Yan He's other courtyard on the outskirts of the city is still quite far from Yan's mansion, and she has been bumpy all the way until it gets to the place until dark.

Although he didn't bring anyone, but there was nothing lacking in the courtyard, and the colors were all in order, she was carried into the side room and fell asleep directly, and only got up the next morning, and was taken around by the lady in charge of the courtyard.

This courtyard looks bigger than Yan Mansion, built next to the mountain, the back garden attracts living water into the house, the pond under the pavilion is clear and clear, floating and falling red and gone, there was only a spring rain a few days ago, the peony roses on both sides are with spring tears, go in and walk around to get a fragrance.

Chonglan was full of interest, pointed to the lotus flower in the middle of the pond and asked, "It's not summer yet, why is the lotus flower in the other courtyard blooming?" ”

The lady in charge replied with a smile: "There are several natural hot springs in our courtyard, and the hot spring water is brought into the pool, and the flowers are warmer here than in other places, and they bloom for a longer time." She thought for a while, and added: "The master has instructed that there is a hot spring with a very high quality in the back yard, and if the girl wants to go, she can go there directly." ”

Chonglan was itchy by her, and looked up at the sky again, at this time the sky was still dark, and the dark clouds were rolling down the edges, and the hot spring was just for this cool climate, and it was too hot when the weather was clear. She thought for a moment and urged her, "Then you can take me over to have a look." ”

The lady smiled and led her to a forest of flowers and vines, where the plants grew so luxuriantly that they covered the sky, and from a distance it looked like a cave with red and green leaves.

The lady looked at her surprised eyes and said with a smile: "Originally, these flowers and trees had to be removed, but the master said that it was quite wild to keep it like this, and it happened to be a natural covering, so it was stayed." ”

Chonglan praised again and again, she sent her into the pool, and instructed the people below to serve her outside, not to be lazy, not to disturb the girl's interest, and then went back to help her change of clothes.

She turned her head back to the bathroom and felt a little uncomfortable, so she put on dirty clothes and pants and went into the water, the warm spring water gently hit, she exhaled with satisfaction, and was about to sink her whole body into it, when she suddenly heard a voice from the vine-entangled forest next door: "Who is where?" ”

Chonglan recognized this voice, shook his body and almost fell into it, and exclaimed, "My lord? She wondered, "Why are you here?" ”

Yan He's voice came around the vines: "I should ask you this, why are you here?" ”

Chonglan lay on the wall of the pool and pedaled the water: "I thought that the weather was right today, so I came over." As she spoke, she looked out through the cracks in the vines, and saw the hot spring pool over there bubbling with mist, and he walked slowly down the steps by the pool, his obscene clothes and pants were soaked and clinging to his tall body, and she looked at it and looked a little hot on her face, and honestly lowered her head.

It turned out that there were two sides of this hot spring, but she didn't notice it when it was blocked by lush trees and vines, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, she and Yan He really had a bad fate, how could anything happen in one place.

Thinking that the two of them are in the same pool now, she is quite uncomfortable, but she seems to dislike others when she leaves like this, so she started talking casually: "It's a pity that there are no chickens at this time, otherwise you can make hot spring eggs to eat." ”

Yan He casually 'en', Chonglan couldn't continue, patted the water and complained: "My lord, you should ask me what a hot spring egg is at this time, otherwise how can I say it." ”

There was a sneer from the pool next door, although it was not big but very clear, he paused, and said casually: "Okay, what is a hot spring egg?" ”

Chonglan said: "Put the chicken on the stone wall next to the hot spring and roast it, and when you peel off the shell of the chicken, you will find that the egg white is solidified, but the egg yolk can still flow out..." ”

She was looking for a conversation with him at random, but then she said that she really wanted to be hungry, and she was thinking about eating boiled eggs for lunch, when she heard the voice of Sisuo from the pool next door, and she was surprised: "What sound?" ”

Yan He said leisurely over there: "It has nothing to do with you. ”

She pursed her lips, hesitated in her heart, and still asked, "My lord, what happened yesterday... Did you already know that? ”

She said that she was designed to leave the house, Yan He leaned on the wall of the pool, and sketched her expression when she spoke: "It's just a coincidence, even if there is no such thing, I will move out in the next few days." ”

She asked curiously, "Does the adult know who did this?" Why? She thought about it and could only think of the Ning family and Yan Sanle, she wanted to separate Yan He and Yan Mansion in the second room, and she didn't dare to do anything to Yan He, so she had to choose a soft pinch of persimmons.

Yan He didn't say anything, she was a little sleepy from the hot fumigation, so she had to speak to refresh herself: "You're leaving, don't you just do what they want?" ”

Yan He chuckled: "This title is not so good, it's just that both sides have to suffer a little." ”

Chonglan realized in his heart, he didn't give this title to Yan Sanle at all, just to let Yan Sansi and Mrs. Yan suffer some losses, think about it carefully, this is also the truth, although he and Yan Sansi do not agree, but if Yan Sansi is taken away from the title, won't he, the son, also lose the title?

Thinking about it, she fell asleep again, and couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hand and yawn, Yan He heard the yawn over there, and wrinkled her eyebrows: "Don't fall asleep, drown carefully." ”

She replied vaguely, barely holding up her eyelids: "Then the adult will tell me a story?" ”

Yan He pressed his eyebrows, and his eyes slanted to her: "What story do you want to hear?" ”

She thought for a moment and said, "I want to listen to Lu Ti's fist attack on Guanxi." ”

He sighed: "Then tell the story of Lao Laizi's colorful clothes and entertaining relatives, don't always think about listening to fights and killings." ”

Chonglan was not interested in the story of the twenty-four filial pieties, and he was so sleepy that he couldn't hear the movement next door and stopped talking, and asked instead, "Are you okay now?" ”

She barely opened her eyes, and subconsciously shook her head, thinking that he couldn't see now, so she responded: "It's okay." ”

He sighed, "Come and help me with Huanfa." ”

Chonglan knew that he was afraid that he would fall asleep and help him find something to do, but he still hesitated: "Men, there is a difference between men and women, isn't it okay to be afraid of this?" ”

He scoffed: "At your age, can you still be considered a woman?" When he had finished speaking, he got up and went out of the water, and took a clean, loose robe and put it on.

Chonglan secretly swore in his heart that he would let him see it clearly when he returned to his original body! She was ruthless in her heart, but when she heard the sound of rushing water from next door, she guessed that the beauty had already come out of the bath, so she also wiped it clean and changed into clean clothes and walked over.

The pool on his side is more exquisite, and a stone bed has been specially built on the shore, and he leans on the stone bed, with a lazy expression, and a handful of long black hair winding down, looking like a gentleman.

Chonglan could only see his back, he was wearing a plain white wide-sleeved shirt and trousers of the same color, although he had just changed into it, but he was also a little wet from the steam, and he was half-dry on his back, and he could vaguely see the white skin and distinct bones, which were blurry but even more coveted.

It is said that color is a steel knife that scrapes bones, and wine is a poison that pierces the intestines, which is not only said to men, but also to women. Chonglan pretended not to see anything, turned his head and saw a wooden scoop hanging on the stone wall, so he scooped up water with the scoop and helped him wet his hair, and asked in a low voice, "Is it hot?" ”

His slender and powerful hand rested on the stone wall, squinted his eyes, looked very satisfied, and said softly, "Go on." ”

Chonglan continued to scoop a scoop of warm water and poured it on him, completely wet his waist-length long hair, and took a spiced pork ling, picked up a handful of long hair and wiped it, rubbed it into a fine foam, and asked from time to time, "Is it light?" "Is it heavy?"

He half-closed his eyes, felt her soft fingers rubbing between his hair, his heart couldn't help but ripple slightly, and suddenly another scoop of warm water poured down and poured him all over his face, he moved through his wet eyelashes, opened his eyes and looked at her coldly.

Chonglan sneered: "I missed it for a while." In fact, she just looked in along the placket of his shirt and saw something she shouldn't see, so she panicked.

He glanced at her, got up to wash the foam from his hair, called someone in and wiped it slowly with a towel, pointed to a stone wall and said, "Aren't you going to eat hot spring eggs?" It's baked over there, you can go get it and eat it. ”

Chonglan was stunned, and reached out to a shallow pit on the boulder, and sure enough, there were a few scalded chickens in it, and she took them out excitedly: "When did the adults put it down." ”

He sat down on the stone bench by the hot spring, picked up a purple hairband embroidered with silver thread, tied up his half-dried hair at will, and lightly tapped the table with his fingertips: "Isn't it that you want to eat?" Still not ready to eat? ”

Chonglan peeled off the half-boiled egg and dipped it in some soy sauce, scooped it with a white porcelain spoon, and tiptoed to his mouth: "Adults taste it, the taste is fresh, and it is not greasy. ”

Yan He glanced at the trembling egg yolk in her white porcelain spoon with disgust, if he usually didn't bother to look at this kind of thing, but at this time... He looked at the chubby arm that was raised high, and paused before opening his mouth and letting her feed it to his mouth.

Chonglan looked forward to it: "How is it?" ”

Yan He swallowed and tucked the corners of his mouth with a silk, he ate a little fishy at first, and only after a few bites did he feel delicious, but he had eaten a lot of delicacies, but he just said: "Barely able to eat." ”

Chonglan changed the spoon and ate one herself, and then sighed and said, "It's not as delicious as when I was a child." "Her parents died early when she was a child, and she couldn't eat anything good in the big house, and occasionally the eldest brother and the second brother brought back a chicken and felt that it was delicious in the world, and now she eats too many good things, but she lost her mood at that time.

Yan He looked at her with a smile: "When I was a child? ”

Chonglan hurriedly remedied: "I'm talking about when I was in Shanxi. ”

Yan He sighed, glanced at her meaningfully, and suddenly heard someone running outside the forest and shouting outside: "Master, someone is coming outside, claiming to be a member of the He family, and he is here to see Miss He!" ”

Chong Lan was stunned: "He family? Who is it? ”

Yan He had already gotten up: "If you go out and take a look, you'll know." The two walked out side by side, and the attendants waiting outside hurriedly saluted, and Yan He asked, "What is the matter?" ”

The attendant glanced at Chonglan and replied: "The person who came called himself the fourth elder of the He family, named He Yong, said that he was the fourth uncle of Miss Lan, and he had been doing business outside for many years, but he didn't expect to hear the news of the death of the third brother when he returned to his hometown in Yangqu, and heard that the only niece was brought to Jinling by you, so he came to look for her." ”

Yan He glanced at her: "Do you have an impression?" ”

Chonglan's mind was spinning, and he really wanted to figure out where such a fourth uncle appeared in the He family, but it was not easy to say it to death, so he had to say vaguely: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I really can't remember." ”

Yan He thoughtfully: "I remember that He Zheng has a younger brother. He then raised the corners of his lips, "That's fine, let's see." ”

He and Chonglan arrived at the main hall together, and sure enough, he saw a dark and thin man waiting in the main hall, his expression was slightly cramped, but when he saw Chonglan, his eyes were red, and he stretched out his hand to hug her: "Lanlan's niece, I can be regarded as looking for you!" ”

Yan He stopped him quietly and said indifferently: "Who are you?" ”

Chonglan took this opportunity to look at the visitor, because the imperial court stipulated that businessmen could not wear silk, he was wearing cotton clothes worn by ordinary merchants, and it was normal for businessmen to run all year round, and it was normal for their faces to be a little darker, and they also spoke authentic Shanxi dialect, and the doubts in her heart went a little, and she listened carefully to Yan He's question.

The black and thin man He Yong was stunned, and then replied: "Back to this adult, I am He Zheng's fourth brother He Yong, I heard that my niece was adopted by an adult, so I came to see my niece." ”

Yan He tilted his head: "Do you know him?" ”

Chonglan hesitated for a moment, and said vaguely with only a few words: "He has been doing business abroad for many years, and I can't remember it clearly. ”

He Yong was anxious all of a sudden, and took a few steps forward and said, "Why doesn't Lan Lan remember me?" I'm your fourth uncle, I hugged you when I was a child and bought you a sugar gourd little clay figurine, your father loved you the most when he was a child, but I didn't expect it to go in a blink of an eye..."

He didn't know whether he wanted it or not, revealing a copper seal hanging on his waist, which was engraved with the word 'heavy' with the unique secret mark of the Chong family's firm, and her heart shook violently, but she didn't dare to show it, just let He Yong hold her arm.

The man held her arm, his middle finger was quietly outlined, vaguely the word 'Xi', she didn't expect this person to dare to play this kind of trick under Yan He's nose, her heart jumped wildly for a while, but she still blocked him very cooperatively, and hesitated: "Fourth uncle? ”

She was thinking in a hurry, could it be that Xi Xuetian sent someone to take her out of the house?

He Yong heard that she finally recognized herself, his face was overjoyed, and he sighed highly: "Lan Lan, you can remember me!" ”

Chonglan had some confidence in her heart, and she still had a shy look on her face: "I haven't seen the fourth uncle for a long time, and I haven't recognized it for a while, and I hope that the fourth uncle won't be surprised..."

He Yong hurriedly waved his hand, looking straightforward: "It's too late to see you happy, where will I blame you?" He said and saluted Yan He's waist: "These days, my Lanlan has been thanks to the adult's care, and it has caused trouble to the adult." ”

He was thanking him here, and suddenly heard Chonglan ask: "Is the fourth uncle from Yangqu County?" How did you find a place in one fell swoop? ”

He Yong said with a smile: "I used to do business in Jinling for a few days, so I am familiar with the Tao here." After he finished speaking, he smiled at Chonglan, and a trace of shrewdness flashed on his originally honest and honest face: "It's a pity that the carriage and horses of the Jinling royal family have collapsed, and I can't hire a car, otherwise I can come earlier." ”

The Wang family's car and horse shop was annexed only after it failed to grab business with the Chong family, and now there are not many people who remember the Wang family, but I am afraid that few people can remember this except for the Chong family. Chonglan lowered his eyes, and his heart let go of a few points.

Yan He didn't seem to see the interaction between the two, turned to He Yong and asked, "Why are you looking for this time?" ”

He Yong hurriedly bowed to him, wiped his tears and said: "My third brother is such a daughter, the eldest brother and the second brother are not able to treat the child well, but I can't bear to let the third brother's daughter be left out like this, so I specially went south to beg the adult, hoping that the adult will hand over Lanlan to me to raise, and I will definitely love her as much as I love my daughter in the future." ”

He came with his mouth open like this, but he was extremely familiar with the inside story of the He family, Yan He's eyes moved slightly, and he said slowly: "She has also been raised here by me for a long time, and I am reluctant to give it to you like this..."

He Yong hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, what the adults said is that my third brother's family property is all for the adults to pay for these days, and I don't take a penny, I just ask the adults to hand over Lanlan to me to raise." ”

Yan He squinted his eyes and sat down in the first seat: "You mean, I don't let people go because I think I'm worried about your family's money?" ”

He Yong panicked, and suddenly knelt down and kowtowed: "Where did the adults say, even if they borrowed a hundred cowards from the villain, they didn't dare, but they were in a hurry, so they said it wrong, the villain should die, the villain should die!" ”

Yan He turned to Chonglan: "What do you mean?" Would you like to go with him? ”

Although Chonglan almost concluded in her heart that this was the person sent by Xi Xuetian to take her away, she always felt a little uneasy, as if this matter was too smooth.

Although Yan He treats her well, she is not really He Lanlan, of course she doesn't want to stay by his side longer, if she shows her feet one day, she may be burned to death by him as a monster, but it is a little too ruthless to say that she wants to leave, so she had to say with tears in her eyes: "I don't know... I can't bear to be an adult..."

Yan He chuckled: "You really can't bear me?" ”

Chonglan nodded vigorously, and heard him say lightly: "That's okay, you can stay by my side and accompany me for the rest of your life." ”

She was choked up, but fortunately, He Yong saw the opportunity quickly, knelt on the ground and cried: "Lan Lan, you can't be like this, your father is counting on you to be safe and happy for the rest of your life, find a good family to marry, and we can't trouble adults for a lifetime..."

She secretly praised in her heart, and this time she said in a pinched tone: "But I can't bear the fourth uncle... I can't bear to go home..."

Yan He raised his hand to stop her words: "Don't talk nonsense, you just said that you are going or staying?" “

Chonglan pursed her lips, although it was good to be He Lanlan, she was Chonglan after all. Thinking that if she and He Lanlan were both in the family, they would be able to slowly find a solution, and the original swaying mind gradually settled down, and she said slowly: "Since the adult said so, then I..."

Halfway through her words, her eyes inadvertently fell on his hand, her gaze froze, and then she said categorically: "I don't want to follow him!" ”

Yan He paused slightly, there was a little disappointment in his eyes, and he raised his eyes and asked, "Why?" ”

'He Yong' also seemed to be a little anxious: "Lan Lan, what's wrong with you?" Although your fourth uncle's family is not as luxurious as Lord Yan's family, there is still a surplus to raise you, why are you here?! ”

As he spoke, he wanted to pull Chonglan's arm, she took a few steps back vigilantly, her eyes fell on his hand again, a little frightened, but she still didn't tell the real reason, just said: "I don't want to go with you, I can't bear to be an adult." Then he shrank behind Yan He and looked timid.

'He Yong' was slightly stunned, and Yan He groaned: "Since you don't want to do that, you can go down and rest first." ”

Chonglan's gaze swept over his two hands, and he was a little flustered for a while, and he nodded hurriedly and no one took it down.

After she walked away, the honest and anxious look on 'He Yong's face was collected, and he bowed down and said in a deep voice: "My lord." He glanced at Chonglan's departing back again, tore off the seal on his waist and spread it in his palm, and asked in a low voice: "The girl of the He family did not agree to leave with the last general, this should be fine." ”

Yan He smiled: "Really? You and Adjutant General He have also been in the army for a while, how have you ever heard that he has a fourth brother? Seeing He Yong's face dark, he said indifferently: "Even if you are young, you don't even know how many elders in the family are." ”

He Yong didn't expect him to play a serial set, jumped out of one and stepped on the other, so he had to laugh a few times: "Then this girl from the He family... Is it a fake? ”

Yan He played with the white porcelain bowl in his hand, and the plain white bowl lid shook between his fingers: "It's not necessarily fake, it's just that she is so wary of me all the time, which is really unpleasant." ”

He Yong didn't dare to respond, and said in his heart that you have such a temperament, but if anyone dares to deceive a little, if it is not discovered, it will be a dead word if it is discovered. He opened his mouth a few times: "So, then why is she?" ”

Yan He's eyes swept over, he immediately lowered his head respectfully, he stood on the side of the bed with his hands in his hands, looked at the red burning clouds outside the window, and said indifferently: "I thought I could let her explain the truth today, but I didn't expect to be an alert... That's it. He casually pointed to someone over: "You go and call He Lanlan over, I have something to ask her." ”

Chonglan was also thinking back to the scene at this time, there was nothing wrong with the whole body, but the hands and palms had thick calluses, the hard work of the merchants was true, but it was not so thick that there were such thick calluses, this look was the background of the army who was used to holding sticks.

The more she thought about it, the more confused she became, this person must not be a simple liar, how could ordinary people who came to cheat know so clearly about the Chongjia and the He family?

The only person who knows the cause and effect so clearly and has a great relationship with her is Yan He, but why did he lie to himself? Why such temptation?

Chonglan thought a little weakly, staggered into the door, and then turned around and closed the door tightly. She leaned against the red door and closed her eyes tightly, thinking about his actions these days, and it seemed that there was no other explanation than the revelation of the matter.

She was in a state of confusion, and walked around the house anxiously like a sleepy beast, when she suddenly heard a knock on the door outside, and she hurriedly ran over to block the door, and asked softly, "What's the matter?" ”

The outsider reported: "Miss Lan, the master invites you to come over." ”

After hearing this, Chonglan's hand that was tightly gripping the door bolt was already sweating, thinking about the terrible punishments after being discovered by him, his breathing became more rapid, and he controlled his trembling lips and responded: "You, you wait first, I'm changing my clothes, and I'll go out later." ”

After she finished speaking, she looked at the pillars in the room, and simply gritted her teeth and slammed into it.