From the residence of Xiangnu to the courtyard in charge, it is necessary to pass through the two-month cave gate and walk through two bluestone roads, which is not a short distance. The road is planted with plants and trees on both sides, and at night, the fragrance of the plants and trees slowly spreads, which is a little colder than during the day.

Quiet, so quiet that only the footsteps of the two people in front and behind can be heard, and occasionally there are a few insect chirps, but it is more and more quiet.

An Lan looked at the courtyard that was getting closer and closer, looking at the two silver-covered carved glass lamps hanging in front of the courtyard, the evening breeze was blowing, the crystal pendant under the glass lamp was shining with a little starlight, and the colorful candle flame plated the steps at the door with a layer of ambiguous warm color.

About to arrive at the gate of the courtyard, Shi Zhu slowed down, An Lan sighed quietly and followed as usual.

To say that she is not worried at all, it is false, but over the years, she has stumbled over so carefully. For a long time, although I was trembling in my heart, I must pretend to be calm and calm on my face, and it has become a habit to pretend to be dressed. Because she has understood since she was a child that in this place, the more timid she is, the more she will be bullied. The affection of caring for friendship will only appear between relatives and friends, or when there is no competing interests.

Shi Zhu led her into the courtyard, walked down the corridor to the front of Wang Zhangshi's room, and knocked lightly on the door: "Master, An Lan is here." ”

An Lan saw that Shi Zhu was leading her to the east wing, and she felt a little uneasy, so she asked, "Did the king only call me over?" ”

Before Shi Zhu could answer her question, the voice of the king came from the house: "Come in." ”

Shi Zhu bowed his head at An Lan, then turned and went out in the direction of the corridor. An Lan looked at Shi Zhu's figure walking farther and farther, and then looked at the nearby maid who couldn't see it, only a few mothers-in-law waiting at the gate of the courtyard, and occasionally a courtyard attendant passed by, but it was far away.

The wind of the summer night suddenly added a bit of chill, and the faint fragrance escaped from the house, which was faint but soothing.

"Why don't you come in?" A moment later, another sentence came from inside, with a hint of impatience in his voice.

An Lan immediately cheered up, wiped away the uneasiness on her face, answered "yes" softly, pushed open the door, and walked in.

Compared to the residence of the Xiangnu, this place can be called extremely luxurious.

On the bed of the tortoiseshell sour branch wood arhat is a large pillow with a golden python pattern in the color of autumn fragrance, on the high table of the three-legged carved vermilion lacquer is an octagonal candlestick with a blue and white entwined branch floral pattern, and on the Bogu shelf of the moon cave door is a spring vase with a glazed spring bottle of the goddess, as well as the gilt inlaid beast Boshan furnace...... Each of them shines brightly under the brilliant candlelight, and it is very easy to lose sight.

After An Lan entered, she only glanced inside, then lowered her face slightly, and walked over to bow and salute: "I've seen the master, I don't know if you called me over directly at this time, what did you order?" ”

It stands to reason that if the head of the incense courtyard has anything, he will not directly order the incense slave, but first order the incense envoy, and then the incense envoy will appoint the incense slave to run the errand. However, in Genxiangin, it is a well-known fact that Wang Zhangshi likes to deal directly with Xiangnu.

When An Lan came in with Shi Zhu just now, the two women at the gate of the courtyard deliberately looked her up and down several times, and their eyes were so naked that they were annoying.

Wang Zhangshi raised his eyes and looked at An Lan for a while, and then smiled: "Why are you standing so far away, I'm not a tiger, I can't eat you, come here, show you something, this is the incense I took back when I went out this time." ”

With a gentle voice, upright facial features, a serious expression, and the fact that he has passed the age of not being confused, his temples have seen silver threads, and the two of them look obviously inferior in generation. If you don't know his personality and hobbies, you will think that he is an amiable and respectable elder. But at this time, after An Lan heard this, he only took two steps forward and stopped about three steps away from him.

Wang Zhangshi was a little dissatisfied, so he looked at An Lan and squinted slightly, this little girl, the bigger she is, the more cunning she is, in recent days, he has hinted so many times, but she is still pretending to be stupid in front of him. Before, he thought it was a little interesting, and it was also fun for him to slowly grind and tease from time to time, but now he found that this little fox had long been hiding his heart, and he must have secretly prepared for a long time.

"Why, let you come over for a while, I have to ask three or four times!"

An Lan was shocked, raised her eyes, and saw that Wang Zhangshi looked at her with a faint hint of impatience in her eyes, but there was no anger on her face, she was a little fixed in her heart, and took another step forward.

Wang Zhangshi's fingers tapped lightly on the table: "I watched you grow up, over the years, I haven't taken care of you enough, what are you afraid of me?" ”

An Lan said: "I respect you. ”

Wang Zhangshi smiled: "Since you respect me, why don't you want to call me godfather." ”

An Lan lowered her eyes and said, "There is a difference between the top and bottom, An Lan does not dare to overstep." ”

"I don't think you dare." Wang Zhangshi leaned back, looked at her and said, "Do you think that after saying a few words to the nobles of Kou Meilin, you think you can fly out from here?" ”

An Lan didn't dare to think so.

"Then how dare you think?" As he spoke, he stood up, walked up to her, and looked at her condescendingly. After a while, he stretched out his hand to lift her chin, but he didn't want An Lan to suddenly retreat, and bowed to him and said, "If you don't have anything to order, please let An Lan retreat." ”

Wang Zhangshi looked at his empty hand, and then looked at the little girl in front of him who was written with vigilance all over his body, and felt a little annoyed in his heart, but frowned, he finally held back, and sat back on the couch with his hands behind his back: "I heard about today's incident, do you feel that you have been wronged?" ”

"Nope."

"If you have a grievance, you can come and sue me at any time, if I am not there, you can also let Lian Xi'er call the shots for you."

An Lan was silent, and Wang Zhangshi said, "What, you don't want to?" ”

"An Lan has no grievances."

Wang Zhangshi knocked on the table: "So, you don't want Granny An's medicine and the position of the incense envoy?" ”

An Lan raised her eyes, paused, lowered her face again, and didn't say anything.

"An Lan, ......" Wang Zhangshi said earnestly, "I love you now, you must understand in your heart, you are on an errand in my incense courtyard, what can you do to bypass me." ”

An Lan's head hung lower, but at this moment, Shi Zhu's voice came from outside: "Wang Xiangzhi and Guizhi have arrived." ”

An Lan's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and she was glad that she had escaped, but then her heart sank again, it turned out that Wang Zhangshi came to her tonight to give her a final warning, if she didn't know each other, she wouldn't give her convenience in the future.

"Go back, think about it, you are different from them, I grew up watching you, and I love you more than anyone else." Wang Zhangshi's eyes swept over An Lan's body, and then he said, "Let them in." ”

An Lan retreated, and when Gui Zhi and Wang Meiniang were about to go inside, they saw her coming out of it. Gui Zhi was shocked, but he didn't expect that at this time, An Lan would be here in charge of the king, and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

An Lan ignored her words, saluted Wang Meiniang, and turned to leave.

Wang Meiniang looked at An Lan's back as she left for a while, snorted in her heart, then withdrew her gaze and entered the house. Gui Zhi followed behind Wang Meiniang, her fingers quietly hooked on Shi Zhu's sleeve, glanced at him again, and then stepped over the threshold.