Early the next morning, Xiao Yiran drove away from Anshan Station, gradually moved away from Bianliang City, stayed overnight along the way, passed Handan, passed through the Daimyo's Mansion, and was four days ahead of the original expected 20 days, and finally arrived outside Yanshan City, where Yanshan Mansion was located, in only 16 days. Zhao Qing had already entered the city in advance and informed Xiao Guoliang of the exact time when his mother and daughter came, so Xiao Guoliang came to wait outside the city early.

The frame saluted all the way to the prefect's mansion, which had been prepared for a long time, and the family was finally reunited again after half a year.

The mother and daughter first looked at the scars on Xiao Guoliang's body, and saw that there was a small purple scar on the left arm and right leg, which looked a little terrifying.

"Daddy, does it still hurt?"

"In the summer, every rainy day, there was a dull pain, but now I can't feel it anymore."

The mother and daughter asked about the details of the time, and when Xiao Guoliang talked about the key point, Xiao Yiran and Sun couldn't help but sigh. Xiao Guoliang also inquired about Bianliang's situation, and the mother and daughter also talked about it one by one. Xiao Yiran saw that there was only a large copper basin in the room, and charcoal was lit in it for heating. He asked:

"Daddy, can we only rely on charcoal burning here for warmth?"

"Yes, it always has been. Those ordinary people's homes can't even afford to burn charcoal. ”

After dinner, Xiao Yiran returned to his room, planning how to hand over the heating method with the hearth and fireplace to his father Xiao Guoliang. In the end, I decided to make a real yàn in my room first, and after success, I didn't need to say anything, my father would naturally do it.

After two days of rest, Xiao Yiran began to act. Because Xiao Guoliang has been busy with official business, and because the Sun family has just moved over, there are many things to do in the house, so neither of them paid attention to their daughter's movements.

Xiao Yiran first asked Sun Ming to find a few people, and Sun Ming brought them to bring bricks, stones, mud and sand, etc., to rebuild an inner wall on the four walls of his room, and leave space on the east wall to build a firewood stove. As the daughter of the prefect of Yanshan Mansion, it is still very simple to do this thing, and it has been transformed in less than two days. After that, Xiao Yiran asked Sun Ming to bring someone to bring a large amount of firewood and give it to Qingwen and Musk Yue to light the fireplace. Soon, the newly built interior walls were dried, and the temperature inside the house rose.

When Sun, who was busy, saw that there was a chimney suddenly outside his daughter's room, and there was smoke coming from the chimney, and hurriedly came over to see what was going on, he was first startled by the temperature in his daughter's room.

"Ran'er, why is it so warm here?"

"Mother, come and see."

Xiao Yiran led his mother Sun to the fireplace and saw two girls filling it with firewood. I couldn't help but ask curiously:

"No wonder I saw Sun Ming busy with people in the past two days, it turned out that he was doing this."

Sun looked at it for a long time, then walked around the room again, and touched the hot walls with his hands from time to time. Nodding his head, he said:

"Yes, that's a good idea. Go back and change your father's room, it's still where your father does business. ”

"Daddy's room can be changed like this, and Daddy's room for business is not suitable. You can't leave it to someone to fill it with firewood, right? ”

Sun thinks about it too.

"Is there any other way?"

"Yes, don't worry about it, mother, there is me. Going back, I first asked Sun Ming to take someone to change my father's room according to this look, and then go to change my father's office room. ”

Xiao Yiran had already made up his mind, and immediately found Sun Ming and instructed him to change the old lady's room according to the appearance of his room. After that, Li Wang was found and asked him to invite a few more people. After Li Wang invited five or six people's husbands, Xiao Yiran led Li Wang and took the people to the back hall of the prefect's yamen, which was the place where Xiao Guoliang handled official business after he retired from the court.

"Daddy, in such a big room, it's not enough to rely on a charcoal basin for heating. The daughter has asked Li Wang to invite a people's husband, and immediately start to transform her father. Daddy just watched, and in two days it would be warm like spring. ”

In the evening, Xiao Guoliang had already learned about his daughter's actions from his wife Sun, so when he heard Xiao Yiran say this, he just smiled and said:

"Just do it. Daddy just waited to live in a room as warm as spring and never interfered. ”

So, Xiao Yiran came outside, walked around the back hall, chose a good place, and asked Li Wang to lead people to start digging the hearth. While digging the hearth, a new layer of green bricks was added to the floor in the back hall. Naturally, when adding masonry, the flue will be reserved, as well as the fire inlet of the hearth. And outside the wall opposite the hearth, he built a chimney about the height of the house.

In order not to hinder his daughter's construction, Xiao Guoliang took the initiative to let him out. Three days later, when Xiao Guoliang was re-invited into the back hall by his daughter, although it could not be said to be warm as spring, he basically didn't feel a trace of cold. The characteristic of the hearth, unlike the charcoal basin, is that it only warms a small area. Rather, the heat emanates from the floor and warms the room.

When such a big change occurred in the back hall of the prefect's mansion, after being known by Deacon Yage and others, they couldn't help but be envious. They have demanded that the place where business is handled should also be renovated in this way. To this end, Xiao Guoliang specially allocated a sum of money for the renovation of various places in the prefect's yamen. Naturally, Li Wang and Sun Ming, who had already learned from Xiao Yiran, became the commander-in-chief of the renovation project.

"Ran'er, how did you come up with the idea to do that?"

"There are many Tang Dynasty notes that record the customs and folklore of various countries in the Western Regions, including records about fireplaces and hearths."

"Why haven't I seen it?"

"Daddy only reads the books of sages, where will he pay attention to those notes from wild history novels?"

Sun just looked at Xiao Yiran and smiled, she knew best in her heart that although she didn't know all the books her daughter read, she also knew that she was not far from ten, why had she never seen a similar record in any notebook novels? It's just that since her daughter is unwilling to say it, Sun will not expose her daughter's little lie.

Xiao Yiran also understood what his mother Sun's smile contained, turned his head to look at his mother Sun, and made a very grateful expression. Looking at his clever and eccentric daughter, who was just over ten years old, Sun was both relieved and proud.

That night, Sun and Xiao Guoliang lay on the bed, and on the way to come, first Lin Chen went straight to the Shili Changting, and then the third prince chased him to Anshan Yi and told Xiao Guoliang.

"Husband, Ran'er will be eleven after the New Year. By April of the following year, he would be eleven years old. Although it is still a few years to the age of engagement. However, now Lin Chen, especially the third prince, the two of them are very clear about their daughter's intentions. I wonder what my husband thinks about this? ”

"Lin Xiaogongzi is a good child, and he will definitely have a bright future in the future. As for the three princes, forget it. It is said that the Houmen is as deep as the sea, let alone the palace? ”

Xiaoli thought the same. That day in Ansanyi, after the third prince left, he also asked Ran'er. ”

"What did Limei ask Ran'er?"

"I asked Ran'er if she hadn't learned the art of Qingjian from Mr. Kou, and in Ran'er's opinion, what will happen to the third prince in the future. Husband guess what his daughter said? ”

"How?"

"Ran Er only said four words: reign over the world."

"What?!"

Xiao Guoliang was startled, and couldn't help but make his voice louder. Sun hurriedly stopped:

"Don't raise your voice, husband."

"This matter can only be known to the three of us, and the fourth person must not be allowed to know. This is a great sin to destroy the Nine Clans. ”

Although Xiao Guoliang knows that his daughter has spoken in less than four months, and she has been sensible since she was a child, and when it comes to intelligence, almost no one can match her. But Xiao Guoliang still can't agree with his daughter's views on the future of the third prince. Although Xiao Guoliang has never cared much about the royal family's private affairs, he still knows something from hearsay. Today's saint loves Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, for ten minutes, not to mention that he has always been a long-standing and not a young, even if the eldest prince has any accidents in the future, there is still the second prince Zhao Yuanxi. No matter how you say it, the crown prince will not be the turn of the third prince Zhao Heng.

"So what does Ran'er say of Lin Xiaogongzi?"

"Although the career is bumpy, he is also a generation of celebrities."

Xiao Guoliang nodded, he agreed with his daughter's evaluation.

"Does Ran'er also like Lin Xiaogongzi?"

Sun nodded.

"In this case, in a few years, if Mrs. Wang and the Lin family don't object, let's settle it for them, so as not to cause extraneous branches."

Sun understood the meaning of Xiao Guoliang's mouth, nodded and said:

On the way, I also promised Ran'er. When he returned to Beijing, he made up his mind for the two children. ”

"Jiang Ning, will you come to harass?"

"Probably not, right? No matter how impossible it is, it will be impossible to chase down Yanshan Mansion. ”

The husband and wife talked some more gossip, and finally Xiao Guoliang remembered what Kou Xiang had said on the night when Huayinlin and Mr. Kou left their jobs that it would not be too late to go into hiding after ten years.

"It's only been two years since I left Huayin. When this term expires, it will be four years. There is still a long time before the old gentleman said ten years. ”

"Are you tired of it?"

"Since embarking on the official career, it has basically been smooth, and I haven't encountered any setbacks. It's just that the time when I was in the Liao camp was a little more thrilling. I don't know why, I always want to live my old life in the countryside again. ”

"Yes, as long as you can fill your stomach, you don't have to worry about anything, it's great."

After being silent for a while, Sun suddenly asked:

"Husband, I don't know what happened to the mother and son of the four books?"

"When I was in the ministry, there was often news of the four books, and since I came to Yanshan Mansion, I haven't been in touch anymore."

"There is one more thing to discuss with my husband, Xiaolian and Xiaoxing are already seventeen years old, it's time to find them a home."

"Is there a candidate in Limei's heart?"

"Choose two from Zhao Qing, Qian Jun, Sun Ming, and Li Wang, as long as they are willing to each other, why bother looking for someone outside."

"This attention is very good, the four of them will be asked by me, Xiaoxing Xiaolian is there, Limei will ask."