Xu Yunhe touched his head and smiled stupidly.

"Ah, the sun is about to set!" Ye Huanyan turned his head to look at the bottom of the mountain and jumped up in surprise.

"Yes, I didn't expect the day to end so soon. Xu Yunhe looked at the sunset under the mountain and said with some sadness.

He knew that as soon as it got dark, he would have to go back. And this elf-like girl in front of her also has her home to go back to. The tremor that has never been there before, but at this moment, it turned into parting in an instant.

"I ...... It's time for me to go!" Ye Huanyan glanced at Xu Yunhe with some reluctance, but still said goodbye.

"I ...... I'll take you home! It's getting dark, and it's not safe for you to walk at night as a girl. Xu Yunhe stammered.

"No need! my home is very close to here, I lied to those two big villains, so I'm not so miserable!" Ye Huanyan showed that kind of wise smile again, waved his hand at Xu Yunhe, turned around and left, "No need, I, I'm not as weak as you think!"

"I understand...... Understood......" Xu Yunhe looked at Ye Huanyan's slender body getting smaller and smaller in his sight, and muttered, "I understand, a woman like you, I will never be able to see through it......"

"Hey, Brother He, I'll go to see you next month on the twelve!" Already halfway up the mountain, Ye Huanyan suddenly stopped and turned to look at the top of the mountain, and shouted loudly.

"Okay, but you can't get into the Falling Stone Valley, I'd better pick you up!" Xu Yunhe was overjoyed and thought of a very strict question again, and shouted at the bottom of the mountain with all his strength.

"No need! I have my own way! When the time comes, I will definitely arrive!" Ye Huan smiled, and the laughter like silver bells sprinkled all over the mountain road, and soon disappeared into the distance.

She ...... Just left......" Xu Yunhe stood on the top of the mountain in a daze, looking at the direction that had long been lost in the distance, stunned.

In the fifteen years of life, Xu Yunhe has experienced the ups and downs of life, and when he was a child, he had already tasted the most painful suffering in the world. After more than ten years of wind and rain, his mind has already been sharpened to be tenacious, but he didn't expect that here, this girl who has only met once, known for less than a day, and knows nothing except her name, is actually so light, leaving a deep imprint deep into her soul in her ancient heart.

Sadness, joy, sweetness, and bitterness don't seem to be, but they all seem to be. For more than ten years, Xu Yunhe has never discovered that such complex emotions can arise in people's hearts. The heart lake that has been calm for fifteen years was broken into by that elf-like girl, and there were ripples in circles for a long time.

It is sweet or sour, happy or sad, loss mixed with hope, but hope is mixed with a trace of inexplicable sourness and unease. All kinds of emotions are mixed together, and the only thing Xu Yunhe can clearly feel is his own heart, which beats rapidly.

Fifteen years old is not too young in this era. Most of the men in ordinary peasant families are married at this age. And the men of the big family, although there are few marriages at this time, they will also have a few concubines. In the era of "unfilial piety is the greatest", early marriage and early birth of children, and early inheritance of the family's incense are the top priorities.

It's just Xu Yunhe, but he doesn't belong to it.

He left his family when he was three years old, and for more than ten years he lived in the mountains and lived with Su Liusha. I have been bullied for more than ten years, and my heart is full of only anger and sadness, how can I ever think about the love between men and women?

And today, on an accidental day and in an accidental place, this woman named Ye Huanyan was so lightly branded with an indelible mark on his heart that had been closed for more than ten years. The complicated feelings brought by Xu Yunhe made Xu Yunhe's heart flustered, and there was some faint uneasiness.

It's just that Xu Yunhe can feel it, and he likes this feeling.

At this moment, Xu Yunhe, who tasted love for the first time, was really a little confused.

As the sun sets, the night opens up and envelops the land. When the night was already dark, Xu Yunhe finally walked to the Valley of Falling Rocks and walked to the gate of Xu's house.

There are still more than ten meters away from the gate, and as soon as I saw Xu Yunhe appear, someone suddenly walked over to Xu Yunhe in a hurry at the door, and his steps were hurried, and he seemed to be in a hurry.

"Sixth Prince, you can be regarded as back!" The person who came walked not far in front of Xu Yunhe and shouted loudly, as if he had been waiting for Xu Yunhe for a long time.

"What's the matter?" Xu Yunhe raised his head and glanced at him, he recognized that this was the person next to Xu Guofan, called Xu Guobing.

Xu Guobing lowered his head and said respectfully: "The sixth son, the head of the family, has been waiting in the back hall for a long time. ”

"Oh, take me there. Xu Yunhe nodded without surprise, before he came back, he had already thought that Xu Guofan would definitely come to find him.

There was nothing to say all the way, Xu Guobing led Xu Yunhe to the back hall, and Xu Guofan was really waiting inside. There was nothing strange about it, but there was another person in the room.

This person is slightly longer than Xu Guofan, with white skin, white and chubby, and at a glance he looks like a kind and wealthy man. Hearing Xu Guobing's announcement outside the door, he turned to look at Xu Yunhe, who was silent outside the door, nodded slightly, and smiled kindly at Xu Yunhe.

Xu Yunhe didn't remember that there was such a person in the Xu family, and he didn't understand why Xu Guofan wanted to pull this person up, but now that he had seen Xu Guofan, the number of courtesies he should have was still indispensable, Xu Yunhe stepped into the threshold, took a breath, and bowed his head to Xu Guofan: "Yunhe has seen the head of the family!"

"Yunhe! You can be regarded as back! Shopkeeper Hao, but I've been waiting for you for more than half an hour!" Xu Guofan stepped forward and grabbed Xu Yunhe's arm that had not yet been lowered, turned his head to look at the middle-aged man who was smiling and silent, and said with a smile.

"Shopkeeper Hao?" Xu Yunhe looked at the other party suspiciously.

"Little Brother Yunhe, in the next businessman, the little brother may not know me. But for you, little brother, I have admired you for a long time!" The man was not angry when he heard this, and looked at Xu Yunhe's face, still smiling.

Xu Yunhe was even more puzzled in his heart, and listened to his tone, what does this mean by this Xu Guofan? Why did he bring a businessman to meet him? And looking at Xu Guofan's appearance, since he was still very polite to this businessman. This is even more bizarre......

Looking at Xu Yunhe's puzzled face, the man who was called the shopkeeper Hao by Xu Guofan took the initiative to explain with a smile: "I have heard the name of the little brother for a long time, and Hao Dongfeng, the big shopkeeper in the Lower Baihualou, meet for the first time, don't be presumptuous!"

"Baihualou?" Xu Yunhe's eyes flashed sharply, and he turned his head to look at Xu Guofan, but saw that the other party's expression was as usual, obviously he already knew the identity of the other party.

"Shopkeeper Hao, is this here to ask the master in Xia Xing?" Xu Yunhe's tone lost his initial politeness, and he said coldly.

"Yunhe, don't be rude!" Hao Dongfeng hadn't spoken yet, Xu Guofan had already reprimanded with a straight face.

Xu Yunhe's face did not change, and he looked at Xu Guofan's face and did not look good.

"No, no, no, little brother, you really misunderstood! That Sun Fugui is indeed a person from my Baihualou, but to put it mildly, he is just a dog in our Baihualou. The little brother killed him today, and it happened to mention that our Baihualou cleaned up the portal, I am grateful little brother, you are too late, where can you talk about Xingshi asking for guilt?" Hao Dongfeng chuckled and shook his head, the smile on his face was extremely sincere.

"Yunhe, how can you talk to Shopkeeper Hao?" Xu Guofan scolded again, and began to reprimand Xu Yunhe again with a straight face, "We all know the good things you did outside! Fortunately, Shopkeeper Hao has a lot of people who don't care about you, otherwise, hum! I can't spare you first!"

That Sun Fugui has been doing a lot of evil outside, ruining the reputation of our Baihualou. I've wanted to clean up the portal for a long time, but I haven't done it because of the situation. Now that my little brother has done me a favor, how can I say that? Alas, it's over!"

Xu Yunhe watched the two of them sing and perform in harmony, and he could hear that although Xu Guofan changed his previous enthusiasm for himself and reprimanded himself with a straight face, there was no coldness in his eyes. And this Hao Dongfeng, who doesn't know where it came from, although people can't hear whether he is saying the right thing or the other thing he says, there is a sharp edge hidden in his words, but he doesn't have any hatred for himself. The two of them sang and harmonized, and they cooperated very tacitly, but they didn't know what kind of dumb riddle these two people were playing.

"Okay, Xu Yuanwai! It's not early this day, and after so much trouble today, it's time to leave!" The two talked back and forth for a long time, and Hao Dongfeng finally gave up.

"Shopkeeper Hao is a rare guest, he finally came to the cold house once, why is he leaving so soon? No, no, no! It's not early, so don't leave again! Our Xu family doesn't have anything else, but there are still a few guest rooms! Guo Bing! Spread the word! Prepare an upper room immediately to entertain Hao Shopkeeper!" Xu Guofan grabbed Hao Dongfeng's arm and ordered Xu Guobing, who had been waiting outside the door.

"Xu Yuanwai is too polite! It's too late today, and Hao still has a little family matter to deal with in the city, and he really can't keep it! He has time to come to the door again to bother him! Today, I'm really sorry!" Hao Dongfeng clenched his fists and refused Xu Guofan's enthusiastic retention.

Hao Dongfeng had already made up his mind, and Xu Guofan couldn't keep him anymore, so he had to send him to the door.

Walking to the door, Hao Dongfeng stopped, turned to Xu Yunhe, who was a little stunned, and smiled mysteriously, and said: "Little brother! Thank you for today's events! However, young man, it is better to act steadily in the future!

Leaving these words that made Xu Yunhe puzzled, Hao Dongfeng didn't say much, arched his hand at Xu Guofan, and turned to leave. And Xu Guofan also followed him out, and before leaving, he also looked at Xu Yunhe with strange eyes.

What's going on? He killed his subordinates, why did he still say thank you to himself? Even if he was forced by the power of the Xu family, he didn't need to say that, right? And what was even more strange was that Xu Guofan was so polite to Hao Dongfeng that he could be regarded as a guest. What's wrong with this world? Why is it so upside down that people can't understand it?

Xu Yunhe had one big question mark after another in his heart, both of them left, and even Xu Guobing, who had been waiting outside the door, followed, leaving Xu Yunhe alone, but he was still standing here. He knew that Xu Guofan, who was abnormal today, would come back to give himself an explanation.

So, here he waits.

Sure enough, soon, Xu Guofan came back. He was the only one, and even Xu Guobing didn't follow.

Xu Guofan walked into the house and didn't feel strange to see Xu Yunhe still standing there. He pointed to a chair next to him and said, "Yunhe, sit down!"

Xu Yunhe nodded, sat down without excuses. It's just that a pair of eyes are still looking at Xu Guofan, obviously waiting for his explanation.

Xu Guofan obviously understood what Xu Yunhe meant, he didn't sit down, just sighed, and said to Xu Yunhe: "Yunhe, I know, you must have a lot of questions in your heart, right?"

Xu Yunhe nodded, this is simply nonsense.

"I already know what happened today. To be honest, Yunhe, what you did today is really a bit inappropriate!" Xu Guofan smiled bitterly.

"Why?" Xu Yunhe asked rhetorically, "That Baihualou has done a lot of evil and forced good people to become prostitutes, why is it inappropriate? Moreover, that Baihualou is just a brothel, the head of the family, are you still afraid of him?"

Listening to Xu Yunhe's unceremonious questioning in his tone, Xu Guofan was not angry, but still smiled bitterly: "Yunhe, it seems that you are really too young." Where is this as simple as you think?"

"What's wrong with this? I saw it today, your attitude towards that Hao Dongfeng is very problematic, it seems that that Baihualou is not just as simple as a brothel, right? His *, it must be very deep, right? can let you, the head of the family, treat each other politely, what is going on with ordinary little people?" Xu Yunhe's tone was mixed with ridicule, very unpolite.

"You're right, that Baihualou is indeed not just a small brothel. If it's just a brothel, even if it's rich and rivals the country, what can I do?" Xu Guofan's tone revealed a sense of arrogance, but in an instant, his tone lowered, "It's a pity, Baihualou is far from as simple as you think." ”

"Then what is it? Could it be that the property of a great family is not successful?" Xu Yunhe asked rhetorically. However, he didn't believe his speculation, the six great families belonged to one, and there was a strict division of spheres of influence between them. Yuancheng is just a place that belongs to the Xu family, and no big family will come here to intervene. can coexist for hundreds of years, and there has long been a tacit relationship between several major families.

"You really live up to the name of genius, you guessed right, that Baihualou is indeed an amazing big man. Unexpectedly, Xu Guofan really nodded, confirming Xu Yunhe's ridiculous guess.

"How is it possible? Which family is it?" Xu Yunhe was surprised. And even if this is really the case, Xu Guofan is the head of the Xu family's branch, even if it is really the property of a big family, there is no need to treat a Hao Dongfeng like this, right?

"They do have a big* family, but not the big families you think they are. If you really want to say that, the person behind him is surnamed Ye. Xu Guofan shook his head and said calmly.

"The surname is Ye?" Xu Yunhe frowned. Somehow, hearing the word "Ye", Ye Huanyan's beautiful face suddenly appeared in Xu Yunhe's heart. Although until now, he only knew one name of the other party. But in his heart, there was a faint panic. It seemed that intuitively, he had sensed that behind the woman with an elf-like smile, there was a deeper secret.

"It's royalty, but it has nothing to do with the current emperor. Well, let me tell you straight, remember, don't spread the word. Xu Guofan pondered for a moment, lowered his voice and said to Xu Yunhe, "The person behind the Hundred Flowers Tower is my Chaozhen South King - Ye Longcheng!"

"Original...... It's really royal......" Xu Yunhe's heart trembled, and somehow, in his heart, he faintly felt like he had lost something.

"That Baihualou is the property of the king of Zhennan, and this matter is also the last family head when he was in me, and he personally told me. King Zhennan is powerful and a little narrow-minded, maybe the people of his family can not be afraid of him, but the children of branches like us are far from qualified. In this Yuan City, we can not be afraid of the government, but we can still avoid the people of the King of Zhennan. That's why I said, there's something wrong with what you've done today. ”

Saying that, Xu Guofan was afraid that his words would be too heavy, which would make Xu Yunhe's heart unhappy, and added, "I am also to blame for this, before you leave, I should have told you about this taboo, those who don't know are not guilty, in the final analysis, this matter is still a disaster caused by my inconsiderate thinking! But don't take it to heart, the people of the king of Zhennan can't be provoked, but that Sun Fugui is just an errand runner, kill it, they don't dare to do anything." It's just that if you meet them in the future, you should avoid them. ”

Xu Yunhe was silent, and after a while, he suddenly asked, "I understand, but what did he mean by what he said when he left at the end, and why did he thank me?"

Xu Guofan was stunned for a moment, then showed a trace of disdain on his face, and said lightly: "I heard that Sun Fugui and Hao Dongfeng have always been at odds, but some of Sun Fugui's relatives can speak in front of King Zhennan, so they have been peaceful." Now that you have killed Sun Fugui, it is equivalent to helping Hao Dongfeng get rid of a thorn in his eye. He was actually very happy in his heart, otherwise, this matter would not have ended so easily. ”

Xu Yunhe nodded silently, arched his hand to Xu Guofan, and turned to leave.

"Yunhe, if you know lust, you will admire Shaoai, and young people will inevitably be greedy for beauty. But you have to understand that in this world, there are many things that are more important than beauty!" Watching Xu Yunhe go out, Xu Guofan suddenly said behind his back.

Xu Yunhe paused, did not answer, and continued to walk forward.