In the flower hall, Wen Yan sat on a chair.

Ebony was rolled over and pressed on her lap, her stomach facing the sky.

It wanted to turn over, but its armpits were bound by Wen Yan, so it couldn't exert its strength.

Huo Yixiao walked in, saw this person and a cat, and asked, "You are teasing the cat very special today." ”

Wen Yan laughed, and the momentum in his hands couldn't help but loosen, and he was caught by Ebony'er, and a carp beat him and slipped out of the distance.

"It did something stupid," Wen Yan grimaced at Ebon'er before explaining to Huo Yixiao, "it took the self-incriminating book from Dicha's study, but left other evidence. ”

Huo Yixiao raised his eyebrows.

He knew that Dica was dead, but he didn't know the details.

Wen Yan told him all the experience, and said: "When I came out, I happened to meet the second uncle, and he said that fortunately, he was the one who went to investigate today, and he wiped all the footprints of Ebony. I was just asking why it was leaving its feet behind, when it didn't need to jump on the beam. ”

Huo Yixiao asked: "What does Ebony say?" ”

"It won't say," Wen Yan said, "that it dislikes me for being too careful." ”

Huo Yixiao couldn't help laughing.

Hei Tan'er was extremely dissatisfied with Wen Yan speaking ill of it, and scolded and walked out to the edge of the pond to see the carp.

When it was in Lin'an, it wandered around the Hou Mansion, and from time to time, it would lie on the top of the kitchen to sleep.

It's not because the sun is good there, it's not because the food is fragrant, but because Mama Wu has a grandson, who is stumbling and studying, shaking her head, which is very motivating the cat to sleep.

Those crepe things, Ebony was not interested in understanding, only once, it happened that the child read "Xiang Yu Benji", a sentence "Now people are swords, I am fish and meat", and the word "fish meat" drove the sleepy insects away.

Ebonal later asked Wen Yan, only to know that this "fish meat" had nothing to do with it, so she left it behind.

In the middle of the night last night, seeing Dicha hanging from the beam, Ebony suddenly remembered that sentence, so he jumped up and took a closer look.

The mouth is open, the body is drooping, and the eyes are dull.

The fat carp floats in the water, its mouth open and closed, its eyes protruding, but it has no god.

There is a subtle resemblance to a person who hangs on a beam and commits suicide.

No wonder, Xiang Yu will refer to himself as "fish meat".

Ebony didn't bother to say these thoughts, not to mention that it looked at Dicha so that it negligently left paw prints, which made it very annoyed.

Annoyed, I want to quickly forget about this mistake.

I didn't let go of the banquet, I had to ask just now.

It's annoying!

Wen Yan, who didn't know that he was hated, was asking the old lady to set the table.

Although, even if she knew, she would only laugh.

Judging from her rich experience, Ebony is easier to coax than Huo Yixiao, and a bowl of thick fish soup can make Ebony happy.

One bowl is not enough, then two bowls.

When it is drunk, Ebony will lie down with its stomach exposed, and if you rub its belly to tease it, it will whine, which is very interesting.

The old lady set the table.

Huo Yixiao took a sip of wine and talked to Wen Yan about the six ministries of politics.

Wen Yan was quite surprised: "It's earlier than expected." ”

This life is different from the previous life, the emperor asked Huo Yixiao about Li Sanjie's opinion on the transfer first, Wen Yan guessed that maybe in another year or two, the emperor will let the princes watch the government in six departments.

It's just that she didn't expect it to be so fast.

It seems that her misfortune this time has strung together unrelated matters, which made the emperor's dissatisfaction with the Shen family and the eldest princess of Yongshou more and more serious.

It's okay to go along with the interests of the warm feast.

After talking about the court, Wen Yancai said: "I want to borrow two horses." ”

Huo Yixiao glanced at her.

Wen Yan smiled: "Xiao Ye also knows that we moved from Lin'an to Beijing, and we don't have a lot of money, the emperor asked the sisters to learn to ride horses together, and also gave a special reward for riding clothes, so we can't help but learn." ”

Huo Yixiao laughed "heh".

The little fox is not honest when he speaks!

What does it mean to move to Beijing, and you don't have enough money.

It is clear that he is poor from Lin'an Mansion to the capital.

Also, it is difficult to even make two thick fur winter coats for the girl, and where is the spare money to buy a horse.

"Two horses?" Huo Yixiao said.

Wen Yan said: "The second sister and the fourth sister don't know how to ride a horse, they learn from scratch, they have to pick horses, I don't need to, the horses at home are fine." ”

"You're not picky." Huo Yixiao said.

Ordinary people raise horses, and the division is actually not so fine, but as long as it is a little more generous, they will separate the riding horse from the pack horse and the horse.

The best riding horses are mostly used as military horses, or for the sons of nobles.

It is not impossible to take a horse to pull a cart and pull goods, and to practice riding skills with a pack horse and a horse, but it is not the right way.

"Three horses," Huo Yixiao said, "I will lend you three horses." ”

Borrowed everything, there is still a lack of horses, is he no horse or stingy?

Wen Yan understood Huo Yixiao's thoughts, and was just about to respond, when his heart suddenly moved, and he quipped: "This third horse is lent to Ebon?" ”

Ebony was gnawing on its dried fish under the table, and raised her head at the sound of the sound, meowing and meowing.

Be a good match!

Huo Yixiao laughed angrily at this person: "The hussar captain doesn't have a horse yet, why don't you ask Yuanma Temple for one?" ”

Such irony, of course, Ebony didn't understand.

It tilted its head, and discussed with Wen Yan very seriously about going to the yamen of Yuanma Temple tomorrow.

Wen Yan laughed so much that she almost dropped her chopsticks.

Huo Yixiao couldn't understand Ebon'er's speech, but looking at its expression, he could guess the general meaning of this black cat, which was really angry and funny.

In the end, it ended with borrowing four horses.

Ebony was not satisfied, it wanted a mount of its own, intelligent, obedient, and able to rampage.

What is borrowed is to be returned.

Tsk, alas!

It was getting dark.

Wen Yan returned to Swallow Hutong.

Wen Hui poked her head out of the wing, pointed in the direction of the house, and said to Wen Yan in a suppressed voice: "Grandmother and mother don't know what they are talking about, they have been talking for almost half an hour. ”

Wen Yan raised an eyebrow.

At this hour, it is indeed rare for Mrs. Gui and the Cao family to talk for so long.

No wonder Wen Hui was in a hurry.

She was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, afraid that something would suddenly happen at home, and the family sang like an evil spirit.

In particular, she was excluded.

Wen Yan comforted Wen Hui and went to the main house.

Qingzhu led Wen Yan in, and in the second room, the faces of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were a little solemn.

"Coming back?" Seeing Wen Yan coming in, Cao Shi squeezed out a smile and beckoned to her, "Borrowed a horse?" ”

"Borrowed, Ming'er will send it over, and I will pick a well-behaved and docile one," Wen Yan said, "What are grandmothers and uncles talking about?" ”

Cao smiled awkwardly.

Old Madam Gui cleared her throat: "I'm thinking, how to make money." ”

originally thought that although the money in the public was tight, he could still live, Huo Yixiao knew that the Ding'an Hou Mansion was not rich enough, so he had to buy a new house to be tight.

Now, a piece of silver has been broken into two petals......

Old Mrs. Gui wants face, her old face can't hang up!