Gu Yanran saw worry in his eyes, and said silently: "Young Master Liu, can you keep my escape from the marriage a secret for me?" Since there is already a "Gu Yanran" married to Murong Tian, it doesn't matter whether she runs away from marriage or not, it's just that she doesn't want to expose her whereabouts and return to the dangerous rivers and lakes.

"Okay." Liu Yingjiang understood what she meant, and also knew how difficult it was for a woman to come all the way to the capital, and what courage and decision it required, he asked: "What are Miss Gu's plans in the future?" ”

"I ......" Gu Yanran lowered her eyes, in fact, she didn't have any plans, she was originally looking forward to seeing Liu Yingjiang, but now that he was really in front of her eyes, she didn't know what to say.

Liu Yingjiang poured a cup of tea for her and said, "Miss Gu doesn't have to worry, I won't mention your matter to others." "Young Master Liu, can you take me in for a while?" Gu Yanran plucked up the courage to say, looking at Liu Yingjiang with a little nervousness and uneasiness in her eyes, Liu Yingjiang was quite surprised by her words, and understood a little when she saw her look like this.

"If you are embarrassed...... the light in Gu Yanran's eyes gradually dimmed, she stood up and said, "This brocade will be returned to you after I wash it, when will you have time to get it?" ”

"Come back to the lodge with me." Liu Yingjiang said, Gu Yanran came to the capital alone and was not familiar with the place, and she was a girl's family, and after she fled, those people in the rivers and lakes would inevitably send people to look for her, he knew that she was in danger, how could he stand by and watch?

Gu Yanran squeezed the Jinpa in her hand tightly, and asked again with some suspicion: "You just ...... Say ......"

"Come back to the villa with me." Liu Yingjiang said: "It's very unsafe for a girl of yours to be outside, if something happens to you, I'm afraid I won't let me go when Gao Weihu returns to Beijing." ”

Gu Yanran sat down opposite him again, happily not knowing how to react, she reached out to serve the tea and even almost spilled it in a panic, very embarrassed: "Thank you, Liu Gongzi." ”

She had nothing else to ask for, she just wanted to be by Liu Yingjiang's side, Gu Yanran slowly raised her eyes to look at him, with a deep and shallow smile.

She said softly: "When Gao Weihu returns to the capital, we can meet again." ”

Liu Yingjiang also had a smile on his lips, and responded: "Exactly, I can see you again." ”

But there was no bitterness in his heart, he hoped that she would return to the capital to meet him, and hoped that she would never come back.

He couldn't accompany her to see the scenery of Jiangnan, and he couldn't accompany her for the rest of the scenery, he thought, this feeling is a pity.

Stunned, he was at a loss.

"I'm going to find Xiao Chu." Lu Yao broke free of Gao Weihu's arm and hurriedly walked towards the General's Mansion, Lu Xue looked at her leaving with some concern, and said, "Miss Gao, nothing will happen to Yaoyao, right?" ”

"I'll go back to the house now, you don't have to worry too much." Gao Weihu appeased Lu Xue a little, but after leaving the Lu Mansion, his steps were unhurried, and he was not worried about Lu Yao at all.

She didn't go back to the General's Mansion, but went towards the Jiang Mansion, and heard many people talking about General Xiao's departure from Jiangnan along the way, but more about Lu Yao's affairs, after all, she knew Xiao Chu's thoughts about Jiangnan City, and now that he was leaving, some people were waiting to see a good show, and some people sympathized with Lu Yao.

Gao Weihu showed a smile on his lips, looking forward to the dinner.

She sat down in a teahouse, drank two cups of tea, and then watched Ruyu's figure appear in front of her, and she quickly disappeared into the crowd with her head down.

Lu Yao ran all the way into the General's Mansion to find Xiao Chu, when he was practicing swords in the outer garden of the study, she called out a little angrily: "Xiao Chu!" ”

This was the first time Lu Yao called his name, she ran over at him, Xiao Chu hurriedly stopped his movements and put away the sword, frowned, and said, "The sword has no eyes, why did you just run over like this?" ”

"If I don't come, you're really going to leave tomorrow without a sound?" Lu Yao slammed the invitation on the table with a "snap", with tears in her eyes.

Xiao Chu's eyes swept over the invitation, and he muttered: "There is a banquet tonight, this invitation is for your father." ”

Lu Yao wanted to listen to his explanation, but she didn't expect to wait for such a sentence, and she was angry and sad: "Then you mean, you didn't even plan to invite me to tonight's banquet?" Not only do you want to go, but you don't mean anything to tell me? ”

Xiao Chu put the long sword on the table, picked up the invitation card again, and said, "Miss Lu Er, I remember that I told you a long time ago that I would have to leave Jiangnan sooner or later

, so you really shouldn't be surprised. ”

He took the invitation and turned around to leave, Lu Yao's tears fell in a panic, she stood at a loss, chased a few steps and stopped, and finally looked at Xiao Chu's voice and walked into the study.

"Xiao Chu, you bastard." Lu Yao said angrily, wiped the tears from his eyes, turned around and walked out of the house.

The banquet soon began, and those who were invited came, after all, it was a banquet set up by the general, and if they didn't come, they wouldn't be against General Xiao.

Lu Wei and Jiang Nian arrived at the same time, and Lu Wei bowed slightly towards Jiang Nian and said, "Master Jiang." ”

"Lord Lu is also here, it's a coincidence." Jiang Nian said, reaching out and stroking his long beard.

Lu Wei nodded, because of the pursuit of Lu Xue, he was eager to kill any Jiang family member when he saw it, but Xiao Ren was plotting a lot, and soon, he would be able to return her Xue'er's innocence.

"General Xiao's practice banquet, how can you not come, isn't it a great disrespect to General Xiao?" Lu Wei said, there seemed to be a bit of compliment in his words, Jiang Nian snorted coldly, I don't know if he was disdainful of Lu Wei's words, or disdain for Xiao Chu.

"I heard that Miss Lu Er has admired General Xiao for a long time, and she is even more courteous every day, and today General Xiao is leaving, I'm afraid it will make her sad." Jiang Nian narrowed his eyes and said, "Lord Lu has to persuade well, after all, there are some things that can't be forced." ”

There was a deep meaning in his words, Lu Wei heard that he was secretly sarcastic about Lu Xue, a little anger flashed in his eyes, but he didn't show his face, but echoed his words: "What Lord Jiang said is very true, Yaoyao is young and ignorant, far less sensible than Miss Jiang. ”

Jiang Nian showed a somewhat smug look on his face, and walked into the General's Mansion with his hands behind his back, vaguely arrogant.

"Father, you're here." Jiang Panpan also came to join in the fun today, she came earlier than Jiang Nian, she looked at the general's mansion and said: "Father, this general's mansion looks like this, it is not as big as our Jiang Mansion." ”

Jiang Nian smiled, with a little conceit in his eyes.

Gao Weihu and Beitang Jinyu did not appear at the banquet, and in the pavilion in the garden of Liuyu Station, they asked a little puzzled: "Miss Gao, the banquet in the front hall is lively, why don't you go?" ”

"I'm not feeling well today, and the occasion is full of powerful people, and I'm not familiar with them, so it doesn't matter if I go or not." Gao Weihu took a sip of tea and asked, "Liuyu, if you want to join in the fun, go and take a look." ”

"I'll still accompany you, Miss Gao." Liuyu said, lifted the teapot on the side to add tea to Gao Wei Lake, and asked, "General Xiao is leaving tomorrow, so how long will Miss Gao and Beitang stay in Jiangnan?" ”

"It shouldn't be long, I've been in Jiangnan for more than a month, and I'm thinking about changing places." Gao Weihu said, looking at the figure of Beitang Jinyu coming from here, Liuyu hurriedly leaned over and saluted: "Beitang Gongzi." ”

"You go down first." Beitang Jinyu glanced at her and said, Liuyu nodded and turned down, her eyes flashed and walked towards a place.

As soon as Xiao Chu's words came out, the people below immediately stopped talking, but they didn't expect Xiao Chu to ask such a thing at this last moment.

"Father......" Jiang Panpan looked at Jiang Nian with some nervous eyes, he only smiled and didn't care.

"General Xiao." Jiang Nian didn't seem to be flustered at all, and replied unhurriedly: "The funds have been distributed to the local officials, and the lower officials will definitely supervise the place, and the people are now temporarily stable, and the next steps are already being planned." ”

Xiao Chu nodded, took a sip of wine and said: "Lord Jiang is really responsible, I will explain this matter to the emperor as soon as possible, the general was supposed to stay in Jiangnan for a while, but yesterday there was a letter from the capital, and there were ministers in the court......"

Xiao Chu paused for a moment and said: "Some ministers have some bad intentions, secretly colluding with officials from all over the country to embezzle, corrupting the dynasty, the emperor is angry, and is about to send me back to assist in the investigation of the case."

When Jiang Nian heard Xiao Chu's words, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, but he still looked casual on the surface: "General Xiao is so attentive to the country, he is really an example." ”

"Master Jiang." Xiao Chu's expression suddenly became a little cold, and said, "Lord Jiang has been the governor of Jiangnan for ten years, right?" What Jiang people have done for Jiangnan City in the past ten years ......"

His eyes signaled to the traceless on the side, he came up with a few scrolls, Xiao Chu opened them one by one and said: "In the flood in the south in May of the previous year, the imperial court allocated 200,000 silver, but the total allocated to the county orders in various places was only 100,000 ......."

As soon as he said a word, Jiang Nian's expression changed, and the people below also looked shocked, looking at Jiang Nian and Xiao Chu, not understanding what was going on.

"In September last year, there were ten towns and fields that harvested a lot of money and grain in the autumn, and the tax paid was 30,000 taels, but you only reported 15,000 taels to the imperial court." Xiao Chu closed the scroll, looked at Jiang Nian and said, "Lord Jiang, is what I said wrong just now?" ”

"General Xiao, there must be a misunderstanding in this, I have been an official for ten years and every day for the people to worry about the people, and I can't sleep peacefully, how can I do such a thing?" Jiang Nian got up and said, but he knocked over the wine glass in a little panic and splashed it on the ground.

He knew in his heart that Xiao Chu dared to put this matter on the table, he must be completely sure, he had always been wary of Xiao Chu, and finally waited until tomorrow when he was leaving, and he also made sure that he would leave before coming to the banquet after many tests, but he didn't expect that in the end he would put such a show for himself.