while, and then returned to the house.

After a few days, Ying Lanfeng and Li Xianshu returned from Taizhou, although the journey was tiring, but it was much more energetic than when he left Beijing before, and his body seemed to be stronger, Huaizhen was naturally pleased.

Li Xianshu said with a smile when she talked about what she saw and heard in Taizhou: "It turns out that those people haven't forgotten your father, originally we didn't publicize it, who knows where they heard about it, they came to worship one after another, and they couldn't stop it......" Speaking of this, his eyes were slightly red, and he sighed and said: "Sure enough, it is fair and comfortable in the hearts of the people." ”

Huai Zhen saw that the two of them went out for a trip, and when they came back, they were so refreshed, and they were also happy: "Dad has done good things for the people, and the people naturally can't forget it." Lee Hyun Sook liked it and took out a lot of local specialties that she brought back.

Zhengdu was happy, and saw Ying Lanfeng coming in from outside, and the father and daughter laughed again, and Ying Lanfeng said to Huaizhen: "Zhen'er, you come ......"

Li Xianshu raised her head and smiled: "As soon as I come back, I will talk about myself, I have never seen you like this." ”

Huaizhen didn't know what was going on, so he followed, and the two walked to the inside, Ying Lanfeng saw that there was no one left and right, so he said, "I heard Pei'er say, Tang Yi came before?"

Huai Zhen bowed his head and replied yes, after Tang Yi went last time, Ying Pei came to ask, and Huai Zhen only said that he came to visit Xiao Jin'er...... Not much was said.

At this moment, Ying Lanfeng asked carefully, and Huai Zhen also told Tang Yi what he wanted to ask for the incense.

After Ying Lanfeng heard this, he was silent for a long time. Huaizhen said: "I don't want to give it to him...... I'm afraid that something else will happen. ”

After a while, I heard Ying Lanfeng say: "Zhen'er, if you can make it...... Just give it to him. ”

Huai Zhen was surprised: "Dad?"

Ying Lanfeng smiled, looked back at her, his eyes were calm, and said, "This time I went back to Taizhou and met those people...... I know the meaning of the so-called parent official, although Taizhou has not been so rich in recent years, but the people are simple and simple, and there is a great way to leave no stone unturned, and every county official who goes to the county must be led by the local elders to see the Yinggong Canal once, and tell me about my deeds in Taizhou...... Therefore, in the past ten years, none of the county officials who went to Taizhou dared to bend the law for bribes......"

When Ying Lanfeng said this, his eyes turned red, and there were faint tears, but he smiled: "Your father...... He doesn't boast of any earth-shattering talent, not like Tang Yi and your little cousin...... But after all, it has never been in vain in this life, and he has done something indelible...... It turns out that this is for the country and the people, not a lie......"

Ying Lanfeng went to Taizhou, originally wanted to get out of the dirty realm of the capital, revisit the old place, and precipitate his feelings, originally because of the stigma of the "Japanese traitor", but also afraid of being ridiculed by others, who would think that this is not the case at all...... Those people stepped forward one after another and said, "Lord Ying, we all know that you are not the kind of collaborator and traitor, you must be wronged, and the big guy still wants to give you an umbrella to petition...... Now that the stigma of adults has really been washed away, it is really the sky with eyes. ”

Ying Lanfeng is not such a weak temperament, listening to the words of his father and fellow villagers, but he couldn't help but shed tears on the spot, even though the whole world wants to kill, these people in the place where he was born, but like his family, he is convinced of his character, he boasted that he had not done anything earth-shattering before, but these people have always remembered in their hearts, who is good to them, they also have a scale in their hearts.

When Ying Lanfeng said this, he let out a long breath and said, "When I was an official, I didn't want to live a mediocre life, and I was wronged before, so I had the intention of giving up and retiring...... Now...... Zhen'er, don't hesitate, just make that incense. ”

Huai Zhen looked at his father for a long time, his heart shook, and finally bowed his head and said, "Yes, father." ”