Zhou Yuan saw Shi Ran outside, and he didn't get up, but hugged the beauty beside him, "Lord Shi, I have received the letter you want to borrow money, you can see that I have such a belongings, why did the court loot us again." ”

He was treated like this by an important minister in the court, but Shi Ran did not have the slightest anger, and looked elegant and calm, which made Zhou Yuanwai a little embarrassed him.

Lian Zhi'er couldn't see the slightest grievance, and only gritted his teeth "gurgling".

And at this moment, I saw more than a dozen women coming out of the inner room, all dressed in enchanting clothes.

"Sir, what are you doing here?" One of the delicate women looked at Lian Zhi'er with fierce eyes, "Are you going to buy a concubine again?" Now that we have sixteen, why are you so ruthless, my sixteenth sister has only been in the house for a few days. ”

"The lord is really kind."

"Old man......"

Lian Zhi'er only felt countless sparrows chirping in his ears, and his head was buzzing.

Zhou Yuanwai didn't pay attention to Lian Zhi'er beside Shi Ran, but at this time, he saw that Lian Zhi'er was more and more moving, compared with the women who were full of charming people in the room and scratching their heads, they were not inferior.

It just so happened that Lian Zhi'er didn't wear Beiliang's clothes today, only wearing a goose-yellow long skirt, which looked no different from the women of the Central Plains.

"This girl is Lord Shi's person? Why don't you sell it to me, and promise to give me more silver. ”

"Presumptuous." Anger suddenly appeared in Shi Ran's eyes.

Lian Zhi'er stood up and said with a smile. "I am Lord Shi's slave maid, how much silver can you give me? How about five thousand taels? ”

"You actually want five thousand taels? I only spent four thousand taels to enter the house. The most beautiful woman born in them said angrily, "Why." ”

"It's okay to give less." Lian Zhi'er smiled and said, "But I don't like to share a husband with the women next to me, you have to kick them all out of the mansion." ”

Those high-flying and domineering women were all angry and purple, and they only came up to beat Lianzhi'er.

Lian Zhi'er grew up on the grassland since she was a child, and she is very agile and flexible, where can these women with hairpin rings and brocade embroidered robes be able to catch her. For a while, the room was full of chickens and dogs.

And at this moment, I saw Shi Ran suddenly grabbing her clothes, with a hint of helplessness on her face, "Don't make trouble." ”

Lian Zhi'er was obedient and obedient, just standing aside, watching those women viciously come up to arrest her.

When he was making a lot of trouble, he saw the little guy in the mansion running over in a hurry, and shouted, "Master, the people from Beiliang are here, we really don't dare to stop it." ”

Zhou Yuanwai was so frightened that he almost fainted, and he only desperately tried to get up from the chair, but he was so fat that he was still shaking his arms for a long time.

Those concubines were also frightened, but they didn't have time to hide.

Lian Zhi'er looked like she was watching a good show, Shi Ran just poured her a cup of tea herself, and watched her drink it all in one gulp.

"Your Royal Highness, why are you here? The subordinates are really easy to find. Ah Zeng let out a long sigh. I don't know how many people in Beijing are hiding evil intentions, if you have anything to do, how do you let your subordinates explain to the prince? ”

Zhou Yuanwai and those concubines were all frightened, especially Zhou Yuanwai, who had just sat up from the chair, only fell to the ground, and someone helped him up in the middle of the day.

"You are the lord of Beiliang?" That week, the outside of the staff was still full of disbelief.

Lian Zhi'er looked at the stunned people with a smile, and only said slowly, "Sure enough, there are people in this capital who harbor evil intentions, and these women want to beat the county lord, I don't know how to deal with it?" ”

Ah Zeng's round eyes widened, and his voice was loud, "Naturally, he was imprisoned and beaten fifty boards." ”

These delicate women were frightened, and they ran to Zhou Yuanwai like a swarm, "Master save the concubines." ”

"Old man......"

These women, if they take a few sticks, they are afraid that their lives will be lost.

Lian Zhi'er glanced at Shi Ran beside her, "It's okay to let you go, I just have to take the silver to ransom people, and I bought them at the original price, how about it?" ”

That week, it was as if his heart and liver had been plucked, but he couldn't stand the bitter begging of the concubines around him, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll give it." ”

Lian Zhi'er was still smiling, "Don't worry, what the court borrowed from you at this time will be repaid later." ”

That week, the staff was really rich, and he actually borrowed 20,000 taels of silver from the imperial court, and when Shi Dye counted it clearly, he sent someone to the household department.

By the time all this was done, the moon was shining outside, and the houses in the city had already lit the lanterns in front of their doors.

Lian Zhi'er came out of the mansion side by side with him, and suddenly thought of something, "Lord Shi is hungry, let's go to the street to eat something, how about it?" ”

Although these words were said to him, her own stomach "growled" first.

Shi Ran reached out and brushed the hair around her ear, "Okay, what do you want to eat?" ”

Lian Zhi'er only thought about eating a meal of big fish and meat, and only searched his body, but he still didn't have half a copper plate on his face.

"Really, when I was in Beiliang, I didn't go out with money, I ate and drank casually, but now it's a habit."

Shi Ran was surprised, "How can I eat without money?" ”

Lian Zhi'er smiled proudly, "They all know that I am the county lord, how dare they ask for my money, they just want to stuff me more, and I am even more afraid that I will be unhappy." ”

Shi Ran frowned, "Don't do this in the future." ”

Lian Zhi'er sighed quietly, afraid that in his eyes, he was afraid that he and the bandits were all the way.

She laughed hurriedly. "Do you have any money?"

Shi Ran took a long time to find a few copper plates from his body, thinking that he didn't have any silver, so he couldn't help but think of the white silver in Zhou Yuanwai's house, and only hated himself for hiding some secretly.

"It's okay, it's enough for a bowl of soup cakes." Lian Zhi'er picked up the copper plates from his hand one by one, and then counted them two or three times over and over again.

The two of them soon found a noodle restaurant, and Lian Zhi'er saw that the shopkeeper was dozing in the house, so he said loudly, "Give us two soup cakes and put more meat." ”

The shopkeeper glanced at Shi Ran, "Are you a scholar of Shi University?" ”

Lian Zhi'er only smiled and said, "Since you recognize it, it's not faster!" ”

The shopkeeper sneered, "Even if I give me a hundred taels of gold today, I won't allow you to eat noodles here, and it will dirty our place." ”

Lian Zhi'er was annoyed in her heart, "What did you say? ”

The shopkeeper snorted coldly, "Who doesn't know that Shi Dye is tied up with the Beiliang people, and he also takes people to search for the people's silver everywhere, and Ruan Lu, who defected to the enemy and treasoned against the country, is the same as the raccoon dog. ”

Shi Ran didn't have any waves on his face, as if the insults of others had nothing to do with him.

Lian Zhi'er was so angry that he wanted to roll up his sleeves and beat someone, but he was stopped by Shi Ran.

"Let's go, go somewhere else."

Lian Zhi'er knew that along the way, only one of them had opened the door, and it was so late at this time, I was afraid that I would go back hungry.

She held back her anger and threw the only ten copper plates on the table, "Give us two bowls." How about we not eat in your house? ”

The shopkeeper snorted coldly, "One or two bowls, do you have them?" ”

Lian Zhi'er reached out and pulled off a pearl that was hanging from the button of his clothes, and then threw it over, "Is this worth it?" ”

Then the shopkeeper put it away, turned around and ordered someone to make noodles.

I only waited for half a pillar of incense to get work, and sure enough, a guy sent two bowls of noodle soup.

Lian Zhi'er rolled up her sleeves and put the two bowls in her hands, because it was too hot, her fingers were red.

She really didn't dare to imagine a person like Shi Ran walking down the street with a bowl, so she just smiled and said, "I know a wonderful place, let's go together." ”

The best place that Lian Zhi'er said is that under the bridge in the city, there were originally a few people named Hanako who were sleeping soundly, but they were blown away by Lian Zhi'er with a stick.

She asked Shi Ran to carry two bowls of noodles, then picked up a few bundles of straw that Hanako had dropped, and then spread them on the ground, beckoning Shi Ran to sit down together.

Shi Ran frowned, then glanced at his clean, unstained clothes, but still walked over slowly and sat down beside her.

Lian Zhi'er only took the noodles and said, "Eat quickly, the noodles should be cold in a while." ”

She patted her head as she took it, "Oops, I forgot to take chopsticks." ”

Shi Ran also frowned. Then he sighed slowly, "That's it, let's go back." ”

Lian Zhi'er's clear eyes were folded and shining, with a faint layer of mist, "I'm going to leave the capital tomorrow, but I didn't expect to be able to eat even the last meal." ”

Lian Zhi'er originally wanted to wait until the last to leave, so that she could stay in the Central Plains for a few more days, but Aunt Lan was anxious to let her go back, so she only sent someone to deliver the letter, only saying that she would return to Beiliang tomorrow.

Shi Ran's eyes were a little dim, but she slowly stretched out her hand and pulled out the hairpin on her hand, then pulled off her own together, and then wiped it clean with a handkerchief, "Isn't this okay?" ”

Lian Zhi'er ate a strange meal, but what made her even more unbelievable was that someone like Shi Ran actually finished eating a bowl of noodles with a hairpin.

After eating, Lian Zhi'er looked at the river in the distance, and there seemed to be two small boats parked.

And she drew him along, though the boat was connected by a rope. But Lian Zhi'er and him still went up.

Lian Zhi'er looked up at the stars in the sky, listened to the sound of water, and then said with a smile, "It's beautiful, but it's still not as cool as Beiliang." ”

Shi Ran slowly raised his face, and the cold autumn moon shone on his white cheeks, finding out the sadness he was trying to hide.

Drops of tears fell down Lian Zhi'er's cheeks, and she finally said slowly, "After today, Lord Shi will forget about me, and forget Beiliang, I wish you a harmonious husband and wife in the future, and children and daughters." ”

Shi Ran reached out to wipe the tears from her face, only to find that her fingers were colder than her cheeks.

"Okay, I'll forget about you." He said slowly, "You also have to forget the Central Plains, and you have to forget me." ”

Shi Ran knew she couldn't, and so did she.

After a long time, Lian Zhi'er stood up, as if she was reaching out to grab the stars in the sky, but she was forever so far away, "Shi Ran, please, don't send me tomorrow." ”

In the distance, by the river, there was a faint black figure, a pair of cold eyes staring at everything that happened here.

Although he couldn't hear them, he could see their intimate appearance clearly.

After a long time, Ruan Lu slowly turned around. He went to the city gate.

The cold moonlight fell on his black shirt, until he reached the city gate, and the guards of Beiliang held a lantern to shine into his cold eyes, and couldn't help but shiver.

"Who?" Bei Liang's guards said coldly, "The city gate is closed. ”

Ruan Lu stretched out his hand and took out the suspicious iron card, "I'm going out of the city." ”

As soon as the Beiliang people saw the brand, their faces suddenly changed, and they reached out to take it, and several people began to whisper.

One of them wondered, "Why did he have this?" Could it be that there is a fake? ”

"Just give it a try. This thing can't be faked. One of the guards threw the iron plate on the ground, then jerked up the machete in his hand.

Ruan Lu's hand couldn't help but touch the saber hidden behind him.

However, when I heard the sound of "pop", the finger-thick knife was cut in two, but the iron plate did not leave any traces.

These Beiliang guards' faces suddenly changed greatly, and they hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "My subordinates will open the door for your lordship." ”

Ruan Lu's face showed a hint of suspicion, but he said coldly, "Go and find the fastest horse and a set of armor for me." ”

The guards did not dare to delay. But a cup of tea was found.

The horses of Beiliang are all famous horses that travel thousands of miles a day.

Ruan Lu put on his armor, then flew on his horse, and soon disappeared into the vast night.

But how can these Beiliang people rest assured, they had to go back to King Yancheng in a hurry, only to say that someone went out of the city with the royal token.

After hearing this, King Yan Cheng had already guessed what was going on, but he didn't expect Lian Zhi'er to do something stupid, which was tantamount to leaving Bei Liang with a big trouble.

But Ruan Lu rode away from Beiliang's horse, and if they chased it, they might not be able to catch up, let alone the wastes under Liang Yan's hands.

He was coming out of the courtyard, but saw Lian Zhi'er returning home in a trance.

King Yan Cheng asked, "Zhi'er, who did you give that iron card to?" ”

Lian Zhi'er gritted her teeth and knelt on the ground, but did not say a word.

The people of Ah Zeng on the side all wanted to intercede, but King Yan Cheng had always been an extremely strict person, and they could only stand aside anxiously.

Lian Zhi'er didn't hide it, but said slowly, "I'm giving it to Ruan Lu, and I ask my uncle to dispose of me." ”

King Yan Cheng sighed, "You are only Ruan Lushi who has already left the city, what will you do in the future?" ”

Lian Zhi'er was still silent, a lamb to the slaughter.

Ah Zeng finally couldn't help it, and said boldly, "Lord Wang, after all, the county lord and Ruan Lu have a child here, and they can watch him die, please don't deal with the county lord." ”

Lian Zhi'er raised his eyes and said, "Uncle, don't be embarrassed, I will admit what you do." ”

King Yan Cheng let out a long sigh, but he still slowly helped Lian Zhi'er up, and said, "King Yan Cheng will punish you, but your uncle won't, you will go back to pack up your things in a while, and you will go back to Beiliang tomorrow." Uncle will send someone to protect you. ”

Lian Zhi'er listened to his words, and her face was suddenly full of tears, "Uncle." ”

"Your father and brother are gone, and your uncle is the closest person to you in this world, the person who should protect you the most." King Yan Cheng patted her on the shoulder, "Go back, don't think about it, since you have done it, the future will be left to fate." ”

*****

Lian Zhi'er stayed awake all night, and when she woke up the next day, her eyes were bloodshot and her face was full of exhaustion.

Ah Zeng had already prepared the car, and when he saw her like this, he knew that she was reluctant to dye it, so he smiled and said, "I heard that Lord Shi went outside the city again today to make up money, but he can't come back, and it's okay if it's gone, it's sad to save it." ”

The stone pressed in Lian Zhi'er's heart seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, and he only took care of everything. hugged Ah Kong and got on the frame.

When the carriage arrived outside the city, Lian Zhi'er still lifted the curtain to look outside, and they walked through the north gate, but they saw that the Bodhi tree had withered and yellowed, and the branches seemed to be dry, but they were afraid that they would not even be able to grow leaves next year.

By this time the chariot had passed through the long corridor and went out of the city gate.

At this moment, I saw the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and a faint white figure chased after him on horseback.

Even though it was far away, even if she couldn't see the man's face clearly, she still knew that it was him.

Lian Zhi'er was still terrified at this last moment, and tears rolled down her cheeks and fell on Akong's face in her arms.

Ah Kong's little hands wanted to touch the tears on Lian Zhi'er's face, but he just stretched out his little hands blankly and couldn't catch anything.

She still lowered the curtain and said to Ah Zeng, who was in the carriage, "You tell him that I don't see him." ”

There was a choked sobs in her voice, and without saying a word, the pain was unbearable, almost like blood was about to overflow.

Ah Zeng understood her thoughts, and sure enough, he stopped the carriage, and then walked up to Shi Ran, and seemed to have been talking for a while.

Lian Zhi'er faintly heard Shi Ran's voice, but she didn't know what it was, so far away from her, so far away.

After a long while, he saw that Ah Zeng had returned, and he stepped into the carriage, and then ordered the carriage to go on.

He ...... Did he say anything? She choked up, "But angry that I don't see him?" ”

Ah Zeng saw her so sad, after all, he couldn't bear it, but slowly took out a piece of jade pendant from his cuffs, which was as bright as the morning glow, and the folds were shining.

"He said he wanted you to take care of yourself, there was nothing else." There was a hint of complexity in Ah Zeng's eyes, as if he wanted to hide it from her.

She slowly took the jade pendant and held it in her hand, tears sliding down her pale cheeks, "I really don't dare to see him, but I will never see him again." ”

Ah Zeng held her and the child in his arms, like a brother comforting his sister.

"Forget him, King Yan Cheng will never allow him to go to Beiliang, you are destined not to be together in this life."

"You don't know how much I love him." Lian Zhi'er buried her head in his arms, "I can't live." ”