On the evening of the twentieth day of the first month of the twenty-third year of Dading, in a small inn in the county seat of Tobu, San Lang and Shiro were guarding the door of Situ Yan's room and were in a hurry.

Da Lang and Erlang were arrested by the officials, but the little sister not only did not chase her, but also stayed to change her clothes first, they were anxious, but they could also see that the little sister didn't want to look at it, so she had to be patient at the door.

After waiting for nearly two quarters of an hour, the door opened, and Saburo and Shiro froze at the door. I saw that the little girl who wore men's clothes on weekdays was now wearing a satin dress, combing a bun, a small flower on her hair, a silver bracelet on her hand, and a light makeup, and even wearing a cloak and holding a hat on her hand. In the past, when Xiaomei was wearing a floral dress, they thought that Xiaomei was the same as a fairy in the sky. But now they know that in fact, it is not the real little sister, this is, this little sister who looks like a young lady from a rich family is the real her. I don't know whether they were surprised or scared, both of them trembled a little.

When she thought of this idea just now, Aunt Situ had already determined that her identity would no longer be a secret, but if she wanted to rescue Li Dalang and Li Erlang in the shortest possible time, she could only do so without bloodshed, otherwise she would use force to fight the government. And now she just wants to rush to Henan County safely, she doesn't want to cause more trouble, the fastest and most convenient thing is to show Wu De's famous thorn, but if she doesn't dress up, even if she shows the famous thorn, she will only think that it was stolen by a few of them.

In fact, she also has selfish intentions, her identity is impossible to hide from the four brothers of the Li family for a lifetime, since sooner or later it will be exposed, it is better to take this opportunity to make the four people think that she is also helpless, at least let the four people feel guilty, so that they will no longer blame her. In fact, these are completely Situ Yan's guilt, with the hearts of the four people towards her, no matter what she says or does, the four of them will not blame her. But people are like this, when they do something wrong, they will think of others as unbearable, human nature. In the end, Situ Yan's fault was not to deliberately hurt others.

"Third brother, fourth brother, let's go! I saved the eldest brother first, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it in detail when we rescue the eldest brother. ”

Situ Yan's words woke up the two of them, and they hurriedly followed her out of the inn and went straight to the north city gate.

The three of them walked like a fly, running all the way, and finally intercepted Li Dalang and them before they left the city.

"Wait a minute!" Situ Yan shouted urgently, but her pace was much slower than when she was in a hurry just now, and she stabilized the emotions in her heart while pranayama. Because she wore a hat on her head, even if she didn't breathe, the officials around her would not see her flushed.

The official errand was intercepted, at first I thought it was a strong man's family who came to make trouble, his face sank, and he was about to open his mouth to scold, but when he saw the fragrant wind in front of him, a woman with a hat and a cloak stood in front of him, and hurriedly bowed her head and saluted, "I don't know which young lady it is, she is humble and polite." ”

"Your Excellency is polite, you are an official, and the little woman is just an idler in the boudoir, so I can't stand your courtesy." Situ Yan leaned slightly to the side, and then bowed.

"Where is it, is it rude to be humble, dare to ask Miss, I don't know what is the matter with shouting humiliation?"

"My lord works for the imperial court, and I have worked hard, but among the people my lord has taken, there is a house slave in my house who protects me back to Beijing, I think the adult took someone by mistake in his busy schedule, I wonder if the lord can return the house slave?"

"Oh, there is such a thing, I don't know where the young lady is in the house?" This official was not frightened, and when he saw that Situ Yan was coming for the strong man behind him, he had doubts in his heart.

"Home in the capital, this time back to the mother's house to save relatives, coincided with the rebellion in the north, the father was worried about the safety of the little girl, so the house slave all the way to protect the little girl into Beijing, this is the father's name thorn, please look at it." Situ Yan spoke decently and had a very good demeanor, which made the official who was originally suspicious believe three points. took Wu De's name thorn, and saw that it was still covered with the official seal of the four-grade official department, and there was still a trace of suspicion.

The body that was originally slightly bowed lowered by three points, and then handed back the famous thorn, "It's a lowly position, please forgive me." I don't know who the slave is? ”

"You two go and bring people out." Situ Yan turned around and said to San Lang and Shiro, seeing that the two of them were not moving, she hurriedly pinched San Lang. In fact, it wasn't that San Lang didn't want to move, but he was already shocked by his little sister's speech and demeanor, and was pinched by Situ Yan like this, so he came back to his senses and pulled Shiro to bring Da Lang and Erlang out.

"My lord, it's these two people, little girl, thank you so much! It is inconvenient for the little girl to stay outside for a long time, and if she lets her father know, she is afraid that she will be blamed. ”

"Yes, yes, I would like to send you off." Where was Situ Yan willing to accept his salute, he turned half of his body sideways, bent his knees and bowed slightly, and then led people away.

"My lord, how can this official lady go out without even a maid, there will be no fraud, right?"

"With your size, that body of clothes, bearing, and more than ten years of cultivation, you think that everyone can learn it. I see that she only has a plain bracelet in her hand, and I am afraid that it is also from the family, and the life of the unwieldy young lady in the house is not as good as some girls with a head and face, which I have seen a lot. Okay, Xu is a young lady from a concubine, and she is still a good talker, if she changes her sister-in-law, she will not ask us a sin if she is not arrogant, even if she can hide from a board, she will have to be whipped twice, so hurry up! lest anything happen again. ”

"Yes." A few yacha escorted the remaining strong men and continued to the north.

Situ Yan and a few people didn't stop all the way, and hurried back to the inn, Li Dalang and Li Erlang were frightened by Situ Yan for a while, and they didn't wake up when they arrived at the inn, and the two of them stood at the door of the house and didn't know how to enter, and thought that what they saw just now was dreaming, until they saw the face under the hood, and they dared to be sure that this official lady was really the little sister they had been with for more than two years.

Situ Yan didn't like this dress, so she sent the four of them back to their house first, and then went back to her own house to change back into her original clothes. When they returned to Li Dalang's room, they saw that the four of them had their heads down, and they no longer had their old looks.

With a slight sigh, he walked to the table and poured tea for a few people, and then sat down.

"Brothers must have a lot of questions, then listen to me tell me about my life experience."

"My real name is Wu Yan, and it was because my biological mother was killed by my father Wu De that I followed my mother's surname in anger and changed my surname to Situ. ……。 Situ Yan spoke softly, and explained carefully why she left home and why she fled to Lijia Village, "Li Youzhu is not my father, he is just a house slave in Situ's mansion, and my brother is not surnamed Li but Wu Jin, who is a talent in Dading for 20 years." The one who came to deliver the letter at home before was my brother's servant. ”

"I've said everything I need to say, brothers have anything else to ask, just ask! It's me who is not good and has been lying to my brothers. ”

The four of them were silent for a while, guessing is one thing, and seeing and hearing with one's own ears is another.

Situ Yan waited for a cup of tea, but she didn't see the four of them speak, so she couldn't help but sigh, "Hey! Since the brothers were unwilling to forgive Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu had to leave. There are 200 taels of silver tickets here, just leave it to the brothers to live, Xiao Wu will leave at dawn tomorrow, brothers take care. Situ Yan took out the silver ticket she got from the corrupt official and put it in front of the table for four people (she got a total of three silver tickets, and the other two, one was five hundred taels and one was three hundred taels, and she had already taken advantage of the time to go to the city to live in the hotel to exchange it, but this one had not yet been redeemed in a hurry.) He got up and wanted to go out.

In fact, she didn't really want to leave, she was just making a show, and she was forcing the four of them to make up their minds. If a few people could forgive her before she walked out of the house, she would take care of them as before, as if they were her own brothers. If she can't, then she should end up here, and she has no nostalgia for these four people.

Before she could take three steps, her body was hugged from behind, and she heard San Lang's voice coming from behind her, "Xiao Wu, I won't let you go." No matter what your identity is, you are my sister. I don't have anything to do with you, I just won't let you go anyway. ”

"Yes, Xiao Wu, I won't let you go." Shiro also came over and took Saburo and Xiao Goquan into his arms. Erlang woke up at this time, "If Xiao Wu really left just now!" As soon as he thought of this, he felt a chill down his spine, and he shivered in shock, and he also stood up and hugged a few people.

Only Li Dalang didn't move and didn't make a sound. He was sad not because Situ Yan deceived him, but because the luck in his heart was completely shattered. It turned out that he thought that the difference between her and Xiaomei was only how much knowledge and how much she read, at least they had the same background. But now he knows that he is no longer as difficult as his little sister in his poor life, and when he thinks of this, he is not only sad, but also has a kind of despair.

He didn't have the courage to hug and keep his little sister like his younger brothers, and he didn't even feel that he was even qualified for it. The more I thought about it, the more sad I became, and I just lowered my head and wiped my tears.

Seeing that the eldest brother refused to step forward, San Lang didn't make a sound, thinking that the eldest brother wanted the little sister to go, so he was so anxious that he broke away from Erlang and walked in front of the eldest brother in a few steps, "Big brother, please leave Xiao Wu, if there is no Xiao Wu in this family, I won't even have the courage to live." The emotion that San Lang said suddenly made Da Lang kneel.

Shiro and Erlang also knelt down, and Da Lang realized that he was sad for a while, but let his younger brothers misunderstand, and when he thought that even his younger brothers had misunderstood, if the younger sister also misunderstood that he didn't want her to stay, what could he do? This was in a hurry, but he burst into tears, walked in front of Situ Yan in a few steps, and knelt down for Situ Yan.

"Brothers, hurry up, what's this for." How could Situ Yan not understand the feelings of several people, and even Li Dalang's thoughts she could see. How could they be misunderstood.

"Since the brothers don't let Xiao Wu go, then Xiao Wu will stay, we are still a family, and we have to make a living together."

"Yes, we will always be a family." San Lang actually feels pain in his heart, but he is not as pessimistic as Da Lang, although his status is low at this time, but he believes that as long as he works hard, one day he can also become famous and give his little sister a good life.

Jiro and Shiro were a little slower to react to the relationship, so except for Da Lang, the three of them were more surprised than sad, but they got better faster.

After dinner, Situ Yan chatted with a few people for a while, and then went back to the house to rest.

Li Dalang sat on the edge of the kang, his mind was empty for a while, and he didn't know what to think, but his heart was so barren that he couldn't sleep.

San Lang looked at the eldest brother like this, he felt uncomfortable, he understood the eldest brother's thoughts, but he couldn't help with this favor, so he could only wait for the eldest brother to see it himself, patted the eldest brother's shoulder, and he also followed Shiro to sleep on the kang.

Li Dalang stayed for a night, although he didn't completely put it down, but when he ate in the morning, he was not as spiritless as yesterday, Situ Yan glanced at Erlang and the others again, and saw that the three of them had smiles on their faces again, so they were relieved.

With this layer of identity, in the days to come, although the four of them cared for Situ Yan the same as before, there was still a trace of respect between their speeches. Situ Yan knew that this was all temporary, and she was not in a hurry to let the four of them change, after a long time, several people got used to her identity, and it would be fine to see that she was still treating them the same as before.