CHAPTER XLIV

The sky has darkened, and at the south gate of Youzhou City, two sergeants guarding the gate are pushing the heavy city gate and preparing to close the door, when there is a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, accompanied by a shout: "Wait! Don't close the gates! Wait a minute! Don't close the gates! The two sergeants stopped there when they heard the commotion, and craned their heads out of the city. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

A small group of horsemen galloped towards a young man dressed in a black coat, and as they approached the city gate, one of them took an arrow from his pocket and shook it at the two sergeants, and the group rushed into the city without stopping. It wasn't until they were far away that the two came to their senses, and one of them asked the other, "Do you see which general's subordinate it is?" The other replied: "It doesn't look like an arrow in the army, but like a prince's arrow." The two men muttered as they closed the gates.

This group of people is Chen Xie and his attendants, after entering the city, they slowed down their horses, a waiter led the way in front, through most of the city to the Huaishu Hutong, Chen Xie dismounted and walked into the alley, he only brought two personal attendants, the rest of the people were guarding the mouth of the alley, walked to the end of the alley, he stopped in front of the door of a courtyard, he looked up at the old locust tree in front of the door, it was still early spring, the sparse branches and leaves danced in the moonlight, there was a strange beauty.

Chen Xie took a deep breath, pressed the excitement in his heart, stepped forward and knocked on the door, the knock was particularly clear in the silent alley, and soon there was a rush of footsteps in the door, and then a woman's voice sounded: "Who?" Chen Xie hesitated for a moment and replied, "I am Ami's husband, and I am here to pick her up and the child." The door creaked open, and a woman stuck out her head, looked at him carefully, and said, "The master is out, come back another day!" Chen Xie frowned when he heard this, stretched out his hand to push the door open, stepped in, the water lady was pushed and staggered back a few steps, two attendants followed into the courtyard, Chen Xie raised his legs and walked to the main house, the water girl walked out of the side room, shouting loudly, the water lady quickly ran over to push the water into the house, and told him not to come out, Chen Xie looked back, and told the water lady to hold the lamp, the water lady pushed open the door of the main house, walked in and took the fire fold to light the lights in the house, Chen Xie followed in, and looked around while walking around the house, There was a small dress of Ah Bao that he didn't have time to put away on the box next to the bed, and there was a rattle, Chen Xie walked over and stroked it carefully, while asking the water lady, "How is Ami's body?" How is the child? Does it look like Ami? When the water lady heard him ask, she believed that he was really the male master, and saw that his facial features were eight points similar to Bao's facial features through the light, and she was even more convinced, so she replied respectfully: "The master's body is good, and Bao's body is good, and he sleeps after eating every day. When Chen Xie heard that the child looked like himself, he was very excited, and he took Bao's little clothes and stroked them carefully. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, his face softened a lot, and the water lady peeked at him a lot more kindly, so she asked, "The official came so late, is he planning to stay here?" Chen Xie nodded and asked, "Where did Ami go?" Is Ah Xing accompanying her? The water lady nodded: "Young Master Xing accompanied his master to his relatives, and he only moved in the afternoon." "Did they say where they went? How many days are you going? "The master didn't say to go there, nor did he say how many days to go, but just said that he was going to stay for a while." Chen Xie couldn't help frowning, silent for a moment, he looked at the empty bed, told the water lady to clean up the bed, he wanted to stay here, and asked her to prepare dinner, and then he sent the attendants who stayed at the mouth of the alley to stay in the Taishou Mansion, leaving only two personal attendants to follow. He took the lamp and looked at all the rooms, and then went to Chen Xing's room in the next courtyard to look at it, and happened to see a scroll on the desk, so he opened it and took a look, it was the portrait of Han Mi holding Ah Bao in the hundred days that Chen Ying painted when he was idle.

When he returned to Han Mi's house, the water lady had already cooked the noodles and served them, he sat at the table and slowly finished eating the noodles, the water lady sent hot water to serve him after washing, he was wearing a middle coat and leaned on the head of the bed holding the painting scroll and looked intently, stretched out his hand to touch the person in the painting, he sighed, wondering where Ami had gone, it was obvious that she was trying to avoid him, hated only that she was one step late, and she missed it, thinking that Ah Bao was still young, they should not go far, and tomorrow he will send someone to secretly visit.

This night, he sat at the head of the bed for a long time before falling asleep, and after dawn the next day, he walked around the courtyard a few times before he reluctantly left, leaving two attendants to guard here, but he didn't expect that soon after, the water lady who went to the street to buy vegetables met Chen Xing, and told Chen Xing the news of his stay.

Chen Xing, who got the news, soon returned to the mountains, although Chen Xie was his own brother and had always loved him, but he still chose to stand on Han Mi's side, Han Mi's dignified princess of a country, was made incognito by Chen Xie, and he couldn't go back to his home, he didn't agree with Chen Xie's approach, if the prince's brother really liked Sister Mi, why couldn't he marry Sister Mi openly? This is a question he has been puzzled with, although he pities Han Mi for being in exile, but seeing that Han Mi would rather suffer by himself than return to Chen Xie's side, he doesn't want to go against her will, he even helps her avoid the prince's brother, he likes to watch her hug Ah Bao and laugh, which makes him feel warm in his heart, Sister Ami has never seen him, she has always treated him as her own brother, discussed everything with him, and shushed him every day. even made clothes for him personally, this kind of family feeling was something he had never experienced, the warmth made him obsessed, and he was reluctant to break this atmosphere, especially whenever the prince's brother was mentioned, the complicated look on Sister Ami's face, and the sad look made him feel distressed, so that he was reluctant to let the prince's brother find them from the bottom of his heart.