On the outskirts of the city, a horse-drawn carriage was parked.

There was a plain white hand on the half-opened curtain, Jiang Xuan looked around for a while, put down the curtain again, and said, "Sister, are you still waiting?" ”

Ah Yin said: "Wait for another stick of incense." ”

Jiang Xuan said: "We have been waiting for seven or eight days, could it be that the Hou Ye called him back?" She shook her head again, "No, if you really leave, why don't you tell us?" Sister, are they always so elusive when they are the secret guards? ”

Ah Yin shook his head and said: "Since I knew that he was following us, he has always been haunted and mysterious, but in the past, as long as I called him, he would appear, and I don't know where he rested at night before." ”

Speaking of this, Ah Yin felt strange.

After she knew that Chen Dou was a secret guard, she tried several times openly and secretly to see where he was usually hiding. It's a pity that he hid it too secretly, and his skills were too fast, so he couldn't find it at all, so he simply gave up.

I didn't expect that there were drawbacks to not being able to find someone, I was looking forward to Chen Dou leaving quickly, but now that Shen Changtang had made it clear to her, his secret guard was gone, which made her a little worried. The Marquis of Muyang is high and powerful, but he is still in crisis, and the assassinations are continuous. Now that the secret guard is gone, I don't know if there was an accident on Mu Yanghou's side.

But apart from Chen Dou, she had no other way to contact Mu Yanghou.

"Big girl." Fan Haohe, who was outside the carriage, approached the curtain and said, "There is a strange person coming over, tiger-eyed, pay attention." ”

Jiang Xuan opened the curtain curiously, looked at it, and was so frightened that he quickly let go.

"Sister, the man is staring at our carriage!" "Most of my face was burned, and it spread all the way here," she described. She touched her neck and gestured.

At this moment, Tiger Eye shouted, "Who are you?" Why are you in our way? ”

The tiger's voice is rough, and when he shouts out, he has a very bluffing posture, and his voice is rough, and his eyes are round, as if he wants to swallow his life alive. Unexpectedly, the man was not afraid at all, and said calmly: "I am Chen Dou." ”

Ah Yin was startled, opened the curtain and looked up, looking up and down carefully.

His face had been ruined to the point where he couldn't see his original appearance, especially the wound under his eyes, which was glowing with tender red flesh. Don't say that a little girl like Jiang Xuan feels disgusting even for a rough man like Tiger Eye and Tiger Boxing.

Chen Dou brought a hat.

Ah Yin asked, "How did you become like this?" But what happened? ”

Chen Dou looked around.

Ah Yin instructed: "Go to a remote place." ”

Fan Haohe immediately drove to a forest, and the trees were in full bloom and lush in summer, just blocking the official road outside the forest. Ah Yin didn't get out of the carriage, but only lifted the curtain and asked, "What happened?" ”

Chen Dou said: "Seven days ago, someone wanted to kill the girl, but the other party was menacing, and I was outnumbered, so I had to fight to the death. Although he is now seriously wounded, the enemy has been removed. I wanted to inform the girl, but I was too seriously injured at the time, and I barely recovered after seven days of recuperation. The girl doesn't have to worry, I have been ordered by the Hou Ye to protect the girl thoroughly. ”

"Thank you Lang Jun for saving your life." Ah Yin got out of the carriage and saluted him.

Chen Dou hurriedly said: "I can't do it." ”

Ah Yin said: "Lang Jun saved Ah Yin's life, but because Ah Yin was seriously injured, how could he not do it?" After a slight pause, she asked again: "Does Lang Jun know who wants to kill me?" ”

Chen Dou was silent and said, "Someone leaked the whereabouts of the Hou Ye, knew the relationship between the girl and the Hou Ye, and wanted to blackmail the Hou Ye with this." ”

Ah Yin glanced at him and asked, "Is it the hostility of the Hou Ye?" ”

"Yes."

Ah Yin didn't ask any more, but said, "Your injuries have not healed, so it is not appropriate to go to Suizhou with me." Why don't you recuperate in Gongcheng, and then go to Suizhou to find me after your injuries are healed. ”

Chen Dou said firmly: "I have the responsibility to do it, and I ask the girl to forgive me." ”

Ah Yin said again: "It's a long way, why don't you follow us in a carriage......"

Chen Dou still refused, very firmly.

Ah Yin showed a helpless look and said, "Since this is the case, please be careful all the way." ”.

Jiang Xuan listened to the words of Fang Cai Ah Yin and Chen Dou word for word in the carriage, and when Ah Yin came back, she said with a sigh: "Sister, Chen Jialangjun became like this in order to protect us, and now he is seriously injured, and he insists on protecting us all the way to Suizhou, which is really loyal." ”

said, I also admired Chen Dou very much in my heart.

Ah Yin didn't say anything, leaned against the wall of the car, closed his eyes slightly, as if he was contemplating and resting.

Jiang Xuan whispered again: "That Hou Ye treats his sister very well, and puts such a loyal person by his sister's side." If it were someone else, maybe they wouldn't have done it. ”

Ah Yin opened his eyes and said, "I want to thank Chen Dou well." ”

Jiang Xuan nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "If it weren't for Chen Jialangjun, maybe we wouldn't be able to go to Suizhou along the way." ”.

Gongcheng belongs to Suizhou, and the central city of Suizhou has never given other place names, and directly has the same name as the state. are all in the same state, and the distance is naturally not too far. From Gongcheng to Suizhou, it took about three or four days.

There are tiger eye tiger fists, as well as Fan Haohe, the three Langjun sent each other all the way, plus Ah Yin's most precious thing is her nuclear carving, the nuclear carving is tiny, a few small boxes can be loaded, Jiang Xuan is not very soft, all of them are packed in the simple carriage newly purchased by Ah Yin. It was very low-key along the way, but it didn't provoke robbers and bandits.

Jiang Xuan remembered Chen Dou's kindness, and when he went to the inn every day to rest, he always beckoned Chen Dou to rest together, and also boiled him a decoction to treat burns. There is food and drink, and Chen Dou is not forgotten.

Ah Yin looked at it in his eyes, and always felt a little weird, but he couldn't say what was weird.

Four days later, the group arrived in Suizhou.

Suizhou is the center of a state, extremely lively and prosperous. The streets are intricate, the main street is full of eight, into three "well" shape distribution, each has two cities, east and west, and because of the emperor's amnesty, every fifteen and twenty-one does not need a curfew, a night, the street is brightly lit, the night market stalls are lined up, and it is a busy traffic.

Jiang Xuan was amazed by the prosperity of Suizhou, and as soon as he entered Suizhou, he looked left and right, dizzying, and felt that everywhere was fresher than Gongcheng.

"Sister, look at that man! Actually opened his mouth and swallowed the sword! And over there, what's for sale? It smells so good! ”

Ah Yin said with a smile: "Sit down, don't jump around, be careful to jump......"

Before the first word was spoken, Jiang Xuan had already called out "oops". Ah Yin said: "Look at you, I haven't finished speaking, you are really jumping." She took her hand, looked over, and saw that there was nothing wrong before she said softly: "We are going to live in Suizhou for a long time, take your time, and we will be able to finish it one day." ”

Jiang Xuan laughed, but he didn't dare to jump around, so he sat obediently by the car window, opened the curtain and looked at it.

She suddenly said again: "Hey, the girl in Suizhou is so good-looking, sister, come and take a look, there is a girl and a Langjun fighting over there." It was the girl, wearing a crimson full-breasted skirt. ”

When Ah Yin heard the word "Dou Core", his eyes lit up a little, and he also followed the probe.

Sure enough, there were people fighting not far away, but unfortunately they were too far away to see what they were carving, but one of the girls was indeed born well, with snowy skin and black hair, and a bit of beauty.

Jiang Xuan retracted his gaze, looked at Ah Yin intently, and said, "But it's still not as good-looking as my sister." ”

Ah Yin said with a smile: "Xiaozui is like smearing honey every day, and praising your sister every day." I'll find an inn to settle down first," she raised her eyes to look at the sky, it was still early, and said, "Later, I'll go to Shangguan's Mansion to meet Yuan Gong." After the apprenticeship is decided, it happens to be the first day of the new year today, there is no curfew in Suizhou, and I will take you to visit the night market. ”

Jiang Xuan was very happy, and hurriedly urged Fan Haohe to quickly find an inn to settle down.

Fan Haohe smiled well, but he was not in a hurry.

When he was a businessman before, he had been to Suizhou and knew that Shangguan's family lived in Wende Street, the southernmost part of Suizhou. The mansions on Wende Street are either rich or expensive, and there are often nuclear carvers who come to hear the reputation of the Shangguan family, hoping to enter the Shangguan family and make steady progress since then.

The inns that are a little closer to Wende Street are almost unavailable.

Fan Haohe went to ask a few houses, but there were really no rooms left. Ah Yin didn't force it, and chose an inn a little farther away, which was quite close to Nanshi and was very lively. After Ah Yin was settled, he prepared to go to Shangguan's house.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I got down the stairs, I saw a commotion.

The door of the inn, which was still deserted before, suddenly had many more people blocking the door. There was a crimson figure in the crowd, and at first glance, Ah Yin felt a little familiar.

Jiang Xuan said: "Hey, sister, isn't that girl the girl who fought with others before?" ”

When I got closer, I only listened to what those people said to me, and my tone was full of envy.

"So young, it looks like he's only in his twenties, and when he was fighting for the core, Su Lang lost a mess."

"I heard that Yuan Gong is going to take her as an apprentice, and now she is already living in Shangguan's house."

"I heard that the date of the apprenticeship ceremony has been decided!"

"Isn't it? Yuan Gong has waited for so many years, and what he is looking forward to is a high apprentice, and this high apprentice is still from Yongping. ”

"Yongping! It's a big deal......"

……

Jiang Xuan was taken aback and turned around hurriedly.

Ah Yin patted the back of her hand and motioned for her to be calm. How could Jiang Xuan not be in a hurry. came all the way to Suizhou, in order to apprentice to Yuan Gong, and then stay in Shangguan's house to carve the core. But now suddenly a girl from Yongping came, saying that Yuan Gong was going to take her as an apprentice!

Jiang Xuan had already heard on the way here that the nuclear carvers of the Shangguan family were extremely strict in accepting apprentices, and a nuclear carver could only accept one apprentice, and unless the apprentice died in an accident, he could accept the apprentices again.

Ah Yin said in a low voice: "Go out through the back door, there are a lot of people here." ”

As he spoke, he instructed Fan Haohe, who was following behind.

As they were about to leave, there was a sudden silence in the inn. The congested crowd was divided into two halves, and Shi Shiran, a girl wearing a crimson full-breasted skirt, walked in and called, "Dare to ask Your Excellency, is it Miss Yin?" ”

Ah Yin was slightly stunned, turned around, and looked at her suspiciously.

Her waist was as soft as if it were boneless, and she gently bent down and bowed.

"I have admired the name for a long time, my surname is Lu, and my single name is a Lan character."

Seeing Lu Lan so solemn, the rest of the people couldn't help but look at Ah Yin carefully. Everyone thought that Lu Lan had been born beautiful enough to be like a flower, but unexpectedly, another girl surnamed Yin was even more like a flower and jade, with a pink begonia jacket and a goose yellow jacket skirt with the same pattern, obviously just an ordinary dress, but when she wore it, it was like a begonia slowly blooming on a branch, which was beautiful.

"Miss Lu is strict, hurry up."

She helped her out, Lu Lan also straightened her waist, and said with a smile: "Lan'er has always wanted to see Miss Yin, but she didn't expect to meet here today." It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, can Miss Yin enjoy her face and drink a pot of tea with Lan'er? If you don't dislike it, how about a private room here? ”

Jiang Xuan saw that she was gentle and gentle, and her hostility had decreased a lot, but she thought that it would be better if she could make it clear here.

She glanced at Ah Yin, and saw that Ah Yin did not hesitate, so she chuckled lightly and said, "Then Ah Yin is better to obey than to obey his fate." ”.

After a while, Xiao Er prepared a fine private room for the two of them.

Ah Yin asked Fan Haohe to wait outside, and only brought Jiang Xuan in. Lu Lan smiled and said, "This is Miss Yin's sister?" Oops, these eyes are so bright, they are really beautiful. ”

Jiang Xuan blushed slightly when she heard someone praise her for the first time, and there was less hostility in her heart.

Ah Yin said: "My sister is thin-skinned, and others can blush for a long time. ”

Xiao Er served a pot of tea and a few refreshments, and after exiting the private room, Lu Lan said: "Miss Yin's table at the Dou Nuclear Conference, Lan'er is like thunder. Yuan Gong also talked about Miss Yin several times in front of me, saying that Miss Yin was a rare genius. Several nuclear carvers in Shangguan's family were also full of praise for Miss Yin, especially Ma Lao, who also told Yuan Gong that he wanted to take Miss Yin as an apprentice. Yesterday, Ma Lao was still thinking about it, saying when Miss Yin came to Suizhou, but I didn't expect to see Miss Yin today. ”

Ah Yin smiled and said, "It turns out that there is such a thing. ”

"Isn't it? If Miss Yin worships under Ma Laomen, maybe we will be considered senior sisters and sisters in the future. I heard that Miss Yin is 20 years old this year, I don't know when Miss Yin was born? ”

Ah Yin said: "Winter." ”

Lu Lan said with a smile: "Coincidentally, I was born in autumn, a little older than Sister Yin." ”

Ah Yin smiled, but didn't answer the conversation. The two talked for a while, and Lu Lan was extremely able to speak, and did not say goodbye to Ah Yin until it was about to get dark. As soon as Lu Lan left, Ah Yin's brows were already wrung up.

Jiang Xuan whispered: "Sister, I think this Miss Lu is very good." ”

Ah Yin shook his head and said, "She has something to say." ”

Jiang Xuan couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "What does my sister mean?" ”

Ah Yin said: "She wants me to retreat in the face of difficulties, not to meet Yuan Gong, but to meet Ma Lao." It's just that if I really meet Ma Lao, it will inevitably make Yuan Gong unhappy. This Lu girl seems to be easy to speak, but in fact, there is another meaning between the lines. I just heard that Yongping came from, and Yuan Gong didn't mention this girl before, so Yongping should have come to Suizhou recently. ”

When Jiang Xuan heard Ah Yin say this, he suddenly felt that Lu Lan was unfathomable.

"Fortunately, my sister is smart and didn't fall for her."

Ah Yin said again: "Lu Lan came prepared today, and it is estimated that he really has a lot of potential behind him. As soon as we arrived in Suizhou on the front foot, she came over on the back foot. ”

Jiang Xuan asked, "Then what should we do?" Now that the night is dark, it is too late to visit Yuan Gong. ”

"No, I'm not going to visit Yuan Gong. We came to Suizhou this time because of the Shangguan family's initiative to invite, not because we took the initiative to ask. Now that I have come to Suizhou, I have not yet entered the door of Shangguan's house, so I am considered a guest. There is no reason for the guests to take the initiative to come to the door, so they will rest in the inn for a few days and find out the situation. If Yuan Gong really wants to take Lu Lan as an apprentice, we also have to think about the way back. Gong Cheng has already left, and he can't go back. ”

Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "Okay, listen to my sister." ”.

Because of Lu Lan's actions yesterday, many people came to inquire about where this Yin girl was sacred.

Those people had never seen Ah Yin in Suizhou, so they also thought that Ah Yin, like Lu Lan, also came from Yongping. But after inquiring at the inn, I couldn't find out what the name was, and the girl didn't show up, so when it was time to eat, I asked Xiao Er to bring the food. After inquiring again, I learned that the girl was unaccustomed to the soil and water, and she was sick. I'm recuperating in my room now.

At this moment, Ah Yin was drinking iced sour plum soup in the room to cool off, and after arriving in Suizhou, it was also July, and July was a hot day, and it was too hot. In the name of recuperation, Ah Yin hid in the room leisurely.

After she drank the sour plum soup, she began to carve the core.

Don't carve the core every day, the heart is itchy and the hands are itchy, usually idle A Yin always loves to hold the peach pit carving, sometimes carved casually, and the things that come out are also particularly interesting.

When Ah Yin was carving the nuclear carving, he suddenly heard Ah Xuan's voice coming from outside.

She listened carefully and found that Ah Xuan was talking to Chen Dou.

Since that day, Ah Xuan has taken special care of Chen Dou, and every time she has something to eat, she will definitely get a copy for Chen Dou. Ah Yin put down the file in his hand, and waited for Ah Xuan and Chen Dou to finish talking before saying, "Chen Langjun, I bother you to do me a favor." ”

Chen Dou and Ah Xuan came in together.

Chen Dou only said, "Girl, please speak." ”

Ah Yin took out a letter, was a little embarrassed in front of Ah Xuan, coughed lightly, and said, "I'm sorry for you to help me deliver the letter to your lord." ”

Chen Dou responded.

After Chen Dou left, Ah Xuan covered her mouth and chuckled, and said, "What did my sister write to Mu Yanghou?" ”

Ah Yin glanced at her with disgust: "What's there, isn't it just some ordinary words." I've talked to you before. Jiang Xuan stretched out his tone, "oh", and said, "Could it be that my sister misses the Hou Ye?" Also, I haven't seen you for more than half a month. ”

Because Chen Dou almost sacrificed himself to protect him, Jiang Xuan at this time had a very good impression of Mu Yanghou, if she hadn't refused to marry her sister back, she would have wanted to call him brother-in-law now!

Ah Yin blushed when she said it.

In fact, for most of the past half a month, she really didn't take the initiative to think about Mu Yanghou.

Only in the middle of the night, when I occasionally have chest pain, will I think of Mu Yanghou. Now she doesn't know if she also has a strange disease, why Mu Yanghou kissed her, and her chest hurts? She counted carefully, it's okay not to count, it's really embarrassing to count, almost every time we meet, she used to be like Pingchuan, and now she has a slight arc, and she can't see it when she wears a skirt, but when she takes off only her belly pocket, she can obviously feel that it has become bigger.

Fortunately, Mu Yanghou is gone, if she kisses every two months, her breasts will be returned in a few years? Isn't it going to scare people to death?.

At dinner in the evening, Jiang Xuan called Chen Dou over very enthusiastically.

Chen Douwan refused twice, but finally couldn't resist Jiang Xuan's enthusiasm and agreed. Ah Yin asked, "Is Chen Lang's injury better?" Before, the Hou Ye gave me the alabaster in the palace, and I heard that it is also very useful for burns. Do you need it? If you need it, I'll let Fan Haohe bring it to you. She smiled and said, "Speaking of which, you also brought me the alabaster before, when you were ordered by the marquis to secretly climb my window and secretly give me the alabaster." Fortunately, you reached out and didn't find out. ”

Chen Dou whispered: "The girl has won the prize." ”

Ah Yin also asked in a low voice, "Did you give the letter to Master Hou?" ”

"Back to the girl's words, give it."

"When will Master Hou receive it?"

"It takes about half a month.".

After eating, Xiao Er packed up his things. As soon as the door closed, Jiang Xuan said with a puzzled expression: "Sister, when did Master Hou give you alabaster?" And also! Chen Jialangjun sneaked into our house, I didn't know! ”

Ah Yin shook his head, his face solemn.

She looked around, leaned into Jiang Xuan's ear, and lowered her voice repeatedly: "If I tell you something, you must not make a noise, and you are not allowed to say it to anyone, let alone express it." ”

The stern tone of Ah Yin made Jiang Xuan nervous.

She nodded.

Ah Yincai said: "This Chen Dou is not another Chen Dou, I was already suspicious before." Before the burn, Chen Dou's whereabouts have always been secretive, don't talk to you, and rarely talk to me. But after the burn, Chen Dou is often close to you. Yesterday I tried it, and I went through the crumbs of the peach pit. During dinner tonight, Chen Dou had crumbs in his fingernails. He must have opened the envelope. If he was really Chen Dou, he would never open the envelope. ”

Jiang Xuan's face turned slightly pale.

Ah Yin said again: "Don't be afraid, he won't do anything to us now." ”

"Yes...... But ......"

"As long as you don't show your flaws. He's lurking around us, and he must have something to offer. can hurt Chen Dou, and know Mu Yanghou, the origin will not be too small. But so far, he's low, and we're safe. She frowned and said, "Gotta find a way to get rid of him." ”

As he spoke, Ah Yin sighed silently in his heart.

I thought that leaving Gongcheng would be a vast and boundless world. Unexpectedly, when I first came to Suizhou, such things happened one after another, even more dangerous than Gongcheng's situation.

After all, her parents were only partial and never wanted her life.

But the current situation is not necessarily the same.