Anyuan's tent is not very large. Because this is not one of those big mansions with strict specifications. Therefore, the whole garden is scattered across the courtyard, and the courtyard where the account is located actually has the responsibility of the treasury land, but now there are hundreds of stones of grain in it, and there are some meat and vegetables in the cellar, and the rest of the valuable guys are not. The tent was located in the east transept next to the main house, and the only thing in the whole room was a shelf with a curtain against the north wall, a desk and a chair, plus a few round stools on either side, and two braziers.

At this moment, even though the light in the room was very dim and the person sitting there was dressed in shabby clothes, Chen Ying still recognized the person for the first time. He returned to the capital as early as the middle of the first month, because he knew how powerful Jinyiwei was, so he deliberately inquired about that aspect first, and a friend led him to quietly see the appearance of several heads of Jinyiwei. Among them, Yang Jinzhou, who was less than twenty, left a deep impression on him. Yang Jinzhou, who was supposed to appear at the court meeting yesterday, was still a little puzzled in his heart, but he never thought that he would be here, let alone that he had suffered a dumb loss this time!

"I thought it was a guest, but it turned out to be Lord Yang." Chen Ying was relieved from that angry emotion in an instant, and saw that Yang Jinzhou also stood up and wanted to salute. Hurriedly waved his hand at him, "I was curious when I heard the rumors, and I thought it was a family member who came to visit the old lady, but it turned out to be a joke." I don't know ...... Lord Yang is here."

Yang Jinzhou glanced at Chen Lan, saw that she lowered her eyes and didn't speak, and said after a moment of silence: "The lower official is acting on orders, and there are many inconveniences in the internal situation, so please also ask Yangning Hou Haihan." ”

Chen Yingyuan still held on to a glimmer of hope, counting on Yang Jinzhou to find this place just because of his own affairs, at this time, when he heard the four words of being ordered, he was greatly disappointed, and it was easy to hold back and not show it on his face, and then he was confused with a few words, and then withdrew from the house. When he arrived in the courtyard, he saw that Chen Lan had also sent him out, so he smiled slightly: "It's strange that the old lady likes you, you are so clever, there is no one in our house who can compare." ”

"The third uncle has won the prize. Lan'er now has both parents dead, and only has a younger brother, so she has to walk on thin ice like an abyss. ”

Chen Lan knew that today was a complete break with Chen Ying, but she had no choice. If Chen Ying directly pushed the marriage of the Su family to her, the concubine, it would not explain anything, but he ignored the age difference, and had to match Su Wan'er, who was a few years older, to Chen Yan, and the meaning of guarding against the long room was revealed. As soon as he heard the servant's news, he held on to it, and followed her to the tent. If it wasn't Yang Jinzhou who came but someone else, it was the most important thing for a woman in this year, how would she live?

"What a good one, like walking on thin ice in the abyss!"

Chen Ying put away the smile on her face, looked at Chen Lan for a while, and then walked out with her hands behind her back. didn't take a few steps, as if he knew that Chen Lan was following with long eyes behind his back, but he said without looking back: "Third girl, your father and your second uncle and brother have not read much since childhood. I can have where I am today because I have been practicing hard since I was a child, and I have never stopped even if it is three-nine-three. Yan'er is practicing again now, it's too late, rather than half-baked about everything, it's better to concentrate on reading. Also, although Jin Yiwei is a close confidant of the emperor, these people can be selected by the emperor, and they are not something that can be called by petty profits. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Lan, who was a few steps behind, replied lightly: "Thank you Third Uncle for your advice." The fourth brother is practicing martial arts now, not for any civil and military skills, I just hope that he will be physically fit. As for Jinyiwei, he was ordered to do things. It is natural to inherit the will of the emperor, how can you listen to the truth of others? If there are still others in the world who can call them, how can the emperor rest assured? ”

The first time she comprehended Chen Lan's words, Chen Ying felt like she had nowhere to go, and she snorted coldly and said no more. When he got out of the gate and got on the horse, he shook the reins lightly, and took one last look at the garden, but turned around and left without saying a word. Since he galloped first, Chen Qing and Chen Han hurriedly followed with a few entourages, and the two carriages fell last. Chen Lan, who put on his hat again, watched the group gradually turn into blurred black dots, and then turned around, only to see Chen Rui standing behind.

Although he drove away the tenants, Chen Rui has done many things for the Zhu family, including the inventory of the family wealth hidden outside the third room, but he has not gained anything so far, so he knows best that this Yangning Hou is not easy to deal with now. He didn't know how to fight in the ring just now, but he heard that a large number of masters in the family came to invite the old lady back, and in the end only two young ladies were left, and the third old man obviously suffered a loss, he thought that the old lady didn't care about anything now, and he had a little more respect for Chen Lan.

Bowing down, he lowered his head and said, "Third Miss, forgive me, because I went out too early to go to the Inspection Division, and I didn't have time to report it." ”

Whether it was too late, or didn't think about it, Chen Lan didn't bother to investigate, first, this is the old lady's person, and she has more important things to do here. Thus. She bowed her head slightly and said, "You are also trying to share the old lady's worries, and it's not a big mistake." Early in the morning, I hurriedly went back and forth to the inspection department, and it was hard work, so I hurriedly took someone to pad the hunger, and then maybe there will be a busy time. ”

"Thank you Miss Three for your kindness."

returned to the door of the tent with the red snail, and saw that Zhang Zhuangtou was still there and did not dare to leave the ground, and he was already sweating profusely in the cold weather, Chen Lan ordered: "You take care of a lot of things up and down, you don't have to stay here all the time, and go and busy with you." Now that the tenants have all dispersed, let Chu Ping and the four of them come here to guard. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zhuangtou naturally retreated as if he had been amnestied. In a few moments, the four and a half stout boys all entered the courtyard, and they all held their heads high and looked full of energy. When they understood Chen Lan's order to guard this place and not let people in, they immediately agreed in unison, and the sound was so loud that it seemed to be able to lift the roof of this courtyard.

Chen Lan smiled, then ignored this, and turned around and entered the house with the red snail. This time, after sitting down, she didn't worry about anyone interrupting, and curiously glanced at the big man of the Black Tower next to Yang Jinzhou, and said apologetically: "The second uncle and the third uncle in the house just came together." Not only did I delay Lord Yang's affairs, but I also used you as a shield, which is really sorry. ”

When Chen Ying came in just now, his posture was obviously ill-intentioned, how could Yang Jinzhou not see it, therefore, Chen Lan confessed that he was using him to avoid trouble just now, and the original trace of strangeness in his heart disappeared without a trace, but he felt that he was a little cautious. Of course he knows the affairs of the Chen family, how can the three-room concubine and an overly shrewd old lady stop, just like the Yang family back then. That is, people like his father can really not care...... remembered that at that time in the grass pavilion of the Jin Palace, Chen Lan did not forget to pull Zhang Huixin and King Zhou to escape at a critical moment, and he had a little more affection for him.

"It's just a little thing, you don't have to be so polite, I haven't thanked the third miss for protecting King Zhou in the first place, how can the third miss apologize for this little thing?" Yang Jinzhou put away the usual coldness on his face, but he was a little more gentle, "After all, it is an elder, and the third miss also has the difficulties of the third miss, and I also have something to ask the third miss for help." ”

"Thank you Lord Yang for your understanding...... Help? ”

Chen Lan only breathed a sigh of relief, and then suddenly woke up. And Hongluo only thought that the Jinyi guards were all fierce and vicious, and at this time, listening to Yang Jinzhou speak like this, standing in front of the door, the whole person was tense. And after saying an off-topic, Yang Jinzhou saw that Chen Lan was full of surprise, so he pointed to Qin Hu on the side and said, "This is Qin Hu, the personal guard I brought back from Xinghe, and I don't avoid him for anything." Pick up where you left off and move on to that incident. ”

"I came here this time by order to be the head of the Xia Zhuang who used to manage this Tian'an Village. That Xia Zhuangtou said that he was a relative of the palace eunuch Grandpa Xia, but in fact, Grandpa Xia had never seen him at all, but it was the godson of Grandpa Xia who was in charge of the treasury in the palace, and he accepted his filial piety, and because he could get the token of Grandpa Xia, the man was greedy for benefits, and he gave him this manor with a word to Grandpa Xia. There are many relatives who come to ask for Grandpa Xia, and Grandpa Xia has no theory. Later, he paid the most complete rent every year, and gave the most filial piety to the head of the palace and the several handsomes of the Jinyi Guard, so even if there was anything else out of line, no one paid attention to it. If someone hadn't told the emperor for the first time, I wouldn't have done it. ”

Chen Lan listened to it, and his heart moved. If it weren't for the many tenants blocking the door in front of Anyuan Gate before, maybe Yang Jinzhou would not have explained it in such detail. Before, she thought that Xia Zhuangtou had a greedy personality, and maybe she had received the benefits of her third uncle Chen Ying, and she might even have hidden something in this manor, but now she didn't dare to think about it so innocently.

"In this way, Lord Yang is out this time. It's all for this person? Seeing Yang Jinzhou nodded, Chen Lan groaned slightly, and then asked again, "When our group set off from the capital yesterday, we happened to meet Lord Yang on the road and you led the team out. But coming to the door today is where there is a need now. It's not that I don't want to help, as long as I can, not to mention that the adults have helped me before, even the Chen family and the adults are ministers in the same palace, and I have no shirk responsibility. But if it's too difficult, after all, the old lady is recuperating in bed, and I, a junior, can't overstep my responsibilities. ”

Although it is beneficial to help this promising Jinyi guard to do a favor in both public and private affairs, Chen Lan is not the person who talks about the Chen family after all, and the old lady Zhu is here, so she has to be cautious so as not to cause unnecessary suspicion.

And Yang Jinzhou had already thought that the other party would not easily agree to such a big thing, seeing that Chen Lan's face was sincere, he groaned slightly, and said bluntly: "This matter is difficult to say, easy to say, that Xia Zhuangtou is now in Tongzhou City, these tenants should be threatened and instigated by him." I only hope that the third lady can suppress the tenants as the owner of Tiananzhuang, and at the same time lure those who are in Baihe Village out, after all, I don't have enough manpower. I might as well tell you the truth, this is close to the capital, and the cause of chaos cannot be ignored. As soon as the chaos and predicament here are solved, he naturally can't bear to get out of the city, and then it's my business. ”

It turned out to be a ploy to lure the snake out of the hole! But since Yang Jinzhou is the commander of Jinyiwei, why use this kind of calculation, does anyone in Tongzhou dare not buy it?

Having said that, Chen Lan thought that there were more than a dozen tenants in the outer courtyard, and today's inspection department came to disperse the people, but it was only a symptom but not a cure, and what Yang Jinzhou said was beneficial to her, so after weighing it again, she made up her mind.

"I understand, but I have said it first, and I can only do my best to do this, and I am not completely sure."