On the second day, when Tong Shuyan went downstairs, Li Xuan was already having breakfast, and when he saw her get up, he asked with a smile, "The gift can be brought back." ”

Tong Shuyan smiled and nodded, "That lamp is really beautiful." ”

"Just look good." Li Xuan smiled and continued to eat breakfast.

Tong Shuyan didn't have anything, and after breakfast, they set off together. When he arrived in Beijing, the housekeeper instructed the little servant to take Li Xuan's master and servant to find a place to live, and said that he would visit him in the future. Li Xuan greeted him and said no.

Hearing this, Tong Shuyan couldn't help but lift the curtain and said to Li Xuan: "Li Xianggong and I are also fellow villagers, and my father often talks about candidates who have not seen Qingping in recent years. ”

Tong Shuyan has said all the words here, if he really doesn't go, it will seem that he is not close to people, not to mention that Tong Jinnan has been in the middle of the court, and he has an understanding of the exam topics and examiners in recent years, and it is better to have his guidance than to speculate by himself.

"Then I'll visit you another day." Li Xuan said sincerely.

Tong Shuyan smiled and nodded, put down the curtain and left.

Let's say that Tong Shuyan returned home, and his father came back from the government just now, and when he saw his daughter coming back, he was also very happy, and asked the kitchen to cook his daughter's favorite dishes.

At the dinner table, Tong Shuyan told his father everything he saw and heard along the way, especially focusing on Li Xuan.

Tong Jinnan also came over at this age, how could he not hear his daughter's voice? smiled and said to his daughter: "It's really a good offspring." ”

"My daughter saw that he was quite talented, but the examiner's preferences were different, and he might not be able to pass the exam, so it was best for my father to be able to mention one or two.

Tong Jinnan smiled and nodded, "Then wait for him to come." ”

Later, the servant who brought Li Xuan to find the inn came back, and he returned to Tong Shuyan and said that Li Xianggong lived in Nanshuiguan.

"The Gongyuan is on North Street, can you catch the exam if you live in Nanshuiguan? Besides, Nanshuiguan is next to the vegetable market, and it can't be cleaned all day long, how did you find such a place to live? Tong Shuyan frowned and looked at the servant and asked.

"The post inn on North Street was full three days ago, and even the inn houses on East Street and West Street were full of people, so I had to live in Nanshuiguan."

Tong Shuyan frowned when he heard this, he didn't even have a clean place after a long trip along the way, how could he take the exam if he didn't rest well? If it weren't for the fact that he didn't get sick and dragged him down, it is estimated that he would not have lived in Nanshuiguan. Thinking like this, she felt more and more guilty, waved her hand to the servant to stand down, and decided again and again to go back to her father.

Tong Jinnan also felt inappropriate when he heard about this, not to mention that his own family was also responsible, so he said to his daughter: "You sent someone to clean the courtyard in the south and let him live at home, and he said that he was a distant relative of Qingping." ”

Tong Shuyan smiled and said yes, turned around and went to tell the servants to clean the yard. Yalan watched her young lady busy Zhang Luo, and couldn't help but remind: "Then Li Xianggong is too polite, if he is just asked to come over, he will probably not come because he doesn't want to bother." ”

Hearing this, Tong Shuyan lowered his eyes and thought about it, although Li Xuan is not pedantic, but he is really a bit stereotyped in dealing with the world. She thought for a while and said to Yalan: "Go and prepare the car, I'll go in person, he should never give this face, not to mention that I am not harming him." ”

Arlan nodded, turned around and went to prepare the car.

Let's say that Li Xuan's side, after cleaning the room with Gui Sheng, he didn't have time to eat, and he had to move the books into the house, and there were two beds in the small room, and the books were only open at the end of the bed. While the book was being sorted out, the landlady came in and said that there was a young brother surnamed Tong outside the door who asked to see him.

Li Xuan was a little surprised, didn't the people of the Tong family just leave? How did you come back again?

"Let him in."

After the landlady went out, she heard a female voice shouting outside the house: "Li Xianggong, is it convenient now?" ”

Hearing this, Li Xuan was even more puzzled, what is Miss Yalan doing here? Although he didn't understand, he also sorted out his clothes, and as soon as he went out, he saw a child in a white dress.

Tong Shuyan is already beautiful, compared with before, her complexion has recovered, and she is even more demure and refined in white. Li Xuan is a normal man, and he was inevitably a little excited when he saw such a beautiful woman, so he bowed and said, "I don't know why the girl came?" ”

Tong Shuyan smiled, "I heard Changshun say that you live here, so come and have a look." ”

"It's getting late, so I'm tired of the girl for a trip."

"Out of the way." She said in a harmonious voice, "It's just that this place is located in a busy city, and the house is small, so it is not suitable for the husband to rest and read." ”

"The environment is a little worse, but reading is attentive, and it is okay."

"Xianggong wants to be my Mr. Wuliu who defends the country, what do you mean by 'being far away and biased'?" Tong Shuyan asked with a smile.

The girl laughed, where do you dare to compare with the gentleman? You can learn from him. ”

After saying so many polite words, Tong Shuyan also knew that this person would not ask for help, so he also said bluntly: "This place is indeed not suitable for Mr. to rest, I have asked people to clean out a courtyard of the cold house, and specially invited Mr. to move, and I hope that Mr. will not refuse." ”

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood why she came over in person. But it is inappropriate for me to come to the door rashly because I am not related to the Tong family, not to mention that Tong Shuyan is still a girl who has not left the cabinet, and I am afraid that it will be known that a strange man lives in the house and has a bad reputation for her, so I politely refused: "Thank you for the kindness of the girl, but in addition to Gui Sheng and others, if they all live in the house, it will be more disturbing......

"Xianggong's words, it seems that my family is stingy, my family adults and girls sincerely invite Xianggong to the house as guests, are you afraid of two more people?" Yalan looked at Li Xuan and interrupted a little unhappily.

"Miss Yalan misunderstood, this is indeed a lot of inconvenience."

Yalan wanted to say something more, but was stopped by her own young lady, only to see Tong Shuyan smile and say: "Yalan spoke impulsively, please don't blame the father-in-law, but my father and I sincerely invite, and please don't shirk the father-in-law, this is also good for the father-in-law." ”

At this point, Li Xuan really didn't know how to lift if he refused, and then looked at Gui Sheng and the coachman, and saw that the two of them looked at him expectantly. He sighed in his heart, and had to bow again to thank him, "Thank you Ling Zun and the girl for your care." ”

Tong Shuyan nodded with a smile, and instructed the few servants behind him, "Help Li Xianggong carry the salute into the car," and then smiled at Li Xuan, "Li Xianggong, please come here." ”

Thanks to the hospitality of Tong Shuyan and Tong Jinnan, Li Xuan was able to live in Tong's house. That night, after Li Xuan bathed and changed clothes, he went to see Tong Jinnan.

Tong Jinnan looked at this polite and polite handsome young man, and he also liked it very much, and pulled him to chat for a long time, from the strange things in his hometown to the strange news in Beijing, from the four books and five classics to the annual spring exam. Tong Jinnan talked about the articles on the top three in the past dynasties, which was of great benefit to Li Xuan, he could listen to it, Tong Jinnan also forgot the time, or Tong Shuyan sent someone to remind him that it was time to rest, and the two of them said to each other to rest early.

Li Xuan thought about what Tong Jinnan said along the way, so he didn't pay attention to the person around the corner, and suddenly collided with the person, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold the person, and when the person stood still, he found that the person was Tong Shuyan.

His heart jumped, and he hurriedly bowed down to apologize, "It's a lot of offense, and I hope that the girl Haihan will be there." ”

Tong Shuyan was shocked, and when he saw that it was Li Xuanxin, he jumped up again, and only after a while did he pretend to be calm and said: "It's okay, you don't have to care." ”

"It's so late, and the girl still hasn't rested?" Li Xuan asked without words.

"I just felt a little hungry, so I went to the kitchen to find something to eat." She sneered, and then asked without words, "Xianggong wants to have a supper?" ”

"No, you don't."

She sighed and smiled awkwardly, "Rest early." ”

In the dead of night, lonely men and widows, Li Xuan also felt very uncomfortable, so he just hummed, bowed and bypassed her to go first. But just after walking a few steps, he found that Tong Shuyan was following behind him. He looked back at her with some puzzlement, she was stunned, subconsciously pinched her lips, and said with some confidence: "I...... I also live over there, in that yard behind your house......"

Hearing this, Li Xuan scolded himself for being shameless in his heart, and his eyes were so embarrassed that he didn't know where to put it. Tong Shuyan was also embarrassed, and secretly scolded himself for not knowing what to be reserved, and he was embarrassed.

"Uh...... You don't know the way yet. In order to alleviate the embarrassment, she had to divert the conversation elsewhere.

Li Xuan got off the donkey and muttered, "I'm tired of the girl." ”

Tong Shuyan pretended to be calm and said: "It's okay." As he spoke, he walked ahead of him.

Avoiding each other's gazes, the two felt relieved. Li Xuan looked at Tong Shuyan who was already walking in front of him, and smiled silently, maybe the little girls are so moving and cute.

Tong Shuyan brought the person to his courtyard and smiled to let him rest earlier.

Li Xuan looked at the dim corridor behind her and couldn't help but ask, "How far are you going back from here?" ”

Hearing this, Tong Shuyan's heart jumped, and a burst of warmth suddenly welled up in his heart, but he could only pretend that nothing had happened, and said with a smile: "It's not far, don't worry." ”

Hearing this, Li Xuan felt that his concern just now was a little inappropriate, and he slowed down before his tone sounded alienated, "Thank you girl today, let's rest early." ”

Accustomed to Li Xuan's politeness, Tong Shuyan couldn't hear anything wrong with his tone at all, and smiled: "You too." ”

However, when they said this, both of them stood still, and for a while there was a feeling of embarrassment.

"I'll go first." Tong Shuyan smiled wryly, turned around and left, but there was a different feeling in his heart.

Looking at the back of her leaving, Li Xuan sighed, put away the undue concern, and pushed the door into the courtyard, but the fragrance on her body still lingered on the tip of his nose, and he didn't want to disperse for a long time.

The early spring night was still bitter to the bone, but the flowers that had recuperated for the winter had gathered enough strength to wait for the spring thunder to wake them up.