When Xinjie first met Lian'er, he had been wandering outside for more than three years. This year is my grandmother's 70th birthday, and when my grandmother celebrated her birthday a few years ago, he never returned to Tangmen in Xianyang. In the first year, he tracked down his opponent to Jiangnan, who was strange and cunning, very difficult, and complicated, and he really couldn't get out. The second year was he trapped in the cottage in southern Xiangnan, he was accidentally injured, and contracted miasma in the mountains, almost lost his life, and was later rescued by the people of Youtong Village, and raised his injury in the cottage for a month, A month later, the people of the Ping'an Inn in Yueyang received a notice to pick him up in the cottage, and then he had to return to the capital to deal with some affairs. In the third year, I was going to go home to see my grandmother, but after passing Guazhou, my grandmother found him through the people of Ping'an Inn and asked him to hurry into Beijing and follow Yiyi to Turkic. Go to the Turks, thousands of miles away, it is inevitable that any prince or opponent will have bad intentions towards Yiyi. Although there were a large number of Imperial Forest Army and Ouchi masters accompanying her, the Queen Mother was still not at ease, so she turned to the Tang Sect for help. In the Tang Sect, Xinyang served in the Imperial Forest Army, but this kind of private cooperation between the Queen Mother and the old grandmother has always been done by Xintian and Xinye beside the grandmother. However, this time, because of the long time and the importance of the relationship, my grandmother chose Xinjie, who had the most experience in the rivers and lakes and the highest martial arts among the brothers. The Turkic trip was a kind of protection of the Queen Mother to Yiyi, and within a few days of their departure from Beijing, Yixiang was abolished, followed by an open and secret struggle between the princes for the position of the crown prince, Yiren and Yiheng each had their own faction, Yihe helped Yiheng, and Yiting remained neutral. Yi Heng and Yi Ren each co-opted the courtiers, tried their best to show their merits, worked hard to attack each other, and excluded dissidents, which made the court in those months miserable and bloody. These were expected by the Queen Mother a long time ago, so she arranged for Yiyi to leave Beijing early, lest he might be involved in this whirlpool in the capital.

Guanshan thousands of miles, a few months back and forth to return to the capital, plus they stayed in the Turks for a while, when he and Yiyi returned to the capital, most of the half year had passed, and the clouds had cleared, and both sides were like defeated roosters, and they died down. Soon after, the emperor decreed that the queen should be the crown prince.

The Tang Gate and the harem were inseparable to a large extent because of the sisterhood between the grandmother and the queen mother, and it was his responsibility to protect Yiyi's safety in those months. Now that the matter has ended perfectly, although there are some other things in Beijing, but they are not so urgent, grandma's birthday is approaching, he is ready early, and set off to rush back to Xianyang. Grandma's birthday, of course, he can't miss it again. He grew up without a mother, and his grandmother and aunt were the closest people to him. Now that my aunt has become a monk, my grandmother's place is the only place that can be called home.

It was a warm early autumn morning, and Xianyang had entered the crisp autumn climate. He entered the city through the north gate, and planned to go to the Ping'an Inn first to inform them, and ask them to send the things he sent from the capital to the Tang Mansion outside the city. He bought some gifts for his grandmother and the elder brothers in the family, after all, he had been away from home for nearly four years. But he is a trouble-free person, and he never wants to carry a large bag on his own. All handed over to the Ping An Inn and transferred back along the way. He originally planned to go to the Ping'an Inn, so he went out of the city directly from the West Gate and went back to Tangzhuang to see his grandmother, and he didn't want to stay in the old mansion in the city, nor did he want to go to see his father first. His father lived most of his life in the old mansion in the city, mainly to make it easier for him to interact with some of the city's officials. But my grandmother was in Tangzhuang outside the city, and most of the family lived there with her.

More than 20 years ago, my grandmother felt that there were more and more children in the family, and the children were easily tempted by all kinds of temptations in the city, so she decided to move out of the city with her grandchildren. Wabaozhai is the birthplace of the ancestors of the Tang family, the sons and daughters of the clan have gradually gone to the city or into the dynasty with the development of the Tang family, the original countryside has fallen to the end, most of the cultivated land is rented by the nearby villagers, and some places are even barren. Grandma felt that that was the foundation of the Tang family, whether it was an official or a general, or a businessman, she would eventually retreat to the mountains and forests. Therefore, she made the old man's house, renovated and expanded the old residence of Wayaobao, and became a huge manor, and the people around called it Tangzhuang, but forgot the name of the Wabao Courtyard when it was originally built, and bought a large amount of cultivated land around it near the original ancestral hall as the foundation for long-term support for the ancestral hall and the school, and set up a two-entry courtyard in the east of the ancestral hall, opened the school, and invited famous teachers to study. The Tang family's school is not only for the children of the Tang family to study, but also for the villagers of Wabao Village, as long as they have children to go to school, they can enroll, and all the fees are paid from the ancestral hall real estate of the Tang Gate. Moreover, the Tang family's family education is extremely strict, and the children of the family are not allowed to have any discrimination or prejudice against the people in the village, and they must be treated equally.

Xinjie also went to school there when he was a child, studying with his brothers in the school during the day, and practicing martial arts with his grandmother and aunt the rest of the time. Before his eldest aunt, his father's main room returned to Tangzhuang, it was his home. Since the eldest mother came back, he has spent more time away with his aunt, and what he has learned and practiced is basically taught by his aunt. My aunt also has a small courtyard in Xianyang City, and after my aunt left home, it belonged to him. Later, after Lan Xin came, dragging her body in labor, he couldn't bear to drive her out to sleep on the streets, so he gave her the small yard to live temporarily and sent someone to take care of her. I didn't expect to live here for more than four years. Lan Xin seemed to regard it as her own home, letting the servants live in it with their children, but instead ran after her all over the world. No matter how much he explained it to her, the paranoid man couldn't seem to accept that he would never marry her or have any further relationship with her. He now knows what his grandmother said, doing good deeds and causing trouble for himself. I hope he comes back this time, and Lan Xin doesn't make a big fuss with him, especially grandma's birthday.

Today there is a flower and bird trading market in the city, and the Ping An Inn is at the end of the flower market. Although it is a flower and bird market, there are actually many other shops, selling flowers and bonsai ornaments, selling the four treasures of the study, selling characters and books, paper books and sometimes selling stone ornaments, and selling musical instruments. As he turned to the bookstore road, he heard the sound of strings or two, very much like from the pleasant heart around the corner, apparently there were guests there to watch the piano. Sound-wise, this is a good instrument, with a solid vocal range and the best wood. The boss of Xinyuezhai often collects some good things, such as good calligraphy and painting, playing stones, carvings and the like, and also collects some good flutes, sheng, flutes, drums, and high-quality goods, and it is also good to go in and have a look. So he came to the door and tied his horse, but after a long time, the new man at the door no longer knew him, and he didn't pay so much attention to it, and went straight inside, and saw the boss at the table in the hall, and the owner was showing people a guqin, and the person who was watching it was his third uncle's youngest daughter, Xinyue. This kind of guqin is naturally very valuable, and there are not many people who can buy it in Xianyang City. The crescent moon piano is also pointed out by a famous teacher, although it is far less than that of an aunt, but it is reasonable compared with ordinary people.

Xinyue's mind was on the piano, and he didn't pay attention to the people who came in, and the boss was also waiting for his nobles, and he didn't pay attention to the new jie who came in. Not far from the table, another woman turned her back to them, stroking a huqin on a nearby shelf.

"Sister Meilian, can you help me take a look, is this piano suitable?"

"The piano is a casual thing, the piano is the voice of the heart, if you have a resonance in your heart, this piano is yours. If it's just because you think it's a good guqin, or because of the quality that others have heard, then it's secondary. So you're going to have to take the idea yourself. The woman who looked at the violin replied, and as she spoke, her hand was still reluctantly caressing the violin, and she slowly turned her head. His voice was very gentle and quiet, and the expression on his face was extremely calm and easy-going. She looked at the new moon with a smile in her eyes, like a big sister looking at her little sister who was pampered by her. "The choice of the piano is not to match the eye, but to match the heart." But as she said this, the girl saw him, and her eyes lingered on his face for a long time, and Xinjie also looked at her quietly. Crescent's attention was on the piano, and the boss complimented Crescent and hadn't noticed him yet.

"When the white girl heard this, she was a master. People say that the music skills of the eldest young master and the third young master in the Tang Mansion are unsurpassed in Xianyang, but I heard someone say a few days ago that even the eldest young master admires the girl's piano skills. This made Xinjie a little surprised, Xianyang City is good at music, he and his eldest brother know most of them, I don't know which lady this is. It is definitely not possible to be an artist in the ordinary music workshop who is with the new moon.

"Boss Gao is wrong, that's just a kind word from the eldest young master. ”

"No, my eldest brother is telling the truth, but unfortunately I don't know when the third brother will come back, or..."

"I heard us talk about me, so I hurried back." Xinjie is very happy every time he sees this little sister.

"Really? I often scold you, why did you come back? ”

"I said why do I always have hot ears, it turned out that Xiao Yueyue scolded me, hahaha."

"Ah, the third young master is back," the boss turned around and scolded the guy who brought Xinjie in, "Why don't you hurry up and greet the third young master when he comes?" It's really unruly. ”

"It's not his fault, he doesn't know me."

"yes, you haven't been back to Xianyang for a long time."

"Yes, third brother, you haven't been back for a long time, and grandma said a few days ago that you will be there in a few days."

"Is Grandma okay?" He kept paying attention to the girl as he spoke, and she was still standing there quietly, watching him talk to Xinyue, her soft eyes had a strong affinity, and even Xinjie himself couldn't help but keep looking at her.

"She is a very good old man, she went to the Fahong Temple to fast for the past few days, and she will come back in a few days. Sister Melian and I have been in the city these days to buy some things for our birthdays. ”

"Melian?"

"Yes, oh, you haven't met Sister Melian, the daughter of my uncle's eldest brother, my aunt's niece. Their home was shipwrecked in the estuary and the one missing. Xinye accidentally ran into her in Hebei Province, so he brought her back, and he has been living in our house ever since. How don't you know? I thought my grandmother would write to you. This introduction surprised Xinjie. Uncle Bai Baihua's eldest brother, Bai Zhenhua, has a daughter named Bai Meilian, but when the whole family passed by the Hetao Ferry, when they encountered a storm and the boat sank, no one was rescued, and everyone thought they were all killed. And it's been so many years, how could such a person suddenly appear. If she was rescued at that time, she should also come to the Tang family by herself, and she would not have wandered outside for so many years before coming back. What's more, not only did Xiao Jiu not see her, but even he himself hadn't seen her, how did Xiao Jiu meet her and recognize her? Although my uncle was also a man of grace and talent, and this girl seemed to be very knowledgeable, she had nothing in common with her uncle except that she was tall and tall. He was suddenly full of suspicion about the woman in front of him. However, her serene and gentle demeanor did not resemble a treacherous person.

"Third young master, it's just right to come back, grandma has been talking about you for the past few days." Judging by the words and the demeanor, it seemed as if she knew his suspicions, but she was so calm.

"How about it, Sister Meilian, believe it this time, my third brother is handsome, the eldest brother and the third brother are famous beautiful men here."

"I've never disbelieved it, and your brothers are famous not only for their looks, but for their intelligence."

In order to prevent the two of them from focusing on himself, he quickly diverted, "Xiao Yueyue also cares about the beautiful man, which little son-in-law do you like?" ”

"Third brother, you don't have a proper way to speak. She also said that I am, and my grandmother said that day, you and your eldest brother will not bring her a daughter-in-law back. You just wait for her old man to fix you. ”

"Hehe, is Big Brother back? When he brought me a letter last two months, he said he was in Hexi Province. ”

"The eldest brother came back early, and the day before yesterday I went to Luoyang Baicaotang for some business, that is, he said that he wanted to give me a good piano, so we came here to shop, he let us choose it, and he paid the bill. ”

"That's it, in this case, Boss Gao, don't take out all the good things you have here, let's choose a few more things, and let the eldest brother help us pay the bills, hahaha."

The third prince said with a smile, what can be entered into your eyes, where do you still need to talk about paying the bill. I really haven't received a lot of good things lately. But the Western piano that the white girl saw just now, the merchant who consigned it here said that it was used by a Western court musician, and the timbre was very good. It's just that we don't have many people here who will fiddle with this. You're just in time, help me see. It is said that the music shop in Beijing is very popular nowadays, and there are some masters in the palace. ”

"It's a good thing, I have a few handfuls at home, and when I was a kid, I used to listen to my uncle and aunt play, but I didn't play well." It was indeed a good instrument, with clear wood grains and melodious strings.

"This white sister will, one day I heard her pull it in my grandmother's yard, and she pulled it well. Later, I always wanted to ask, but I forgot about it when I was interrupted by something else. This made him even more suspicious that his uncle's Western piano was learned when he was walking in the Western Regions, and his brother had been in the Central Plains, so he probably wouldn't. When my uncle died, the girl was probably very young, and my uncle only taught my aunt, and then my aunt taught him a little bit. And as Boss Gao said, this kind of thing, except for the Beijing Music Workshop and the palace, because there are Western musicians in and out, some people have been taught, and others rarely have the opportunity to come into contact with it, and they may not have seen it. So who is this person in front of you?

"Really? Can the White Girl try to play it for us? ”

"I haven't pulled it in a long time, and a lot of it doesn't remember. It was my grandmother who asked me to help organize my things that day, and I saw those pianos and tried them out. "Apparently it was grandma who asked her to help her aunt and uncle. Could it be that grandma will also be deceived by her? Or does the grandmother herself know something that he doesn't know.

Unable to survive the persuasion of Xinyue and Boss Gao, she finally picked up the piano, gently tried the strings, and played a sad love song, which turned out to be played by Xinjie from her uncle, but the interpretation technique was very different, and her interpretation on this was even much higher than that of her uncle. Xinjie found that when this girl picked up the piano, her expression was unusually focused, and her contemplative and sad demeanor had a unique charm. A person who is so intoxicated by his own rhythm will also be placed to do fine work and so on? This confused him.

Xinyue kept looking at her with admiration, and then asked excitedly, "Boss Gao, sell us this piano." Sister Bai plays so well, she should have a piano of her own. ”

"As long as the girl doesn't dislike it, of course the contemptible person is willing. There may not be a second person in this Xianyang City who interprets this thing better than the girl. It's just that this thing was originally consigned by a merchant from the Western Regions, and it was said that it was used by their court musicians, so the price was higher, and the girl was asked to understand..."The merchant's true colors were revealed. But before Boss Gao could tell the price, Mei Lian interrupted him in time. "We don't want this piano from Boss Gao, I live here myself, and I don't know where I want to move it in the future, such a valuable thing, it's inconvenient to move it around. Such a valuable thing, when it is worthy of a nobleman, Meilian can't afford it. It's Miss Yue's guqin, I think it's very suitable for her, if she likes it herself, what do you say, Miss Yue? ”

An orphan girl under the fence, whether her identity is true or not, is not wealthy, that's for sure. So Boss Gao is also very understanding, and hurried to sell her guqin to Xinyue. Xinjie suddenly felt a little desolate, such a beautiful girl, playing so well, but not being able to own this piano, he could see that she put the piano down is the kind of nostalgia. No matter who she is, at least she is not greedy, in fact, she can pretend not to know, as much as she can ask Boss Gao to quote, and let Xinyue continue to say the rest of the words, the Tang family will still be able to afford this kind of money. If it weren't for the doubts about her identity, Xinjie would definitely buy the piano for her. He even noticed that he was starting to like the unidentified woman in front of him a little.

Although Xinyue was a little discouraged, she quickly turned her mind back to the guqin she wanted to buy. "Boss Gao, we said okay, you keep the piano for me, and the eldest brother will come back in a few days, let him pay the bill."

"Xinyue, don't be so troublesome, I'll help my eldest brother pay first, just go back and let him even give me interest, hahaha."

Xinjie took out a stack of silver tickets and picked one up for Boss Gao.

"Third brother, they all say that your Yuehuaxuan is very hot in the capital, the princes and nobles often have full banquets, and they can't book a seat. You've made money, did you buy me a gift? ”

"Yes, they are all sent to the Ping'an Inn, and when we return to the Zhuangzi, we will open the things and bring them to you. I'm going to tell them now, and they're going to send me back to the farm. Where are you two going? ”

"Wouldn't it be over if you go back and let the people in the house inform them to send it over? Sister Bai and I want to go shopping, so you can stay with us. We live in the city today, you can live here too, and go back to the village with us the day after tomorrow. Anyway, the birthday banquet in Zhuangzi is all taken care of by the eldest aunt, and you and I can't help when we go back. Grandma is not here, the eldest uncle is in the city these days, why don't we go back to the old house first, you put down your luggage, see the eldest uncle and then accompany us out for a walk, and take us to your Yuehuaxuan in Xianyang at night? ”

"It's fine."

So the group returned to the Tang family's old house in Xianyang. Although Xinjie rarely lives here, there is still a room that belongs to him, and there are almost no personal belongings here, just like the inn. Crescent Moon also has her own room here, and Melian lives in a bright room near the big study. Originally, she only lived in the guest room, but because in the past two years, she often came to the city, sometimes to help her grandmother buy some things, and sometimes to help with some of the affairs of Baicaotang with Xintian and Xinye, so at the insistence of her grandmother and Xintian, she chose a room for herself as a place for her to settle in the city. Because when she has time, she likes to go to the big study to read all kinds of classics, so she chose this one in the small courtyard next to the big study, although the house here is small, but very exquisite, few people come and go and quiet. She didn't know that there were two other slightly larger, more elaborate rooms in the courtyard, one for her aunt and one for Xinjie. Later, I heard from the servant. But because my aunt has been a monk for many years, and Xinjie is not there all the year round, I don't care. Now that Xinjie is back, she realizes that she has to look up and see this young master in the past few days.

Xinjie routinely went to see his father. He didn't understand his father's feelings for him, and from the way he looked at him, sometimes he saw confusion, sometimes doubts, and of course, sometimes harshness. He didn't know if his father saw his mother's shadow in him, or if he remembered his mother when he saw him. But when he came back this time, he obviously felt that his father had changed a little, not because of his complexion or physical strength, but because of his soft eyes and a little more love. Maybe it's been a long time since I saw him, but the moment I saw him, there was a joy in my father's eyes, more kindness than the last time I saw him. I don't know if it's because he's been away from home for a long time or because he's getting older, and he's starting to soften and pay more attention to his children. Anyway, he hoped it was the latter. Although he still can't forgive his father because of his mother's death, but after so many years of wandering, he has seen a lot of helplessness and sadness in life in taking care of Baihuatang's affairs, so that he no longer wants to stick to the original idea of staying away from his father and ignoring him. Sometimes he also thinks, maybe his father has a lot of helplessness, maybe he still loves his mother. Perhaps it was his father's vision that touched him, and he even invited his father to go with them to Yuehuaxuan for dinner in the evening. For so many years, he believed that his father had never been there. The moment he saw his invitation, his father's eyes brightened. But he soon returned to his indifferent normality, saying that he still ate in his study in his own yard. He doesn't like that kind of lively place.

"Your Uncle Li has a birthday next month, why don't you ask someone from Yuehuaxuan to send them a table of dishes next month. Several of them said that the food there was good. "His Yuehuaxuan's business, which his father has never commented on for so many years, is obviously an affirmation of him, at least his acquiescence.

When he was about to leave his father's study, his father suddenly stopped him again: "Xinjie," his father paused for a long time before continuing: "Lan Xin's matter, your Uncle Lan has asked someone to apologize several times the year before last, Uncle Lan also said thank you for taking care of Lan Xin in the past few years, after he finds Lan Xin for a while, he will send someone to pick up Lan Xin and the child." That's it. You are also a big boss, you are outside all the year round, and I don't care about some things, you see which girl is suitable, tell Dad, Dad sent someone to do it for you. "Lan Xin appeared in the capital some time ago, but she was sent back to Xianyang by Xinjie, and if Uncle Lan didn't find her, he obviously didn't know where she went. However, later facts proved that even if Uncle Lan found Lan Xin, Lan Xin would not look back, and still insisted on going her own way. Later, Lan Xin's father had no choice, he really didn't have the old face to leave his grandson in the small courtyard of the Tang family Xinjie, and sent someone to pick up the child, as for Lan Xin, the people of their family no longer ignored her.

He went back to his room from his father's study, and cleaned up from beginning to end, he was a very particular person, and there was no way to get dirty on the road, and now that he was in the place, he had to wash it clean before he could go out shopping and eat or something. While he was still lying in the tub, he heard Melina's footsteps go out of the courtyard and head towards the big study. The girl aroused countless thoughts and curiosities in him. Although Xiao Jiu is young, he is also an old man, and he will not recognize people casually outside, not to mention that grandma and eldest brother, especially grandma, have read countless people, how can they take in suspicious people and live at home. Is there any secret in this woman? She smiled so quietly, her eyes were so soft and profound, and she played the piano so well, she was by no means an ordinary person. Her refusal to accept a piano that she could not afford shows that she is proud in her bones. She looked at him with a smile in her eyes, but the love song she had just played in Boss Gao's shop was so sad. Qin is the voice of the heart, I don't know what she has experienced, so she will play the kind of sadness that makes people feel as if their hearts are dripping with blood. It is very strange that man, who was enjoying the bath, actually made his eyes constantly appear in front of his eyes and think about her. Many years later, he told his wife that he had fallen in love with her at first sight, and it was a suspicious love, which made her laugh out loud. And he insisted that his wife had fallen in love with him at first sight, even though she didn't admit it every time, and it became a joke between them for many years.

That night, he took Meilian and Crescent Moon to his Yuehuaxuan in Xianyang for the first time. Although it is his capital, but he is not there all the year round, and he usually takes care of the hair Xiao Gao Fei who is handed over to him. Gao Fei is also the child of the villagers of Wabaozhai, they studied together in the school when they were young, and Xinjie liked his loyalty. Goofy is the kind of person who does what he wants and never compromises. Every year, Gao Fei would send a copy of the general ledger and some reports on routine affairs to Yuehuaxuan in the capital, so that he could look through them at any time when he arrived in the capital. Obviously, this Meilian girl has not been to the store in the past few years, or she will definitely tell him in the account of Fei Fei.

When they arrived, it was already lit up, and the store was already full, and Goofy didn't know that he had returned, so he wouldn't leave a seat for him. The guy was also shocked to see the big boss coming. Because there was no seat, the new moon lost her temper, but Mei Lian calmly pulled her around. This is the first time that Mei Lian has entered Moon Hua Xuan, and the layout here is not so much a restaurant as a luxurious family courtyard. In addition to the front hall like a restaurant, the back of the water pavilion, cameos or invited artists performances, undoubtedly an important reason for the prosperity of this place. Rich people eat too much good food and food, and they must have fun, which requires constantly changing the content of the performance on the water pavilion stage, sometimes singing and dancing, sometimes juggling, sometimes simply playing the flute, or the guests who have chartered the venue to order it themselves. In short, the excitement is for sure. In addition, there is a bamboo hut in the backyard, although the front yard and the water pavilion are singing and dancing, but several private rooms here seem to be quiet, suitable for guests who want to talk and chat.

After a turn, Mei Lian had to admire Xinjie's genius in this design, thoughtful in all aspects. In the past few years, even if he doesn't take care of it himself, business is still very good. Since there was really no empty space, Xinjie asked Gao Fei to go to the tea house next door and move a bamboo table and a few bamboo chairs, and placed them under the grape trellis in the west of the backyard, and Gao Fei also sat down with them. The tea house next door is also theirs, sometimes the guests just drink tea, sometimes they go over to drink tea and chat after dinner, sometimes they are hungry after drinking tea and come to eat. Or if you come to a restaurant and don't have a seat, go to the teahouse to drink tea first, and wait for a seat here. Because the setting is simple, it is some thatched huts under the green trees and bamboos, so Xinjie gave a simple name---- Aoki Tea House. In Xianyang, Luoyang and Yuehuaxuan in Hangzhou, there are also Aoki Tea Houses in close proximity. Only the Yuehuaxuan in the capital, because of its huge scale, its own hall is magnificent, there are many groups of water pavilion song stage and stage, and it is located in the most prosperous temple street in the capital, every inch of land is expensive, it is difficult to come over to make a tea house together. It wasn't until later that Xinjie took Meilian into Beijing, that he laid down a huge garden in the west of the city, and opened a huge Aoki Tea House integrating amusement gardens, idle gatherings, poetry meetings, tea circles, etc., which was completely independent of Yuehuaxuan, which was a later story.

A few of them sat down, and the guests who came out of the private room all looked back. Some people who know Xinjie or Gao Fei hurried over to say hello, and those who don't know each other mostly stared at Mei Lian, and Gao Fei also kept secretly looking at Mei Lian. Xinjie had to admit that Merian was too charming than Xinyue, and even he often couldn't help but look at it, and her mystery made him even more curious. At first he gave himself the excuse to watch her and see what was suspicious about her, but then he couldn't convince himself.

That night they didn't leave until the shop was closed. Back at the old mansion, Xinjie sent Xinyue back to the room first, and then walked to the small courtyard where they were, and both sides didn't say anything all the way, until they broke up, and Mei Lian said, "Thank you, Third Young Master, for your hospitality tonight." ”

Xinjie didn't speak, just looked at her, and after a long time called out "White Girl", and stopped talking.

"Does the third young master want to ask me who I am?"

Looks like this girl is very good at reading him.

"Grandma said, I can hide my identity from you, no one can hide it." She smiled lightly and continued, "I was originally a person who was born by accident, three years ago it was Xiao Jiu and the eldest young master who saved me, In order to avoid trouble, I borrowed your cousin's name, which only grandma, eldest master, you, Xintian young master and Xiao Jiu know." Although the troubles may be behind me now, the old me is gone, and I don't want to go back to my old identity. If there is anything that makes the third young master feel inconvenient, I hope you will bear with me in the future. Grandma said that if you have any questions, please go and ask her directly when you come back. ”

"That girl is from the capital?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Because you can play the violin, and you play it well. Except for Shangle Fang and the palace in the capital, there are very few people who can do this kind of thing. ”

"You're right, I was originally an orphan taken in by the Queen Mother, and I learned the piano from the musicians around the Queen Mother."

"It's no wonder." It turned out to be someone next to the Queen Mother, so it's no wonder that she can play such a good piano, and her style of speaking and acting is different from that of ordinary people's small jasper. It's just strange that the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince never mentioned to him that there was such a person.

I wondered about the things of the day, but it was uncovered like this, which made Xinjie feel a little funny, and a little nervous and stupid, why didn't I think it was grandma who wanted to hide someone. It seems that I really should take a break, I have been tracking down traitors a lot lately, and everyone is suspicious.

As the hostility vanished instantly, Maiden Mary seemed softer, more affectionate, and of course more charming in his eyes. Judging from her name for Xiao Jiu, she is very close to Xiao Jiu, but obviously she is a big sister, so she will affectionately call him Xiao Jiu. And to himself, there is obviously a distance, and he unconsciously wants to close this distance: "You know, the cousin of the Bai family shouldn't call me the young master, she should call me the third brother or call me Xinjie like Xinyue." In this family, from my aunt's point of view, you should be the last one to see me. ”

Of course, Meilian knew that Xiaoxiao had taken care of him like a mother for many years, so he was also the most familiar with his uncle's family, and she couldn't hide her identity in front of him. That's what her grandmother told her. But she also heard something else from Xinjie's words, and when he said this, he had a little bit of hidden shyness, which I am afraid that even Xinjie himself did not realize at that time, so that she faintly saw the innocent side of this mature man. If it were a different man, or a new day, she might find other excuses to bypass, but in the face of Xinjie, she didn't, "Okay, I'll call you the third brother in the future, but being a brother requires a lot of things, right?" ”

"Hehe, no problem, tell me what you need me to do." Then there was a little silence in the midst of them.

"Don't call me White Girl, grandma calls me Lian'er, you can call me Lian'er too."

This was a little surprising to Xinjie, and it was clear that she accepted his closeness.

"You've been on the road all day, and you're with us so late, so get some rest early. See you tomorrow. ”

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

She suddenly turned around: "You don't want to ask me what my original name is?" ”

The girl didn't say, and I didn't dare ask. ”

"Hahaha, then you don't ask." Lian'er didn't look back, and walked away with a smile. He watched as she walked briskly back to his room. She seemed to know that he would stand there watching her, and when she reached the door, she turned her head with a grin and waved goodbye to him