Chonglan was dragged by Aunt Chong to speak among several official ladies, although she didn't care, but she didn't want to brush off Aunt Chong's kindness, so she took out the spirit to talk and laugh to deal with it, she is a person who is used to socializing, and after a while, several ladies were full of smiles and praised her.

Aunt Chong was quite complacent, and was about to take the opportunity to praise her a few words, when she saw a little maid with an emerald green silk next to her come over and salute Chong Lanfu: "Miss Chong, our prefect lady please go upstairs to talk about it." "Governor Zhang is smart, knowing that he may not come when a big man invites others, so he simply pretended to be his wife.

Chonglan was stunned, she remembered that she didn't have much contact with Mrs. Zhang? Aunt Chong also frowned slightly: "Mrs. Prefect, may I ask her what's the matter?" ”

The little maid's eyes rolled, and she leaned over to Chonglan's side and whispered: "I can't hide it, it's my wife who wants to buy some valuables from Miss, and I'm afraid that it will be bad to say it in front of people, so I specially asked Miss to go upstairs to discuss." ”

This statement is reasonable, and the prefect's wife can't be offended, Chonglan hesitated for a moment and went upstairs with her, and walked to the innermost carved door, she was caught off guard and was gently pushed, and rushed in a few steps.

She subconsciously wanted to look back, but when she raised her eyes, she saw a long figure sitting by the window, and she was stunned, and then said in a panic: "What does Lord Yan mean by this?" When she saw that Yan He was alone in this house, coupled with the lack of a thief's heart, she subconsciously thought that Yan He did it.

Yan He thought of the situation when Governor Zhang went out under the pretext of Shicai, and in a blink of an eye, he guessed his boring tricks, his long eyelashes were lowered, covering the embarrassment that passed by in his eyes for a moment, and said in a rambling voice: "I didn't do it." After he finished speaking, he glanced at her: "But you have good eyesight, and you recognize me at a glance." ”

It's not easy to make up nonsense, although Chonglan doesn't know what's going on, but he still thinks about it and replied: "When I was in the northwest, I was fortunate to see an adult once, and the adult has a wonderful demeanor and will never forget it." ”

Yan He's eyes finally fixed on her, the slender eyebrows seemed to be frowning, the red lips were slightly open, the snow-white teeth were slightly exposed, and the soft and sweet voice was like a lover's coquettishness, not only charming, but also charming as a matter of course. And somehow, I always feel that she has a good face, although her face is the first time she has seen it, but the line stops, she turns around and frowns, and her demeanor seems familiar.

He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, turned his head without a trace, turned around again after a while, and chuckled: "Speaking of the northwest, it reminds me of some old things, don't you already have a family business in the northwest, why did you leave your foundation and go to the south of the Yangtze River?" ”

Chonglan was afraid that he would mention the old things, and he didn't know if this meant to settle the account, standing in place with sweaty palms, he looked sideways, and waited for her to answer.

She pondered in her heart for a while, but she still decided to spread out her words and bow down; "I don't need to say that the adults also know that the right to manage the military rations at the beginning depends on the support of General Song behind the back, if I don't have the right to operate, my business is equivalent to more than half of the collapse, because I know that the adults and General Song at the beginning, I can only fully support General Song, not for adults, but related interests, and must not be done." She smiled bitterly as she spread her hands, with a helpless look.

Yan He said slowly: "According to what you say, if I can give you the right to operate, you will also be loyal to me?" ”

This question is even more tricky than the one just now, if the answer is yes, then it is a villain who has milk and is a mother, if the answer is not, it is to sing against him, and it is strange that he can have a good end.

Chonglan's mind turned, and he already had a saying: "General Song is kind to me, and Lord Yan is even more amazingly talented, if I can see General Song before, I will definitely give up a qiē and follow the adult." After she finished speaking, she felt that something was wrong, and she was suspected of being teasing, so she sneered: "I mean it's for the adult's liver and brain." ”

It's okay that she didn't explain, but when she explained, Yan He also felt a little awkward, pursed her lips and said, "It's neat." ”

Fine sweat broke out on Chonglan's forehead, and he didn't dare to say much when he stood there, but he just kept looking at her with his eyes, and only said for a while; "If you don't have anything else to order, I won't disturb your interest in drinking alone?"

Yan He didn't know what he was thinking, although his expression was faint, he actually deigned to pour her a glass of wine, and a slender strand of silver thread entered the glass, and it was full in a blink of an eye: "Since it is an old acquaintance, according to the rules of the Northland, it is always unreasonable not to drink a glass." He beckoned her up.

Chonglan sat down carefully, didn't dare to let him pay homage first, took the initiative to drink it, he saw her drinking happily, a little smile appeared on her lips, and she couldn't help but be slightly stunned when she peeked at it. Probably the height is different, and the angle of appreciating the beauty is also different, a little light fragrance on his body unexpectedly penetrates, and the wide spider plant leaves next to him half cover his face, and his eyes are more and more like spring smoke.

She inexplicably thought of kissing him, and the heat on her face was steaming, but fortunately there was a wine glass in the way.

The white porcelain wine glass turned a few times around his fingertips, Yan He also took a shallow sip, and suddenly asked an irrelevant question: "The purse on your body is very delicate, and it was embroidered by yourself?" ”

Chonglan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

She waited for Yan He to speak, but he was speechless, and Chonglan saw that he had lost interest in talking, so he got up and said goodbye with a very good look.

Halfway through the door, his voice came lazily: "It seems that your subordinates didn't reach what I said at the beginning, since you woke up, why didn't you come to see me?" Chonglan's face tensed again, and he didn't seem to have any intention of pursuing it: "After the banquet is over, pick a time to come and see me." ”

Chonglan didn't know what he meant, so he could only answer yes, and rested on the carved railing for a while before stepping away from his somewhat weak legs. Many girls downstairs downstairs were chattering in a ball, talking around the daughter of the Zhang Governor's house, Zhang Jinxiu, the daughter of the Zhang Governor's Mansion, pressed the corner of her forehead with a silk, her face seemed to be calm, but she couldn't hide the smug look in her eyes, and she seemed to enjoy everyone's pursuit.

She walked straight to Aunt Chong's side, and saw her face at a glance, Aunt Chong saw that her face was not good, took her hand and asked, "What's wrong with you?" The prefect's wife has made things difficult for you? ”

Chonglan smiled and waved her hand: "It's nothing, it's just that she just invited me to drink two glasses of wine, and at this time it was a little upset." ”

Aunt Chong hurriedly fetched a bowl of sobering soup and fed her, and when she saw that the color of her face was much better, she pulled her to the pile of Mrs. and Miss, and quietly introduced her niece.

Most of the people she introduced are those who have not yet married their relatives, or those who have nephews and nephews who are related to them, not that she looks down on her nieces, after all, her identity as a merchant is here, and there is no official in the family, so it is difficult to find a person with a high status.

She pulled Chonglan and talked for a while, and many people saw that she was good looking, and their eyes couldn't help but light up, but when they heard the identity of the businessman, their expressions faded again, although they were not disdainful, but they obviously lost interest.

While everyone was talking, they suddenly saw Zhang Zhifu leading a group of male guests downstairs, he was half-hunched and carefully accompanied Yan He, his expression seemed to be a little embarrassed, Yan He went downstairs, the straight hem of the sea blue swayed, and the sea water on the clothes was spreading, making it more and more noble and graceful. His gaze casually flickered, paused for a moment on Chonglan, and then moved away again.

As long as it is a beauty, both men and women attract attention, and many young ladies in the hall on the first floor are blushing, arranging their dresses without a trace, or looking at them boldly or implicitly, hoping to win the attention of this Lord Yan.

Zhang Jinxiu has a unique advantage, she doesn't have to look at it secretly like an ordinary girl, she directly ran over and grabbed Zhang Zhifu's arm, and said with a smile: "Daddy can be counted, I hope you have been looking forward to it for a while, didn't you invite the most famous Yuexi class to perform, when will they come?" As she spoke, she looked at Yan He with a pair of wonderful eyes subtle and warm.

Governor Zhang naturally knew his daughter's thoughts, but obviously he didn't mean to fulfill it, so he scolded with a heavy face: "There are no rules, you will naturally come when you should come, what kind of system are you running around like this?" ”

It was rare for Zhang Jinxiu to be scolded by his father like this, not to mention that in front of Yan He, his eyes couldn't help but turn red, he raised his eyes to look at Yan He, and saw him looking at the river with an indifferent expression, as if he didn't hear it, and he felt more and more bored in his heart, and he didn't dare to cry in public, so he just hung his head and ran away quickly.

Governor Zhang smiled at Yan He and said: "The little girl has no form, she collided with the adult, and the adult smiled." ”

Yan He sighed, and he didn't pay attention to it at all, but it made Governor Zhang sigh and lead him out.

Over there, Chonglan was still being pulled by the persevering Aunt Chong to talk to someone, and almost ran into Zhang Jinxiu who rushed in, she hurriedly avoided it to avoid it, Zhang Jinxiu was in a bad mood at this time, pinching the handkerchief and saying angrily: "What kind of person is so frizzy, I bumped into it without looking at it!" ”

Chonglan felt that she was embarrassed enough, and she didn't plan to worry about her, but Aunt Chong was very disgusted with her tone of talking to her subordinates, and said unhappily: "What Miss Zhang Er said is that when you walk, you should look down at the road, don't just patronize and cry." ”

Zhang Jinxiu's face was flushed, I don't know whether she was ashamed or annoyed, Aunt Chong was an elder, she didn't dare to reply, she suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Chonglan, thinking of the scene where she was taken by Aunt Chong, she suddenly smiled, the handkerchief in her hand loosened, and said with a slight smile: "It's me who is rude." She looked Chonglan up and down a few times: "This sister is seventeen or eighteen years old, but I didn't expect to comb the hairstyle of an unmarried woman, I don't know which family is so reluctant to have a daughter?" ”

Her smiling question made people angry, and Chonglan stroked her cuffs: "My surname is Chong." ”

Zhang Jinxiu half-covered her face with a silk, and deliberately raised her voice in a fuss: "It turns out that my sister is a merchant, it's no wonder, my sister is talkative, and she asked what she shouldn't ask, and I hope my sister won't be weird with me." ”

Originally, few people paid attention here, but when she said this, many people looked at it curiously, and some lowered their heads and whispered, with some contempt on their faces.

Chonglan really didn't know how to offend her, but the little girl was just bickering, and it wasn't a big scene, so she said calmly: "The high hall at home is not there, the eldest brother is separated, the second brother is not good at taking care of the family business, and he is forced to make a living, so he can only come out to take care of the family affairs by himself, I set up a female household by myself, and I have not entered the businessman's lowly nationality, what should the young lady not ask?" ”

Although these girls are coquettish guests in the family, they also admire people who can stand on their own, but many ladies have a look of approval on their faces.

The smile on Zhang Jinxiu's face was a little uncomfortable, and he was about to say a few more words, but Yan He, who was sitting outside, turned his head and saw that in the half-open rhombic window, Chonglan was blocked by a high-spirited woman, he frowned for no reason, and smiled slightly at Zhang Zhifu, who was being hospitalized: "Zhang Zhifu teaches his family well, and everyone in the house is so polite, and it is not a scholarly family." ”