9. Chapter 9
Chonglan's eyes widened, looking at him in shock, she had been looking forward to going to the south day and night but had not been able to make the trip, but she didn't expect that now her wish came true suddenly, she opened her mouth, not knowing whether to pick up this pie that fell from the sky, and stammered: "Why, why?" You're not going to the north anymore? ”
Yan He raised his hand and flicked the letter paper, and said slowly: "My grandfather passed away a few days ago, and it just so happens that the war in the north has been settled, and I can't continue to defend it, so I have to go back to the south to guard my filial piety." He looked at Chonglan still looking at him in a daze, thinking that she didn't understand, so he said briefly: "My grandfather died, and I was called home to mourn." ”
Chonglan originally wanted to persuade him to mourn, but seeing that he looked as usual, he could only ask, "Then where is your home?" ”
Yan He seemed to think of something, and his eyebrows tightened: "Jinling, the Mansion of Qi State." ”
Chonglan's eyes couldn't help but light up when she heard Jinling, she had lived in Jinling for most of the past few years. Hearing that the Mansion of the Kingdom couldn't help but sigh, Yan He raised his eyebrows strangely: "What do you know again?" ”
Chonglan blinked: "Is Guogong a big official?" ”
Although the Duke of Qi has the name of the Duke of Guo, there have been no people who can plan for civil governance and martial arts in these generations, and they have been involved in two cases of rebellion, and they have been defeated, not to mention compared with ordinary mansions, even compared to the general Hou Mansion and Bofu, she originally thought that Yan and the young man were proud, and there must be the support of a wealthy family behind him, but she didn't expect it to be the Yan family that had already fallen.
Yan He sighed: "No." He paused, and then asked, "You haven't answered what I just asked, if you don't want to, then I'll choose another family for you." "There is no one in Quyang County who can be trusted, and the south is not as dangerous as the north, so it doesn't hurt to bring a child.
Chonglan hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and said sincerely: "My lord saved me again today, and I will be kind to me again, I will go wherever my lord goes!" ”
Regardless of whether this was sincere or not, at least it sounded very comfortable, Yan He raised his lips: "Set off in a few days, you go and prepare." He blinked his eyes and saw Aunt Zhao who was still kneeling on the ground, and said lightly: "Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with today's incident, and I won't punish you, you can step back first." ”
Aunt Zhao was originally sad to stay away from her niece, but thinking that she almost caused a big disaster today, Lan Lan followed Yan He again, and she will definitely have a good future in the future, which is much better than nesting in this small county.
After she figured it out, she wiped away her tears and retired, seriously helped Chonglan with a little bit, and took her hand and told her for half a night, Chonglan thought of her care these days, and also hugged her backhand to comfort her, and the two did not separate until late at night.
From Shanxi to Jinling, it is naturally closer by waterway, but there is no river in Yangqu County, and you have to go to Jinyang first to see the wharf. His family business in the north is not small, and there is a general's mansion in the capital, this time Shouxiao doesn't know when he will come back, so he naturally wants to take part of his family to serve on the road.
It took several days to prepare for this to set off, but Yan He sat in the first silver banner Zhulun canopy car, looked down at the grain and grass accounts, and slowly checked it with a cinnabar pen, at this time the sky was dim, he looked at it for a long time and felt a little tired, the probe pinched a little stiff neck, opened the curtain and looked, the people below were all silent, he suddenly felt a little boring, and knocked on the car with his fingers.
Steward Ning from the General's Mansion rushed over in response and puffed his waist outside the carriage: "What do you command?" ”
Yan He asked idly: "What about the daughter of the He family?" Where is it now? ”
This is very strange, the young master of the Yan family didn't see Yan He when he came over, but he didn't expect He Lanlan, a small daughter of a deputy general, to be adopted, so that he could condescend to ask.
Steward Ning was stunned for a moment, and then looked down: "Miss He is in the green silk car behind." He looked at him carefully: "It's the slave's negligence, do you want to arrange another carriage for Miss He?" ”
Yan He shook his head: "No need, I'll go and see her." He walked near, reached out and lifted the curtain, and saw Chonglan lying in the carriage, his body retracted into his jacket, and he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The carriage was not very exquisite, and as soon as the cold wind blew, it came in along the curtain of the carriage, Yan He touched her somewhat cold little face, and glanced at Steward Ning lightly.
Steward Ning was shocked at this glance, and said with a huff: "It's a slave, no, let's rearrange the carriage for Miss He, and choose a few more useful subordinates to serve." "I thought it was a foster care, but I didn't think that the general would value it like this.
Yan He sighed: "You go and choose the person to serve first." He looked up and down, and saw that she was dressed in new clothes, and her little face was clean, so he reached out and untied the big coat to wrap the person, and hugged her horizontally.
Chonglan felt that his body was light in a daze, and he opened his eyes suddenly, and saw that it was Yan He who breathed a sigh of relief, and buried his head in his arms vaguely: "My lord"
Yan He hugged her away in disgust: "Don't rub the saliva over." ”
Chonglan pillowed and tilted his head to look at him. Steward Ning was surprised on the side: "What's wrong with Miss He's hair?" ”
In fact, these days, Chonglan's hair is like a sprout that only came out in early spring, and some of it has already emerged, but in the eyes of the people of the time, it is equivalent to nothing. Yan and Youyou glanced over: "I did it accidentally." ”
Chonglan looked at him faintly, and Steward Ning hurriedly said: "I'll go back and look for some medicinal food for hair nourishment, Miss is young, and she will be able to grow it after a few months." ”
Yan He responded with a loud voice, hugged Chonglan back to the canopy carriage in front, she sat next to him leisurely, and wrapped herself in a big quilt: "My lord, when can we get to Jinling?" ”
He looked out at the dark winter day: "The road to the south is far away, and it's still early." He tilted his head, his gaze swept over her little face: "If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time you've left your hometown, it's rare not to cry and feel homesick." ”
Chonglan's whole heart has now flown to Jinling, and her face is still depressed: "That's also a helpless thing, my father and mother are gone, and the rest of my relatives don't like me, except for adults who don't dislike me, who wants me?" ”
A five-year-old girl, such insight is already very rare, he sighed, and said with a smile: "Who said I don't dislike you?" ”
Chonglan lay down and rolled around on the snow-white fox skin blanket, and said shamelessly: "Because I'm cute, my mother said that I was likeable." ”
Yan He paused, sometimes felt that she spoke like a little adult, but after a while, she showed a childish naivety, he shook his head, ignored her boasting, looked down at the accounts, and in the spacious and splendid carriage, because of one more person, it was finally not so lonely.
Although his carriage was wide, there were several delicate stoves, among which the Boshan furnace was still burning with a very high fragrance of light incense, lingering in the closed carriage, so it was fragrant and warm, and the child couldn't help sleeping, and she gradually squinted after staying for a while.
Yan He raised his eyes and saw that her head was getting lower and lower, and she was about to hit the table if she was unstable, she put down the cinnabar pen in her hand to support her, her eyelids moved, she frowned and whispered vaguely, as if she was about to open it in the next moment.
He hesitated for a moment, patted her back awkwardly, it was a soft ball, not heavy, his hand that fell on her back did not dare to use force, she snorted twice, and her eyelids were firmly closed again.
Yan He raised his hand to place her, but as soon as her long arms were stretched, she rolled into his arms and rested on her chest.
He seemed to be extremely unaccustomed to being so close to people, and he raised his hand to push her away, and as soon as his fingertips touched her shoulder, he saw her ears trembling from the cold, and he murmured unconsciously, and his hand couldn't help but pause.
Chonglan was stunned in a trance, and dreamed that a little ghost was about to bite her with his mouth open, she was panicked and scared, and also opened her mouth and bit back.
Yan He's body stiffened, but she didn't expect her to open her mouth and arch in his arms like a dog, he didn't wear a heavy robe in the carriage, only a collar straight fix, and she bit the bulge on his chest with her head.
He was slightly stunned, his eyes flashed with anger very quickly, and there was a moment of imperceptible embarrassment, and he immediately reached out and pushed the person away. She woke up completely, and raised her eyes to look at his gloomy face a little blankly: "What's wrong with my lord?" ”
His plain silk clothes, a little bit of water has deep marks, Chonglan saw it, and then his scalp went numb, it wouldn't be what she thought, right? Her lips trembled, and her voice trembled and dragged out the elder: "My lord, did I stain your clothes?" ”
Yan He took a deep breath, couldn't get angry at a hairy child, pursed his lips and said that it was okay, lifted the curtain and walked out.
He would rather ride a horse and blow the cold wind than enter the carriage, and when he accosted him, he also lowered his eyes and had a cold face, and he was used to being elegant and graceful, but he had never seen this appearance.
Chonglan shrunk her neck with a frown, not daring to speak again, but fortunately, Steward Ning assigned a big maid and two little maids to serve her, so she was spared this embarrassment.
Although it is not far to go to Jinyang, it also took three or four days of hard work, and she is almost familiar with the two little maids who serve her, but the big maid Cuiwei is a little lukewarm, although she can't find anything wrong in doing things, but secretly there is always some meaning of yang and yin.
It was easy to wait for her to get on the boat, and saw that the house where she lived was cold and cold, and she didn't even see a stove, and the bedding and bed were also a little moldy, and she didn't clean up in advance.
Unexpectedly, this Cui Wei became even worse, and when she served dinner, she only served a cold and hard steamed bun, two dishes that were a little burnt, and a bowl of half-lukewarm clear soup, and said apologetically to her: "The slave is late, and there are only these left in the kitchen, so I can only bother my sister first." ”