Great Zhou Kingdom, Kyoto, city gate.

A skinny boy who could not distinguish between male and female stopped at the city gate.

It was a little beggar of about twelve or thirteen years of age, dressed in rags, wearing a gray shoe with a sole that was about to separate from the upper of the shoe on one foot, and nothing on the other, and where she was standing, there were red blood oozing from it.

Unkempt, he didn't seem to feel the slightest pain, and looked at the big word "Kyoto" on the city gate, and a smile of excitement and relief appeared on his palm-sized face.

Kyoto, I'm finally back!

Stretching out his hand and scratching his dirty and knotted hair, the little beggar limped, but without stopping for a moment, he entered the city gate and ran towards the inner city of Kyoto.

Kyoto, the Ran family of the military department.

The Lan family was festive, and the maids and servants were in a hurry, all of them showing joy.

In the main room, there was a heart-rending cough.

After a few moments, the coughing stopped, and a thin, sickly-looking woman of twenty-six or seventeen years of age paced anxiously up and down the hall.

This woman is the mistress of the Shilang Mansion, the Shilang's wife Qi Junlan.

"Mama Ming, where are the people!"

Mama Ming, who also had a happy face, looked helpless, this question has been asked by Mrs. I don't know how many times.

But she knew that Madame did not expect her to answer this question when she asked her, because Madame knew very well in her heart that she, like her, had been waiting in this courtyard for news from the next person.

And the reason why Madame asked like this was just to relieve the excitement in her heart!

After all, since Miss lost five years ago, Madame has dreamed of being able to see Miss again. This time I finally got the exact news of the young lady, and the lady has been in a strong surprise since she got the news yesterday, and in the morning she was even more forced to support her body that had not slept all night, so that she put on makeup, and wore a brand new dress to welcome the young lady's return.

Mama Ming was about to say a few words of comfort, when a little maid in a light pink dress ran in panting, and said:

"Madam, it's time to arrive, Miss has already entered the gate, and you can get here in about a quarter of an hour!"

Qi Junlan asked in surprise, "Really? My Xin'er is really back?"

Due to excessive surprise, Qi Junlan's thin body shook.

Mama Ming, who had been paying attention to her next to her, hurriedly stepped forward and helped her.

"Madam, you are also bitter, the sky has eyes, Miss has been lost for five years, and finally recovered. ”

Qi Junlan bit her lip and burst into tears, nodding her head busily, and finally managed to restrain her excitement.

"Yes, this is thanks to Sheng Er Gongzi, if he hadn't found Xin'er, my Xin'er wouldn't know how much suffering she would have suffered. ”

Qi Junlan said, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, her face full of gratitude.

The old lady helped Qi Junlan to the chair and sat down, and nodded in agreement.

Yes, this time it is indeed thanks to the reputation of the second son of Sheng of the Protector Mansion, if it weren't for the reputation of Sheng Yu who found his wife's only daughter, Miss Lan Xin'er, with his wife's depressed appearance, it is estimated that he would not have lived long.

"Mama Ming, you help me and help me to the gate of the courtyard, I will go there and wait for my Xin'er!" Although Qi Junlan was panting when she spoke, she still insisted on going to the door to greet her daughter.

"Madam, you are weak, you should wait for Miss in the house, Miss is a filial person, I believe she will not let Mrs. wait for a long time!" "Mama Ming knows that her wife's body can't even get out of bed on weekdays, and today in order to welcome the return of Miss, she deliberately tossed it over, and she gritted her teeth and held it up, Mama Ming was really afraid that she would fall down without paying attention.

Qi Junlan thought about it, her body was indeed a little bad, if she insisted on going to the door to greet her daughter, I am afraid that her face would not be very good at that time, if her daughter misunderstood, it was better to wait in the house.

"That being the case, Mama, you go and greet you, and I will wait in this house. ”

Mama Ming answered, and instructed the maid outside the house to take care of Qi Junlan, and she was busy out of the main courtyard and went to the second gate.

The front yard of the Lan Mansion, the banquet living room.

The male owner of the Lan Mansion with a happy face, Lan Haoxuan, the squire of the Ministry of War, looked excited and thanked a young man in brocade clothes and jade belts: "If you can really get the position of the secretary of the Ministry of War, Lan and the Lan family will be grateful to Sheng Gongzi!"

The young son with the brocade clothes and jade belt is the second son of the Protectorate Mansion who Qi Junlan and Mama Ming were grateful for before.

I saw Sheng Yuyun sneered lightly, closed the folding fan in his hand one by one, knocked it a few times on his hand, and said lightly: "It's just a book in the military department, if I want to protect the country, I will naturally get it, but ......"

Lan Haoxuan understood what Sheng Yu meant, and nodded again and again to promise: "Don't worry, Master Sheng, I understand, from the moment you sent the girl into the gate of my Lan Mansion, she is my Lan Haoxuan's eldest lady Lan Xin'er, this is a fact that no one can change." ”

Sheng Yu tapped his palm with a folding fan and shook his head gently: "Not enough!"

Beads of sweat oozed from Lan Haoxuan's forehead, he didn't know where he was not enough, in order to give the girl who Sheng Yu had brought an identity, he kept the whole house in the dark.

Until now, his wife Qi Junlan is still waiting in the main courtyard to see her daughter!

"Please make it clear to Mr. Sheng, what else is Lan not doing enough?"

Sheng Yu opened the folding fan with a "snap": "The identity of only one empty eldest lady is naturally not enough, I hope that everything that the eldest lady of the Lan family can enjoy, she must have!"

I see!

Lan Haoxuan wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and smiled with flattery: "That's natural, since it is Miss Yan of the Lan family, it is natural to be able to enjoy everything that Miss Yan should enjoy, Sheng Gongzi can rest assured!"

Syllable!

Sheng Yu closed the folding fan and stood up contentedly: "Since this is the case, then I won't stay longer, there are still things to deal with at home, so I will leave first." ”

Lan Haoxuan also sent the reputation to the gate of Lanfu.

"Lan Shilang, let's stay!"

Sheng Yu bowed slightly towards Lan Haoxuan, and then strode out of the gate of Lan Mansion.

Then, he suddenly stopped, raised an eyebrow at a thin figure in the distance.

Seeing this, Lan Haoxuan hurriedly followed and looked over.

A little beggar in ragged clothes walked slowly from a distance.

Most of the people living in this area are either rich or noble, not to mention beggars, or there are very few people who are not in good clothes, so the appearance of this beggar is very abrupt.

But this was not the reason for Sheng Yu to stop, he stopped because he found that the destination of the little beggar seemed to be - Lan Mansion!