After walking for a few days, I could only hear the bustling sound outside the car, which was not as lively as the villages and towns I had passed before, although they were also lively but not as full of people.

The sound of street vendors, the sound of silk and bamboo in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, the sound of cars and horses, and the applause of juggling passers-by are endless.

With these voices, the scene in front of her actually made Ye Ying feel a little dizzy.

The shopkeeper stood in front of the liquor store to solicit customers, the scholar at the door of the chess club was checking his luggage, the girl who came out of the rouge shop smiling like a flower, and the child eating fruit and playing around became a rare scene in Ye Ying's eyes.

Huo Yan rode around and came to the carriage and said, "Father has returned from the army, and the banquet at home is complicated and busy. ”

"Then thank you brother!"

Ye Yingying's smile aroused people's pity.

Huo Yan replied jokingly when he heard her say thank you: "What are you and my brother and sister talking about?" You are so polite, how can I thank you for asking for a pot of wine to drink in the future? ”

While talking and laughing, the bustling sound on the street gradually faded away.

In the inner city, there is another scene, no longer the bustle of the prosperous and peaceful world, replaced by the high-walled mansions.

What is contained in this mansion is the irresistible grandeur and majesty, and most officials in Beijing live here.

From this deep alley, they walked along the high wall, and they finally stopped in front of a large mansion.

Ye Ying saw that the carriage and horses were parked, and she was just about to pull the curtain and prepare to go down, but she was preempted.

A chubby woman in her fifties opened the curtain. Her face was full of smiles, and the wrinkles at the end of her eyes were piled up like chrysanthemum petals.

Seeing Ye Ying, her unconcealable flattery was fully revealed, and she said while helping her out of the car: "The lady is back, and the general has been waiting in the main hall for a long time." ”

Seeing that Ye Ying was a little dazed, Huo Yan introduced: "This is Grandma Sun, it must be Mrs. who asked her to serve you." ”

"Husband...... Madam? ”

Ye Ying couldn't help but ask rhetorically, but in an instant, she knew that her rhetorical question was very abrupt, and her heart suddenly trembled.

I had never seen the Huo family mention this so-called lady in the real Huo Yeying's letters before, and she herself did not mention this.

She was afraid that her identity would be questioned for this, and her palms were sweating.

"Yes! After the death of his mother, his father could not let go of his feelings for a long time, and His Majesty agreed to marry him out of sympathy for his father, and his wife was the wife of the Tao family of the Duke of Yuguo. My father didn't tell you because he was afraid that you would have a bad heart. But don't worry, Mrs. is generous, although she is not your biological mother, but she is very good to us juniors, as soon as she knows that you are going to live in Beijing, she will immediately arrange for her. Just go in there and you'll find out when you see you!" ”

Huo Yan's words made her heart finally fall.

But she knew that now was not the time to relax, and she wasn't sure what General Huo's attitude would be towards her.

If she really questioned her identity, how would she respond?

As soon as she thought of this, she began to think about it again.

Her steps became extremely heavy, and she didn't have time to look at the originally gorgeous courtyard pavilions.

Huo Yan and Grandma Sun took her to the main hall. The middle-aged man had a few strands of white hair on his sideburns, and his figure was tall and sitting on the main seat.

Ye Ying was a little surprised to see Huo Junshan from afar, thinking that this battlefield general would be a rough man, but she didn't want to be a man who looked very elegant.

As soon as he saw Ye Ying coming, he suddenly lost his calmness and calmness.

He stepped forward excitedly, and when he saw Ye Ying, he was speechless for a while.

Seeing such fatherly feelings, Ye Ying was also aroused with a little admiration in her heart.

I don't know if it was because she had conceived it in advance or if her love had reached this point and she couldn't help herself, she fell to her knees with a thud and burst into tears.

"Father." The two words that have never been called in his life, the people he has never met can now experience it one day, and Ye Ying's previous worries are completely forgotten at this moment.

Huo Junshan stroked her head with his calloused but warm palm to comfort: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back!" ”

And at this moment, Mrs. Tao also came from the back hall, and she couldn't help but be a little moved when she saw this scene.

She hurriedly helped Ye Ying up, took her hand and said, "I haven't seen each other for many years, and now we are finally reunited, and your father and I can rest assured." ”

The mother-in-law, maids, and maids in the house are all present, and Grandma Sun puts the apricot brocade futon on the ground in front of the position, and supports Ye Ying to kneel and salute, which is considered to be officially home.

Huo Junshan stroked his beard and saw that she was a little thin and couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he heard about the previous incident: "That day, my father said that he would send someone back to his hometown to pick you up, but you insisted on refusing, I thought that Su'er's girl was clever and steady, and there would be no deviation in her actions, so I was relieved to ask her to accompany you on the road, how did you meet a thief!" Seeing the letter from Yunqing Palace in the mansion for my father was really scared into a cold sweat! ”

"Worried about my father, it was my daughter's abrupt recklessness, but fortunately the head of Yunqingguan and the disciples rescued me to save it, but poor Su'er's life was affected by me, and every time I think of it, I can't sleep at night after all, and I am panicked."

"Okay, okay, the lady has learned a lesson from this, and the general doesn't have to blame it anymore!"

Mrs. Tao breathed a long sigh of relief and called to the door, "Yilan! ”

As her voice fell, a very delicate and delicate girl walked outside the door, with that cleverness between her eyebrows, and a red hairtie tied next to her temples and a narrow sleeve jacket in pink that made her look even more pretty.

When Mrs. Tao saw her come in, she asked, "Is Cuiwei Garden all cleaned up?" ”

"Mrs. Hui's words are all in place."

This Yilan's voice is as delicate as her appearance.

Mrs. Tao nodded and said, "In the future, let Yilan and Grandma Sun serve you, you go to your pavilion first to see if you still like it, and I don't know what you usually like, I will watch and prepare some clothes and jewelry for you, and if you need anything, call someone to come over and say!" ”

Seeing that no one of them was suspicious, Ye Ying's heart fell halfway.

When she left and walked towards the backyard, the hall spoke.

Huo Junshan asked Huo Yan with a little doubt: "Are you sure it's really Ye Ying?" ”

"Father, rest assured, I have checked it all privately, and the tokens are all right, and I can answer them one by one when I try to talk to her about my childhood. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. ”

Huo Yan lowered his head slightly, and his voice was also low, for fear that others would hear something.

"Yes, Yunqingguan is an authentic family, they are by no means the kind of fanatics who make false promises and steal the day, the general is too worried."

Seeing that he was so suspicious, Mrs. Tao immediately echoed Huo Yan.

"It's not that I'm too careful, Yun Qingguan naturally won't be such a despicable junior, but what if someone has already transferred the contract before he arrives at Yunqing Palace? How can they vouch? When I entered the palace a few days ago, His Majesty mentioned that I knew that I had a daughter who was too young to marry her. She walked all the way from Bingzhou to Beijing for more than a month, and something like this happened halfway, I really can't help but be careful. If someone really pretends to admit it, and after the marriage is given in the coming day, it is found that she is not the daughter of the Huo family, this is the crime of deception. At that time, Long Yan's anger is not something that can be excused by saying 'not knowing'. ”

Huo Junshan's words made the two of them worried.

Mrs. Tao replied with an idea: "This matter is not difficult to do, the ancient law is cloudy, and the blood is dripping to recognize relatives, just find an opportunity for Yilan or Grandma Sun to do it." ”

"No, it's too troublesome. If it is really Ye Ying, she knows that she is suspected of bloodline by her father, how will she be able to hold up her head and be a person in the future, and how will I face her mother under Jiuquan. In fact, there is no need to go through such a big effort, there is a small red mole on Ye Ying's chest, and Madame can find an opportunity to explore it. ”

The sky gradually became overcast, and a gust of wind blew the flowers in the courtyard one after another, and the leaves rustled, and soon lightning and thunder roared, and the wind blew down the flower pots under the porch.

The three people in the main hall were also instantly alarmed by it, and their hearts became nervous, as if God was helping the fake "Ye Ying" to warn him.

Huo Yan was like a frightened bird, thinking that someone was eavesdropping on their conversation, he hurried to the door, looked left and right, and calmed down and said, "It's just that the wind is strong." ”

Although this house uses red walls more, a group of the rich atmosphere of the capital, but a small garden in the corner is a beautiful and elegant white wall tile in the south of the Yangtze River, along the pear blossom-covered stone road, through the winding path to the secluded place, this small garden in the south of the Yangtze River style has an arch to separate it from the compound, and the arch is written with three big characters "Cuiwei Garden".

Walking into Cuiwei Garden, the two wings are arranged on the east and west sides, and in the middle is a two-story embroidery building, although it is not as magnificent as the rest of the house, but the rockery piled up with stones in Taihu Lake becomes cloudy and blue in this rain, which is particularly beautiful.

Yilan went up to the second floor and saw Ye Ying in front of the case, so she said, "Where did the lady just go, tell me to find it!" If the lord and the lady know that I have not served the good lady, I will definitely be punished. ”

"It's me who is not good, I just walked around in the garden, maybe I walked a little faster, you didn't keep up and got separated, I didn't see you, I came back by myself, I want to write a letter to Yunqing Palace, you go get some paper, and this paper cutter is also a little paused, take a new one!"

Before her words fell, Huo Yan walked in, still with that doting look and said, "How is it?" Are you satisfied with this garden? Your father returned victorious, Your Majesty specially appreciated this house, I heard that it is the old residence of the former Dynasty Xiangguo, Mrs. saw that the secluded scenery here is a little interesting, as soon as she knew that you were going to come back, she hurriedly asked someone to clean up this place. ”

"Madame treats me as her own, this courtyard is clean and elegant, thank you Madame for taking the trouble to arrange it."

Ye Ying said and came to sit in front of the desk, and picked up the tea cup on the desk.

Huo Yan replied with a little jealousy: "Hey, I picked you up all the way, why didn't I hear you say thank you?" ”

"Oh? How do you want me to thank you? ”

At this time, Yilan brought paper and paper cutting knives, Ye Ying had an idea, she deliberately said: "It's better to send the Buddha to the west, you help me cut paper, and I'll invite you to drink in a few days!" ”

Ye Ying was not carried away by the kindness or gentleness of the people in this mansion.

Sure enough, as she expected in advance, this General Huo really still had doubts about her identity.

Huo Yan was good at talking, so she helped her cut paper, she looked at the paper cutter and deliberately asked: "I, am I not the daughter of the Huo family at all!" ”

Huo Yan stopped, he was a little overwhelmed by this sudden question.

He replied, "How so?" What nonsense are you kidding! ”

"But that's the case! I don't think I look very much like you and my father, and if I am my own child, why did my father leave me in Bingzhou, and I will be gone for more than ten years! ”

"My father is fighting in Yandi, so I can't bring my daughter! You're so small, what if something happens! ”

Huo Yan's words became a little harsh, "You have to be considerate of your father, if it weren't for the peace of the border, who would want to be separated from his wife and children?" Hurry up and write to the boss to inform him that we have arrived home safely, so as not to worry about his old man! ”

Seeing that he was asked by himself suddenly, Ye Ying could also see the flicker in his eyes, and knew exactly what to do next.