Chang'an City is lit up.

The bustling night market finally shows its edges in the ancient city after the sun goes down.

Xu Han walked through the noisy crowd and came to the gate of Tiance Mansion.

Without much hesitation, the young man knocked on the door of Tiance Mansion.

After a few breaths, the door of the house was pushed open from the inside, and a head came out of it.

"Brother Xu?" The man was slightly stunned when he saw Xu Han, and then let out an exclamation.

"Xiao Xiao, how have you been these days?" Xu Han also saw the person's appearance clearly, and suddenly a knowing smile appeared on his face.

Liu Xiao hurriedly opened the courtyard door and welcomed Xu Han in.

"Everything is good, Zhu Xian has also stopped, and the case of Gu Zhao's second family is also closed, but there is no Brother Xu here, this Tiance Mansion, I always feel that something is missing. Liu Xiao chattered excitedly towards Xu Hanxu. "Brother Xu, come back, let's figure out something together, you see..."

"Is the red note there?" but Liu Xiao's words were interrupted by Xu Hansheng before he finished speaking.

"In..." Liu Xiao was slightly stunned, only then did he see that the look on Xu Han's face was a little unusual, he hesitated a little, but before he could figure out the strangeness of this, Xu Han's voice sounded again.

"Take me to her. Xu Han said.

Liu Xiao was suddenly dumbfounded, so he could only take back those words of persuasion in his abdomen, and took Xu Han to walk towards where Ye Hongjian was.

Along the way, everyone in the Tiance Mansion naturally saw Xu Han as well, and they saluted Xu Han one after another, but they still couldn't change the title of Xu Fuzhu in their mouths.

Xu Han also asked about Liu Xiao and Liu Mo's current situation, although Liu Xiao was young but calm, there was really nothing to worry Xu Han about. But Liu Mo's child has always made Xu Han a little relieved.

"Mo'er is fine for everything else, but I heard that my eldest brother has been shouting to look for you since he left, but he was stopped by Sister Hongjian..."

"Hmm. Xu Han nodded when he heard this, and was very satisfied with Ye Hongjian's approach, "Don't tell her about what I've been here today, let alone tell her where I live." ”

Liu Xiao instinctively nodded when he heard this, but suddenly heard something else from Xu Han's words, "Brother Xu doesn't plan to come back?" he couldn't help asking.

But after Xu Han said this, he fell silent, obviously no longer meaning to talk to him.

Although Liu Xiao wanted to provoke the topic several times, in the end, he couldn't withstand Xu Han's solemn eyes and chose to be silent, so the two walked to the front of the main hall of Tiance Mansion in such silence.

"I'll just go in myself. At that time, Xu Han nodded towards Liu Xiao, and pushed open the door of the main hall of Tiance Mansion alone.

......

Liu Xiao naturally wouldn't lie to him, Ye Hongjian was indeed in this hall at the moment, but in addition to Ye Hongjian, there was also a visitor that Xu Han hadn't expected.

And Ye Hongjian and the man were obviously surprised by Xu Han's arrival, and they all stood up at that time.

"Xiao Han!" Ye Hongjian naturally called out in surprise.

But the man squinted his eyes and looked at Xu Han inexplicably.

"Ye Houye, don't come unharmed. Xu Han was slightly stunned, but quickly came back to his senses, and he arched his hand towards the man.

The visitor that Xu Han didn't expect was Ye Chengtai, Ye Hongjian's father.

The middle-aged man in a blue velvet sweater smiled slightly, returned the salute to Xu Han at that time, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mrs. Xu." ”

The man deliberately bit the accent on the word Taiwei, Xu Han knew that he wanted to remind himself that he was no longer the lord of Tiance Mansion, but a Great Zhou Taiwei with no name and no real power.

The man's approach made Ye Hongjian beside him frown slightly, but he didn't muster up the courage to say anything, but just lowered his head a little deeper, as if he was afraid of touching Xu Han's gaze.

"I don't know if Master Hou can make it convenient, I have a few words I want to talk about separately with the red note. But Xu Han didn't seem to understand Ye Chengtai's hint, and he continued to speak at that time, with an indifferent expression on his face.

Seeing this, Ye Chengtai nodded lightly after a slight hesitation and walked out of the hall.

So only Xu Han and Ye Hongjian were left in the house.

Xu Han sat beside Ye Hongjian, looked at the girl with lowered eyebrows, and asked softly, "What's wrong?

The girl didn't squeak, just shook her head gently.

"What about Keqing?" Xu Han asked again.

"She's fine, don't worry. The girl replied, her face changing slightly in her lowered brow, as if she did not want to mention the subject.

But Xu Han didn't notice her such a different color, but after hearing that Qin Keqing was fine, he felt a little relieved, and asked again with a smile: "What's the matter, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you don't even want to look at me?"

"......" Of course, Ye Hongjian knew that Xu Han's teasing was just to ease the atmosphere between the two, but she couldn't suppress the strangeness in her heart no matter what, and laughed at the young man in front of her.

When Xu Han saw her like this, he could probably feel how difficult the girl's current situation should be.

"I'm here today, in addition to seeing you, but I actually want you to help me with something. Xu Han couldn't bear to see her like this, so he simply said straight to the point.

Hearing this, Ye Hongjian raised his head and looked at Xu Han, "What's the matter?"

"How much do you know about my background?" the young man asked in a deep voice with his eyes condensed.

And it was this question that shocked Ye Hongjian, who had always been calm, and his face turned pale in an instant.

She shook her head a little flustered, "I... I don't know..."

With Ye Hongjian's state of mind being able to react like this, the cattiness in this can naturally be seen at a glance.

Xu Han looked at the man standing with his hands in his hands outside the hall, and then at the panicked girl in front of him, and probably knew something in his heart. His eyebrows suddenly darkened, "I see." ”

With that, he stood up, reached out and patted the girl on the shoulder.

"We're all in the game, you don't have to be sad if you don't help yourself. ”

With that, he stood up and turned to leave.

At that time, the things wrapped in the girl's eyes could no longer be hidden, and she stood up at that time, caught up with the departing boy, and stretched out her hand to take his hand.

Xu Han seemed to feel something at that time, his face changed slightly, and he turned to look at the girl.

I saw Ye Hongjian's tears in her eyes, and she was about to open her mouth to speak.

It's just that before the words came to her mouth, a different color appeared in the girl's eyes, and her outstretched hand was immediately withdrawn, her head was lowered, and she stood silently in front of Xu Han.

Out of the corner of Xu Han's eyes, he caught a glimpse of the grim gaze of the middle-aged man at the gate of the hall, and he could probably guess what the girl was afraid of.

He smiled slightly, reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of the girl's eyes, and said softly: "The road ahead is difficult and dangerous, and everyone cherishes it." ”

"Captain Xu stayed. But at that time, the man who had been standing at the door for a long time suddenly said in a loud voice, and then walked to Xu Han.

Xu Han was stunned for a moment, looked at the man with heavy eyes and asked, "What does Master Hou have to teach you?"

"It's not a big deal. Ye Chengtai smiled heartily, "It's just that Hongjian has just taken over Tiance Mansion, things are busy, and Taiwei Xu is in an important position, so he is also anxious to think about it, about your marriage contract with Hongjian, Ye thinks..."

Ye Chengtai's words were naturally very polite, but the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Ye Hongjian's lowered head was raised at that time, her eyebrows were full of surprise, Xu Han withdrew from Tiance Mansion, her marriage contract with Xu Han had become a joke, but at least this thing was there, and it was a thought for herself, but Ye Chengtai mentioned this matter at this moment, obviously to completely draw a line with Xu Han, and it could even be said to be a stone.

"Father!" Ye Hongjian was about to say something at that time.

"Ye Houye is right. Before he could speak, he was interrupted by the young man's voice.

At that time, there was a candle flame in the main hall of Tiance Mansion, and the young man's eyes reflected the candlelight, and his pupils seemed to be burning with flames.

"Red notes, golden branches and jade leaves, Xu really can't climb high. ”

"Hou Ye rest assured, Xu will not mention the matter of the marriage contract again. ”

After saying this, he no longer had any nostalgia, turned around and strode forward, and was about to step out of the main hall of Tiance Mansion.

......

Ye Hongjian watched Xu Han's departing back and gradually disappeared from her eyes.

She vaguely felt that this parting, maybe the next time they saw the two of them, they would be strangers.

She wanted to rush forward and hug the boy and tell him that she was going to live and die with him, but the righteousness that had been instilled in her mind since childhood suppressed her impulse.

She sat down on the ground in a state of sorrow, letting the tears stain her eyes.

Xu Han walked out of the Tiance Mansion.

The streets outside the gate are still full of people, and the bright lanterns illuminate the entire Chang'an City as if it were daytime.

And Xu Han stood in the crowd for a long time, and then sighed deeply.

A sense of loneliness eroded him out of nowhere.

People are so strange sometimes.

If you haven't had the sunshine, you won't chase the spring sun. If you haven't been wandering in fine clothes and food, you won't be worried about a shriveled steamed bun.

What people fear most is not having nothing, but losing after owning.

It's like someone has cut a piece of flesh from your heart with a sharp blade, and on the outside, you are still intact, but on the inside you are already in pain.

Xu Han didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit that this feeling was not pleasant.

He had to take another deep breath to suppress the emotions that were churning in his heart.

Then he stretched out his hand, and his palm was open, but in the palm of his hand was a small piece of paper that had been crumpled together.

This is what Ye Hongjian handed him when he grabbed him, Xu Han didn't know what it was, but he also realized that this thing might be related to his fate.

He gently unfolded it, and saw something written on the note in Juanxiu's handwriting, Xu Han looked at it at that time, and suddenly his heart froze, and the pupils in his eyes suddenly widened.

The note read: There is a real dragon in the world, and the world can peep into it. Therefore, the snake species is shown as a dragon. The snake is lucky, the dragon inherits nine points, and on the day of the snake's sting, the real dragon is born!