"The county lord of Danyang should be able to be chosen, right?" On the way back, Zhen Chengyun asked.

Li Yan nodded from afar: "It depends on what Bai Guanghan means." ”

Zhen Chengyun raised his eyebrows, and said with some disapproval: "Those children of the family who are interested in entering the Changxiang Palace, whether it is identity or reputation, are not as good as the county lord, that is, in terms of character and talent, I am afraid that there is no one who can compare with the county lord, even Aunt Cui said that the county lord's talent is extremely high, if Bai Guanghan does not choose the county lord, who else can he choose!" ”

"Every time the great incense master personally selects the incense waiter, it is a major event in Chang'an City." Li Yan lifted the curtain of the car as he spoke, glanced out, and then gestured in a certain direction, "Just like there, the hearts of the people in the position move, and it is really moving in all directions, so things will not be concluded so easily." Moreover, Bai Guanghan Daxiangshi is still so young, and he has already begun to prepare to choose an heir, which is also a little puzzling. ”

At this time, the carriage was walking on Suzaku Street, and the north side of Suzaku Street was the center of power of the Tang Kingdom.

Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then puzzled: "Isn't it an apprentice, how can you be a waiter?" I've heard that every year there are new incense attendants in the Changxiang Palace. ”

"Even if it is a waiter, it is personally selected by the great incense master, and it is different. The ones that enter every year are just picked by the chief attendant of the incense hall. Li Yan lowered the curtain and explained, "The incense waiter appointed by the Great Incense Master will be the heir of the Great Incense Master in the future, and you will need to pass the test all the way." Sometimes, even if you are initially chosen, you don't necessarily end up laughing at the end, just like there. Until the end, no one can say who will be in that position. ”

After Li Yan finished speaking, he gestured out of the window again, and Zhen Chengyun knew where the carriage was going at this time, so he lifted the curtain in surprise and glanced out.

This is the power center of the Tang Dynasty, and looking at it from afar is the cloudy, fairyland-like Dayan Mountain.

……

After An Lan and Jinque returned to Yuanxiang Courtyard, An Lan went to Lu Yunxian to inquire. Only then did I know that the fifteenth day was Jinggong's birthday, no wonder Chen Dalu designated the good incense of the Changxiang Palace.

"You'll go there that day, too." Mentioning this, Lu Yunxian pointed to the birthday gift that had been prepared a long time ago and said, "It should have been me to congratulate me in person, but I just took over the affairs of the Xiangyuan, and I can't get out of it, fortunately, you have a friendship with Jingyan Gongzi, which makes you more appropriate." ”

An Lan was slightly surprised, and then asked, "Will each incense courtyard prepare a congratulatory gift to send it?" ”

"It's natural." Lu Yunxian closed the account book in his hand as he spoke. "Jing Gong is the father of Bai Guanghan's Great Incense Master. It's just this relationship. On Jing Gong's birthday, how dare the people of Changxiang Hall ignore it. ”

……

After coming out of Lu Yunxian's place, the golden finch arrived: "I'll go to Chen Dalu and exchange the original incense back!" ”

"What nonsense." An Lan glanced at her. "It's so easy to do this, how can you regret it again!"

"Chen Dalu is a birthday gift for Jing Gong, I knew that this was the case, just, I wouldn't do it!" The golden finch looked at An Lan with some anxiety and said, "And, what's worse is that I was bumped into by Bai Guanghan's great incense master, on the day of Gong Jing's birthday." He's going to be there, just in case, just in case he reveals it on the spot...... You're ......"

"You're thinking too much." An Lan shook her head and smiled, "But Bai Guanghan Great Incense Master is next door, and I haven't seen anything." I didn't hear anything, so I knew what we did. Don't scare yourself, there's nothing, we just have to wait with peace of mind. ”

The goldfinch bit her lip: "But-"

"What I said is true." An Lan smiled, "Okay, you go get busy, I also have a lot of things to deal with." ”

Before the golden finch left, he couldn't help but turn back again: "An Lan, you, you didn't lie to me?" ”

"What did I lie to you." An Lan deliberately lowered her face as she spoke, "Why don't you go and get busy with your business, if you delay your errand, I won't spare you easily!" ”

"Got it, it's really a bit official!" The goldfinch hehehe, then turned around and walked away, but when she turned around, the smile on her face disappeared, her eyes were slightly red, and she bit her lip to speed up her pace.

An Lan's eyes darkened when the golden finch turned around, but after a while, she asked people to go to the porter to confess, and they were all vigilant at night, and they were not lazy and dozed off. Later, he went to Shi Song and asked him to explain that the attendants needed to make careful rounds at night and that there could be no omissions.

"What's wrong?" Shi Song was a little puzzled, An Lan actually came over to explain this kind of thing, "What's wrong?" ”

"Nope." An Lan shook her head, she just thought that the golden finch might be going to sneak out behind her back, and the golden finch would open the lock, as long as no one was watching, those locks would not stop her at all.

Shi Song looked at her with some suspicion, and An Lan said: "I have already told Lu Zhangshi, in the future, when you invite Mr. to come over to teach the incense envoys, you can go to observe, and when Mr. is free, you can also come forward to ask for advice." ”

Shi Song has no interest in incense, but he wants to read and write, not to be able to do splendid articles, but to be able to listen, speak, read and write.

Shi Song nodded and said in a low voice, "Thank you." ”

They weren't good friends, but she knew what he wanted, and she was willing to help him, and she wouldn't have been able to do that if he hadn't helped her secretly. He said that he was repaying the favor, but in fact, she felt that she could not afford such a return, so she opened another door for him.

In the evening, when the goldfinch went to take a bath, An Lan came over to pinch Granny An's legs, and Granny An suddenly asked, "Things didn't go well today?" ”

An Lanzhen lowered her head, and when she heard this, she was taken aback. It's just that after a while, when she raised her face, there was a slight smile on her face: "It's a little unsmooth, and the position of the incense envoy is indeed not so easy to sit." ”

"You-" Granny An looked at her with some helplessness and some pity, "you are just too smart to understand everything, but you hide everything in your heart and don't say anything." ”

"Mother-in-law......" An Lan looked at Granny An in a daze, a little unsure of what Granny An was referring to. She didn't tell Granny An what she did today, but what Granny An said at this time seemed to know.

Granny Ann looked at her and sighed, "I know everything." ”

An Lan opened her mouth in shock, and only after a while did she say, "It's the Golden Finse......"

"She's different from you, she's in front of me, she can't hide things on her face, I ask a few more words, and she misses it." Granny An shook her head as she spoke, "You two girls, you are really bold and dare to do anything!" ”

No wonder as soon as she came over, the goldfinch slipped out of it, saying that she wanted to take a bath.

An Lan slowly lowered her face: "Let my mother-in-law worry." ”

Granny An gently stroked her hair: "Mother-in-law knows that you have wanted to go there since you were a child, and you also have that talent, but mother-in-law told you that the road is not so easy to walk, the higher you go, the more difficult it becomes!" ”

"Hmm...... I know. An Lan knelt down in front of Granny An as if she was a child, and pillowed her head on Granny An's lap, "I know ......"

Granny An sighed: "Did you see him today?" ”

An Lan nodded, remembering the scene during the day again, and remembering that sentence again, so she turned her face and put her forehead on Granny An's thigh.

Granny Ann asked again, "Are you sure he knows what you were doing?" ”

An Lan nodded again, her movements were very light, but very heavy.

There was silence in the room, and after a while, Granny An felt a wetness in her thighs, and she sighed in her heart, after seven years, this child still hasn't learned how to cry.

Granny An gently stroked her hair, "An Lan, do you regret today's incident?" ”

Today's events may hinder her from moving forward, because they have no background and can't afford the slightest accident. After a while, An Lan spoke, her voice a little vague: "Mother-in-law, I don't regret it, I'm just, a little sad." ”

After a while, she whispered again: "I won't be sad for too long, just a while." ”

Still so stubborn, Granny An shook her head, and said softly in a hoarse voice: "The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they are tempted to forbear, and they can not ...... what they can't."

An Lan's voice vaguely read along: "People are eternal, and then they can change; Trapped in the heart, balanced in the mind, and then done; It is in the color, in the sound, and then in the metaphor. ”

"Mother-in-law is not trying to stop you, but that road is not easy to walk, the road is still long, long, and you can't even start now."

"Hmm."

"Remember what you promised your mother-in-law?"

An Lan raised her face, her eyes were still a little red, but her voice had calmed down: "Don't violate your conscience, don't hurt nature, don't indulge in pleasure, don't lose your mind." ”

Granny An nodded, then let An Lan sit next to her, looked at her and said: "Mother-in-law can not help you much, and I can't think of many things, I only know that it is not easy to live well in the Xiangdian, but if you want to stand tall, you can't violate these four sentences." ”

An Lan nodded, Granny An thought for a while, and then sighed: "People are old, it's really not good, and it hurts when I think about something." ”

An Lan immediately said: "Mother-in-law, don't think about it, let's rest, it's not early." ”

When Granny An lay down, she muttered: "That girl from the Golden Finch, how can you take a bath, her incense card is still with me." ”

An Lan was stunned, turned her head to look at the time, and was suddenly startled, so she took the incense card and said, "I guess I was sleepy, I went back to the house to sleep, and I sent it to her." ”

After coming out of Granny An's house, An Lan clenched the incense card in her hand hard, and then walked quickly to the side door of the incense courtyard.

She was careless, even if the golden finch couldn't hide things in her heart, she shouldn't have told her mother-in-law all these things all at once, she must have wanted her mother-in-law to drag her and then sneak out by herself.

An Lan had a calm face, and after taking a few steps, she simply trotted up.

It is not a trivial matter to go out at night without permission and get caught, in case you are accused of being a fugitive, it will be .......

[From the beginning to the present, An Lan cried for the first time, before the golden finch said that An Lan has never shed tears over the years, does anyone understand why An Lan cried this time? Is it 8, do you think it's because of Bai Guanghan's words? 】