Lunch is set in the back garden, the light snow is falling outside, the scenery is excellent, it is rare to see, there are no less than five braziers around, and the cold is not particularly cold.

Sanyu prepared the hot pot and placed it in the middle, Li Hongzhi and Yunsheng sat facing each other, and there was a row of palace maids and chamberlains standing around, ready to serve them at any time.

He had never been watched by so many people to eat, and Yun Sheng only felt that his whole body was uncomfortable.

"Holy ......" Yun Sheng lowered his voice and quietly leaned his head over to summon.

Li Hongzhi also came over, with a smile in his eyebrows.

"Can you let them go first?" Yun Sheng pointed around.

Li Hongzhi smiled and beckoned to Sanyu, who understood, and softly ordered the palace maids and chamberlains to go out.

Inside, there are only two people left, Li Hongzhi and Yunsheng.

Suddenly feeling much more comfortable, Yun Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's cold, so I asked Sanyu to prepare a hot pot and eat it hot."

Yun Sheng nodded, because of Li Hongzhi's enthusiasm, she had to pick up the chopsticks and hastily clamp a few chopsticks, seeing that Li Hongzhi had never planned to say anything to her, Yun Sheng couldn't sit still.

"Holy One, what exactly do you want to say to me?" Yun Sheng was a little nervous, and the chopsticks in his mouth were about to be bitten off.

Li Hongzhi smiled, stared at the hot pot for a while, and asked, "Is it delicious?" ”

Yun Sheng almost didn't come up in one breath, and his face became a little ugly.

"It's just that I haven't seen you for a long time, and after eating this meal, I may not have the opportunity to meet again in the future."

Yun Sheng was taken aback: "How could the Holy Lord have such an idea?" ”

"What? Aren't you going to follow Master Zhang back to Fan County? ”

"Huh?" Yun Sheng didn't react for a while, but soon she sensed something in Li Hongzhi's eyes, and then waved her hand again and again: "My lord and I are not what you think." ”

"Really?"

"The adult saved my life, he is my life-saving benefactor, and I have been in Fan County for the past few years, thanks to him."

"Well, so you're not going to repay him for saving his life?" The corners of Li Hongzhi's lips were slightly raised, and he was holding the dishes in the hot pot with one chopstick and not one chopstick, looking at Yun Sheng's eyes quite playfully.

Yun Sheng shook his head: "Naturally not, I just haven't figured out how to report him." ”

Li Hongzhi sighed, picked up the wine glass in his hand and took a sip, and said, "Maybe people have already thought about how they want you to repay your kindness?" ”

Yun Sheng is not a fool, she doesn't know how to make a decision about Zhang Jiusheng's feelings for a while.

His feelings are so warm and so calm, but what about her? Now her eldest grandson has been wronged, but she always feels that she still has nothing, and her heart is empty.

She really didn't know how to report him.

Pledge in person?

Yun Sheng thought about it, but she always felt that this was treating Zhang Jiusheng lightly.

Such a hasty reciprocation is not what she wants, and it is not what she wants to give.

"Actually, Lord Zhang doesn't ask for much." Li Hongzhi said lightly.

"The Holy Lord has never seen him a few times, why do you know the thoughts of adults so well?"

Li Hongzhi smiled: "I am a person who crawled out of the pile of human spirits, everyone's expressions can be concealed or pretended, but what is revealed in those eyes cannot be hidden." Lord Zhang's heart for you is clearer than Qing Shui. You don't have to play stupid, you know that. ”

Yun Sheng was a little sullen.

"Although the eldest grandson is no longer there, at least your brother is back, the eldest brother is like a father, and it is reasonable for him to handle your marriage."

"No, not because of this...... I...... I just ......" Yun Sheng only realized how stupid she was at this time, and when the words came to her mouth, she couldn't find any adjectives to describe her mood at this time, which was quite weak.

Li Hongzhi smiled: "Master Zhang, this person is very interesting. Originally, I was thinking about whether to keep him as an official in the capital, but his temper is estimated to offend a person on the street in one day, and Zhang Ci may not be happy, maybe he will rush to the capital to make trouble with me and ask me to return his son. ”

Seeing that Yun Sheng showed his face slightly, Li Hongzhi stretched his waist, stood up, faced the weather outside that was gradually turning into goose feathers and heavy snow, and said: "Zhang Jiusheng's temper is exactly the same as when his father was young, and it is difficult to change it if he identifies a person and something. ”

Yun Sheng's body was so steep that he shook.

"Ahh

Zhang Jiusheng, who was far away from the palace, stood in front of the window with a wine glass, sneezed coldly, and the wine glass in his hand almost hit the ground.

He rubbed his nose vigorously and said, "This is someone scolding me." ”

Zhang Jiusheng glanced back, Zhang Tong was already asleep, Gu Li was still eating without a match, he rummaged through his purse, this trip to the capital, there was no return.

"Loss, big loss!" Zhang Jiusheng walked to Zhang Tong's side and kicked him hard, Zhang Tong didn't seem to notice the pain, so he changed his position and continued to sleep.

A table of dishes, eaten into the stomach, as if nothing tasted.

Cold, only feeling cold, cold from heart to lungs, he wants to go back to Fan County.

When Zhang Tong woke up, Zhang Jiusheng didn't know where to go, there were a lot of empty dishes and rice plates in front of him, the windows were open, the snow outside had stopped, and the sun came out and shone on the top of people's heads, but he couldn't feel the slightest heat.

Pushing Gu Li, who was sleeping on the side, Zhang Tong yawned and asked, "What about the adults?" ”

"Huh? Well...... I don't know, let's go out in the sun. Gu Li squinted his eyes, glanced out the window, stretched his waist, and said, "Let's go out to bask in the sun, it's rare to encounter such good weather." ”

Before Zhang Tong could say anything, Gu Li had already staggered to the door, opened the door and went out.

Zhang Tong stretched out his hands and rubbed his face vigorously, the brazier in the room was no longer so hot, and the cold wind poured into the room through the window, and after a while, the only bit of heat was tightly covered.

The two of them walked around downstairs for a long time and didn't see Zhang Jiusheng.

Zhang Tong was a little anxious, thinking if they said something to Zhang Jiusheng when they drank too much?

"Where have you gone?" Zhang Tong asked.

Gu Li was not so worried, snorted, looked in the direction of the city gate, and said, "Just go to the city gate and take a look." ”

Zhang Tong understood immediately.

Yun Sheng hadn't come out of the palace yet.

Before the two approached, they saw Zhang Jiusheng's figure from afar, sitting at a tea stall near the city gate, with a bowl of tea in front of him, and it had long been out of steam, but he had been looking at the city gate in a daze.

"Otherwise, you go into the palace and see what's going on?" Zhang Tong couldn't stand it a little, he had been by Zhang Jiusheng's side for so many years, he had never seen Zhang Jiusheng so depressed, he looked up at the weather, and muttered: "It's been a long time since I had a meal." ”

Gu Li nodded: "I'll go into the palace now." ”

This expression, he had seen once on another person's face, and he thought he would never see it again.

When Gu Li appeared at the gate of the city, Zhang Jiusheng's eyes suddenly had a glimmer of light, and then he panicked and took out a few copper plates from his purse and put them on the table, and ran towards Gu Li.

"Take me, take me, take me in."

I didn't expect Zhang Jiusheng to rush over suddenly, and even stuttered a little because of nervousness.

Gu Li was stunned, and then he really took Zhang Jiusheng into the palace, but the identity of entering the palace was not the county order of Fan County.

"Master Zhang, how long have you been waiting?"

"I've been waiting." Zhang Jiusheng replied as a matter of course.

Gu Li suddenly stopped, turned his head and asked, "If Miss Eldest Sun doesn't go back with you, what will you do?" ”

Zhang Jiusheng thought for a while: "Then I'll go back by myself, but she hasn't given me a clear answer so far, I can't go back in such a daze, right?" ”

Gu Li expressed understanding.

It's just that when the two found Sanyu, Sanyu said, "Miss Changsun has already left the palace, haven't you seen her?" ”

Zhang Jiusheng immediately slapped his thigh: "It must have been missed when I was eating with the two of you, where do you say she will go?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Jiusheng reacted, the eldest grandson Yunhua is back, and the official has been reinstated, and it is estimated that he will return to the Prime Minister's Mansion at this time.

"I'm leaving!" As soon as Zhang Jiusheng patted Gu Li on the back, he turned around and ran, and the anxious figure finally disappeared at the end of the street.

Panting and running to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhang Jiusheng supported his knees with his hands, looked up at the hanging plaque, and slowly straightened his waist, there were no guards outside the door, the gate was hidden, and it was not clear whether there was anyone inside.

Zhang Jiusheng stood at the door, carefully observing the inside through the crack in the door, the courtyard was empty, but the ground was quite clean, and at a glance, he knew that people often came to clean it, I don't know if it was instructed by Li Hongzhi.

Pushing open the door, Zhang Jiusheng stepped lightly and walked inside.

There were no human voices at all.

"Didn't you really come back?" Zhang Jiusheng muttered to himself.

Just as Zhang Jiusheng turned his head and was about to go to the backyard, someone lifted the curtain of the inner hall, revealing half of his face.

The two of them looked at each other, neither of whom knew anyone, and they were very embarrassed for a while.

After all, this is someone else's home, Zhang Jiusheng is a little weak-hearted, he came uninvited, and he doesn't know who this is, looking at him wearing an official uniform, with a gold edge moire.

"You...... You're the eldest grandson, aren't you? Zhang Jiusheng reacted.

At the same time, when he called out the other party's name, the other party also reacted, smiled, and arched his hand: "You should be Master Zhang, right?" ”

"Fortunately."

"Long admiration."

The two exchanged a few words, and the eldest grandson Yunhua pointed to the few chairs in the hall and said, "The house is in dilapidation, I just cleaned it up, and I haven't boiled hot water yet, so Master Zhang will take a moment, please sit down first." ”

"Lord Eldest Sun is serious, I came uninvited, I bothered me."

"Lord Zhang is here to find her sister, right?"

Zhang Jiusheng was only slightly stunned, and then looked up at the eldest grandson Yunhua, but saw that his eyes were staring straight at him, clear and translucent, as if a sharp blade was inserted into the depths of Zhang Jiusheng's heart, and his thoughts were clearly understood.