Xu Bo came out in two steps and hurriedly saluted, "Shen Shizi, why are you here?" “

Shen Yan sat in the carriage, looking at the familiar gate that he didn't know how many times he had walked through, and his expression was in a trance for a moment.

Hearing Uncle Xu's words, he came back to his senses, "I went back to Beijing to report on work, and on the way, I happened to meet a relative in your mansion who was robbed, so I sent someone over." ”

Relatives of the Xu Mansion?

Xu Bo looked at the carriage,

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a man of about fifty got out of the carriage, and the man got out of the carriage, his face somewhat similar to that of Meng.

"Are you an uncle?"

"Yes."

"You're finally here, our lady has been worried for many days, please hurry up and come to the house."

"Go and tell Madame that my uncle has arrived."

There was a little guy running into the house.

Meng Yang bowed his hand to Shen Yan, "Thank you for saving your life, if you don't dislike it, please come into the house and sit down." ”

"It's just a gesture, I still have to go to the palace to report on my work, so I won't go in."

After speaking, he looked at Uncle Xu, "I also ask Uncle Xu to help me bring a good message to the old gentleman, Mr. and Mrs., and come back to visit when I have time to report on my work." ”

"Shen Shizi, don't worry, I will definitely bring it."

Shen Yan glanced up at the mansion again, turned the horse's head, and urged the horse to leave.

Xu Bo hurriedly led Meng Yang inside, and not far after he walked into the mansion, Meng Shi came out, looking at Meng Yang with white hair on his temples, his voice suddenly choked, "Big brother." ”

In the past, when the Meng family was there, Meng Yang would come to the capital every three years to see his only sister. Later, the elders in the family died, and he was busy taking care of business, so he had no time to spare, only when Xu Qingwan disappeared more than ten years ago, he took a month's time to visit. At that time, his sister was so sad that her expression was as bad as an old woman, no matter how much he persuaded her, she couldn't keep her spirits up, which made him worry about it since he returned to Jiangnan.

Although Meng's face is no longer young, he is in good spirits, as if he has returned to his twenties.

Meng Yang was relieved and smiled, "Why is it still the same as when I was a child, I have to shed tears every time I see my eldest brother coming." ”

"I'm going to cry."

In front of his eldest brother, Meng had no scruples, just like a child of a few years old.

Looking at Meng's long-lost coquettish appearance, Meng Yang laughed heartily.

……

Shen Yan entered the palace to finish his work, and after he came out, it was almost noon, and several personal attendants were waiting at the palace gate, and when they saw him come out, they immediately took the horse forward, Shen Yan took the reins, turned over on the horse, and hit the horse back to the house.

The palace did not receive the news of his return, so that he dismounted at the gate of the mansion, and the janitor did not react.

"Shi, Shizi?"

"Hmm."

Shen Yan walked inside.

Only then did the janitor come back to his senses and ran in with a puff of smoke, "The son of the world is back, the son of the world is back." ”

The house suddenly became lively.

When the couple heard the shout, they glanced at each other, and their hearts swelled up with uneasiness at the same time.

Shen Yan has been leading troops outside all the year round, and he hasn't come back for more than three years, but now he came back suddenly, could it be that he knew that Xu Qingwan was back and secretly ran back?

Shen Yan came over quickly, "My son has seen his father and mother. ”

"Sit down."

Shen Yan sat down.

Duchess Zhenguo looked at him earnestly, she was thinner and darker than three years ago, Duchess Zhenguo didn't care about being distressed, and asked carefully, "Why did you come back suddenly?" ”

"If I go back to my mother, the emperor will call me back to Beijing to report on my work."

Didn't she hear the news of Xu Qingwan's return and came back privately, the Duchess of Zhenguo breathed a sigh of relief, and then her heart rose again, this matter can't be hidden, if he knows......

The Duchess of Zhenguo didn't dare to think about it.

"How many days will you stay in the capital?"

Zhen Guogong asked in a deep voice, he was calmer than his wife.

"Ten days at least, half a month at most."

Zhen Guogong nodded, "It's hard to rush back all the way, you go back to see your wife and children first, and then take care of the wind and dust for you in half an hour." ”

"Thank you, father."

Shen Yan got up and went out

Looking at his back, the Duchess of Zhenguo felt a burst of sadness, if Xu Qingwan hadn't had an accident back then, Yan'er would not have automatically asked to go to the border guard, and she would not have become the unsmiling appearance she is today.

……

"Husband."

The Ming clan happily waited at the gate of the courtyard and saw Shen Yan happily coming up.

Shen Yan snorted, slowed down slightly and walked towards the courtyard.

Ming followed him, "I asked people to prepare bath water, and my husband went to take a bath first." “

"Hmm."

Shen Yan turned his feet and went to the bath room.

Ming followed, and when he walked to the door of the bath room, he was stopped by Shen Yan, "You don't have to follow in, I'll be fine for a while." ”

Ming's lonely standing at the door, twisting the handkerchief in his hand, if he didn't marry himself back then, but Xu Qingwan, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to wait to pull people in now, right?

There was the sound of rushing water from inside.

Ming took a deep breath and adjusted his emotions: Xu Qingwan had already married a wife, why should she have trouble with herself, not to mention, on the day of the old man's birthday, she accompanied her mother-in-law to see it, Xu Qingwan was no longer what she was back then, and she looked a lot older than herself.

In the bath room, Shen Yan leaned on the bathtub with his eyes closed, his mind was full of the appearance of Xu Fu, and he remembered every grass and tree in it clearly, where he recorded the throbbing when his love first opened, and saw the heartbeat of his favorite girl, and all this disappeared with Xu Qingwan's disappearance.

"Xu Qingwan."

He muttered the name that made his heart ache, and suddenly raised his hand and slammed it on the water, each splash clearly reflecting his painful face.

A quarter of an hour later, Shen Yan came out of the bath, entered the main room, changed into the clothes that the Ming clan had prepared for him, and his hair was twisted and half dry.

Seeing this, Ming quickly took a handkerchief and wanted to help him wipe it again.

"No need."

Ming's hand stiffened in mid-air, his lips squirmed a few times, and he didn't say anything after all.

"I've been away from home all these years, and I've worked hard for you in the house."

Shen Yan said the words he said every time he came back, picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, brought it to his mouth and blew it a few times before drinking it all.

Ming pulled the corners of his mouth to make his voice sound more natural, "These are all things I should do, why should my husband have such a relationship with me." ”

Shen Yan didn't seem to hear it, so he got himself another cup of tea and drank it dry again.

Ming sat down across from him, and when he heard Shen Yan's excitement and joy coming back just now, he retreated little by little, "Why did Husband Jun come back suddenly?" ”

"The emperor summoned me to return to Beijing to report on my work, at least ten days, and at most half a month, I will go back."

Ming pursed his lips.

They had been separated for three years, four months and eighteen days, but they had only been together for ten days, and he left and came back again without knowing how many years later.

Then she smiled bitterly in her heart, from the day she insisted on marrying him, she should have expected such a day, didn't she? If it was Xu Qingwan who married him back then......

"What happened in the house these days when I was away?"

Ming looked into his eyes and smiled lightly, "Nothing happened in the mansion, but something happened to the Xu family, Xu Qingwan came back." ”