The three of them traveled day and night, only dry food and only a few jugs of water to rush back along the way, and even the coachman could not stand this arduous journey all the way.

"I said let's not rest, we've been walking for so long, even if the horse bears it, this person can't bear it." The coachman looked at Dongfang Yi with a difficult face.

Dongfang Yi looked at Nalan Jin and Shen Caiyi, they were indeed a little exhausted, everyone's faces were haggard, and it was distressing to look at.

"I'm so thirsty." Shen Caiyi licked her dry lips.

"I'm a little thirsty too." Nalan Jin endured it for a long time and swallowed his saliva.

"As for the water, don't you all have water in your hands?" Dongfang Yi looked at the two of them.

"My kettle has long since run out of water." Shen Caiyi shook her kettle.

"Mine too." Nalan Jin tossed the kettle in his hand aside.

Dongfang Yi picked up his kettle and shook it, there was still a little water in it. But when he stretched out the kettle, he hesitated, not knowing what to choose.

"There is still a little water in this kettle, you ......" Dongfang Yi's hesitant gaze wandered between the two women and the two women.

Shen Caiyi and Nalan Jin looked at the color kettle, they were unbearably thirsty, and they all reached out to the kettle at the same time. Then they looked at each other awkwardly.

Faced with the choice of survival, no one wants to be humble, but no one is embarrassed to fight.

"Otherwise, come on." Nalan Jin watched Shen Caiyi hook the corners of her mouth with difficulty and withdrew her embarrassed hand.

"No need, it's better for my sister to drink, I grew up in Tongcheng since I was a child, and I'm used to the days when there is no water." Shen Caiyi suddenly and generously gave the water to Nalan Jin.

Nalan Jin was suddenly a little confused about Shen Caiyi, and couldn't figure out what the woman in front of her was thinking.

If all the generous things he did before were to curry favor with Dongfang Yi, but at this moment, faced with the choice of survival, Shen Caiyi still had to give Nalan Jin the last chance to survive.

Just because Shen Caiyi really wants to be sisters with Nalan Jin?

It's a big deal.

"Jin'er." Dongfang Yi looked at Nalan Jin.

"Don't take care of me, I'm not very thirsty yet, isn't she just in good shape, let her drink." Nalan Jin hugged her shoulders, a little embarrassed.

"Dongfang, let's give it to my sister, I can still withstand it." Shen Caiyi pushed and shoved, making Dongfang Yi feel even more guilty.

The two women pushed away because of a little water. Dongfang Yi didn't know how to weigh it in order to make them all satisfied.

"Give it to her."

"To my sister."

"Give it to her."

"To my sister."

In order to show their generosity, the two women were humble to each other in the carriage because of a trivial matter, and they quarreled. The anger of both men almost set the carriage on fire.

If it goes on like this, if it is really lit, the water in Dongfang Yi's hand alone may not be able to extinguish the fire at all.

"Enough!"

Dongfang Yi shouted

With a sound, the two women were silent, and turned their eyes to Dongfang Yi in unison. I saw him bring the kettle of two people and divide the water in his kettle equally among the two women.

"One and a half, so that no one has to push, no one has to be thirsty, the front is not far to the city gate, this little water should be able to hold on, hold on."

Dongfang Yi's handling made both Nalan Jin and Shen Caiyi feel warm in their hearts. Drinking Dongfang Yi's water, the faces of the two women were filled with happy smiles.

The problem of thirst was finally solved, and everyone's emotions were a little calmer.

Finally arrived at Nalan Mansion, but before the carriage stopped, Nalan Jin couldn't wait to jump off the car and galloped all the way to Nalan Zhen's house.

Dongfang Yi followed closely and followed to Nalan Zhen's house.

Shen Caiyi cautiously poked her head out and looked at the magnificent Nalan Mansion, nervous and excited.

"Grandpa, I'm back, grandpa, Jin'er is too late to come back." Nalan Jin shouted firecrackers all the way, and everyone in the house followed the sound curiously looking for the past.

Nalan Jin ran into the house and didn't see Nalan Zhen. After walking all the way, I didn't see the people in the house busy serving Nalan Zhen's illness, and what was even more strange was that there was no such atmosphere of grief.

It's not like the rhythm of a funeral in the house at all.

"Grandpa, Jin'er is back, where are you!" Nalan Jin looked around in wonder and shouted.

"Jin'er, don't get excited, ask Lian'er about sake first." Dongfang Yi worriedly hugged Nalan Jin, who had lost his normality.

"Miss, young master." Uncle Xing walked out of the side door and respectfully saluted Nalan Jin and Dongfang Yi.

"Uncle Xing, you're here just in time, grandpa! Where is grandpa, hurry up and take me to meet him. Nalan Jin grabbed Uncle Xing and said excitedly.

"Miss, the old man said, if you come back, go to the ancestral hall with your uncle immediately." Uncle Xing bowed his head slightly.

Nalan Jin couldn't wait to push Dongfang Yi away and go straight to the ancestral hall, she really couldn't understand what kind of illness she had to hide in the ancestral hall.

But Dongfang Yi looked at Uncle Xing's solemn expression, and felt that something was happening in this mansion, and it was definitely not as simple as Nalan Zhen being sick.

"Grandpa!" Nalan Jin pushed open the door, entangled in his crush Nalan and asked in front of the spiritual seat of the ancestral hall with his hands behind his back, "Grandpa, it's really good to see that you're okay." ”

If Nalan Jin went to hug Nalan Zhen, I saw Nalan Zhen slowly turn around and look at Nalan Jin, whose eyes were full of desolation.

"Jin'er, you're finally back." Nalan Zhen's old tears parted Nalan Jin's face, "I haven't seen you for more than half a year, I've lost weight, and my whole person is haggard, didn't you take care of yourself outside?" ”

"No, I'm thinking about grandpa, is grandpa okay, what's wrong with his body? Have you seen it with a doctor? Nalan Jin looked at Nalan Zhen and felt that his body was not bumped at all.

"Grandpa's health has always been good, but the old problem is not tight." Nalan was overjoyed

And weeping, wiping away the tears from the corners of the eyes.

"Since grandpa's body is not sick, why did Babaili write to me in a hurry to tell me that you are sick, which makes me worry all the way, and I can't wait to grow a pair of wings and fly back." Nalan Jin pouted the most strange Nalan Zhen for deceiving her feelings.

At this moment, Dongfang Yi followed Uncle Xing to inquire about a little thing while walking, and had a general understanding of what was happening in the capital.

Dongfang Yi walked into the ancestral hall, and Uncle Xing closed the door and guarded the door in person, and no one was allowed to disturb him.

"The East is just in time, and the reason why I am in such a hurry to call you back is because something big has happened." Nalan shook his hand and let Dongfang Yi walk in front of him and look at the two of them seriously.

Nalan Jin and Dongfang Yi glanced at each other, and also felt that the atmosphere was a little weird.

"Grandpa, what happened to make you pretend to be sick and let us come back quickly?" Nalan Jin interrogated.

"A big change has happened to Jingzhong. The emperor is critically ill, and several princes who are about to move are secretly vying for the position of the prince, and the prince has failed to seize the prince, and he has been taken to the border by the emperor. ”

Nalan Zhen looked at Nalan Jin and Dongfang Yi with a solemn expression, and told the two of them in detail about all the things that happened in the capital for half a year.

It turned out that not only Nalan Jin's days in the Western Regions were thrilling, but it turned out that the capital was also surging with dark tides, and it was very lively.

Hearing that Nalan Zhen's body was fine, Nalan Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Along the way, I was scared, and my hanging heart finally let go.

"It's a royal matter, what does it have to do with us? Isn't Grandpa a little too worried? Nalan Jin was puzzled, feeling that Nalan Zhen was a little too sensitive.

Nalan Zhen took out a thick stack of letters from the dark compartment under the spiritual seat and handed it to Nalan Jin's hand.

"You take a look at this first." Nalan Zhen deliberately pointed to the letter and said.

"What is this?" Nalan Jin looked at it suspiciously.

Those letters are all invitation letters written by various princes to Nalan Zhen, or some homely invitations, and the most they say is to cooperate with Nalan Zhen and do business.

"What do they mean by this, when our Nalan Mansion was down, why didn't they all contribute money and efforts to help us revitalize Nalan Mansion, and now when our business is booming, they come out and intervene, what are they going to do?"

After reading the letter, Nalan Jin angrily slapped them on the table. I feel that these princes keep claiming that they are relatives of the emperor, but that's it.

When others are down, they are afraid of bringing bad luck to them. When others are soaring, they are stammering.

"Don't you understand?" Nalan Zhen pointed to the content in his heart and asked rhetorically.

"Understand what, this is what they are clear, they can enjoy happiness together but cannot share hardships and hardships." Nalan Jin thought of simply reprimanding these princes for their shameful behavior.

"Lü Buwei." Dongfang Yi finished reading the letter, and lightly hooked the corners of his mouth and said three words.

Nalan Zhen looked at Dongfang Yi and touched it with relief

Beard, breathe a sigh of relief. Anyway, there are still people who know the purpose of these letters.

"Yes, this is their real purpose, and it is the most important thing to have two thousand financial resources." Nalan Zhen pointed out the crux of the problem.

"Trouble they want to emulate ......" Nalan Jin couldn't help but shudder, feeling that being born in the royal family was simply a demon cave, and it would be a disaster to have anything to do with anyone in the royal family.

"That's right, that's why I hurriedly asked you to come back and see if there is any way to enter Mingzhe to protect yourself and get out of the way." Nalan Zhen's eyes swept over the two people around him, and they were also the two people he could trust the most.

"The question is, first, we are not the old emperor and can't decide who Huawei will pass on, and second, there are so many people who often do business, why did they choose us?" Nalan Jin still couldn't understand the truth in this.

"Our Nalan Mansion family has a big business, and the influence of business alone is enough to surprise them, not counting the taxes handed over to the treasury every year, so to speak, whoever attracts our Nalan family is equivalent to having a mobile treasury."

Nalan Zhen finally revealed the strength of Nalan Mansion to Nalan Jin, and looked at them seriously.

(End of chapter)