Chapter 232: Sending the king to the wind
Xiao Yiran, who returned to the Sun Moon Boat, didn't know what happened in the afternoon, and got up early the next morning, and after breakfast, he took Qingwen Musk Moon and Yinliang to Jiangning County again. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the county ya, he was directly led to the back hall of the county ya, and saw that Lin Shitong and the master of the county were already waiting for him. hurriedly wanted to kneel down to salute, but was stopped by Lin Shitong.
"In this back hall, the young lady doesn't need to make this big gift."
Xiao Yiran had no choice but to bend his knees and give blessings to the magistrate and the master.
Lin Shitong looked at Xiao Yiran, who was dressed in men's clothes in front of him, and said:
"Miss Yiran, please sit down and talk."
As he spoke, he handed over the title deed that had been completed yesterday. Xiao Yiran took it for some reason, unfolded it, and saw that his name was written on it, and secretly said in his heart, what's wrong, why hasn't he done it yet? Looking at Mu Shu again, he was taken aback at that time, and hurriedly handed it back and said:
"Lord Zhixian, what the little girl wants to buy is fifty or sixty acres, how did it become one hundred and thirty-four acres?"
"Miss Yiran don't need to be surprised, this is what King Yan handed over to the officials, and besides, the silver two King Yan has also paid clearly."
handed over another silver ticket, Xiao Yiran took it and looked at the number on it, it was four hundred and two taels. Looking at the silver ticket, and then looking at the magistrate and the master, Xiao Yiran was clear. Zhu Di can know about his land purchase, it must be yesterday afternoon, because the county magistrate learned about the relationship with King Yan from his mouth, he didn't dare to send Sun Xiang and others without authorization, so he went to ask King Yan, so that King Yan would know that he was deceived in buying land.
"This, this, this ,......"
Xiao Yiran held the title deed and silver ticket, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart. Accepting such a great gift from King Yan for no reason, how could Xiao Yiran not think of Zhu Di's intentions. Since the last time he cheated his death, Xiao Yiran has been determined not to fall into the love between men and women, although he still doesn't know if the more than ten years in the Northern Song Dynasty is a dream, but he can get out of the emotional entanglement with Lin Chen and Zhao Heng, Xiao Yiran still feels a rare sense of relief, and naturally he doesn't want to have anything to do with Zhu Di, the king of Yan.
"Lord Zhixian, the little woman wants to return the silver ticket to the prince, but the two silver she brought are less than four hundred miles. Can you leave the title deed here first, wait for the little woman to return the silver ticket, and then go back to the painting boat to get the silver taels, so that you can get the title deed back? ”
"There's no need to go through such trouble, the silver ticket and the title deed lady are all with you. After the handover with King Yan is clear, then send two more silver. ”
"Thank you, Lord Zhixian."
Xiao Yiran stood up, and after greeting the magistrate and the master again, he hurriedly said goodbye and left the Jiangning County Ya, and went straight to the Yanwang Mansion in the city. Although I haven't been to Yanwang's Mansion, it's easy to inquire. In less than half an hour, Xiao Yiran came to the door of King Yan's mansion. After explaining the intention of the porter, the porter asked the three of them to wait in the porter's room, and sent someone in to report it. After a while, Xiao Yiran saw the four entourages who followed Zhu Di to the painting boat that day, the one named Zhu Lin walked towards the gatehouse. Seeing Xiao Yi, he clasped his fists and said:
"Unfortunately today, the prince entered the palace early in the morning. When the prince was leaving, he instructed that the young lady might have to come over in the next two days, so he ordered the villain to stay and pass a message to the young lady. ”
Xiao Yiran listened quietly.
"The prince said that it is estimated that there will be no time to stay in the mansion to receive the young lady in the past two days, please if the young lady has time, you may as well go to the city gate for a while the day after tomorrow."
Xiao Yiran knew that this was because Zhu Di guessed that he would definitely come to return the silver ticket, so he did it on purpose. Since Zhu Di didn't want to take back the silver ticket, Xiao Yiran couldn't achieve his goal no matter what. I had no choice but to quit. And told Zhu Lin that he would definitely go to the city gate early the day after tomorrow to see off the prince.
Xiao Yiran, who was full of worries, returned to the county government of Jiangning County again, returned the silver ticket to Lin Shitong, and returned directly to the painting boat with the title deed.
"Miss, what's so upset about getting so happy?"
Xiao Yiran ignored Qingwen and sat silently in the chair thinking about her thoughts.
I can't remember when Zhu Di first came to the painting boat, what first attracted Xiao Yiran's attention was Zhu Di's masculinity, and then his unique personal cultivation. After that, first gave a jade pendant, and then saved himself in danger, if that time encountered the "mixed and stingy" big trouble, it is a coincidence, then the current gift of the title deed, but it is clearly what it means.
Neither wants the relationship between the two to develop like this, but also doesn't want to offend the Ming Chengzu in the near future, Xiao Yiran really doesn't know how to deal with Zhu Di next. Anyway, since he promised to see Zhu Di off, he will have to go at that time.
In the blink of an eye, when Zhu Di and several princes set off for Fengyang, the central capital, the city gate had just opened, and the carriages to see them off drove out one after another. The carriage that Xiao Yiran rode was also mixed with the carriage that saw him off in the capital. In the memories of Xiao Yiran's several lifetimes, there has never been a memory of seeing off a big man like Zhu Di. I really didn't expect so many people to come today. Thinking that he was a girl, it was not good to be crowded with those princes and ministers, so he let the carriage stop at the edge of the send-off crowd and waited quietly.
At the beginning of the day, Zhu Di and other princes rode horses, rode cars, and came to the ten-mile long pavilion outside the city gate. Vaguely saw Zhu Di's entourage, there was a familiar figure, it seemed to be like the "mixed up" of the painting boat that day, Xiao Yiran didn't go to his heart, just thought it was far away, and he saw the flowers.
When Zhu Di jumped off the saddle, Xiao Yiran saw him looking around, as if he was looking for someone, so he couldn't help but lift the curtain of the carriage and waved his hand at Zhu Di's gaze, and at the same time, a shallow smile appeared on his face. Seeing that Zhu Di was also smiling and nodding, Xiao Yiran put down the curtain easily. She didn't want to let everyone misunderstand what she had to do with Zhu Di in front of everyone. Now that Zhu Di has seen himself, he can be regarded as fulfilling his promise to see him off. Sitting silently in the carriage, Xiao Yiran wanted to wait for Zhu Di and them to leave, and then return to the painting boat as much as possible.
It's just that Qingwen, who has been looking out through the car window, suddenly said to Xiao Yiran:
"Miss, the ones named Zhu Lin and Zhu Yi came over."
Xiao Yiran lifted the curtain at the entrance of the carriage through a gap, and sure enough, he saw Zhu Lin carrying a wine jug, Zhu Yi holding a vermilion plate, a small wine glass on the plate, and walking towards his carriage on the left and right. No, Xiao Yiran had no choice but to ask Qingwen and Musk Yue to lift the curtain of the car, and he also moved outward, revealing half of his body from the carriage.
Zhu Lin and Zhu Yi came to the side of the carriage, Zhu Lin poured wine into the wine glass on Zhu's plate, and said to Xiao Yiran:
"Miss, the prince ordered the two of us to toast Miss."
Xiao Yiran looked at Zhu Di in the distance, who was holding a wine glass at this time, and raised it towards himself, so he had to also pick up the wine glass, gesture to Zhu Di, and raised his head to drink. This was the first time Xiao Yiran drank this kind of wine in his memory, and he felt a spicy taste, like a line of fire down his throat to his stomach, and almost opened his mouth to spew out. It took him to swallow the spicy taste when he squeezed his mouth hard, but tears were already in his eyes.
Glancing at the long pavilion in the distance again, Xiao Yiran knew that the plan just now that he didn't want everyone to misunderstand was completely useless. Just now, Zhu Lin and Zhu Yi came over with a pot of wine, which had already attracted a lot of surprised eyes, and when Zhu Di gestured to this side with a wine glass, it attracted the attention of all the send-offers, and even several other princes around Zhu Di were also curiously looking at this side.
Xiao Yiran pretended to be calm and waved his hand to Zhu Di again, quickly moved into the carriage, and then lowered the curtain. I don't know if I was choked by a glass of wine just now, or I was ashamed of the countless curious eyes just now, Xiao Yiran's face was flushed, and his hands were cramped on his chest, he didn't react for a long time, and his mind was blank.
"Miss, everyone is gone."
Musk Yue said softly, and Xiao Yiran raised his head and glanced out through the gap in the curtain. Sure enough, seeing that Zhu Di and several princes were no longer in the long pavilion, the people who saw them off also waited for the car and drove towards the city gate one after another.
"Let's go back."
Xiao Yiran commanded softly, then closed his eyes slightly, and seemed to fall into deep thought again.
In fact, only Xiao Yiran knew in her heart that she didn't think about anything at this time, maybe she was thinking about everything, and even she couldn't say it clearly. I just feel that my mind is messed up, like a pot of paste.
"Musk Yue, I seem to have seen 'Mixed Hands' from Zhu Gongzi's entourage just now."
"I saw it too, and it felt like it. It's just that it shouldn't be him, right? ”
Listening to Qingwen and Musk Yue's questions and answers, Xiao Yiran opened his eyes, looked at the two of them, and said:
"It seems that I have seen it too, and it really looks like 'bastard'."
"Miss said, could it really be him?"
"I don't know."
"Didn't 'mix not stingy' be sent to the prefect's yamen by Zhu Gongzi? How could it be in Zhu Gongzi's entourage? ”
Although they already knew Zhu Di's true identity, Qingwen and Musk Yue still habitually called Zhu Gongzi.
"Forget it, it doesn't matter if he's or not, as long as he doesn't come to the painting boat anymore."
The two girls were obviously scared by the trouble of "not stingy" last time.
"Miss, do you want to go back to the painting boat directly, or do you want to take a look at the newly bought plot?"
It can be heard that Qingwen wants to walk around, and does not want to go back to the painting boat. Xiao Yiran listened to the wind whistling outside the carriage and asked Qingwen:
"Aren't you afraid of the cold?"
"It's better than being able to paint a lonely boat."
At this hour, it is the most idle time for the painting boat, and Qingwen said that it is not bad to be cold. Xiao Yiran thought for a while and said:
"Then let's go and see, it's okay to go back anyway."
So the three of them rode in a carriage towards the east city gate, and soon went out of the city to the pond outside Songjiatuan Village. Because Li Zheng and Liu Wen had already laid boundary posts at the boundary of the plot, it was easy to identify. The three of them circled along the boundary, and Qingwen exclaimed:
"Miss, if it is really built, wouldn't it be a big Zhuangzi?!"
"It was bigger than it is now."
Hearing Qingwen's words, Xiao Yiran couldn't help but think of the Zhuangzi who was here in the Northern Song Dynasty, when Sun Jidong, the uncle of Jiangning Mansion, blurted out.
"Miss, what back then?"
Musk Yue heard Xiao Yiran's strange words, and naturally asked.