Chapter 18: Old Things and Old Loves
Yushu looked at Li Yan for a moment, stood up, picked up the thatch that Li Yan threw over one by one, and placed it neatly.
Li Yan swept away the thatch in the circle in one breath, and stretched out his hand back, "Give me the knife." ”
Yushu hurriedly pulled out his knife and handed it over.
Li Yan took the knife and began to dig. Yushu squatted behind Li Yan's side and craned his neck to watch her dig into the soil.
In the middle of the circle, Li Yan gradually dug a pit, and when the last rays of glow and moonlight sprinkled the ruins, the knife in Li Yan's hand made a crisp sound.
Li Yan pried out the box with a knife and patted the soil, the box was not locked, and it was opened casually, and inside the box, there was a dark green camphor leaf.
Yushu glared at the camphor leaf, "This is the eldest lady's thing!" It's ......"
Li Yan rubbed his hand on his clothes, reached out and picked up the leaves, it was a jade leaf, Li Yan held the leaves in the palm of his hand, under the bright moonlight, the leaves lying in Li Yan's palm exuded a soft luster.
Li Yan held the leaves, squatted down and picked up the box, and looked over and over again, it was a red copper box, covered with a thick layer of patina on the outside, but bright as new on the inside, this box was extremely well-made. Li Yan looked at it again, and she couldn't see anything, she didn't know anything about copper and craftsmanship.
Holding his hand and checking it, Li Yan suddenly raised his hand and threw the box far away.
"Miss?" Yushu was taken aback by Li Yan's throw.
"It's okay, let's stay here for the night before we leave." Li Yan held the jade leaves and turned to look around.
"Miss, it's all stones, it's too cold at night...... Yushu hesitated, she wanted to stay here a little longer, but it was too cold at night.
"It's fine." Li Yan replied casually with a little absent-mindedness, saw a large stone with a flat surface, climbed up, stood up and looked around.
A cool night breeze blew, Li Yan raised his arm, closed his eyes, and felt the coldness of the night breeze......
After standing for a while, Li Yan lowered his arm, sat on the stone, spread his hands, and looked at the jade leaves in his palm.
Yushu also climbed the stone and took out all the clothes in the baggage, and what could be wrapped around Li Yan was wrapped around Li Yan.
The night was cold, Li Yan curled up on the stone, and had a night of chaotic and noisy dreams, the first rays of the morning sun shone on Li Yan's body, and those chaotic and noisy turned into soaring fires, rushing to his face, Li Yan was startled, his eyes were sore by the morning sun, and he couldn't help but cry for a long time.
"Are you alright?" Chen Yanfeng's face fell from above and asked with concern.
"It's okay, the sun is too dazzling." Li Yan blocked the dazzling morning sun that lit up as soon as he came out with his hand, "Why did you come in?" ”
"I didn't see you until midnight, for fear that you would be eaten by wild beasts, so I had to come in and look for you, and you could sleep in such a place...... Also, this is your house, let's go, I don't like it here, it's uncomfortable when you come in. If you've been freezing all night, you have to find a place to drink a bowl of hot soup, preferably in hot water, or you'll be in trouble if you get sick. Chen Yanfeng stood up, jumped off the stone, stretched out his hand, and motioned for Li Yan to jump into his arms.
Chen Yanfeng took Li Yan, Yushu jumped down by himself, and the three of them walked through the rubble pile and went straight to Yuzhang City.
Chen Yanfeng's rules, no matter where he goes, is to find the best inn, the best inn in Yuzhang City, it is indeed quite good, Li Yan drank a bowl of ginger soup and took a comfortable hot bath to come out, Yushu has already tied the jade leaf with a thin silk rope and put it on Li Yan's neck.
The mother-in-law who worked at the inn knocked on the door and sent a large bag of clothes in, and Chen Yanfeng said, "That Chen Ye said, please ask the two girls to change into the clothes here."
Yushu opened the baggage, and the baggage was full of muslin clothes often worn by wealthy people in the market, Yushu frowned, looked at Li Yan, Li Yan shook off a few pieces of clothes and looked at them, and instructed Yushu to pick two to change into, and wrap up the silk dress brought down from the cloudy tip.
Li Yan came out, there was a mother-in-law standing at the door, and when she saw her come out, she hurriedly bent her knees and signaled: "This girl, that Chen Ye said, if the girl is cleaned up, please ask the girl to go to the private room of the first word, the girl will go forward from here, to the end, go downstairs and turn east." ”
Li Yan thanked his mother-in-law, and together with Yushu, he followed his mother-in-law's instructions and entered the Jiazi private room.
In the private room, Chen Yanfeng's expression looked a little gloomy, and when he saw Li Yan coming in, he looked up and down first, "This coarse cloth clothes...... Okay, sit down, are you okay? ”
"I'm fine, you seem to have something?" Li Yan sat down, looked around the table, and motioned for Yushu to serve her a bowl of soup first.
"Hmm." Chen Yanfeng's face sank, "It's a bit of a thing, I have to go to Yichun, and I'll leave in a while." You two? Chen Yanfeng looked very embarrassed and hesitated.
"What's wrong?" Li Yan was surprised.
"It's not a big deal." Chen Yanfeng paused and sighed, "Yu Zhang is too protective of Zhou Hao, alas! Chen Yanfeng sighed again, "The imperial court's envoy has arrived in Yichun, and he wants to cut down the door, I have an old relationship with the Zhou family, and before he dies, he must take a look and give him a ride." ”
Li Yan was stunned, "What do you do to kill people?" ”
"I didn't ask in detail, Zhou Hao...... Alas, what could it be? If you fight for me, you are a pond fish. I'll leave in a while, there are fifty taels of silver here, you take it, don't wear the clothes that the cloudy tip brought down, it's too eye-catching, you ......" Chen Yanfeng explained to Li Yan with concern.
"I'll go with you, I want to see it too." Li Yan interrupted Chen Yanfeng's words.
"What are you looking at?" Chen Yanfeng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed again, "You don't know Zhou Hao...... Also...... It's not that it doesn't work, by the way, you're a girl from the Li family in the capital, right? Is there someone in the Li family in the capital who is an official in Huainan? How did I not know? But I don't care about the world for the past few years...... You didn't come from the capital, did you? ”
"Why do you say that I am a girl from the Li family in the capital?" Li Yan's heart jumped, and he hurriedly asked back.
"That place is the old mansion of the Li family in the capital, looking at you like that, I usually hear the elders say how the old mansion of Yuzhang is, right? Your Li family still remembers the old mansion of Yuzhang, which is really unexpected, I thought that it was all forgotten from top to bottom. As soon as the topic changed, Chen Yanfeng became the usual Chen Yanfeng again.
Yushu was stunned, Li Yan glanced at Yushu, "How did that house become like that?" Was it before the Li family moved to the capital, or after moving to the capital? ”
"Huh? You're not a girl from the Li family in the capital? Chen Yanfeng was surprised.