At sunset, the chessboard streets of Beijing seem to be much quieter, and the houses are dyed with gold, and the city is filled with an antique and peaceful atmosphere.

But tranquility is always just a façade, and the undercurrent under the capital is surging all the time, as if the giant whirlpool that is spinning will swallow people into it at any time.

The news that Lan Daoxing's wife and children appeared in the Shuntian Mansion is undoubtedly a secret matter for ordinary people, but it is already an almost public news for the officialdom.

Now that the person is already in Lin Haoran's hands, as long as Lin Haoran chooses to cooperate with the Yan Mansion, he will secretly take the person to the edict of Fusi in Beizhen to show up. Lan Daoxing's mouth would definitely open, and then he bit frantically at Xinxiang Xu Jie.

If that happens, the situation in the DPRK, which has just stabilized, will inevitably make waves again. The court will usher in a new round of reshuffle, and even Xu Jie, who has been in office for less than a month, will give up his phase, and Yan Gelao, who has returned to his hometown, is likely to return to the court.

In the same way, the forces of all parties are also ready to move. They sent their men to the north of the city one after another, closely watching every move of the Shuntian Mansion, waiting for Lin Haoran's choice.

Jintaifang, Lin Mansion.

A sedan chair slowly fell in the front yard, the housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward to pull open the sedan curtain, and a young official wearing a three-grade official uniform stood out of the sedan chair, his eyebrows were already full of majesty.

In order to get rid of the impression of being young, Lin Haoran has indeed grown old, so his usual face does not look smiling, and his gestures are also like that of a standard official.

"The concubine has given her husband a salute!"

Wu Qiuyu is like a wife in this era, and when she heard the news that Lin Haoran had returned, she led two girls out of it and saluted Lin Haoran in a proper manner.

Lin Haoran raised his support and asked gently: "The lady is exempt from courtesy, everything is okay at home?" ”

"Everything is fine at home, and you don't need to worry about it!" Wu Qiuyu's beautiful eyes fell on Lin Haoran, and he responded with affection.

The two have been married for a few months, but they have never had any unpleasantness, and they can be described as a model of a respectful couple. If there's any regret, it's that her stomach hasn't moved until now.

Although she had a deviant girlhood, she is still a traditional woman in her bones. Giving birth to a child is not only her responsibility to add incense to the Lin family, but also a longing for her to become a mother, so she already wants to conceive a child.

Lin Haoran didn't care about giving birth, followed Wu Qiuyu back to the inner house, and seriously proposed: "Tomorrow I will go to the outer city to run the office!" If you're free, let's visit your house together, shall we? ”

"The concubine listens to each other!" Wu Qiuyu liked Lin Haoran very much to talk to her in this kind of consultative tone, and replied with a smile.

"That's it!" Lin Haoran looked at her and had no objections, and even when the matter was finalized.

Wu Qiuyu nodded lightly, although she was no longer as homesick as she had just married, she was still very happy to go back to her parents' house, and began to think about what she would bring back tomorrow.

Under the subtlety, Lin Haoran was influenced by Wu Shan.

When he returned from the palace, he usually went back to his room to change into a set of home clothes, and then went to the gazebo in the back garden to drink a pot of tea. When he changed out of his official uniform, it would make him feel much more relaxed, as if he had really forgotten about court battles and official duties.

When he came to the back garden through the moon hole door, he saw the figure of the tiger girl from a distance.

The tiger girl was still wearing a set of fast catching clothes, and was sitting on the railing of the gazebo facing the sunset, staring at the swimming fish in the pool with her red face. If you don't know her temperament, I'm afraid you will think that this girl can't think about anything, and she is already looking for a short-term here.

Lin Haoran stepped into the pavilion and looked at a plate of fruit on the stone table, while the tiger girl didn't seem to move, and was quietly looking at the clear pool water in a daze.

Looking at the rare silence of this optimistic girl, he asked with concern, "Tiger girl, what's wrong with you?" ”

Hu Niu could already hear that it was Lin Haoran just from the sound of her footsteps, but she didn't raise her head, still supported her chin with her hand, and replied listlessly: "Today in Liulichang, there is a villain who grabbed an old grandmother's stall, and I am very angry to catch that villain!" ”

"You lost the fight, and as a result, people ran away?" Lin Haoran took an orange from the fruit bowl and asked deliberately jokingly.

Hu Niu's face immediately appeared dissatisfied, and she glanced at Lin Haoran reproachfully, and said confidently: "Brother, I'm fighting well now, how can I lose?" It's even more impossible to let that villain run away! ”

"Now that the person has been caught, what are you bothering about here?" Lin Haoran sat on the bench behind her, peeling oranges and asking suspiciously.

Hu Niu's smugness disappeared, and she sighed heavily, and then continued leisurely: "Although he knows some kung fu, he is actually all fancy, and he is not good at all. I knocked that scoundrel to the ground in a few strokes, and the scoundrel begged me for mercy! ”

"Do you want to?" Lin Haoran didn't care about these little things, and handed over half of the orange that had just been peeled.

Hu Niu's words were interrupted, but she glared at Lin Haoran complainingly, but she still took the half of the orange very honestly, and put a piece of orange into her mouth, and then continued: "I arrested him back to the arrest hall, and then I knew that he was Zhu Yishan!" ”

"Zhu Shan moves? What is the origin of this man? Lin Haoran put a piece of orange in his mouth, frowning sourly, but he remembered that among the bigwigs in the court, there seemed to be no people with surnames.

Hu Niu was also soured by the orange, but continued without changing her face: "Brother, don't you remember? At the beginning of the month, I showed you a newspaper. ”

"Which newspaper?" Lin Haoran was not impressed at all, and looked up suspiciously and asked.

"Oops! Why did you forget? It was the gossip master Zhu Yishan who fought with the first master of Shaolin, Master Xuankong, for seven days and seven nights, and in the face of the siege of hundreds of martial arts masters, he not only beat people away, but he was also unscathed, and everyone said that he was the first martial arts in Hebei...... Master! The tiger girl said excitedly, but her bright eyes quickly turned dark.

Lin Haoran looked at her with gloating eyes, and said gloatingly: "I said a long time ago, there are no martial arts masters in this world, do you believe it now?" ”

Hu Niu glanced at Lin Haoran and wanted to refute, but she wanted to stop talking, and finally turned into a sigh. Such a legendary figure, such a martial arts master, but she was easily defeated in her hands, so that she had to believe her brother's words, there is really no such martial arts master in this world.

Lin Haoran looked at her lost appearance, although she felt a little unbearable, but she also knew that this was an inevitable experience of growing up.

Everyone fantasizes about the beauty of the martial arts world, but that world is illusory after all, only technology is the right direction for human beings to chase, and it is undoubtedly a good thing that Tiger Niu can get rid of this fantasy as soon as possible.

As soon as he thought of this, Lin Haoran seemed to have done a good deed, and happily threw a piece of orange into his mouth, only to bite the orange lightly, and suddenly he frowned.

At this time, the housekeeper hurriedly came over and asked Yan Hong to see him.