Chapter Forty-Eight: The Bitterness Behind It
Zhang Xuexue vacated and returned to Xiaoyao Pavilion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Although Xiaoyao Pavilion is also a place of fireworks, it is different from ordinary green houses. It has a set of requirements for visitors, and if it is not a literati, no matter how much money is spent, it will not be able to enter.
Being able to open such conditions but still operate until now, Han Yan, the pavilion master of Xiaoyao Pavilion, is naturally not to be underestimated. But the outside world still doesn't know Hanyan's identity, and even his gender is a mystery.
Zhang Xuexue is no longer a person from Xiaoyao Pavilion, and if she wants to see Hanyan, she must first be passed by the female maid, and only after receiving a reply for most of the day can she follow the female maid in.
But after all, Zhang Xuexue was the Oiran here, and she had a good relationship with Hanyan, so she got a reply after a while and was taken in.
Zhang Xuexue walked into the cabinet, and there was a strange incense lit in it as usual, which would make people feel fluttering after smelling it for a long time. And Han Yan sat in front of the bookcase and read the book as always. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he raised his head, put down the scroll, and showed a warm smile, "Ah Xue, you are here." ā
Zhang Xuexue sat down across from him, looked at his scrolls, and said, "You always like to read these miscellaneous books." ā
"At the end of the book, there are some ancient things, which is extremely interesting. ā
Zhang Xuexue said helplessly: "The so-called ancient things are all fabricated claims, and you still take them seriously." ā
Han Yan smiled: "No, no." The vastness of heaven and earth, how much can you and I know? At the beginning of chaos, creation is realized, and some untouchable things will be derived from it. ā
"Even if there is, where can we ordinary people see it?" Zhang Xuexue said.
Zhang Xuexue was a little stunned when she saw Han Yan being asked by herself, and she didn't want to irritate him, so she just changed the topic and asked, "Xiaoyao Pavilion has been okay lately?" ā
Han Yan came back to his senses and said, "It's okay." It's just that I've been disturbed by the affairs of Governor Li's mansion recently, and I'm not in a good mood. ā
"Governor Li has been here?" Zhang Xuexue asked.
Han Yan shook his head, "It's not that he came in person, but he sent someone to send a secret letter......
Zhang Xuexue asked again: "Secret letter? ā
In order not to be so abrupt, she added: "Could it be that there is something to invite Xiaoyao Pavilion to help?" ā
Han Yan snorted coldly and said, "It's not so much about helping, it's better to coerce." ā
Zhang Xuexue's eyes widened, and she pretended to be puzzled: "Why did the pavilion master say this? ā
Han Yan sighed, remembering the content of the secret letter, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, "This Li Manzi, when he was an official, he was in the same stream with Qingniang, collecting money, after the incident in the east window, he asked us not to talk nonsense, you say, is this coercion?" ā
"Naturally...... But you ...... pavilion master," Zhang Xuexue wanted to speak and stopped.
Han Yan understood what Zhang Xuexue wanted to say, and he said helplessly: "Even though I am not afraid of him, but for the sake of those compatriots, I can't say it." ā
"Why is that?" Zhang Xuexue was really puzzled this time.
Han Yan glanced at Zhang Xuexue deeply, and suddenly asked, "Who is here to ask you this?" ā
The candle flame shook violently.
Zhang Xuexue was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Where is someone so boring to get involved in this matter." I'm also asking myself to find out the situation. ā
Han Yan stared at Zhang Xuexue, he was good at looking at people, so he naturally had his own decision about whether Zhang Xuexue's words were true or false.
Zhang Xuexue was looked unnatural, and her eyes were a little afraid to look directly at Han Yan. Han Yan said: "It's Miss Xiao Xiao who wants you to come." ā
Zhang Xuexue was stunned, but she didn't expect him to guess so easily.
She doesn't speak. At this time, it is really not suitable to speak first.
Han Yan's sharp gaze was fleeting, and he returned to elegance and gentleness. He said, "Just ask, I know everything." ā
Zhang Xuexue didn't want Hanyan to be so simple, and felt a little regretful in her heart that she had gone through such a big circle with all her efforts.
"I hit it off with Miss Xiao Xiao last time, if Miss Xiao Xiao needs my help this time, how can I grind?"
Han Yan picked it up and told Zhang Xuexue to listen, and Zhang Xuexue knew how tricky things were.
"That is, almost all the Qinglou in the capital are involved in this matter?"
Zhang Xuexue asked in disbelief.
Han Yan nodded with a heavy face, "At the beginning, they were coerced by Governor Li, and they were also out of helplessness, but now if they report Governor Li and find out about that matter, they will definitely not be able to escape from it." ā
"Since they knew that it was privately made gunpowder, they dared to resist and report it to the officials. Now where is the turn to get this dilemma! Zhang Xuexue said with some excitement.
Han Yan smiled bitterly, "Regardless of the power of Governor Li's Mansion in the capital, just that official protects each other, who can sue him?" ā
"What about the women who were coerced and abducted? Are you willing to spend your whole life in the Qinglou? Zhang Xuexue asked again.
āā¦ā¦ has been reduced to this, being wantonly played and ravaged by others, where can he think of revenge for himself? Regardless of the threat, you have to worry about your own face. Besides, how many people dare to see their families when they look like this? ā
Zhang Xuexue shed two lines of tears when she heard this. She has also been involved in this industry, so she naturally knows the bitterness behind it.
Han Yan took out a handkerchief and wiped Zhang Xuexue's tears, "I have already told all the circumstances, I hope you will tell Miss Xiao Xiao, I know that she has her own plans, but if you can prevent this business from hurting your muscles and bones, it is very good." ā