Ruan Mianmian shouted to stop the sedan chair, opened the curtain with his own hands and took the cage drawer held by a young man, nodded sweetly at him, and smiled to express his gratitude.

Ruan Mianmian saw that there were too many things, so he waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, Ruliang entered the city today, thanks to everyone's love, but Ruliang's principle is not to accept any valuable things from the people, as for food and the like, the guards will accept it for me, Mianmian will definitely taste it, and it can be regarded as living up to everyone's sincerity, please pay attention to safety and don't be too crowded." ”

After saying this, Ruan Mianmian retracted back into the sedan chair, and the crowd calmed down a little, Duan Yan saw that everyone had too many gifts, so he specially ordered a team to come out of the soldiers, follow Ruan Mianmian's sedan chair, accept all the gadgets such as food, and also told him not to accept other valuables, which made Ruan Mianmian's sedan chair move forward again.

When I arrived at the county guard's mansion, a row of officials wearing various official uniforms stood respectfully in front of the main gate, and when I saw Ruan Mianmian's sedan chair from afar, they bowed down in unison, Ruan Mianmian did not get off the sedan chair, this official thing was not done by her, and she did not need to do it, just like when the king was here, those people could only wait outside, and they would send someone to pass the word out if they were instructed.

Ruan Mianmian entered the county guard's mansion and fell to the ground, Zhang Luo rewarded the guards who carried the sedan chair, and went to the backyard with Jiang Xinyue to see Liu Xin'er and them.

"Sleepy, it's great you're back!" As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw Liu Xin'er running out with cheers, threw herself in front of Ruan Mianmian, and held Ruan Mianmian in her arms.

"Oh, Sister Xin'er, don't hug me, it's weird, look at the people behind you who want you to hug." Ruan Mianmian got out of her arms lightly, and quietly stretched out her finger and pointed at Duan Yan behind.

Liu Xin'er's face turned red half, Duan Yan also scratched his head embarrassedly, and the two of them turned their heads away.

Liu Xin'er opened her mouth and said, "You also have someone to hug, cannon... Ay? Where did the cannon go, I still saw him in the morning. She turned her head to look, when they were reunited like this, Uncle Hua and Ruan Bai were also beside them, but the only thing missing was the most important and missing Fang Mianmian.

Ruan Mianmian also searched around for a long time, wondering why Fang Dacang didn't come out to see her immediately, but now in the courtyard, it was not easy to ask directly, so he said to Liu Xin'er: "Sister Xin'er, what did he do today, so mysterious?" ”

Liu Xin'er was also confused: "The last time I saw him, it seemed that I went to the courtyard of the King of England, but I haven't seen him since, and I haven't seen it on the roof." ”

"Okay, then I'll ask Lu Gui later to see where my cannon is hidden." Ruan Mianmian and Liu Xin'er laughed for a while, and then went to the house hand in hand.

The main hall of the county guard mansion had already been cleaned up for Ruan Mianmian to live alone, and a few steady little maids were specially appointed to serve him, for fear that a little inconsiderate care would make Ruan Mianmian unhappy.

As soon as she entered the house, she saw that Lu Gui and Zhu En were already sitting at the small table waiting for her, Ruan Mianmian said: "I was just about to go to you to ask about something, but you came by yourself, are His Royal Highness and Princess Zhu En here to eat at my reception banquet?" ”

Lu Gui was also happy when he heard that she had regained her former cleverness and liveliness, and nodded: "Yes, I brought my family and dragged my family to eat and drink, but I can't drive us away." ”

"Huh? You're all here, where did the cannon go, wasn't it with you? Ruan Mianmian came back to his senses, and just now he wanted to ask Lu Gui, but now that Lu Gui is in front of him, could it be that the cannon is not there for Lu Gui?

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Lu Gui and Zhu En's faces at the same time, and Zhu En said with some difficulty: "Fang Cannon, he... He's already left Ruliang..."

"Leaving Ruliang? Why did you leave at this time? Ruan Mianmian was taken aback, and the others were puzzled.

"That's the case, this morning the cannon came to me and suddenly told me that he was going to join the army, and he had to start from the lowest ordinary soldiers, I persuaded him to say everything, he still refused to see you before leaving, so he rode a horse and followed the team escorting the exiled criminals, and I and Zhu En were afraid that you would not be able to bear it, so we came to see it in person..."

"What kind of army is good, I was afraid that he would be frightened in the past two days, so I desperately came back early, but he actually left me and left." Ruan Mianmian lowered his head, the brilliance in his eyes was extinguished, and the whole person was sluggish, and tears fell on his sleeves.

"Mianmian, don't cry, don't cry, I asked him the same, he said that he was very guilty and had no ability to protect you, so he wanted to work hard to make a career, if he saw you, he was reluctant to leave, it was better to wait for the clothes to return to his hometown and come to you again." Lu Gui made clear the words left by Fang Dacang word by word, and took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Ruan Mianmian: "This is what he entrusted me to give to you, saying that you will understand when you read it." ”

Ruan Mianmian took the handkerchief, and saw that a small flower was embroidered on the corner of the handkerchief, which was simple and unpretentious, and it looked very familiar. After a little thought, she suddenly remembered the origin of the handkerchief.

Speaking of which, this was when Ruan Mianmian first arrived at Yipinxiang, at that time, she was drinking tea by the bedside facing the moonlight, Fang Dacang came to give her fruit tea but didn't want to be cut by broken porcelain, she just handed him this handkerchief to wipe his hands, who knew that he secretly kept it until now.

Did he have a heart for himself at that time, or was there really such a thing as love at first sight in the world?

The more I thought of the carefree sweetness at that time, the more helpless I was now in a high position, Fang Cannon felt guilty that Ruan Mianmian was abducted by his side, and he felt guilty for failing to protect her, which had become a dead knot, plus everyone except Yipinxiang in the past thought that although Fang Dacang was honest and honest, he was just the most inconspicuous person in Yipinxiang, and he was not worthy of the thriving Ruan Mianmian. So he must want to make a career and marry himself in a dignified manner.

Thinking like this, Ruan Mianmian held the handkerchief and bowed his head silently, turned around and drove everyone out, closed the door and stayed in the room by himself, after a while, he couldn't stop his tears, lying on the bed and pinching the handkerchief, suppressing his voice and crying.

She has always been cheerful and lively, cute and dexterous, but it doesn't mean that she won't be sensitive, people who are insecure in their childhood, when they grow up, they will almost suffer from gains and losses to the people around them, for fear that others will leave and they will return to that situation. It's just that she complains in her heart that Fang Cannon left herself, but she can't stop him from making contributions just to tie him to her side, so she can only cry secretly.

Jiang Xinyue and the others were pushed out of the door, and when they saw that Ruan Mianmian didn't even leave a maid, they couldn't help but feel worried.

"Shall we go in and take a look, it won't be a problem for Mianmian to lock himself in alone."

Liu Xin'er was a little worried and leaned at the crack of the door to see what Ruan Mianmian was doing inside, but she couldn't see it clearly.

"Mianmian knows how to measure, since she didn't let people stop the cannon, it means that she understands the cannon's intentions, and naturally she won't do anything to hurt herself, but the two people are separated at once, naturally they are sad, just let her be quiet." Mu Ruqing hugged Jiang Xinyue's shoulders and didn't worry too much, he knew Ruan Mianmian's heart best.

Ruan Mianmian was quiet until dinnertime, during which Jiang Xinyue and Lu Gui received an endless stream of Ruliang gentry and nobles who came to meet Ruan Mianmian, and left the reception banquet until the evening, until the moonlight and lanterns were hung together, and the door of Ruan Mianmian's room, which everyone was hanging, slowly opened from the inside.

Ruan Mianmian had already changed into a soft pink skirt, a long ribbon with a bow on her chest was draped with a light silver bell, her hair was loosely spread, and two pomegranate hairpins were pulled on both sides, and the waterfall-like black hair fell behind her shoulders, unadorned, but natural.

Even her face was covered with a thin layer of rouge, as if she had never cried, but her eyes were still slightly red, and I felt even more pity.

She stepped out of the threshold like this, Shi Shiran walked across the covered bridge as if no one was in front of the surprised eyes of the maids, crossed the middle gate, and walked towards the main hall where everyone had dinner.

Everyone in the main hall cleaned up all afternoon, the candle shadow shook red, and even the gauze tent was changed to the water red that Ruan Mianmian liked, and the dishes on a long table were Ruan Mianmian's favorite, and there were twenty or thirty delicate dishes on the table.

Yipinxiang and the others are struggling with who to ask Ruan Mianmian to come out for dinner, and they are afraid that one of them will make her angry if she doesn't pay attention, after all, she is emotionally unstable now, and she will cry again if she doesn't make an unintentional word.

finally chose Ruan Bai to call by drawing lots, Ruan Bai rubbed a few steps towards the door with some worry, but when he saw the people coming outside, he quietly retreated, and frequently glanced at everyone.

Then, Ruan Mianmian walked in from outside the door generously, looked at the stunned Jiang Xinyue and them, and said strangely: "Look at what I do, isn't it eating?" ”

Sitting down in his place, Ruan Mianmian picked up his chopsticks and said to them who were standing in place, "Sit down." ”

Only then did everyone come back to their senses, they hurriedly changed their smiles and sat down, and began to serve Ruan Mianmian with food, never mentioning what happened today.

The seating arrangement of this reception banquet is very particular, Ruan Mianmian is the master of Ruliang and the county lord, so she herself sits at the head of the long table, on one side are Jiang Xinyue, Mu Ruqing, Uncle Hua and Ruan Bai, on the other side is Lu Gui with Zhu En, Duan Yan with Liu Xin'er, as for the other officials' families are not qualified to sit at the same table with Ruan Mianmian and their royal relatives, they can only sit down on the smaller tables on both sides after they sit down, and toast Ruan Mianmian from afar.

But it doesn't matter if you don't really dine at the same table, as long as the Ruliang nobles who participate in this banquet are all real famous families, and the local family that has lasted for many years, and the face of dining with the county lord is also blown.