The dilapidated Ningyuan Marquis Mansion was overgrown with weeds, but it also gave birth to a verdant color, and there were even roses blooming on the pale rockery. Shen Yunqing led her younger brother to walk on a piece of rubble, and the hard edges and corners of her feet were also painful through the soft-soled embroidered shoes.

Shen Yunjiao followed behind his sister, his dark eyes were dripping and looking at the deserted garden, a wild cat named Chun ran by, and his little face was frightened, pinching the corner of his sister's clothes and saying, "Sister, why are we here?" There's no one to be afraid of here! ”

Shen Yunqing turned her head and stroked her brother's head with a smile, and said softly: "Don't be afraid!" A friend of my sister used to stay here and just came to see it today!"

"Friends?" Shen Yunjiao scratched her head and looked confused, "Who would live here?" It's in tatters, only beggars live here! ”

Shen Yunqing frowned slightly and sighed lightly: "Maybe!" ”

The words were distant like the ethereal fragrance of flowers, and the two of them stepped on the gravel all over the ground through the lobby to the backyard, the pillars were slanted, the bamboo curtains were broken, and even the once white stone road was submerged in a piece of green grass.

A rockery in the middle of the courtyard is impressively isolated, and the roses that have been born from climbing have bloomed their full flowers, adding to the vitality.

Shen Yunqing imagined how warm and beautiful this place used to be, if that cute little girl had been living here, she would now be a graceful girl, but because of family changes, she now has to hide in another false life experience.

Thinking about it, I didn't feel that I tightened the hand I was holding, but the palm between the tentacles was greasy. Looking down at the younger brother beside him, as if he had seen something terrible, his eyes were locked straight on the rockery, and his face was already white.

"What's wrong with you?"

"The stone!" Shen Yunjiao trembled her lips and whispered, as if something terrible was hidden behind the stone, "I'm so scared!" As he spoke, he hid behind Shen Yunqing.

"It's just a stone! Don't be afraid of rhyme frames! Shen Yunqing looked at the stone while comforting her younger brother.

It's just an ordinary rockery, just a little big, and there is a cave in the middle, but it is clear and clear in the cave under the light of the day, and there is nothing unusual, I don't know why my brother is afraid of becoming like this.

A gust of wind passed, the grass and trees rustled, and Shen Yunjiao trembled and begged: "Sister, let's go quickly!" It's scary here! A face turned pale with fright.

Shen Yunqing had no choice but to take her younger brother out. The warm sunlight fell on him, and Shen Yunjiao's face finally eased and whispered: "I don't know why, I always feel scared when I see that stone!" It's like there's something terrible hiding in my head and trying to pop out. ”

Shen Yunqing was shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly comforted her younger brother and said, "Don't think about it, okay?" Sister won't bring you here in the future! ”

Shen Yunjiao nodded sensibly, but that night was still a nightmare, there was a firelight in the nightmare, and there was a terrible cry in the blood-red light, and by the time Shen Yunqing finally woke him up, the sweat had already wet the middle clothes on his body.

The cool breeze on the night of spring, this sweated, and Shen Yunjiao was sick for several days in a row.

In the past few days, the emperor passed down the Holy Decree, and the positions of the Ministry of Household Officials were replaced by Lu Yuan and Huang Ye respectively. The identities of these two people are simple, and they are just two six-grade envoys of the original Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households.

Although the official position is small, the two are talented and upright, and they are honest and honest, because they have always maintained neutrality in the dispute between the two parties, so they have no talent but no high-ranking officials to do. The emperor directly promoted them from six products to three products, and he was naturally grateful to the emperor. More importantly, the emperor hopes to use the two to restrain the party struggle in the court, whether it is the king of Yi or the crown prince, it is almost impossible to pull these two people into his account, and if you want the two to obey the order, you must be benevolent and convince people with virtue.

In the future, no matter who becomes the emperor, it will finally leave usable talents for the successors.

And what happened at the same time in these days is Cangzhou, which is a hundred miles away from Yongcheng.

Fengxian is a small county in Cangzhou, and several horse-drawn carriages came in a row in the secluded mountain col, because it was far away from the village, and it was night before it didn't startle anyone.

The stream in the col surrounds a dense bamboo forest, and there is a bamboo house in the bamboo forest, although it is simple, but in the embrace of green mountains and green waters, it has more elegance and clear charm.

As soon as the day dawned, the carriage had arrived, and a fat middle-aged man on the carriage staggered out of the carriage, because his face was full of fatigue because of the hurried road for days, even his gray hair was scattered, and a few strands of hair were put on his forehead, swaying with the cold mountain wind.

The man stood in front of the carriage, and several other people in the carriage also descended one after another, all of them young men, but their faces were ordinary and not special. After the people in the carriage in front stood still, the people in the carriages behind also descended in turn, there were young and delicate little girls, there were young women with faces like frost without a trace of smiles, and there were also handsome sons. One of them was burly, dark-skinned, and the size of a fist casserole, and he was very eye-catching in the crowd.

The people outside alarmed the people in the bamboo hut, and with the shaking of a thin figure, an urgent cry pierced through the quiet bamboo forest.

"Daddy!" The first to rush out of the room was a young woman, with black hair like silk but no decoration, and the loose one pulled a hair tie in a bun, and it could be seen from the heavy black green under her eyes that these days must have been very hard.

The girl was followed by a young man, his hands in front of him as if he wanted to help the person in front of him.

"Qianqian?" The fat man looked at the person who rushed towards him, his eyes full of surprise, "Why are you here?" ”

"Miss!" Before Qianqian could answer, the younger girl in the crowd pounced directly, tears rolling down. "Miss, why are you here, Qiao'er misses you so much, Hou Fu...... The Hou Mansion is gone! ”

"Gone?" Qianqian's hands trembled, and she reluctantly supported her dizzy head, and raised her eyes to look at the handsome man standing next to the carriage at this time, with a calm and calm face.

"Although this place is remote and ordinary people can't find it, let's go in and talk!" The burly man looked at everyone's faces one by one, turned his head to the young man who followed Qianqian, and said, "It is estimated that it will take a lot of tongues in a while, let's go boil some water and make some tea!" It would be better if there was something to eat! ”

Heizi muttered: "Brother Wei Gang, this tea and snacks have been prepared for a long time, I'm afraid I won't have the heart to eat it for a while!" ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the bamboo house, and behind him, Qianqian hugged his father Zhuo Yinfeng and said, "Dad, let's go into the house!" ”

Everyone entered the bamboo house one by one, and the narrow bamboo house suddenly seemed crowded, and in the end, the sunspot had no choice but to beckon the inconsequential people to the outside of the bamboo house, leaving only Qianqian Zhuo Yinfeng in the room, and the pair of young men and women.