Sure enough, in the west courtyard, only one room was lit.

Xi Yan walked straight to the side room, gently pushed open the door, and saw that the room was full of things used by women, but there was no one. Xi Yan felt a little lost in his heart and was about to leave. But I heard a voice from behind the screen: "Qingye, who came just now?" ”

Xi Yan's heart couldn't help but start beating wildly, he walked quickly behind the screen, saw An Ruofei with his back to him, and said softly: "It's me." ”

"Ahh An Ruofei snorted lightly, obviously startled, and turned around suddenly, only to see Xi Yan looking at him affectionately. An Ruofei looked at him in disbelief, and a few tears rolled down his eyes.

Xi Yan stretched out his hand to help her wipe away her tears, and comforted her gently: "I'm here." ”

But the more comforting Xi Yan was, the more An Ruofei's tears couldn't stop flowing out. Xi Yan's heart moved, so he took An Ruofei's head into his arms and gently soothed it.

After a long time, An Ruofei finally stopped his tears, and the two of them had a lot of thoughts in their hearts, but they were speechless for a while.

In the end, An Ruofei asked first: "How do you know that I am here, did Qingye tell you?" ”

"He won't tell me," Xi Yan shook his head helplessly, "Fang is at the door, and he is still stopping me." ”

Seeing An Ruofei's inquiring gaze, Xi Yan had no choice but to explain: "Actually, Meng Qingye ...... It's my uncle. Speaking of this stubble, Xi Yan's face was somewhat embarrassed.

"Uncle?" An Ruofei couldn't help but exclaim quietly, and then couldn't help laughing.

Xi Yan nodded and continued to explain: "He is my mother's youngest brother, and my mother's other brothers all have titles, and as soon as they come and go, the throne of the Duke of Yasukuni falls to him. Although he is an elder, he is two years younger than me, the same age as you. ”

"I see," An Ruofei was relieved, and said, "I haven't seen you these days, you look a lot thinner." ”

Xi Yan only said: "Busy with official business." ”

An Ruofei knew that he must be afraid that he would be worried and unwilling to tell the truth, so he said softly: "No matter how busy you are on official business, your body is your own." ”

Xi Yan suddenly grabbed An Ruofei's hand, rubbed his fingertips in her palm, and said sincerely: "Ruofei, I haven't seen you for a few days, I think you seem to be a little different." “

An Ruofei suddenly felt a burst of heat in his palm, lowered his eyes, and didn't look at Xi Yan's face. After a while, he said warmly: "These days, I have seen some things clearly, but I have fallen into another kind of confusion. Thinking about it, the left is just floating like a dream, for joy? ”

Hearing this, a smile spread out from the corner of Xi Yan's eyes. He leaned forward slightly, leaned into An Ruofei's ear, and said softly: "I've been looking for you for the past few days, and now I can be regarded as finding you." It's just that I've been worried for a long time, and you should give some expression. ”

"Don't worry," An Ruofei smiled and whispered into his ear, "It's up to you." ”

Xi Yan played with An Ruofei's cuffs and laughed: "If I can have you say this, it will not be in vain for me to spend so much effort." ”

An Ruofei had no choice but to change the topic and said, "Okay, let's get down to business." Who do you say is the one who made my life story public? ”

But An Ruofei didn't expect that Xi Yan gave an answer that shocked her.

"Gu Zhiyuan." Xi Yan is very sure.

"How could he ......," An Ruofei asked urgently, "How did you know?" ”

Xi Yan told An Ruofei the ins and outs of the matter, and said: "I once asked someone to go to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple to check the two burdens that he used as evidence. The content of the epistle is unknown, but one thing is certain. Gu Zhiyuan has a piece of Xuanji in his hand, which is the same as the one in your hand that is Xie's, but it is engraved with the word 'world'. ”

An Ruofei thought about it and said: "He has the Xie family's marker in his hand, and he thinks that he once had something to do with the Xie family. It's just that I was only five years old when it happened. More ...... I don't know. ”

Xi Yan said: "After the incident, I sent someone to investigate." The result is indeed eye-popping, Gu Zhiyuan is actually a Gusu family, seventeen years ago, he was a guest in Duanmu's house, and he also served as a family teacher. ”

"Duanmu family?" An Ruofei immediately understood, and said in surprise, "Isn't that my grandfather's house!" ”

Xi Yan nodded: "At that time, your mother actually entrusted two children, one to him; The other, that is, you, entrusted to the owner of Xufang. Speaking of this, Xi Yan paused and looked directly into An Ruofei's eyes, "Can you still think of anything?" ”

An Ruofei tried her best to think about it, but her mind was blank, and she finally shook her head in aion, "The implication is that in addition to me, there were also my brothers and sisters in the Xie family in Gusu back then?" ”

Xi Yan said in a deep voice: "To be precise, it's a younger brother or sister." Your mother was pregnant when she returned to Gusu, and before she could give birth, the bad news came. He entrusted you to the owner of Xu Fang first, and at that time, she had not yet given birth. Perhaps it was after giving birth in prison that she secretly entrusted the child to Gu Zhiyuan. ”

An Ruofei asked hesitantly: "Then he...... Is it still alive? As soon as An Ruofei asked, he knew that this was a question that should not be asked.

Sure enough, Xi Yan looked at her with a little hesitation, and vetoed: "No, according to my confidants who caught Gu Zhiyuan, he was afraid of being tracked down by the government, so he turned around and drowned the baby in the water tank, and then threw the body into the wild." ”

"So that's the case," An Ruofei couldn't help but feel a little sad when he thought of the younger brother who might have survived, "I just hate that I was ignorant at the time, and I couldn't share my mother's worries." ”

Xi Yan patted her lightly on the shoulder and comforted: "Not everything in the world can be as you like, so you don't need to blame yourself." ”

An Ruofei showed a relieved look, "That's it, the past is a foregone conclusion, I can only choose my future path." It's getting late, so you'd better go back. ”

Xi Yan nodded and agreed: "Take care of yourself, in a few days, maybe I will come and take you away from Chongdu." ”

An Ruofei responded with a smile: "You too, take care of yourself." ”

Xi Yan pushed open the door and saw Meng Qingye and Xi Yun waiting outside the door, while Meng Qingye looked like he didn't deal with anyone, and his face was as black as soot.

Seeing this, Xi Yan feigned anger and said, "Xi Yun, why don't you let the little grandfather come in." The night is heavy, if the little grandfather has anything to do, can you afford it? ”

Meng Qingye said in a weird manner: "Okay, nephew, what to do with Xi Yun is fine, it's not all your meaning." Let me ask you, what did you say to Ruofei after you stayed in there for so long? ”

When Xi Yan saw him like this, he couldn't help but tease him again, so he sneered and said: "Zuo is just a few children's love, and the flowers are ...... before the moon."

"You!" Meng Qingye jumped and scolded, "The third watch ran to the boudoir in the middle of the night to tease the woman of a good family, you bastard!" ”

"It's all up to my uncle to let me in," Xi Yan motioned for Meng Qingye to silence and whispered, "Let's go, don't disturb her rest." ”

Meng Qingye was so angry that he gritted his teeth and shouted: "I'm not leaving, you go!" ”

Xi Yan gave a look, and then he and Xi Yun set up Meng Qingye left and right, and dragged him away from the courtyard where An Ruofei lived.

An Ruofei heard everything that was happening outside inside the door, and couldn't help but hide her face and chuckle, and she didn't go to rest until it was completely quiet outside. An Ruofei only thought that Xi Yan had returned to Xi's mansion, but he didn't know that at this moment, Xi Yan, Meng Qingye, and Xi Yun were discussing in the flower hall.

"Great nephew? How did you know that Ruofei was with me? All night, Meng Qingye was thinking about this problem, but he still couldn't figure it out.

"If you want to blame it, blame yourself for not being able to hide your feet. You haven't been back to the Yasukuni Mansion for nearly two months, and when you delivered the letter, you accurately found the side door of the Begonia Courtyard, and you still know what kind of clothes my guards are. The stupidest thing about you is that you don't change the font when you write letters, when I was in Lingjiang last year, you wrote me a letter, find out the comparison, and I will understand. ”

"Oh," Meng Qingye suddenly seemed to wilt, and said with emotion, "The road is one foot high, and the magic is one foot high...... I can't believe that you still have the letter I wrote more than a year ago......"

Seeing Xi Yan's very good look, Meng Qingye couldn't help but feel a little angry, got up and pulled Xi Yan up from the seat, "I'm going to send off guests...... Roll on. ”

Xi Yan shook his head with a smile, and only after repeated instructions did Shi Shiran return home.

When Xi Yan returned to Haitang Courtyard, it was already halfway through the night.

After a day of hard work, his mouth was already a little bland, and when he saw that there was a plate of clothes made of bayberry on the study table, Xi Yan took one and put it in his mouth to eat, "This clothes and plums were transported from Lingjiang?" ”

In fact, you don't have to ask, you know that Yimei is unique to Lingjiang, cumbersome to make, and the price is very expensive, so ordinary people don't need to say much; Even if it is Zhong Mingding's food house, he can't eat it a few times a year.

Xi Yun said "um" and said: "Not many have been shipped this year, so I sent two boxes into the inner courtyard to Mrs., and another box to the head of the family." There are less than five boxes left. ”

"Well......" Xi Yan looked thoughtfully at the plum wrapped in orange leaves, and instructed, "Aunt used to love to eat clothes and plums, you pick a box, and take some preserved fruits from the Lingjiang River...... Tomorrow, the people from the province will be sent to the Zhaochun Palace. ”

"A box? It's too ......" Xi Yun's stinginess was forced back by Xi Yan's eyes before he could say it, and he hurriedly changed his words, "Then I'll pick it out and send it to you to see." ”

Xi Yan nodded lightly, he knew...... The annoying stuff is going to start again.