A few people got out of the car in front of the "Xiao Mansion", Zhuang Yuncheng looked up at the majestic stone lion and the magnanimous gate, a sense of loss and depression lingered in his heart, he felt strange and thought: "Three years ago, I tried my best to escape from this place, and I saw it today, how can I miss it?" ”

Xiao Jinyu said: "When the Qing Dynasty died, all the public houses in the past were repossessed by the new government of Beiyang and redistributed to officials at all levels or sold, and the general's mansion was also among them. ”

Zhuang Yuncheng knew that even if he exhausted his family wealth, he would not be able to afford such a mansion now, and with his current status, he could not afford to live in it, he raised the corner of his mouth and smiled bitterly and shook his head. Looking around, everything was still familiar, but in his eyes, everything around him had changed.

After less than a tea time, Zhuang Yuncheng asked Fluttershy to go home, Xiao Jinyu stayed for a long time, and Zhuang Yuncheng said: "Yunyun is sick, she shouldn't be left out in the cold, I don't go back, I have to let her go back to take care of her." ”

"It's a pity, I'll have to come with you another day." Xiao Jinyu said regretfully.

Zhuang Yuncheng smiled and told Fluttershy, "Be careful." ”

Fluttershy says yes and leaves.

"Ask someone to deliver it?" Xiao Jinyu said.

"No, you don't." Zhuang Yuncheng looked at her back and shook his head confidently.

Xiao Jinyu retracted his gaze and asked, "I don't think you are like husband and wife, but what is the relationship?" ”

Zhuang Yuncheng grinned, but he didn't know how to reply to him, so he only said, "Let's treat it as a relative." ”

"What relatives?"

"I don't know, there is no blood relationship, but there is a certain connection that crosses blood relations, and I can't say it." Zhuang Yuncheng said solemnly.

"What's the reasoning?" Xiao Jinyu said, "She is neither from your family nor Japanese, so you ......."

Zhuang Yuncheng made up blindly: "I met her by chance in Japan, it turned out that she was a Chinese who fled to Japan, and her parents were gone, so I took her in." ”

Xiao Jinyu nodded suspiciously, and asked, "Since that's the case." Why not marry her? ”

Zhuang Yuncheng put down the teacup he had just picked up, laughed again, looked serious, and said, "Why do you want to marry her?" This...... This...... How can it be? There's no way I'm going to marry her, you-"

Xiao Jinyu sat up and asked, "Why did you react so violently?" Why not? Don't you think she's worthy of you? ”

Zhuang Yuncheng held his breath, lowered his head, and thought: "I have never thought about this problem, I have always felt that she is far and near, and her relatives are neglected, and there is an unpredictable sense of etherealism, unlike mortal people, if you bind her with any written rules in this world, it will be like defiling her." ”

"As far as I can see, her temperament looks less human, but her appearance is better than all the women I have seen, she is a 'cold beauty'," Xiao Jinyu said as he thought about it, and suddenly he came to his senses and asked, "She's normal, right?" ”

"Huh?"

"Don't blame me for thinking too much, she's cold and indifferent, yes-" Xiao Jinyu pointed to his head and said, "Is there a problem here?" ”

Zhuang Yuncheng pursed his mouth and said: "I don't know, she has always been like this, and she ignores people when she sees them, but she is cold and kind-hearted, if she is familiar with her, it will be good." ”

Xiao Jinyu nodded and said, "Maybe it's also stimulated, after all, a girl's family lost her parents at a young age, and she drifted to Japan helplessly......"

Zhuang Yuncheng heard him say this, so he stopped talking.

"Is Sister Ling okay?"

"Fortunately, it's just a recent cold, and the doctor said it's not in the way. Eh, what about you? Did you only marry this wife? ”

"I just want to marry a room, isn't Mr. Sun Wen advocating, but my father doesn't allow it, and the head room only gave birth to a daughter, and I can't give birth again, so I don't have an heir to continue the incense, so my father wants me to continue a room."

Zhuang Yuncheng pursed his lips and smiled, and asked again: "Is it available now?" ”

"Yes, I just don't know if it's a man or a woman." Xiao Jinyu said worriedly, "Over the years, many foreigners have poured into Beijing to open hospitals and clinics in the concession. ”

"Oh."

"By the way, what are you doing there?"

"I think of an old friend who was going to visit him, but he moved."

"Who? In the past few years, in addition to doing business, I have been dealing with people, and the people in the capital, if there is a little reputation, I know that even if there is no reputation, as long as he has a name and a surname, I can find it. ”

Zhuang Yuncheng said with a smile, if this is the case, then he must know that in the former dynasty of Lord Yan's family, he had a son, Yan Weiwen.

Xiao Jinyu suddenly seemed to be deflated, he only forced a smile and said, "It turned out to be him." ”

"You're in contact?"

"It's not a relationship," Xiao Jinyu will not forget this person who has never met, but has a grudge against him twice, the first time was because of Zhuang Yunyun, who refused his proposal back then, but took the initiative to tell her to the Yan family; The second time was a small hammer, the Yan family relied on a little power in their hands, and for some reason they forcibly took away a little minion!

"Do you know where he lives now?" Zhuang Yuncheng asked.

"I know, his family is still in the capital, but Yan Weiwen's father and son are no longer in the city."

"How?"

"I haven't been home much in the past two years since I suppressed the riots in the south, but the situation in the south has been much more stable recently, and maybe they will come back." Xiao Jinyu said, "By the way, what is your little minion's name...... I don't remember, Yan Weiwen is going to his house. ”

"Luo'er?"

"Yes, it's him, I didn't agree at first, but he actually called Liu Dutong and said, what else can I do? Now if you want to see him, you can only get the Yan family. ”

Zhuang Yuncheng was sure that Yan Weiwen had seen his letter, but Xiao Jinyu didn't know it yet, so he said: "It's okay, it's just that I don't have a deep relationship with his family, I only have dealings with Weiwen, he is not at home, and I can't go, just wait a while, anyway, I won't go out." ”

"Okay, most of my business affairs are handed over to a few old family members to do, and I don't care about those trivial things, so I often live in the capital, it seems that we will meet more days in the future, just look for me if you have something."

Zhuang Yuncheng smiled and said nothing.

After a while, when the meal was served, Xiao Jinyu asked him to drink, but Zhuang Yuncheng couldn't resist him, and the two drank two or three bowls, although they were not drunk, they were already dizzy.

Xiao Jinyu's thoughts went deep into his memory, and suddenly remembered the "ice corpse" of that year, he shook his head, several broken fragments and pictures suddenly appeared and disappeared in an instant, he couldn't quite remember the appearance of the "ice beauty".

"Huh—I remember giving you an age-old 'ice corpse' three years ago, which is an antique, and she's still there?"

When Zhuang Yuncheng heard this, the wine immediately woke up halfway, he bit his already blood-red lip and said, "She...... In early spring, when the weather warmed up, it melted, and I thought that such a beauty could not be discarded at will, so I buried it thickly. ”

Xiao Jinyu thought distractedly, his eyes motionless.

Zhuang Yuncheng said again: "Buried in the Butterfly Hill nine miles away outside the city. ”

"Why did it melt? Back then, I was fine when I stayed at home for three or four months, but the cold air emitted more and more, and it almost froze me to death......," Xiao Jinyu sighed, "I thought it was a rare thing, but it turned out that it wasn't." ”

As he spoke, someone shouted at the door, "The eldest lady is back." ”

Xiao Jinyu smiled and said: "My wife Jin Ni is back, she is going to the banquet, that is, the Liu Dutong family I just said, his child is full moon." ”

As he spoke, he stood up, and the little guy on the side saw him staggering, so he went up to help him, and when he went down the ladder from the living room to the courtyard, he suddenly stepped on one foot in the air, and the man fell straight down, although he was supported by the little maid, and he also knocked on his knee, he didn't feel it, and lay on the ground.

Zhuang Yuncheng hurriedly went over to help him, four or five people in the yard rushed over together, and his eldest wife, named Jin Ni, entered the door and saw him fall, so she ran over with a scream, and handed over the child who was only one or two years old in her arms to the side and hugged her.

After being busy for a while, he helped him to lie on the bed, and after a while, Zhuang Yuncheng heard that he was asleep, and he left.

He was still a little drunk, and he didn't call a foreign car, he walked step by step, I don't know how long it was, before he walked to the door of his house, he felt that his leg was about to break.

Ju An sat on the threshold, saw that the young master was back, and hurriedly greeted him.

Zhuang Yuncheng helped him, entered the door, and went straight to Yunyun's house. As soon as I entered the door, I saw that she was only wearing a light blue jacket and was walking outside.

"You-where are you going if you don't get dressed?" Zhuang Yuncheng asked.

Yun Yun stopped and said, "After taking that medicine, I sweated on the bed, and after a while, I sweated, and now I feel much better, I asked Xi'er to boil water, and I want to take a bath." ”

Zhuang Yuncheng saw that her face was burning crimson, and a few strands of hair soaked in sweat stuck to her face, waved his hand, and said, "Go and go." ”

"Eh, you've been drinking?" Yun Yun raised her eyebrows, until she smelled a smell of wine.

"Drink some."

"Not going to sleep?" Yun Yun said, "Your face is as red as mine." ”

"I woke up early, but I walked all the way back, tired," Zhuang Yuncheng said, "You go, I'll have something to say to you later." ”

Yun Yun looked at him, nodded as if she didn't understand, and moved out the door.

Zhuang Yuncheng walked out of the house and heard a sound in the backyard, so he went to look, it turned out that Aunt Li was sweeping the floor, and Zhuang Die was also sweeping decently, he stood quietly for a moment, looked at her back and shook his head, turned to leave. In the living room of the front yard, he sat on a stool, which was far away from the gate, and he watched as the gate seemed to grow smaller and smaller, and closed everyone in the courtyard.

Fluttershy walks to the front yard with a broomstick, sees Zhuang Yuncheng and smiles and asks, "You're back?" ”

"Hmm. You...... Why did you take a broom? ”

"Sweep the floor."

Zhuang Yuncheng said irritably: "Throw it down, throw it away......"

"What's wrong?"

Zhuang Yuncheng only frowned tightly, didn't speak, and thought wildly, suddenly remembered Beiyan, and asked, "Do you remember Beiyan?" ”

"Of course I do."

Zhuang Yuncheng nodded and said, "I don't know how he is, he once told us where he works, and I will write a letter." ”

"Okay, can I send a letter to Japan as well?"

"Who are you writing to? Beiyan is now in northeastern China. ”

"I ......" Zhuang Die thought for a while, and didn't know where those people lived, so he dispelled his thoughts and said, "No, I just forgot." ”

Zhuang Yuncheng seemed to have endless words to Beiyan across thousands of mountains and rivers, he went to the study to write hard, and wrote a lot, Fluttershy saw a few lines, and wrote: "Beiyan, we arrived home a month ago, and everything is fine now." You're a few days ahead of us, and if you have a smooth ride, you'll have already reached your destination, are you okay? Remember—"

As soon as he arrived here, Zhuang Yuncheng saw that she was watching, and he was busy covering up, and said with a smile: "This is a private conversation between me and Beiyan, you shouldn't watch it." ”

Fluttershy glanced over and saw a few lines at the bottom that were not covered, which read, "First of all, forgive me for my disrespectful sin, I only remembered a letter today, but you haven't written since January, I—" Zhuang Yuncheng hurriedly covered it again.

"What a good word, don't let people see it yet." Zhuang Die turned his head.

I don't know if this letter can reach Beiyan's hands, Zhuang Yuncheng was a little discouraged, so he stopped writing, and hurriedly wrote a few conclusions, attached the address, and handed it over to Ju'an to do. Ju'an didn't know it, Zeng Fu was literate, often helped people write and send letters, and he was already familiar with this process, Zhuang Yuncheng gave money at will, and Zeng Fu immediately went to do it.

After that, the two went to Yunyun's room to sit and wait for her.