Chapter 084: Exchanging Tokens

Click, click, click...... In the evening, on an official road to the north, the sound of horses' hooves came from far to near. I saw dozens of horse-drawn carriages galloping past in an orderly manner, breaking the silence of the small mountain village.

Zhilan was leaning in the carriage with her eyes closed, looking tired. After so many days of bumps in the car, she felt that she had reached the realm of separation of spirit and body, and her consciousness had been in a state of dissociation. The sound of horses' hooves echoed in his ears all the time, and he was almost on the verge of a nervous breakdown even in his sleep. Shaking her groggy head, Zhilan's thoughts drifted back to half a month ago.

That day, at that chaotic banquet, Lin Mubai suddenly announced the news that he was about to return to Beijing, and everyone was stunned. After his explanation, everyone can only understand and support this decision.

So they quickly rushed back to Qi Mansion to pack their luggage and prepare to return to Beijing. Zhilan didn't have anything to pack, the things she brought from the capital before were almost burned by a fire, and her luggage was already very little, so she was ready early and waited in the front hall. Zhan Qingqing and Qi Xuan accompanied her in the hall, both of them silently wept, looking reluctant. When Zhilan was busy reassuring the two girls with kind words, Zhan Shaofeng suddenly appeared in the front hall. The two of them wiped their tears very sensibly and flashed early, no matter how Zhilan called them, they couldn't keep them.

Seeing him getting closer and closer, Zhilan only felt an invisible pressure coming towards her, so she lowered her head slightly, unconsciously touched her nose and said, "Uh-that, I'm leaving." Take care! ”

She didn't hear an answer, only the steady footsteps getting closer, and her head drooped lower and lower.

"Here's for you." A few worn-out books met her lowered eyes.

"Huh?" Zhilan took these books in surprise, and when she saw that the titles of the books were all out-of-print medical books such as "Pulse Meridian" and "Treatise on the Origin of Diseases", she couldn't help but be greatly surprised, and asked, "Where did you get these from?" ”

Seeing Zhilan's shyness sweeping away Fang Cai, replaced by a look of excitement, Zhan Shaofeng felt as if he was infected by her joy, and couldn't help but smile and said, "This was all unintentionally found on my bookshelves." It's useless for me to keep them, and I think you'll love them. ”

"Thank you, Brother Feng, you still know Lan'er's mind best." Zhilan smiled and thanked her, and suddenly felt that the last sentence was inappropriate, and she suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and her eyes flickered.

Where did Zhan Shaofeng know the girl's twists and turns, I saw that he took out a mutton fat white jade bracelet from his sleeve and handed it to Zhilan, saying, "This, I'll give it to you too." ”

Zhilan came over inexplicably, and saw that the bracelet was small and exquisite, which fit her wrist, and the jade was white and flawless, with a moist luster, like clotted fat. Zhilan had never liked those flashy decorations, but this white jade bracelet made her happy when she saw it, but she still said cautiously: "This is too precious...... Lan'er can't ask for it. ”

Zhan Shaofeng said lightly: "To order a token of proximity, both sides have to exchange." ”

As soon as she heard this, Zhilan's face suddenly turned red, and she said half-loudly: "But...... I'm not prepared......"

"It doesn't matter. As long as I have it. ”

"This ......" Zhilan was about to speak, but Zhan Shaofeng said again: "I only need your previous jade bracelet as an exchange token." ”

What does he want a bracelet for a big man? Although Zhilan was full of questions, she didn't ask anything, only said: "I don't know where I lost the bracelet for a long time." ”

"Here, here, here!" I saw that the two thrushes hurriedly opened Zhilan's box, found the jade bracelet and presented it to Zhan Shaofeng diligently, "Young master, but this bracelet? ”

Zhan Shaofeng nodded and put it away.

"You ......" Zhilan was about to ask the reason, but heard her brother shouting outside: "Lan'er, you're on your way!" She couldn't say anything more, so she walked out quickly, and replied, "It's coming, it's coming!" ”

So they said goodbye to everyone and set out on their way in a hurry. This time, they no longer took the waterway, but rushed back to the capital day and night. Although everyone was very tired, no one complained about it because of the urgency of the matter. Fortunately, there are two martial maids with a thrush and a heart, and whenever Zhilan feels physically exhausted, the two of them take turns to inject internal force into her body, which makes her feel a lot better. Speaking of these two sisters, Zhilan also only learned about it after she went on the road, it turned out that they were the daughters of the chief dart head of the dart bureau opened by the Zhan family, and they could be regarded as the sons of the Zhan family, no wonder the two of them were so dogged in front of Zhan Shaofeng, which made Zhilan, the main master, feel very uncomfortable.

"Miss, wake up! We're going down to dinner! Shen'er shook Zhilan, interrupting her thoughts.

"Huh? Already stopped? How do I feel like my body is still upside down? Zhilan said in a daze.

Thrush smiled: "That's because I've been sitting in the car for too long." After a while, I'll give the young lady luck. With that, he helped Zhilan get out of the car.

This is a small inn in a mountain village, and the food is very coarse, and everyone can only fill their stomachs. Just as he was eating tastelessly, a guard suddenly came in and said, "Tell you, this is a letter I just received from the capital." With that, he handed over the letter that had been rolled into a cylinder.

Lin Mubai unfolded the letter as quickly as possible, hurriedly skimmed through the content, and after reading it, he suddenly slammed his fist on the table with a "bang", which frightened everyone.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Lin looked at her husband in amazement, and she had the impression that he rarely lost his temper like this.

I saw Lin Mubai gritting his teeth and saying, "I really didn't guess wrong. That Pang Xin does have a background. ”

"What background?" Mrs. Lin asked hurriedly. Zhilan and Guanyun also waited with bated breath for their father to continue talking.

"This person was originally the housekeeper of Liu Muzhi, the Taifu Temple, and later gave him a sum of money to let him out and open this money bank."

Mrs. Lin and Guanyun knew how powerful it was when they heard it, but only Zhilan was stunned and didn't know why. "Who is Liu Muzhi?" She asked.

Guanyun replied for his father: "Liu Muzhi's official title is nothing, but it is a false position. But he is the brother of Concubine Chen, the highest-ranking concubine in the harem today, that is, the uncle of the fourth prince Sheng Xuanming. ”

At this point, Zhilan finally understood.

It turned out that all this was to compete for the position of the crown prince. As the biological mother of the fourth prince, Concubine Chen naturally wants to remove all obstacles for her son. Among the three princes, the three princes are the most threatening and competitive. Among the three princes, the Lin family is the most loyal and powerful. And she, a little shrimp who has no quarrel with the world, was inadvertently involved in this torrent.