Cao Shilang came to the East Palace and talked about other things before saying, "Weichen heard that the county lord of Yangtao is looking for a dart game in the courtyard outside the Vermilion Bird Gate. ”

Princess Jinyang said "oh", stood up, and paced back and forth in the hall, she naturally understood what Cao Shilang meant, but she bowed her head to Xu Zhilan, she couldn't pull her face. Although it is most likely that Xu Zhilan's secret fold will point to Princess Ziyang this time, what if it points to her? What about checking her in the future?

"Does Lord Cao have a suitable house?"

"Weichen has a mansion that has been idle for some years. If His Royal Highness Jinyang needs it, Weichen will send someone to send the title deed over. ”

"How many silver taels are converted, this palace ......"

"It is the duty of Weichen to share worries for His Royal Highness Jinyang!"

The next day, when the morning dynasty ended, Xu Zhilan stopped Chen Shangshu and asked Lan Keqing to bring some supplements and give them to Chen Shangshu to express his condolences to Chen Jinhong.

Xu Zhilan looked at Chen Shangshu who wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, and said in a low voice: "Lord Chen, don't worry, this county lord is not an ungrateful person, but he was forced by his father to take over the errand of the governor of the Supervision Yuan, and he didn't do anything, and he couldn't say anything, right?" There may be some things recently, I hope Lord Chen will tell your friends, lest the ministers say that the county lord is biased! Ling Gongzi's matter, this county lord will not be treated badly in the future! ”

"Thank you for cultivating the county lord!" Chen Shangshu saw Cao Shilang walking straight towards Xu Zhilan, and he left after he finished speaking.

"County Lord, please stay!"

Xu Zhilan turned around and saw Cao Shilang, the two had no friendship, and politely replied "Lord Cao" and stopped making a sound.

"County Lord, Weichen's family brought some local products from his hometown, and I want to invite the county lord to the cold house to taste them."

Xu Zhilan just wanted to refuse, but saw Cao Shilang take out an envelope, and when he went down, people came and went, and it would be too shameful not to accept the envelope, so he took it easily. said a polite word that he had time to visit Cao's mansion, turned around and left.

Back in the sedan chair, Xu Zhilan opened the envelope and found that it contained a title deed outside the Suzaku Gate, and he understood. opened the sedan curtain and beckoned to Lan Keqing.

"Keqing, go and tell Cao Shilang that the county lord has been very busy recently, and he doesn't have time to go to Lord Cao's mansion to taste delicious food, so invite Lord Cao and Princess Jinyang to the county lord's mansion for dinner another day. You must say that you are eating at the county lord's mansion! ”

When Cao Shilang heard this, he understood that if he could invite him to the county lord's mansion for dinner, it meant that he was not an enemy.

On the seventeenth, Xu Zhilan returned from the court, first went to the supervision institute for a circle, and there was nothing special for him to deal with, so he left with Lan Keqing and came to the Cao family compound outside the Suzaku Gate.

Xu Zhilan didn't plan to really start a dart game, but just stopped by to take a look, the real purpose was to welcome Xi'er.

Cao Shilang should have embezzled a lot of money, the beautiful golden pillar gate, the pattern on the front eaves is beautifully painted, the door hairpin is engraved with the words "auspicious, auspicious, such as, meaning", and there are two small white stone lions on both sides of the door, which is very mighty.

"County Lord, do you want to tear down the door and replace it with five doors with three openings?" Lan Keqing saw Xu Zhilan standing silently on the steps, thinking that he was going to renovate the gate of Cao's Mansion and replace it with a top-level gate of the palace.

People who are about to run away, Xu Zhilan has this thought, he is just sighing. In this society, no matter how rich you are, your identity is not good, and no matter how rich you are, you can only make a wishful door. Even to make some furniture, you are not qualified to use top-quality wood. Just like the Xu family in the past, they were local tyrants and rich in Xujiatun! But you can only use the Ruyi small door, now, Xu Zhilan's identity is comparable to that of a prince, and the pedestal of the stone lion in front of the county lord's mansion is almost as high as the little lion in front of Cao Shilang's door. The doors are all divided into grades, even if you are given an eight-lift sedan chair, you can't lift it into the house!

Xu Zhilan smiled and shook his head, when Xi'er came, arrange the horses along the way and run away!

After Cao Shilang received Xu Zhilan's five thousand taels of silver tickets, he packed up some valuable small items overnight, and left everything else for Xu Zhilan. He didn't know when Xu Zhilan's dart game would open, in addition to arranging the temporary guards at the door, he also deliberately left a dozen little maidservants to entertain Xu Zhilan in the house.

With nothing to do, Lan Keqing patted her ass, took the four treasures of the study, and asked Xu Zhilan to write down the name of the dart game, and she was going to ask someone to embroider it and hang it at the door.

The He family arrived first and respectfully saluted the county lord.

Mr. He's hair is gray, and he is very energetic; He Weifang, the eldest young master of the He family, is in his thirties, and his third son, He Weiyuan, is in his twenties; The second son, He He Weiliang, stayed in Longze Mansion and did not come.

Because on the record reported to the emperor, the He family belonged to the hostage status, and although the He family was excited, their expressions were flat.

After meeting, Xu Zhilan asked Lan Keqing to talk to his family, he was ready to take a nap, but he thought of Xi'er, lying on the bed and tossing and turning and couldn't sleep. Thinking about it, I thought that it was almost the New Year, and I didn't know if Ximei would come with her brother to pay tribute to Dahua this year?

At noon, Xu Zhilan didn't accompany the He family to eat, and after the meal, he was so idle that he took out the sword and played the Qianfeng sword technique in the courtyard to pass the boring time.

The personnel sent out to investigate reported that the snowy road was difficult to walk, and Miss Xi would not arrive until after the unitary hour.

Waiting for her lover's time to pass very slowly, Xu Zhilan called Lan Keqing over and told her to invite General Song, Cao Shilang and others to come to the new residence for dinner.

The county lord invited each other, threw away the important things at hand one by one, sat in a carriage, and arrived one after another.

The days of winter are short, and as soon as the unitary time passes, the sky is already dark, and Xu Zhilan does not order the banquet to be held, and everyone can't help but speculate whether there will be big people coming.

Most of the fruits and pastries on the table were eaten, and the tea was changed a few rounds, and finally, Xi'er'er's team was almost at the door.

"All the adults sit down for a while, the lord of this county will go to pick up the guests, but Keqing ordered to go down and prepare for the banquet!"

The lord of labor greeted either the princess or the emperor, and the adults hurriedly followed.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Xu Zhilan couldn't wait to lift the curtain.

The bright light suddenly shot through the carriage, and after sorting out the clothes for the last time, Xi'er, who was checking the hairpin on her head again, was startled, her hands instinctively retracted, hugged her chest, and the delicate chrysanthemum on the hairpin on her right hand was trembling.

When Hu Jun said that there was still an hour to come, Xi'er was checking the clothes and jewelry on her body over and over again, and she wanted to show her beautiful side to her husband...... At this moment, seeing Xu Zhilan dressed as a scholar again, Xi'er'er's charming delicate body is trembling, a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes are full of crystals, and the fence surrounded by slender eyelashes can't stop the tears of happiness! She completely forgot that the hairpin that had been pulled out in her right hand in a panic was still in her hand, and her head was a little messy. The most beautiful moment is not how beautiful you are, but when you look at each other, I only have you in my eyes!

"Xianggong!"

Xi'er's affectionate call with a crying voice came, Xu Zhilan's eyes instantly moistened, and he naturally stretched out his hands, wanting to hold her in his arms and comfort her.