Chapter 18: The Hunt (2nd Watch)

Gu Qingyan didn't care about the movements of the ladies in the boudoir in Beijing, and naturally didn't know that Chu Siyan had been sent away by Chu Chen for a day. No one told him anything about it that day.

He remembered that Chu Siyan was drunk in Fumanlou and was tired of An Huajin, and his face sank suddenly.

Old Man Gu was happy, "It's just a little girl, and it's not Chu Chen's kid, just go and go, and it doesn't get in the way, what are you doing with a black face?" ”

Gu Qingyan glanced at Old Man Gu, and his voice was a little cold, "Chu Chen's thoughts about her are clear, and now that he is sending his sister to Nanyang, what kind of calculation he is making is also obvious." It's not just for revenge. ”

Old Man Gu smiled, "If the little girl of the An family has you in her heart, ten Chu Chen sisters will send it over, and it won't work." ”

Gu Qingyan was silent.

"What? You and the little girl of the An family, there is really an inextricable estrangement? Old Man Gu frowned.

"Not really." Gu Qingyan rubbed her eyebrows and sighed softly, "She understands my thoughts, but if she says that she has me in her heart, she may not be able to." ”

"Huh?" Old Man Gu looked at him.

"I was reluctant to her, but she insisted on going back to Nanyang, and I wanted to follow her without caring about anything, but she was very sensible." Gu Qingyan looked at Old Man Gu, "Grandpa, if you like someone and like it to the tip of your heart, where is there any reason?" Right? ”

Old Man Gu thought about himself, in this life, he was right with Old Madam Gu, he didn't make a big splash, he lived an ordinary life, he couldn't answer for a while, "How does Grandpa know?" ”

Gu Qingyan: "......"

It turned out that it was in vain, and it was better for the old Shangshu who resigned to give him some guidance.

He suddenly lost the idea of saying anything to Old Man Gu, and only said, "She seems to like Chu Siyan a lot, and she is quite conniving." ”

Something is wrong with this, she seems to be very indulgent to herself?

He was silent again.

Old man Gu saw that he couldn't help his grandson solve any more troubles, his own feelings could only be explored by himself, as long as he didn't get into the horns and then locked himself in the study, "It's a pity, your sister has already made a marriage contract, otherwise, it will be okay to send her to Nanyang too." ”

"The ninth sister is different from the little lord of the Good Prince's Mansion, she can't go that far, and she can't endure that hardship." Gu Qingyan shook her head, "Even if there is no engagement contract, I will not send her there." ”

"It's the same little girl, the little girl in the Good Prince's Mansion can endure the hardships, and she will eat it."

Gu Qingyan smiled lightly, "The little lord of the Good Prince's Mansion has been pampered since he was a child, he is very domineering, he is not very controlled by the rules, he can ride a horse, and he has also learned archery, although he is not very proficient, but his temperament is actually not squeamish." Go to Nanyang, Guanshan thousands of miles, she dares to go, can ride a horse, I am afraid that I can also take a boat to walk the mountain road, the ninth sister is a real boudoir lady, by the rules of the Gu family, can not walk so far, if she is sent, I am afraid that it will take two months, at that time it will be Qixi Festival, and the lord of An Xiaojun should come to Beijing again. ”

"The little girl of the An family said that she would come to Beijing again on Qixi Festival?" Old Man Gu also admitted that after Gu Qingyan's analysis, Miss Gu Jiu really couldn't go that far, "She told you?" ”

"I asked for it, and she agreed."

Old Man Gu smiled, "Stinky boy, I have promised to come to Beijing to accompany you for the Chinese Valentine's Day again, what else do you have that you can't resolve?" This attitude is to reassure you. ”

Gu Qingyan couldn't say it, maybe because he already felt that An Huajin owed something in front of him, or maybe it was because of Chu Yan's words, in short, this kind of emotion is only known to himself.

The housekeeper brought someone to bring the reheated dishes, and Gu Qingyan stopped, "Grandpa, let's eat." ”

Old Man Gu nodded.

After dinner, Old Man Gu went out of Gu Qingyan's yard, Gu Qingyan stood in front of the window, looking at the night outside the window, accompanied by the silence of the Gu family, the moon hung on the edge of the sky, and it seemed to be very quiet. He wondered if the moonlight in Nanyang was the same as in the capital? One day, he will go and see it too.

With the departure of An Huajin, everyone in Beijing talked and speculated for a few days, and gradually, everyone's eyes were no longer staring at the An family's old house, and Jingzhong resumed the days before An Huajin came to Beijing.

The eldest princess hid in the room boredly and sighed one after another.

While rubbing the shoulders of the eldest princess, Mama Du asked, "Childe, is the ice basin placed in the house too small?" Why don't you have someone add another one for you? ”

The eldest princess, who bathes three times a day, is most afraid of sweat when she moves in the summer, which makes her eager to bathe eight times a day.

The eldest princess shook her head, "I'm wondering, is this matchmaker I guaranteed a success or not?" Now that Xiao An'er has returned to Nanyang without saying a word, the imperial brother is not to blame, and he seems to have acquiesced to this matter. What does Xiao An'er mean? What does the royal brother mean? And Gu Qingyan, what are your plans? I can't guess. ”

Mama Du relieved the eldest princess, "Don't think about it, you have already done what Your Majesty asked you to do, since Your Majesty didn't speak, you don't have to care." ”

"I can't manage it if I want to." The eldest princess was very melancholy, "As soon as Xiao An'er left Beijing like this, it was suddenly very boring in Beijing, and I didn't want to participate in the parties held by the ladies of various prefectures, I didn't want to stay in the princess's mansion anymore, and I also wanted to go out of Beijing." ”

"Otherwise, find a cool Zhuangzi, and you go for a walk?"

"Where is the cool Zhuangzi?" The eldest princess asked.

"A hundred miles to the north, there is a Qingquan Mountain. It is said to be very cool. It is said that there are hot springs in the south and hot springs in the north. Mama Du thought for a while and suggested, "You ask the colt, can you rest for a few days and let him accompany you?" You and the colt haven't been out for a walk in two years. ”

The eldest princess was a little moved, "Okay, when he comes back in the evening, I'll ask him." ”

"Do you want to bring our little boy with you?"

"Don't take him, let him study at home, don't think about running to the barracks like Gu Jiugongzi all day long." The eldest princess said worriedly, "I'm just such a son, I can't let him go to the army to fight, it's too dangerous." ”

Mama Du nodded.

On the same day, when the horse returned, the eldest princess told her that she wanted to go to Qingquan Mountain and let him accompany her. After thinking about it, the horse agreed, and the husband and wife said that they would leave, and after finding a strict gentleman to keep an eye on their son, they went out of the city to Qingquan Mountain to escape the summer in the early morning of the second day.

The husband and wife brought a lot of guards, and most of the time later, they came to the foot of Qingquan Mountain, and before they went up the mountain, they happened to meet a group of people surrounding a teenager. The boy was already stained with blood and color, and he looked like he was struggling to support himself, and there was no one to save him, but he lost his life.

The eldest princess covered her mouth and recognized who the young man was, but she was afraid of admitting her mistake, so she grabbed the sleeve of the horse, "Look at that young man, is it Su Han, the prince of Zhenbei Wangfu?" ”

The colt carefully recognized, "It seems to be." ”

Wang Shizi of Zhenbei still came to the capital when he was a child, and in a blink of an eye, more than ten years, the husband and wife did not dare to recognize it. But no matter who it was, if he wanted to kill someone in broad daylight, he couldn't see death without saving him, so the eldest princess ordered, "Go quickly, save the young man, and take the rest down!" ”

The guards of the Eldest Princess's Mansion got the order and rushed forward to save people.

There were four or five killers surrounding the young man, and seeing that someone came to rescue, it was still the badge of the eldest princess's mansion, so they took a glance, and without waiting for the guards of the princess's mansion to step forward, they withdrew one after another and disappeared into the woods not far away. The action was fast, and in the blink of an eye, it was gone.

The eldest princess was angry, "Go after it." ”

The chief of the guard left half of the men to guard the princess's pony, and ordered half of them to chase them into the woods.

The young man was relieved to see that he had been rescued, and sat down on the ground, gasping for the rest of his life.

The eldest princess didn't even like her own sweat, and naturally didn't like the smell of blood, or rather, she didn't like all dirty things, but she still covered her handkerchief and pinched her nose, endured the smell of blood, and ordered someone to bring the young man to her carriage for questioning.

The young man rested on the ground for a while, came to the carriage, and endured several bleeding wounds from Juanjuan, "Thank you to the eldest princess for saving me, otherwise I wouldn't have entered Beijing yet, and my life would have been explained here." ”

"Are you Su Han?" The eldest princess asked.

"Exactly." Su Han grinned, and her youthfulness looked quite heavy, "Does the eldest princess still remember me?" ”

"You kid, how can you be surrounded by people and you want to kill you? Who did you offend on the way? The eldest princess looked him up and down, very curious, if An Huajin came to Beijing and was murdered and assassinated, there would be a reason soon, but Su Han, the prince of Zhenbei, should have no reason to kill him.

Why did an An Huajin and a Su Han come so dangerous?

Su Han shrugged, very angry, "I don't know, these people, since I stepped into the realm of Beijing, have been chasing me for five hundred miles. I brought a hundred guards, a ** killer, and killed all my guards, leaving me alone. If I hadn't met the princess and the princess today, I would have been finished. ”

The eldest princess felt that this was a big deal, and she probably couldn't go to Qingquan Mountain to escape the summer, so she had to hurry back to Beijing with Su Han and enter the palace to tell the imperial brother about it.