Jiang Jackal has been sent to Yecheng for more than half a month, but no news has come back. On the contrary, the people sent by Xun Yu to Chang'an heard back. In addition to giving gifts to Li Dao and Guo Yan and gaining the favor of the two, he also brought back a letter from Cai Yong.

After Han Zhan finished the discussion, he immediately took this letter worth tens of thousands of dollars, hurriedly returned to the backyard, and walked towards the room where Cai Yan lived.

When he was still more than ten meters away from Cai Yan's house, Han Zhan heard the melodious sound of the piano coming from the house, so he stopped and stood in the courtyard to listen.

A maid that Han Zhan gave to Cai Yan lifted the curtain and walked out of the house, saw Han Zhan standing in the courtyard, and hurriedly came over to bow to him: "See Tinghou!" ”

Han Zhan put his index finger to his lips, made a silent motion, and then asked the maid in a low voice, "What is Miss Cai sitting in the room?" ”

"Back to Tinghou's words," the maid felt very strange in her heart when she heard Han Zhan ask, and said in her heart Didn't you hear her playing the piano, why did you ask more? However, she still replied truthfully: "Miss Cai is playing the qin." The slave maid had to go to the kitchen and help the young lady get the lotus seed soup. ”

"Oh, Ben Hou knows." Han Zhan waved his hand at her, "You go down first!" ”

After waiting for the maid to leave, Han Zhan walked to the door, stood for a moment, and then coughed heavily. Hearing a cough at the door, the sound of the piano in the house stopped abruptly.

Seeing that the sound of the piano in the room had stopped, Han Zhan did not immediately open the curtain and go in, but asked with a smile, "Miss Cai, can Ben Hou go in?" ”

"Tinghou, please come in!" As soon as his words fell, Cai Yan's sweet voice came from the room.

Han Zhan lifted the curtain and walked into the room, only to see Cai Yan kneeling in front of a low table, with a piano on several cases. Seeing Han Zhan coming in, she hurriedly got up and saluted Han Zhan: "The slave family has seen Tinghou!" ”

"Akihime doesn't have to be so polite." Han Zhan came to Cai Yan with his hands behind his back, and said to her with a smile: "Zhao Ji, Ben Hou brought you a gift today, I think you will definitely like it very much." ”

Cai Yan just smiled faintly after hearing this, and said in his mouth: "Thank you Tinghou for your kindness, the slave family has everything to eat and use here, and Tinghou doesn't have to break the bank." ”

"The beacon fire lasted for three months, and the family letter was worth 10,000 gold." Du Fu's poem, Han Zhan couldn't help blurting out under pride, he handed Cai Yong's letter to Cai Yan's face, "This is a letter from Ling Zun from Chang'an, are you sure you don't want it?" ”

"What, Father's Letters?" Hearing Han Zhan say this, Cai Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, she snatched the letter, sat next to a few cases and looked at it intently.

Han Zhan stood beside him and looked at Cai Yan with a smile. Unexpectedly, after Cai Yan read Cai Yong's letter, he actually wiped away tears. Han Zhan hurriedly sat down beside her, wrapped his hand around her shoulder, and asked with concern, "Zhao Ji, why are you crying?" ”

Cai Yan wiped a handful of tears and said to Han Zhan: "Tinghou, the slave family is happy. I hadn't seen my father for years, and I hadn't received any letters from him. Thank you Tinghou for sending your father's letter to the slave family. After speaking, she rested her head on Han Zhan's shoulder.

Seeing Cai Yan's tearful appearance, Han Zhan took out a silk handkerchief from the sleeve of his robe and said lovingly: "Zhao Ji, wipe the tears from your face." ”

Unexpectedly, Cai Yan looked at Han Zhan with bright eyes, a flush flew on his face, he twisted his body, and said in a coquettish voice: "Tinghou, the slave family wants you to help me wipe it." ”

Looking at Cai Yan's beautiful face close at hand, Han Zhan stretched out his hand and gently wiped it on her face. Cai Yan closed his eyes slightly, snuggled his head on Han Zhan's shoulder, and his body trembled slightly. A strange feeling that he had never felt before shocked Han Zhan, he threw the silk handkerchief on several cases, opened his arms and hugged Cai Yan tightly in his arms, and his lips involuntarily pressed against Cai Yan's forehead. Cai Yan snorted lowly, and his body fell to the side softly.

The maid who went to the kitchen to fetch lotus seed soup for Cai Yan was walking to the door with a tray when she heard a strange sound coming from inside. Curiously, she lifted the corner of the curtain and looked inside, but saw a scene that made people blush and heartbeat, so frightened that she hurriedly put down the curtain and left as if she had fled.

After a long time, the two people in the room finally sat up again. Cai Yan snuggled his head on Han Zhan's shoulder, "Tinghou, the slave family misses his father, I don't know when I will see him." ”

Han Zhan grabbed Cai Yan's shoulders and said to her, "Zhaoji, don't worry, when the spring flowers bloom next year, I will accompany you to Chang'an to visit Mr. Cai." ”

The two were talking when a heavy cough suddenly came from outside. Han Zhan and Cai Yan both heard that the person coughing was a patch, Han Zhan didn't care, but Cai Yan was so ashamed that her face was flushed, she broke free from Han Zhan's embrace, got up and walked towards the bedroom in the back.

Han Zhan looked at her back and smiled, then got up and walked to the door, and said to the outside, "Patch, come in." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Patch lifted the curtain and walked in. Maybe it's because I'm afraid of seeing an embarrassing scene, but when the patch comes in, his eyes are tightly closed. Han Zhan was really angry and funny when he saw him like this, and after raising his hand and slapping him on the head, he asked with a smile, "Is there anything wrong with you?" ”

Although the patch was slapped in the face, he still didn't dare to open his eyes, and closed his eyes and reported to Han Zhanyu: "Childe, Mr. Guo is waiting for you in the council hall, saying that there is news from Yecheng." ”

"Oh, there's news from Yecheng." Hearing that it was Yecheng that he cared about the most, Han Zhan immediately lifted the door curtain and said to the patch who was standing there stupidly, "Follow me to the council hall." ”

When he came to the conference hall, Guo Jia was already waiting there. Seeing Han Zhan's arrival, Guo Jia hurriedly stepped forward to salute and reported: "Lord Qi, Jiang Jackal, who was sent to Yecheng, sent someone to deliver a letter back. As he spoke, he handed over a letter in his hand to Han Zhan.

Han Zhan waved his hand and said to him: "What is said in the letter, Feng Xiao can just say it to Ben Hou." ”

"The letter said two things," Guo Jia hurriedly reported: "The first thing is that they have been put in prison and have met with Fu Gonghe. But regrettably, even after reading his son's letter, he resolutely refused to leave the prison with our people. ”

"If you don't want to leave the prison, you will order Jiang Jackal to stun him, and then transport him out of Yecheng." After Han Zhan finished instructing Guo Jia, he casually asked, "What is the second thing?" ”

"Jiang Jackal heard that Yuan Shao has sent someone to the Zhen family to propose marriage." Guo Jia looked at Han Zhan and said cautiously: "Hire Zhen Mi, the fifth daughter of the Zhen family, as Yuan Xi's wife."