The corners of Duanmujun's lips curled slightly, and he covered his mouth and chuckled.

It turns out that Cen Yin is the same as Duanmu Heng, Feng Yan and Li Tingyou, and he can distinguish red, blue, blue, purple and yellow, but he doesn't know that this cyan alone is divided into stone blue, Taishi green, Qingbai, azure, zhangqing and so on.

"Master Cen, I'll pick a color for you." Duanmu Jun said, and picked up the rope for him with great interest.

Cen Yin stood quietly outside the carriage with an umbrella, staring at the girl on the other side of the window, although he didn't know what she was happy about, but she seemed to be in a good mood, and that was enough......

Duanmujun picked a red gold rope and skillfully braided it, this time, she didn't ask Cen Yin what kind of tricks he needed, anyway, he didn't know.

Duanmu Jun smiled with slightly bent eyebrows, and his delicate side face was like a person carved out of jade.

The snowflakes were still falling one after another, and occasionally a cold wind blew through, blowing some snowflakes over, and Cen Yin quietly lifted his cloak to block the snowflakes that flew over......

The carriage was a few feet in circumference, and it was all quiet.

In contrast, the Guozijian side is getting more and more noisy, and those gentlemen and prisoners have been taken down one by one, crying and shouting.

"It's so annoying." Xing Qianhu walked to the gate, muttering in his mouth, and glanced at Cen Yin across the street, finally the overseer's mood seemed to be better, and he didn't bother these decrepit people.

Anyway, it's just a few scholars, where do you need to alarm the Overseer.

"Shut up all their mouths." Under the order of the torture thousand households, all the Dongchang fans quickly took action, and all the mouths of these people were blocked with cloth, and the surroundings were clean all at once.

The factory guards of the East Factory were well-trained one by one, and they locked everyone in the prisoner cars like dumplings, and then the prisoner cars drove away from Mingxian Street in a mighty manner.

The movement was so loud that of course the people at the end of the street saw it, and the sound seemed to have been sucked away for miles away, leaving only the sound of horses' hooves and the wheeling of the prisoner's cart.

Duanmujun and Cen Yin seemed to be completely unaware of the hustle and bustle around them, one was concentrating on weaving, and the other was quietly watching her weaving.

Duanmu is very skillful, and his slender ten fingers are flying, like a dancing butterfly, which is indescribably dexterous and beautiful.

In a matter of tea, she made up the thread, inspected it satisfactorily, and then handed the purse out of the window.

"The rope I chose is thicker than your original one, so it shouldn't be so easy to break now." Duanmu Jun looked at Cen Yin outside the window with a smile, "Young Master Cen still has official business, I'll go back first." ”

It was not too early, so Cen Yin didn't leave her, and watched the carriage drift away from the place.

"Rustling ......"

At some point, a little hail was mixed in the snow, and it made a "rustling" sound when it smashed on the oil-paper umbrella.

The carriage in front of him had almost turned into a black dot, and Cen Yin withdrew his gaze and looked at the handle of the umbrella he was holding, only to realize that he had forgotten to return the umbrella to her.

Holding a hand stove with residual warmth in one hand and an oil-paper umbrella in the other, Cen Yin didn't even look at Guozijian, but just said three words lightly: "Go back to the East Factory." ”

Cen Yin's voice was neither light nor heavy, but the Dongchang fans on the opposite side could hear it clearly, and the mustache immediately responded attentively, and soon, a canopy carriage drove to Cen Yin's side.

The coachman waved his whip neatly, and the carriage carried Cen Yin in the other direction, running against the Duanmu family's carriage.

Cen Yin sat alone in the carriage, quietly looking at the duck-yellow purse in his hand, slowly opened the purse, took out a piece of white jade carved finch pattern jade pendant from it, and slowly rubbed his fingertips on the jade pendant, and his long and thick eyelashes trembled twice like cicada wings, blocking the tide in his pupils.

His eyes were in a trance, his thoughts seemed to have returned to a long, long time ago, a delicate and lovely little face appeared in front of him, and the three or four-year-old girl raised her hand and handed over a clean handkerchief, and said with a smile:

"Big brother, you are so good-looking, what's your name?"

"My name is Xiaoyao, which is the 'Xiaoyao' of 'Peach's Childhood, and Its Leaves are Zhenzhen'. My mother said that I will have a younger sister in the future, and my nickname will be Zhen Zhen. ”

"I'm not a bad person, my house is in front of the guerrilla general's mansion."

"Big brother, this sister's face is dirty, I'll help her wipe it......"

“……”

The fragment of the past flashed quickly in front of his eyes, he felt that his eyes were sour, closed his eyes, leaned lazily against the wall of the carriage, holding the five fingers of the jade pendant but extremely hard, the back of the white Shengxue's hand was bulging, as if some beast was roaring and wanted to break out.

"Whew-"

"Whew-"

Gradually, his breathing became heavier and heavier, and the sound of heavy breathing echoed in the carriage, revealing a kind of suppressed pain and sadness.

It was getting darker outside, and another day was coming to an end.

Nearly half of the students of Guozijian were taken down by Dongchang with a momentum like a bamboo, and after the imperial envoy Zhang Zhi was raided, it once again caused turmoil in the government and the opposition.

For the next two days, the civil and military officials were secretly discussing this matter, just like the sea on that rainy night, the blue waves were rippling and undulating.

But this time, this ripple did not make any waves, and no one was the first bird to emerge.

The gentlemen of the Guozijian were released that night, but the prisoners who were captured did not move, and the Guozijian on the cusp of the storm was suspended for a few days.

The movement that day was very large, and many ordinary people also saw it, and it spread ten, ten and hundred......

Within a day, everyone on the streets and alleys knew about it, and there was a lot of discussion.

I don't know when, a rumor quietly spread in Beijing, saying that the prisoners of Guozijian were taken to the edict because of the rights and wrongs of the Dongchang behind their backs.

For a while, those people were silent, and they didn't dare to discuss these things privately, and they didn't even dare to say the word "east".

In this atmosphere of trepidation, the tenth day of the Lunar New Year arrived.

On this day, the genius was bright, and the entire capital woke up.

Several streets from the Imperial Palace to the Huangjue Temple were cleared by the forbidden army, and the forbidden soldiers in bronze armor and iron helmets guarded both sides of the street, ten steps and one post.

Chenzheng, the rising sun hangs high, and a group of cars drove out of the end gate of the palace in a mighty way, and the front and rear of the honor guard were the twelve guards wearing hoods and armor, plus casual officials, there were three or four hundred people, and the momentum was impressive.

The soldiers stepped on the bluestone brick ground with powerful steps, and it seemed that even the ground shook with it, like a muffled thunder, one after another, roaring incessantly.

The Dasheng Dynasty has always had a convention, every year on the twelfth day of the New Year, the emperor will lead a hundred officials to the Huangjue Temple to pray to the gods and spirits, hoping that the new year will be smooth and rainy, and pray for the peace of the country and the people.

In the more than 100-year history of the Dasheng Dynasty, even if the emperors of the previous dynasties could not go there for various reasons, the crown prince or the regent would lead the princes, clansmen, nobles, and civil and military officials to pray for blessings.

This year, the eunuch Cen Yin prayed for blessing on behalf of the monarch by the celebrant eunuch, which was the first time in a hundred years, and it caused a dark tide in the capital to surge, and many people also ran to the vicinity of the Huangjue Temple to watch the grand occasion at that time, and several nearby streets were blocked to the brim.

The hustle and bustle outside the temple continued, and the temple was in order, and the first incense stick was made by Cen Yin on behalf of the monarch, and the other civil and military officials knelt on the cold and hard ground outside the main hall.

In the entire Huangjue Temple, cigarettes curled up, and every official who came to pray for blessings donated sesame oil money, and the ceremony was not over until almost noon.

After coming out of the Huangjue Temple, the guard of honor returned to the palace gate the same way, and after that, those civil and military officials dispersed, and Cen Yin wanted to enter the palace to return to the emperor.

The gate of the palace gradually became empty as the carriages and horses left one by one, and a gloomy face poked out of one of the gold-painted carved canopy carriages, and the man looked at the long red figure in the palace gate, and his eyes were like a sky full of clouds, as if a rainstorm would come at any time.

The carriage soon moved slowly in the direction of the south of the city.

The man withdrew his gaze and lowered the curtains casually, his face sinking like water.

"Father, don't be too anxious." Geng Anhao, who was sitting opposite, spoke out to appease Geng Haidao.

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Geng Anhui knew how much his father was messed up, so he would let Cen Yin seize the opportunity step by step, and leave the emperor with the impression that the Geng family had been targeting Cen Yin, and even the good move of "Ashina" failed.

Geng Hai clenched his fist with his right hand, and then let it go, his eyebrows were still tightly locked, and he sighed: "Hey, can I not be in a hurry?!" ”

Seeing Cen Yin grow up step by step, with his arrogant and domineering temperament, sooner or later he will take their Geng family under knife, and, "The cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackey cooks." After all, the emperor has a grudge against me...... That's why I would rather believe in Cen Yin's eunuch. ”

Geng Anhui personally poured Geng Hai a cup of warm flower tea, sent it to Geng Hai, and said with a smile: "So what?!" ”

Geng Anhao also poured himself a cup of flower tea, and the yin owl under his eyes flashed, and he analyzed it in an orderly manner:

"Father, although the emperor is close to Cen Yin, Cen Yin is just a eunuch in the end, rootless and rootless, like duckweed. Our Patriotic Mansion is a hundred-year-old noble, how can he be compared to us! ”

"Father, why do you have to fight hard with Cen Yin, he will let him be cross."

"This time, Cen Yin first imprisoned eighteen prisoners of the Guozi Prison, and then prayed for blessings on behalf of the monarch in such a grand manner, although the government and the opposition were afraid of his obscenity and did not dare to say anything for a while, but they may not all obey him in their hearts, especially those noble families, literati and Confucians, as well as students and scholars."

"If our opponent today is Duanmu Shousuke, and he occupies the name of Shousuke, we may still have nothing to do with him, but the more arrogant eunuchs like Cen Yin are, the more they will attract the dissatisfaction of these scholars."

This time in the matter of the Guozijian, Cen Yin really took a step to faint chess, he gained power, he was so arrogant, he had already offended those scholars, sooner or later, the porcelain would not touch the rotten tiles, why should he have a hard time with him at this time.

Geng Hai listened to his son's words slowly, while slowly drinking tea, his brows stretched slightly, and his mood calmed down a lot.

Just like his son said, although Cen Yin is powerful and full of flowers on the surface, he is actually cooking oil with fire, if he is not careful, he will set himself on fire, where do you want them to take action.

Geng Hai hooked his lips mockingly: "Those stunned young people in the Guozijian, but some of the words are not wrong, since ancient times, the eunuchs in power can have a few good ends!" ”

When the situation is unstable and people's hearts are shaken, for the emperor, the easiest way is to hand over a scapegoat to calm the anger of the people, Cen Yin is now simply killing himself, how beautiful he is now, I am afraid how tragic he will die in the future!

Geng Hai happily drank the remaining tea in the cup, and a sharp light flashed under his eyes.

After he put down the teacup, he suddenly asked, "An Hao, what do you think of the third prince?" ”

Although Geng Hai didn't say it plainly, both father and son knew what he was talking about.

Geng Anhao was a little surprised, and his right hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and the tea in the teacup rippled.

After taking a sip of tea, Geng Anhao asked instead of answering, "Father, why don't you consider the eldest prince?" ”

Geng Hai snorted coldly, and said angrily: "Duanmu Xian knows that he is 'flattering' to Cen Yin......" He was disgusted.

After the words came out, Geng Hai understood that he didn't think about the eldest prince because of Duanmu Xian, and his son was the opposite, thinking about the eldest prince because of the eldest girl of the Duanmu family.

Imagine that if you are on the side of the third prince, then you must eradicate the eldest prince and the eldest prince's mother's family.

"You, I don't know how I gave birth to such an infatuated species as you!" Geng Hai pointed at his son with hatred.

Geng Anhui didn't hide it, just smiled, anyway, no one in the family knew that he wanted to marry Duanmujun.

Geng Hai looked at this proud son, sighed, silently thought about his family and everything in his heart, and then said, "This is ...... I'll take a look at it again. Duanmu Xian is an old fox. ”

Duanmuxian, a son of a poor family without family support, has been up and down in the court for decades, and he was able to climb to the position of the first assistant today, not only because of the noble concubine in the palace.

Geng Anhao saw that his father's expression was relaxed, and he diligently poured him tea again, and said with a smile: "Father, Duanmu Shoufu has been in the officialdom for decades, and he finally reached the honor of Shoufu...... He wouldn't throw himself at anyone easily, including Cen Yin. "I'm afraid that even the eldest prince doesn't want Duanmu Xian to make a desperate bet for him.

Geng Hai squinted thoughtfully, and unconsciously played with the cup in his hand with his right hand.

Geng Anhao stopped and didn't say anything more, the carriage was quiet, and the noise on the street outside came in clearly.

There was a charcoal stove lit in the carriage, which was warm but also a little stuffy.

Geng Anhao casually opened the curtains a little, and glanced out, but just saw Duanmujun and Duanmufei walking out of a shop on the side of the street with lanterns.

Duanmu put on a thick red embroidered cloak inlaid with mink fur, black and dense green silk holding a simple shoe, only inserted a red gold inlaid ruby beads string phoenix hairpin, phoenix head holding three strings of small coral beads beads, hanging down on the cheeks, when walking, the bead string swayed slightly, reflecting her bright willow eyes shining with brilliant brilliance, delicate and smart.

Geng Anhao's eyes lit up all of a sudden, sticking to Duanmujun's delicate and bright face, and he really wanted to reach out and touch the red glow on her cheeks.

His eyes straightened, and in an instant, the carriage sped past the sisters......

"Stop, stop." Geng Anhui was afraid that he would miss it, so he hurriedly shouted.

The coachman answered, and the carriage began to slow down, and Geng Anhui bent down to get out of the carriage and dropped a sentence: "Father, you go back first, I'll go home later." ”

Before he could finish speaking, the man had already jumped neatly from the carriage.

Looking at the slightly flickering curtain in front of him, Geng Hai shook his head helplessly, and motioned to the coachman to continue on the road.

After Geng Anhui got out of the carriage, he looked back eagerly, only to see that Duanmujun and Duanmufei had already walked five or six zhang away, and the sisters were smiling.

With a happy look on his face, he quickened his pace and chased after him.

When he usually walks slowly, the problems in his legs and feet are not obvious, but when he walks fast, the disadvantages are revealed, and his right foot is slightly lame, attracting the curious eyes of many passers-by.

Geng Anhao's eyes sank slightly, and he slowed down his pace a little and walked towards the sisters.

End ......

Geng Anhui was about to say hello, when a willow-colored figure suddenly jumped out from the side of the road, and the person who came knelt directly in front of Duanmujun and Duanmufei.

The two sisters jumped, subconsciously stopped, and looked at the girl who was kneeling three steps away.

Today's wind is a little strong, blowing the broken hair of the girl's sideburns messily on her cheeks, which looks a little embarrassed, and seems to be vaguely revealing a touch of stubbornness.

The girl knelt straight on the cold and hard ground, looked up at the two sisters, and looked tenacious, it was Miss Tao San.

Duanmu Jun frowned, and his rosy cherry lips pursed into a straight line.

The shop called "Lamp Heart" in front of it is also a decades-old shop in Beijing, good at making lamps and paper kites, etc., it is very famous, and daily orders are overwhelming.

She custom-made lanterns here three months ago for the upcoming Lantern Festival. Today, my sister wanted to come out to see the excitement, so she came out together, and came over to get lanterns by the way, and then went shopping together.

Tao San's kneeling naturally attracted the attention of many passers-by on the street, and they all stopped and pointed at Tao San's girl who was kneeling on the ground.

"Duanmu eldest girl, Duanmu fourth girl, please, help my second brother! My second brother hasn't come back since he was taken away from Guozijian by Dongchang on the tenth day of the first month......"

The third girl Tao looked up at Duanmu Jun and Duanmu Fei pleading, her eyes were filled with a layer of hazy tears, which seemed to be lovely.

That day, at the gate of Guozijian, Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Heng ate soft nails for themselves, and the third girl Tao didn't want to come to ask the people of the Duanmu family, but in the past two days, her mother washed her face with tears every day, and her father and eldest brother begged everywhere but they were helpless and had no way to ask for help.

Yesterday, she happened to hear Mr. Zhong Yu mention it, and only then did she know that Duanmu Fei would be Cen Yin's sister-in-law.

Miss Tao San tossed and turned all night last night, she knew that it was impossible to ask to see Cen Yin with her father's official position, and Duanmu Fei might be the only hope for their family.

She went to Duanmu's house early in the morning, and just saw Duanmu's carriage coming out of the corner gate, so she asked the coachman to follow her all the way here......

"Fourth girl Duanmu, read on the friendship between my second brother and Brother Ling, and ask the girl to go to Lord Cen to intercede!" Tao San's tears were like rain, crying pear blossoms with rain, delicate and lovely.

This Huashang Street was originally full of people coming and going, very lively, more and more people came to this side, all came to see the excitement, after a while, it was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, at a glance, all around were a black oppressive human head, whispering.

An old man with gray hair said in surprise: "This girl's brother turned out to be the son of the country and was arrested...... The prisoners. That's a reader. ”

"Hey, it is said that the prisoner of the Guozijian is the future pillar of the imperial court." A sour-looking middle-aged man said with emotion.

"But when I enter 'there', I'm afraid it's hard to get out......"

The surrounding crowd talked one after another, and no one dared to say the word "Dongchang" directly, as if it was a taboo.

"Fourth girl Duanmu, please, as long as I can save my second brother, I can do anything." The third girl Tao took two steps on her knees, and her eyes washed by tears were amazingly bright.

Duanmu Fei and Tao San Girl looked at each other, their delicate and cute little faces were always smiling, gently turning the lantern bamboo handle in their hands, and the corners of their mouths were raised higher.

Interesting.

Duanmufei was about to speak, but Duanmujun beside her took the lead and said, "Third Miss Tao, you have found the wrong person!" ”

"Dongchang is on an errand, right and wrong have their own laws, what's the use of girls coming to beg my sister!"

"Dongchang is strict and clear, if Brother Ling is not guilty, why worry!"

Duanmujun said calmly, looking at the third girl Tao with clear eyes, not dodging or dodging, her expression was frank, and she was not moved by the other party's plea at all.

After saying that, Duanmujun didn't want to stay for a long time, took Duanmufei's hand, and left directly around Tao Sangirl, with unhurried steps.

Without her to speak, the crowd of onlookers in front of them automatically made way for the sisters, their subtle gaze fell on the sisters, they couldn't speak for a while, and the surroundings were surprisingly quiet and the atmosphere was weird.

Duanmu Fei obediently left with Duanmujun, smiling so much that a pair of cute pear vortices appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Miss Tao San's mind Duanmu Fei thought about it with her toes, but she was too lazy to say it, she glanced back at Miss Tao San, and walked out of the crowd.

Miss Tao San and Duanmu looked at each other for a moment, feeling that her mind seemed to have nothing to hide in front of her clear mirror-like eyes, angry and ashamed.

"Girl." Miss Tao's maid ran over, hurriedly picked up her girl, and patted the dust on her skirt for her.

Miss Tao San looked straight at the backs of the Duanmufei sisters leaving, and her eyes were a little trance-like.

Originally, she also wanted to talk to Duanmu Fei, but thinking of the incident at the gate of Guozijian last time, she knew that Duanmu Fei might not easily agree to help her, so she deliberately knelt down on the street as soon as she had an idea.

The court was public, everyone watched, she thought that Duanmujun and Duanmufei would agree to help her even for the sake of fame, but she didn't expect that the two sisters were not only hard-hearted, but also reversed black and white at all, saying that Dongchang was honest and strict, this is simply a big joke in the world!

What should I do?!

Could it be that just because his father's official position is not high, he lost to these powerful people? Can I just watch my brother behind bars?!

The third girl Tao stood in place like a stone sculpture for a long time, staring at Duanmu's petite and slender back in a daze, until her maid helped her to leave, just staggered with Geng Anhao in the rear.

Geng Anhui didn't look at Miss Tao San, he was looking at Duanmu Jun with burning eyes, and only she was left in a pair of fiery eyes.

In his eyes, her smile, anger, even the back of her departure, made his heart move, and his heartbeat beat accelerated.

He wanted to call Duanmu Jun out loud, but he was worried that he would be abrupt, besides, being troubled by this Tao San girl, this is not a suitable place to talk......

If he called her at this time, wouldn't she be upset?

Geng Anhao took a step forward, stopped hesitantly, and sighed in his heart: when did he become so indecisive, suffering from gains and losses, for fear of upsetting her.

After Duanmujun and Duanmufei walked away, the surrounding onlookers made a noise again, talking in twos and threes:

"Lao Wang, what do you say the scholars of this country prison can do, they are powerless, they can't kill people and set fires, and they can't be corrupt and bribe-taking, will it be...... Caught the wrong person? ”

"Hey, this ...... Ahem, we ordinary people can't take care of the affairs of the court......"

"I see, I must be mistaken."

The people were gone, and the onlookers scattered in all directions.

Only Geng Anhao was still standing in place, his eyes flashing slightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked a determined arc.

I can't be mistaken, Cen Yin relied on the holy grace and acted unscrupulously, and now he is even more fluttering, his behavior of imprisoning prisoners for no reason is bound to offend all the scholars in the world, and their Geng family only needs to operate well......

Thinking about it, Geng Anhao's eyes flashed with a glint of ambition.

When he came back to his senses, he went to search for Duanmujun's back, and the sisters were long gone.

Forget it, there's always a chance. Geng Anhui sighed, he thought for a moment, turned around and walked in the direction where Tao San Girl left, but he didn't see the two sisters coming out of a piano shop at the end of the street, and turned around and went to the adjacent street.

There is a way, twelve build a lantern shed.

The Lantern Festival is approaching, and today's capital has begun to prepare for the Lantern Festival, and began to set up a lantern shed on the street, which also attracted many onlookers to the children, one by one, looking up at the lantern shed, with high spirits, obviously already looking forward to the Lantern Festival.

Duanmu Fei's hand is holding a cute red fox lantern, the master who made the lantern also deliberately made a big red tail with tassels, when the lantern floats in the air, the long "red tail" is thrown around, very cute, attracting the envy of children.

Duanmu Jun said with a smile: "Zhen Zhen, I have thought about it, on the day of the Lantern Festival, you will put on the newly made red cloak embroidered with dumplings at home, which will match this lantern perfectly." ”

"I also customized a matching fox jewelry for you in Jinyulou, and you should be able to pick it up tomorrow."

"By the way, there are also booties embroidered with dango......"

Duanmujun said with his eyebrows fluttering, and Duanmufei responded obediently from time to time, and said in his heart: It's good that my sister is happy.

As they spoke, some bold children came to them and asked them where they had bought the lantern, and some children followed them with great interest as little tails, their eyes shining brightly, and they were reluctant to look away.

Looking at the little brother and sister in the back, Duanmu Fei had a feeling of "the king patrolling the mountain", and walked briskly.

The sisters went shopping for an afternoon, and when they returned home, the sun had just set, and Duanmujun said to Duanmufei with a smile: "Zhenzhen, you go and rest for a while, and we will make dumplings to eat later." ”

Today is the twelfth day of the first lunar month, and one of the customs of the twelfth day of the first lunar month is to "pinch the mouse's mouth", that is, to pinch the wrapped dumplings into the shape of a mouse, and to wrap the dumplings is to pinch the mouse's mouth, hoping that there will be no rats at home in the coming year.

Duanmu Fei thought it was interesting to think about it, and responded: "Sister, I'll go and hang up my lantern and go find you." ”

Duanmu carried her red fox lantern back to the inner room, and looked around, hmm, where to hang it?

After thinking about it, she decided to hang the lantern on the lintel of the bed on the shelf, so that when she lay on the bed, she could see it at a glance as long as she opened her eyes.

Duanmu stood on tiptoe and struggled to hang the bamboo handle of the lantern on the top lintel......

Suddenly, an arm grabs the bamboo handle from behind her head, and with a casual push forward, the lantern hangs firmly on the frieze, and the dusty red tail hangs down on Duanmu's scarlet cheeks, tickling her face.

Duanmu Fei stared at the lantern with satisfaction for a while, then turned his head, and unexpectedly saw Feng Yan, and blurted out: "Do you want tea?" ”

It's not strange, it's self-defeating, and the ancients don't deceive me. Duanmu Fei said silently, look, now even if Feng Yan suddenly appeared in her room so unusually, she could eat tea and chat with him so calmly.

Duanmu Fei's heart is a little complicated, and he doesn't know whether to praise himself for being good, or pinch a handful of bitter tears for the past two years.

She thought a little out of the blue, and when she came back to her senses, she had already sat down by the window, holding the warm tea poured by Feng Yan in her hand.

This master seems to be a little unqualified. Duanmu cleared his throat weakly, and had nothing to say: "Lantern Festival ......"

"Zhen Zhen, I'm leaving Beijing today......" Almost at the same time, Feng Yan spoke.

He came to say goodbye to Duanmu Fei, and he had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time, so long that he almost thought that he was afraid that he would not be able to meet her today.

Duanmu Fei originally wanted to ask Feng Yan if he wanted to go to the Lantern Festival together, but when he said this, he swallowed the rest of the words, his heart jumped violently, and the little hand holding the teacup subconsciously exerted himself slightly.

Of course, the meaning in Feng Yan's words would not be that he was going to go to the suburbs of Beijing or something, he was going to travel far away.

Feng Yan's next sentence verified Duanmu Fei's guess: "I'm going to the south, I'll go back as soon as possible." ”

His beautiful phoenix eyes stared at Duanmu Fei's little face without blinking, reluctant to give up.

South?! Duanmu put down the teacup in her hand, and the teacup hit the square table, making a slight gurgling sound, and her face couldn't hide the look of surprise.

Whether it is Feng Yan or Anping, they are the thorn in the emperor's side, and they cannot leave Beijing without an edict......

Her eyes twitched slightly, and she immediately understood that Feng Yan was going to go to southern Xinjiang secretly without the emperor.

If it was ordinary, it would be impossible to leave the capital for more than a month without being discovered by the emperor.

But now the situation is different, the emperor is ill, he has no intention of political affairs at all, and the attention of the whole dynasty is also focused on Cen Yin and Dongchang, it is estimated that no one has the time to pay attention to the Anping Eldest Princess Mansion, Feng Yan has to quietly leave Beijing for so long, this is the best opportunity.

Duanmu Fei picked up the teacup again, and suddenly realized in his heart: No wonder Cen Yin recently took Zhang Yushi to open the knife, and after a while, he personally led people to seal the Guozi Prison and detain the prisoners, acting so high-profile and flamboyant, so it is.

Well, no, she couldn't think about it anymore......

Duanmufei focused on the tea at the entrance, and took one sip after another, feeling a little lost for some reason.

There are at least more than 5,000 miles from the capital to the south, and even if a horse travels 300 miles a day, it will take at least half a month, not to mention that there are thousands of mountains and rivers along the way, and there are many uncertain factors......

I'm afraid it's too late for her to ask for a peace charm now.

That's right......

Suddenly, she felt a warmth on the top of her head, and Feng Yan's right palm gently rubbed the top of her hair, and said with a smile: "Zhen Zhen, I will come back safely." ”

Duanmu was stunned, and then smiled, his eyebrows and eyes crooked with a smile, and his voice answered crisply.

Feng Yan looked at her cute smile stupidly, and felt that the roots of his ears began to faintly burn again.

Calm down.

He thought as he gulped down the rest of the tea in his cup.

As soon as Feng Yan was interrupted just now, Duanmu Fei almost forgot about business, threw down the sentence "Wait for me", ran to the dresser, dug in a jewelry box for a while, and finally found what she was looking for.

"Stretch out your left hand." Duanmu Fei said mysteriously.

Feng Yan's attitude towards Duanmu Fei has always been that as long as she has an order, he obeys everything, and immediately obediently stretches out his left wrist.

Duanmu Fei carefully helped him tie a red knot rope around his wrist, and said with a smile: "This is a peace charm." ”

This is...... Feng Yan's pupils shrank, staring at the red knotted rope, his eyes were sour, and he felt that something was about to gush out of his heart.

He took a deep breath, almost exhausted all his strength to barely calm down a little, and said bitterly, "Zhenzhen, you made this up?" ”

Duanmu Fei nodded as a matter of course, "I remember that you 'liked' ...... very much" and "liked" that when they first met in Huangjue Temple, he had to snatch it from her, although half a year later, he inexplicably returned it to her.

Thinking back to that time now, Duanmu Fei still feels that Feng Yan's actions are really inexplicable.

"I love it." Feng Yan said cautiously, his right hand subconsciously touched his waist, there was still a same red knot rope hidden there, but this one was "grabbed" by him, and this time, it was given to him by Zhen Zhen herself.

So Zhen Zhen really has him in her heart!

"I really like it." Feng Yan stared deeply into Duanmu Fei's black and white eyes, as if he wanted to look into the depths of her soul.

He emphasized it twice, and his expression was surprisingly cautious, which made Duanmu Fei a little embarrassed.

"Zhenzhen, it's time for me to go." Feng Yan said as he stood up, his phoenix eyes were as bright and bright as the dawn star, obviously, his mood seemed to be surprisingly good.

Duanmu Fei was stunned in his heart, but he still smiled very brightly on his face, and said, "Feng Gongzi, have a good trip......"

Before her words fell, she saw Feng Yan's right hand propped up on the window sill, flew out quickly, quickly climbed the wall, and after looking back at her, he jumped down.

Duanmu looked at the empty window in a daze, and always felt a little depressed in his heart.

She raised her hand and stroked her chest, and said to herself: Could it be that she has heat stroke? …… No, it's so cold right now. So she's cold?

Duanmu Fei thought a little out of the blue, her right hand slid down, her fingers gently touched the red knot rope worn on her left wrist, her eyes were in a trance, until Duanmu Xuan's call came from outside: "Zhen Zhen!" ”

While speaking, Duanmu Jun opened the brocade curtain, looked into the inner room, and saw Duanmu sitting by the window stupidly, and couldn't help laughing, "Zhen Zhen, didn't you say that you want to make dumplings with me?" ”

"Quack!" The little starling followed behind Duanmujun, flapping his wings as if urging Duanmufei.

Duanmu stood up scarletly, met Duanmu's smiling eyes, and stepped forward happily, "Sister, let's make dumplings." ”

The sisters went out of the house merrily, towards the kitchen, and the little starling hovered over their heads, and the rough and cheerful chirping of birds echoed in the air and drifted out with the cold wind.

Feng Yan, who was galloping on Quanyu Street, seemed to hear something, turned his head and glanced in the direction of Duanmu Mansion, and then pinched the horse's belly and sped up.

"Gotta ......"

One man and one horse galloped all the way to the south gate before the sun went down.

The gates were mostly closed, leaving only a gap for one person to pass through.

The two city gate guards smiled at Feng Yan and turned sideways to let him ride his horse out.

With a heavy closing sound, the gates closed.

Feng Yan rode his horse all the way south, day and night, regardless of whether he would miss the inn at night, and hurried with his head covered.

As he got farther and farther away from the capital, the prosperity was no longer there, although Jingzhong also suffered a little from the impact of the snow disaster, but after all, it was at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and the Jingzhao Mansion disaster relief was timely, and it did not seem to have caused much impact for the time being, but the disaster in Jizhou, Jinzhou and other places was obviously much more serious.

The huts that collapsed under heavy snow were left unrepaired; The new graves on the roadside are not dry, and the paper money is fluttering; The ragged villagers on the roadside wept hoarsely in front of the frozen crops, and had to sell their sons and daughters for a way out......

Jiangnan is still prosperous, continue to go south, it will be depressed again, the homeless people go north, bandits are rampant, this so-called prosperous world seems to be prosperous, in fact, it has long been full of holes.

Feng Yan couldn't do much, and it was impossible to help everyone, meeting was fate, and occasionally quietly left a few silver bills, and continued to hurry.

He hurried up, ate and slept in the open air, and it took him 16 days to cross several states and rush to Sinan City in Qianzhou.

Because of Nanhuai's invasion, many cities in Qianzhou have fallen to the enemy, and now most of the cities in Qianzhou are closed even during the day, and they are heavily guarded.

Although Sinan City is still hundreds of miles away from the frontline battlefield and has never been devastated by the war, it does not dare to slack off and is always on guard.

In the sentry tower on the city wall, a sentry had already noticed that someone was riding a horse close to this place, and hurriedly went to pay attention to Shangguan.

At this time, the sun was rising, and Yan Zhaolin, the chief soldier of Jinzhou, was leading his soldiers to inspect the city wall. After hearing this, Yan Zhaolin took a clairvoyant from his own soldier and looked at the visitor, his eyes widened in surprise at this look.

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