Lan Zhi finally stayed alone in the side hall until the guests came. When welcoming guests, Duan Ling took care of Lan Zhi, and sometimes even neglected the guests, but Lan Zhi changed her indifference in the past and talked happily with everyone. After the ceremony, it was a luncheon, Duan Ling was pestered and poured wine, Lan Zhi finally didn't want to force herself to laugh anymore, and after drinking for a while, she quietly left the table.

Duan Ling didn't guess wrong, Lan Zhi's participation in arranging the wedding banquet had another purpose. But she didn't plan any big action, she just used the wedding banquet to introduce Xiao Jianchu into the class of Yuyuan nobles.

After Ren Yuanbai's death, Xiao Jianchu took over the affairs of the Central Plains in Haotian City. The prince was imprisoned, and Lan Zhi met with him several times to rescue the prince, but did not reach a consensus: Lan Zhi advocated surprise, but Xiao Jianchu advocated safety, Lan Zhi wanted to take action herself, but Xiao Jianchu only let her hide behind the scenes to collect information. He even objected to Lan Zhi marrying Duan Ling.

Lan Zhi didn't agree with his caution, but without Xiao Jianchu's help, she couldn't act alone, so she had to obey the arrangement. She walked in the backyard without a purpose, and her eyes were full of festive red, but her heart was dull.

The scene of the meeting with Xiao Jianchu a few days ago was replayed in Lan Zhi's mind. Xiao Jian first told her that because the prince fled, the Central Plains wanted to pay Yuyuan ten thousand stones. The people of the Central Plains, who were resentful but powerless to resist, blamed Ren Yuanbai for this catastrophe. They couldn't do anything to Ren Yuanbai, so they dug up the body of Ren Yuanbai's father and mother and destroyed the ancestral hall of the Ren family.

When Lan Zhi heard the news, she was furious. At that moment, she also had the idea of not caring about the prince's life or death, but when she calmed down, she still decided to continue the plan. Just because it was Ren Yuanbai's last wish to rescue the crown prince, her current efforts were just to let her younger brother rest in peace under Jiuquan, which had nothing to do with those Central Plains people who did not distinguish between right and wrong.

But...... What about marrying Duan Ling because of this? Is it just to get the identity of Mrs. Duan? If she married Duan Lingzhen just for convenience, then even if she didn't bother to please him, she should always maintain a superficial peace, why did she have trouble with him everywhere now?

Lan Zhi stopped, feeling even more stuffy. She wanted to ...... She hated Duan Ling. She hated him for killing her last remaining relative, and she hated him for knowing the importance of Ren Yuanbai, but he still refused to let him go. But if it's just hate, why is she so miserable? In her memory, the man gave her warmth and could not remain, so every time she recalled those pasts, she felt burning......

The sound of a festive gong came from the hall, and Lan Zhi took a deep breath, not allowing herself to think about it anymore. The breeze was blowing, the leaves rustled, and Lan Zhi stared coldly at the bushes on the side of the road for a moment before looking away.

Duan Ling actually sent someone to follow her. Lan Zhi wanted to do something to make him unhappy, but she was not in the mood to find trouble. She ignored the tails and continued to wander, but she stumbled upon a man in a corner of the garden.

Qiu Yucheng was dressed in red, and Cheng Dù was on par with Duan Ling. Seeing Lan Zhi, his eyes lit up and he stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law! Congratulations! ”

Lan Zhi looked behind him and didn't see Duan Ling. She didn't expect this person to appear in the inner courtyard, but she didn't want to ask more, and she wanted to leave with a bow. Qiu Yucheng stepped forward and blocked her way: "Hey! Sister-in-law! Where are you in a hurry? ”

Lan Zhi tilted her head to look at him. Duan Ling had introduced Qiu Yucheng to her, and only said that this person was the Zongren Mansion Sect Order, and she didn't think much about it at that time, but after Ren Yuanbai died, she sensed that something was wrong. The token was placed on Qiu Yucheng's mansion, and the banquet that night was a trap, and it was impossible for Qiu Yu to be unaware. And Duan Ling will call him the "opponent", thinking that this person must not be simple, and he is not allowed to have other identities behind the order of the sect of the sect.

Lan Zhi felt that this person must know a lot of secrets, but she didn't dare to provoke people who made Duan Ling jealous. She thought for a moment, but still politely and detached: "I was not strong enough to drink just now, so I just came out for a walk, and now that I have been away from the table for a long time, I naturally want to go back to the front hall quickly." ”

Qiu Yucheng's smile grew: "Don't be in a hurry, since it's been a long time, then I'm not afraid of it for a long time." He actually took another step forward and said in a low voice: "What's more, I have something to say to my sister-in-law, and my sister-in-law must love to listen." ”

Lan Zhi frowned slightly. The man stood too close to her, a little impolitely close. Thinking of Duan Ling's words, "Qiu Yucheng likes to sleep with other people's women", Lan Zhi immediately felt a little nauseous.

But after thinking about it, she felt that this was an opportunity: this was not her to provoke Qiu Yucheng, this was Qiu Yucheng to provoke her. She is careful to deal with it, and there should be no major problems.

Lan Zhi took a step back, and said unhappily as if an ordinary woman had been teased: "Lord Qiu wants to say something, but what he says." ”

Qiu Yucheng took out something from his arms and shook it twice in front of her: "Sister-in-law, look, what is this?" ”

Lan Zhi looked at it and was slightly surprised: Qiu Yucheng was holding a jade pendant in her hand!

Lan Zhi carved a lot of jade when she was in Qin'an Mountain, and many of them were sold to Haotian City, so it is not surprising that Qiu Yucheng has the jade pendant she carved in her hand. But this person deliberately showed it to her, but it was a little unexpected......

Qiu Yucheng cherished and stroked the jade pendant in his hand: "I heard that my sister-in-law personally carved a jade pendant and gave it to Master Duan?" He turned the jade pendant in his hand twice and showed it to Lan Zhi: "What, do you think that the carving of your jade pendant is very similar to this jade pendant?" ”

It's all carved by me, naturally it's very similar, Lan Zhi said secretly in her heart. She couldn't figure out Qiu Yucheng's thoughts, so she didn't answer, just looked at him quietly. But I saw Qiu Yucheng put away the jade pendant: "My jade pendant was carved by a female jade carver in the Central Plains." Don't hide it from my sister-in-law, I love art, especially the works of this master, as long as I see this person's jade carving, I will buy it and collect it. ”

Lan Zhi remembered the elegant garden she had seen in the inner courtyard of the Autumn Mansion. Qiu Yucheng was able to guess that she was a woman from the carving, and found her works from many jade objects, and thought that she "loves art", which is true. Then he must have discovered that Duan Ling's jade pendant was also from the hand of "that master". But Duan Ling told him that the jade pendant was carved by himself......

Lan Zhi's heart jumped suddenly: Could it be ...... Qiu Yucheng knew that she was the jade carver of Qin Anshan?

Qiu Yucheng noticed the panic that flashed in Lan Zhi's eyes, and covered her mouth and laughed: "Sister-in-law, Lord Duan is a person of true temperament, and he hates betrayal and deception. Originally, you didn't know how to carve jade, buy a jade pendant at random and give it to him, and he would cherish it, but you want to say that the jade pendant was made by you yourself......" The man looked at Lan Zhi with a kind of satisfied malice in his eyes: "You say, if he finds out about your deception, what will he think?" ”

Lan Zhi lowered her eyes and finally understood what Qiu Yucheng was thinking. Qiu Yucheng didn't associate her with the female jade carver in the Central Plains, he only thought that she bought a jade pendant to give to Duan Ling, but lied to Duan Ling that he carved it himself. This time, he came to the inner courtyard probably to see her, he wanted to see if he could use this thing to pinch her, if he could, he could take the opportunity to do something to make Duan Ling feel bad.

Lan Zhi did as he wished, and said nervously: "I didn't mean to deceive, it was Ah Ling who misunderstood...... she opened her mouth, and finally gave up her quibble and sighed, and pleaded: "Lord Qiu, please don't sue Ah Ling about this matter." ”

Qiu Yucheng's narrow eyes narrowed into a slit, and he smiled happily: "Naturally, you are already married, how can I be so unsympathetic?" He said it well, but his hand suddenly grabbed Lan Zhi's wrist: "It's just that my sister-in-law is a person who loves jade, so why don't you come to my house another day, and you and I will appreciate jade together?" ”

Lan Zhi saw his movements very clearly, and wanted to dodge it, but she couldn't dodge it, and she was shocked in her heart: this person's kung fu was actually on par with Duan Ling! She didn't want this person to find out the foundation of her martial arts, so she didn't use all her strength to struggle, but just said in a low voice: "Lord Qiu, what are you doing?" Let go of me! ”

Qiu Yucheng did not let go. The man turned sideways as if he was afraid that others would not be able to see clearly, and deliberately revealed the hands of the two of them: "Sister-in-law, is this unwilling to go?" ”

Lan Zhi knew that there were several guards hiding not far away, and if she called for help, they would definitely come to help. But she was just annoyed and panicked: "I promise you, let go quickly, what can people see!" ”

Qiu Yucheng got this promise, and then let go of her. He glanced in the direction of the guard and grinned, "That's it." He patted Lan Zhi on the shoulder affectionately, swept away the fallen leaves that were on her clothes at some point, and said goodbye: "I look forward to the day when I meet my sister-in-law again." That's when he started to work hard.

Lan Zhi held back her disgust and didn't wipe the wrist that Qiu Yucheng had touched, just did nothing, and walked towards the guard with a calm face. The path turned a corner, and sure enough, someone was standing by the bushes. But when she saw the man's face clearly, Lan Zhi was stunned: "...... Daddy, why are you here? ”

Duan Guangrong stared at Lan Zhi with an angry face, as if he wanted to reprimand her. But the old man opened his mouth several times, but finally said nothing, and turned around and brushed his sleeves away.

Lan Zhi looked at his back, hesitated for a long time, but still didn't catch up.

said that Duan Ling had been poured a lot of wine and didn't dare to drink it anymore, so he found an opportunity to get out and hide in the side hall to drink tea to wake up. He actually knew that the problem between him and Lan Zhi had not yet been resolved, but he couldn't resist the festive atmosphere of the wedding banquet, and he couldn't help but be a little happy when he was congratulated a lot.

Just as he was thinking about what he thought was good, he heard a knock on the door. A henchman entered and said with a solemn face: "Lord Duan, we have found Tong Gao's body." ”

Duan Ling's eyelids jumped, and most of the wine woke up: "Where is it?" ”

The henchman replied: "The granary in the east of the city." He hid on the beams of the house, and if it weren't for the guards who happened to repair the roof, I am afraid that he would not have found out. ”

Duan Ling raised his hand and pressed his eyebrows. He began to feel a little headache after a strong drink: "The corpse was brought back?" I'll take a look. ”

The henchman led him to the backyard. But from a distance, I saw a guard rushing towards me: "My lord! My lord! The old lady insisted on going home, and now she is already on her way! ”

Duan Ling frowned: "What's the matter?" ”

The guard bowed his head and said, "The old lady was walking in the garden, and I happened to see Miss Lan Zhi talking to Lord Qiu......

After listening to the guard's story, Duan Ling's face was already gloomy. He gritted his teeth and said three words: "Qiu Yucheng ......"

The henchman observed the words and said: "If there is something wrong with the adults, Tong Gao's side, why don't I investigate first?" ”

Duan Ling nodded and said to the guards, "Where is Ah Zhi now?" ”

Lan Zhi saw Duan Guangrong leave, and she was not in a good mood. She knew that someone was nearby, but she thought it was the guard who was following her, but she didn't expect it to be Duan Guangrong. She didn't mind being seen by the guards about her intimate behavior with Qiu Yucheng, and she didn't mind Duan Ling misunderstanding because of this, but she didn't want to involve Duan Guangrong. But since she was discovered, she didn't want to explain more, after all, in her heart, she always thought that marrying Duan Ling was just a transaction, so naturally she shouldn't be too concerned about his family.

In a trance, Lan Zhi found that she had actually come to the outside of Duan Ling's bedroom. Her cave room should be in this place on a candle night, but there is no decoration in the house, and the simple decorations are incompatible with the festive decoration of the house.

This was also Lan Zhi's arrangement, and the housekeeper actually complied. Lan Zhi stood silently outside the door for a moment, and finally raised her foot and stepped over the threshold. She walked around the room without purpose, and caught a glimpse of two peanuts scattered around the corner of the closet. When getting married, peanuts and longan should be sprinkled in the cave room, implying the early birth of a noble son, these two peanuts want to be arranged by the unaware bride, but they were omitted when the next person cleaned up.

Lan Zhi squatted down by the closet and picked up two peanuts. In the morning, the scene of Duan Ling hugging her and begging her crossed her mind, and Lan Zhi suddenly felt that her chest was stuffy, and her feelings were a little uncontrollable. She tried to calm down, but she heard familiar footsteps. Lan Zhi hurriedly threw peanuts and turned to stand up, and saw Duan Ling pushing the door in.