The long-term workers sent by the eldest grandson's family to collect rent in Chu have just returned in the past few days, pulling three carriages large and small, and in addition to the rent book, they have also purchased countless treasures along the way. I think that in a few days, these things will enter the shops of Ruoshui, and they will be worth a lot of money, and they should make a lot of money.

The eldest grandson Yue specially picked two pots of wine and sent them to the Yanshan Courtyard, and gave them a pair of calligraphy and paintings. Su Yan looked at the scene for a long time, and was stunned that he didn't see the value, so he gave it to the Buddha as a favor. I heard that Leshengtang was closed for three days, and Jinyun City was enthusiastically tinkering with those flowers and plants that were about to freeze to death in his yard, and he thought that he should need a few glasses of wine to warm his body. So he took the wine and ran to the hedge.

There was no one all the way, quietly like being in a fairyland, only the sound of Su Yan's feet stepping on the fallen leaves.

The fence was getting closer and closer, but she slowed down, looking at the place where only half of the eaves were exposed in the gray courtyard wall, she suddenly remembered the warning of Zuo Qing and Xilou in her heart.

They said...... Jinyun City is not simple!

What's not so easy?

Su Yan patted his frozen face, no longer hesitated, and immediately entered through the moon gate.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Jinyun City under the eaves, wrapped in heavy hair, lying on a rocking chair, holding a strange-looking stove in her hand, the cold wind blew, and the powdery carbon ash drilled out of the gap in the lid, swirled around her, and then flew up the eaves with the wind and disappeared without a trace. Seeing Su Yan's visit, Jinyun City was not much surprised, but after seeing the pattern on the wine jug, he stood up happily and said: "If you don't look away, this should be a unique lychee wine in Jiangnan, even if you look at the entire Rong country, I am afraid that you will not be able to find it!" ”

Su Yan strode over, lay down on her rocking chair, opened the cork, and couldn't help but squint her eyes when she smelled the wine: "I haven't worked in vain to make you like it so much, but it's a pity that there are only two pots of wine left, and now you will have one less sip when you drink it, you hurry up and find the right wine cup, let's drink it today!" ”

The two of them sat in the courtyard, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, and in a blink of an eye, a pot was empty. Xu is sense of wine, Jin Yuncheng sighed a little: "I remember that three years ago, I stayed in Chucheng for half a year, and I always drank lychee wine. Later, when he returned to Rongguo, he could not be found again. Her eyes fell on the blue and white screens lined up in front of her, and she muttered something in her mouth, Su Yan pricked up her ears and didn't hear clearly, so she had no choice but to put down the wine cup and ask her, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Jin Yuncheng came back to his senses and smiled at her shallowly, "It's just that I accidentally remembered an old man, and I was a little tired." ”

"The deceased? The old man of the Chu State? ”

"It's just a former sister, but now it's estranged. Ah Yan, do you have a sister worth protecting with your life? ”

"Sisters?" Su Yan was fascinated by it, and suddenly burst out laughing, "Sister, when I was in Kuaifeng Town, there was one person, although he was a man, he was also better than a woman, this person was only submissive and vulnerable, everyone called him a fart!" ”

Jin Yuncheng has seen many men, but he has never seen the person described by Su Yan, so he is naturally suspicious. Su Yan explained: "There are no wonders in the world, when we are all free, I will take you to meet him, tsk, but it is rare in the world!" As she was talking, she suddenly noticed a purple vine popping up from the flower stand next to her, which happened to hang on the corner of her clothes. Su Yan looked at this flower familiarly, folded it for a while, and took a closer look, only to recognize that it was a kind of flower in Kuaifeng Town, named 'Jiang Hanke'. She remembered that this kind of flower was extremely harsh on the growing environment, and generally only grew in the moist and fertile southern land, but she didn't expect it to survive in Rongguo! Su Yan put the flower in front of his eyes, the light of the cold sun passed through the petals, and there was still dew in the stamens, like a beautiful woman crying. She looked at the flowers and recalled: "The yard of the fart worm is also full of this kind of flower vine, and it has a nice nickname, called 'Jiang Hanke'." I think that in order to please the little lady, his father planted the yard full of Jiang Hanke, but before the little lady came to appreciate, he was harmed by his son who was a fart, and his father still doesn't know that his son picked all Jiang Hanke to please me! A few days later, the little lady married someone else, and my father cried a lot, and now I want to come ......"

Jin Yuncheng was relieved: "You don't need to blame yourself, sigh only that fate has not arrived."

Su Yan shrugged, but the wind was light: "Now that I think about it, it was his father who did his own wrongdoing, who let him go against my family everywhere, such wicked people have their own harvest!" The sudden change caught Jinyun City off guard, she looked at Su Yan, wanted to laugh, but was afraid that she would not be kind. endured it and endured it, and finally fell short after Su Yan made a grimace.

While the two were talking and laughing, the wine jug in their hands saw the bottom again. Jin Yuncheng shook the wine jug regretfully and threw it into the flowers.

"Do you know that Jiang Hanke also has another name in Rongguo, it is called 'late spring', it was brought back by Lord Liang Luan when he went down to the south of the Yangtze River, it was planted in the palace at first, and then somehow the whole Ruoshui was everywhere, and it is not unusual." Jin Yuncheng's delicate lips opened slightly, and he suddenly sighed, "At the end of spring, it used to be her favorite flower..."

Su Yan hugged the stove, and her mood became sad, but she didn't know whether it was Jinyuncheng or herself who was sad.

The trip was really sad, and Su Yan regained his spirits and prepared to go to Shuyoutang. When I walked to Merlin, I saw a person standing outside the door in the distance, and the students behind him looked at it as if they were watching a play. Eldest Sun Yue and Jin Qi looked anxious, and when they saw Mr. Su coming back, they rushed over.

"Mr. Su, hurry back, Eldest Sun Xi is here!" Jin Qi was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and pushed Su Yan away as he spoke.

Eldest Sun Yue's small face was so frightened that he added tremblingly: "She has been restless since she transferred to Lesheng Hall, and she relies on Mr. Jin to suppress her on weekdays, but today the school is closed, and she has the opportunity to come over to make things difficult!" ”

"Difficult?" Su Yan smiled coldly, "With her? You also look down on me, District Mayor Sun Xi, this is Kyoto Academy, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, look at how scared you are! ”

A few people were talking, and Changsun Xi was already coming over this way. The rest of the students didn't dare to join in the fun, so they piled up inside the door and stuck their heads out to watch.

"Mr. Su, where are you coming from?" Changsun Xi looked sinister, as if he was talking about it, and it seemed that he was paving the way for her next conspiracy.

Su Yan thought of Xuan Yunxuan's case at this time, he was a participant in this case, and Changsun Xi must have hated her in his heart.

Su Yan had the idea of retreating, thinking that more things were better than less, so he said to her: "Fence, I sent two pots of wine." ”

"Mr. Jin?" Eldest Sun Xi said coldly, "First the master in charge and the master in charge, and then Mr. Jin, cousin, you are really good at pleasing people!" If you want to stammer Mr. Jin, you shouldn't step on two boats, and think about seducing your cousin again! ”

"I see that you are young, and for the sake of you and me, it is not good to speak out, but today you are so pressing, I don't have to keep any affection!" Su Yan saw that she tore her face, and she didn't want to back down anymore, "General Yan is the eldest son of the singer, although he has resigned, but the people in Kyoto and the temple are still willing to call him a general, which shows the prestige and weight of the general!" Now that the general has not yet married, all the noble families are interested in him, and I heard that several Kyoto noble families have gone to propose marriage. And you have had a marriage contract with the Mo family since you were a child, and your girl's family should avoid suspicion everywhere, not only for your cousin's future, but also for your own reputation, but you always pay attention to it, and don't even allow anyone to approach him, is it too excessive? ”

When Changsun Xi heard this, he suddenly became angry, and he couldn't help but defend in a panic: "My cousin is my sibling, of course I have to defend him, but I can't let some sluts ruin the lintel of the singer family and the eldest grandson's family!" Mr. Su, don't you say? ”

The smile on Su Yan's face instantly froze, and the sparks burned inch by inch, "This is the eldest grandson educated by the eldest grandson family, it seems that the family style of the eldest grandson family needs to be verified!" ”

"A mouth full of feces! You're just a wild girl from the countryside, an inferior person! What qualifications do you have to evaluate my eldest grandson's family! ”

"Wild girl, inferior?" Su Yan glanced at it coldly, "Let me ask Miss Eldest Sun, what is an inferior person and what is a superior person?" ”

"Naturally, it is a rural woman like you, who is incompetent and inactive, but Tian shamelessly deceived the lord in charge, and you know how many catties and taels you have in your heart. Only if the major families of Ruoshui, the royal relatives and nobles, can they be called 'superior people', which column do you belong to, don't you need me to emphasize? After that, Changsun Xi looked around and found the curious eyes of the onlookers who were hiding in the shadows, and couldn't help but be proud.

Su Yan suddenly burst into laughter, and finally held back: "There are all living beings in the world, Shinong, industrialists and industrialists, each performing their duties, how can they say that they are high and low?" Your Majesty has always regarded the people, merchants and peasants as a family, but you want to go the other way and ignore the ideas that Rong Guo and Your Majesty have adhered to for decades! ”

This clever mouth scolded the eldest Sun Xi so that her face turned pale, but she still did not repent, and she was dying: "What Your Majesty said is that you are talking about a cultured person, not a rough woman like you!" ”

Su Yan didn't bother to entangle with her anymore, waved his hand and said, "That's it, you can't make sense, why should I tell you again." Tell me, what are you doing here? ”

Changsun Xi smiled secretly in his heart: This was sent by you yourself! After thinking about it, he cleaned up his panic, glanced at the students around him, and finally returned his gaze to Su Yan, "Recently, I was too peaceful there, and I was feeling bored, and I suddenly found a big interesting thing!" ”

Su Yan sneered: "You don't want to say that it has something to do with me, right?" ”

Changsun Xi picked the corner of his mouth and smiled coldly and said, "Actually, I don't bother to take care of this matter, but the academy has a rule that the crime of theft must be expelled!" ”

"I stole something, you mean?"

"If you don't know, you can't do it unless you do."

Everyone gasped and began to talk to each other at an alarming rate, saying not good things, of course.

"You, you are slandering, what kind of person is sir, how can you steal!" The eldest grandson Yue was kind-hearted, but he was also extremely afraid of the darling of the eldest grandson's family, so much so that the reprimand was trembling.

"Slander?" Changsun Xi smirked, "I have evidence." ”

"Then you should take out the evidence, I think you have evidence and perjury!"

The eldest grandson Xi glanced at her proudly, and really went to get something in his sleeve. Eldest Sun Yue suddenly ran out of ideas and regretted it.

"This is the Yanyu ring of the eldest grandson's family, a rare treasure given by the first emperor, it disappeared many years ago, but it appeared on Mr. Su's body for some reason?" The crowd suddenly boiled, and Changsun Xi looked at Su Yan, lifted the ring in his palm, and motioned for her to explain.

The eldest grandson looked at Su Yan worriedly, and he didn't know how to help her for a while.

Su Yan looked at her with interest, remembering that after she snatched the Yanyu ring from her a long time ago, it seemed that there had been no movement, and at that time she thought that she had given up after confirming the cause and effect to Yan Zhen, but now it seems that this is waiting for the opportunity, waiting for Yan Zhen to come and make trouble when he is not in Ruoshui!

Su Yan asked indifferently: "I remember telling you at the time that this Yanyu Ring was given by Yanzhen, did you not check it, or did you not believe it at all?" In this case, you might as well report to the official, and the person who should be invited will be invited, and we will testify again. ”

"Why should a scandal be publicized everywhere, but it will lose the face of the academy! I have already reported to the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister intended to let the general come forward, but unfortunately he is not in Kyoto these days. "Pity? I think it's not easy! Su Yan was disdainful in his heart, and continued to listen to her make it up, "Think about it, such ugly things should be handled by my eldest grandson's family." If Mr. Su has a clear conscience, can he have the courage to go to the ancestral hall of the eldest grandson with me to confront him? ”

The eldest grandson's rounded eyes widened, and his flower-like face suddenly withered. Secretly grabbed Su Yan's sleeve and whispered: "Sir, that's Longtan Tiger's Den, if you go, you can't tell even if you have ten mouths!" ”

Su Yan sneered disdainfully, "The world is not the world of his eldest grandson, let it be the Longtan Tiger's Den, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, I still don't believe in the sky!" ”

Changsun Xi's carriage was in front, and there was a column of hardcover family members following behind, it seemed that he was prepared!

Walking outside a quaint courtyard wall, looking at the wooden door that had fallen into disrepair, Su Yan couldn't help but have doubts in her heart, "This is not the ancestral hall of the eldest grandson family," she turned her head to look at the eldest grandson Xi with a gloomy face for a moment, and suddenly understood, "What do you want to do, take revenge, or kill people with a knife?" ”

Eldest Sun Xi showed a hint of cunning and smiled in a low voice, "Please Mr. Su see someone, don't panic." ”

"Who?"

"Mr. Sue." A middle-aged maid suddenly appeared in the door and greeted her with a smile, "Tea has been prepared, my princess is invited." ”

Princess? Which princess can the eldest grandson Xi invite? Could it be... The eldest grandson Pingle!

A buzzing sound instantly came from Su Yan's brain. The wind is cold, and the sky is pale. Su Yan raised his face and looked at the sky, and sighed in despair.

It's time to come or it's all here!

The man was a little older and bloated than he had been ten years ago, but he exuded an awe-inspiring temperament in his bones. This is something that only a big family can have, and a small person like Su Yan, who grew up in the market, can't be cultivated no matter what.

And the princess who is high up only needs this kind of aura is enough.

The princess is really as gentle and approachable as rumored, compassionate and heartfelt, and she speaks slowly, as if she is chanting.

The eldest grandson Ping was happy to see Su Yan coming, and drank the tea unhurriedly, before getting up and walking towards her, holding the Buddha beads in his hand, which matched the cyan collared Luo skirt very well.

"Mr. Su's maiden name is Su Yan?"

Su Yan reluctantly knelt down and saluted, honoring the title of princess.

The eldest grandson Pingle did not let her get up, and continued to say with a kind face: "I study Buddhism all day long, and I never care about things outside the palace, not to mention that the academy has nothing to do with me and should not be taken care of by me, but when it comes to my son, I have to take care of it." Mr. Su, you shouldn't have dragged Yanzhen into the water in order to get away with it! ”

"It's nothing! Princess Mingjian, this thing is said to have been missing for many years, but I am from Chu State, and I only came to Rongguo, how can I steal it? ”

The eldest grandson Xi stood beside the princess and said to her condescendingly: "Stealing is righteous and stern, Mr. Su is really a good example of a student!" She immediately turned around and saluted respectfully to the princess, "The princess will definitely punish Su Yan well to set an example!" ”

If he is really heinous, how happy it would be to denounce him so loudly, but Changsun Xi is clearly a communiqué personal vendetta, and Changsun Pingle will not be blind to such a state, the only possibility is that he can't escape the person who clears the obstacle she thinks is for her son, and this obstacle is currently alone. blamed himself for moving around too much with Yanzhen and behaving too closely, so that the princess would misunderstand and let the eldest grandson Xi take advantage of it.

Su Yan looked up and saw that the entire wall on the north side of the middle hall was covered with Buddhist scriptures, and the offering table was filled with smoke and smoke, and the three of them were surrounded by it. At this point, it's ironic.

The eldest grandson Pingle still smiled gently: "Let's not mention the theft for the time being, let's talk about Mr. Su's behavior on weekdays." When you first arrived in Ruoshui, you lingered in the Qinglou, and that's it, at first you came with Zuo Qing, and the students said: Mr. Su is Zuo Qing's beloved, but in a blink of an eye, you are ambiguous with the West Building. It's common to divide and merge in love, but what about my son? Mr. Su, don't tell me that it's because Xi'er had a holiday with you that he framed you. There is no wind and no waves, and this wind and waves have blown to the palace! ”

Su Yan smiled bitterly, do you still have to explain this matter by yourself? It's nothing more than a design framed by someone with a heart, who this person with a heart is, obvious! Although I thought so in my heart, I still had to be respectful, and said: "I heard that the princess lived in a simple place, but I didn't expect to be interested in these stories, but ...... Since it is a story, it naturally cannot be taken seriously. I have more interesting anecdotes here, would the princess be interested in hearing about them? ”

"The story? Do you think those are slander? ”

"Slander can't be talked about, but it's adulterated after all."

"Which ones are true and which ones are false?"

"It is true to respect Zuo Qing, but it stops at admiration, and it is also true that you have like-minded interests with General Yan, but it stops at heartfelt friendship!"

The eldest grandson Pingle couldn't cry or laugh, what kind of quibble is this, is it difficult to erect a chastity monument for her! Su Yan caught her contemptuous look and hurriedly added: "If the princess wants to question Yan Yujie, it is better to invite General Yan, and everything will be solved." If it's because of some gossip, it's not worth it for you to come in person. ”

When Changsun Xi heard this, he was afraid and angry: "Auntie, don't listen to her nonsense, it's obvious that she has a weak heart, and she still wants to deceive people at this time, it's intolerable!" ”

The princess knew that the eldest grandson Xi was too self-conscious, and if she really did something out of the ordinary, it was unknown to slander Mr. But at the moment of the enemy and me, how can there be any reason to protect others, not to mention, Yan Zhen really likes this Su Yan, if she doesn't stifle it, no matter what kind of attitude Su Yan has towards Yan Zhen, the consequences are not what she wants to see.

The eldest grandson Pingle adjusted his expression, and pretended to regret it: "The thief who stole the Yanyu Ring back then had a different appearance from you, it shouldn't be you, but this thing was really found from you, if you explain the reason, I may be able to open the net." ”

"The princess still invites General Yan to come and listen to his explanation." Su Yan still refused to budge.

"The Yanyu ring is a thing enshrined in the ancestral hall of the eldest grandson, there is a special person to guard it, on the day it was stolen, my son was far away in the army, and it could only be done by the thieves in the rivers and lakes, as for what you have to do with the thief, I still have to check it carefully. My son is young and ignorant, and I have a very good relationship with you, and it is understandable to excuse you, but you should not distinguish between right and wrong, this is not what a teacher should do. The princess's words were pressing, but she did not back down.

Su Yan said unhurriedly: "Princess Mingjian, this matter is too strange, and it involves the eldest grandson's family and the academy, if you want to understand fairly, it is better to go to the criminal department." ”

When Changsun Xi heard that he was going to the Criminal Department, he hurriedly put pressure on her: "What do you have to justify?" If you confess your sin, I can beg the princess with kindness, and you will just leave the academy. ”

"Don't worry about the eldest grandson, I am willing to go to the criminal department to confront you, the merits of the matter, I have my own decision!"

Seeing that he was so firm, Changsun Xi didn't know how to deal with it, so he hurriedly asked his aunt. The eldest grandson Pingle smiled and put away the Dao Buddha beads in his hand, helped Su Yan up, and said kindly: "Actually, it is a happy event that the things given by the first emperor were lost and recovered, there is no need to get to the bottom of it, think about it, the thief was obtained by my son by chance after changing hands to the Yanyu ring, and then gave it to Mr. Su It is not known." My son grew up in a singer's house, and he didn't know much about the Yanyu ring, and he didn't have the opportunity to see the real thing, just as a fun object. If I really went to the Criminal Department, my son would still be able to tell, but Mr. Su... You were famous for solving the case before, and you were known for a beautiful conversation with the West Building, if you go to the court and find out the cause and effect of Yan Yujie, how can you explain it clearly with me? Mr. Su is very intelligent, you should know the pros and cons, and I am also thinking about your reputation. ”

"My cousin is a noble person, how can I be involved with a woman like you, if you have self-knowledge, you should know the difficulty and retreat!" Changsun Xi's words hit the nail on the head, and Changsun Pingle talked a lot of nonsense, which was not as pleasant as her simple and rude words. Su Yan was melancholy in his heart, as soon as these two sang and harmonized, they were almost put on the stage, and they were hit on both sides, which was almost fatal!

"I understand the meaning of the princess's words, don't worry, I have never thought anything wrong about the general," he said, and made a gesture to the princess, "I also blame me for coming from a small place, and I don't know the cumbersome rules of Kyoto, but I only know that when I meet like-minded people, I have to talk a lot so that this friendship will not fade." Thanks to the princess's timely awakening, I didn't make a mistake in the future, and I don't know what the mistake was. ”

Eldest Sun Pingle didn't expect her to say this, and he didn't react for a while, until Eldest Sun Xi cursed and said slowly: "Good boy, you are a smart person." That being the case, I will say no more. ”

After that, he called the slave and asked Su Yan to leave.

As soon as Su Yan left, the eldest grandson Xi immediately attacked: "Auntie, Su Yan stole the imperial gift of the first emperor enshrined in the ancestral hall, this is a big disrespect, why did you let her go?" If she goes out and talks nonsense, won't she hurt the eldest grandson's family! ”

The eldest grandson Pingle threw the Buddha beads angrily and scolded angrily: "I don't know the height of the sky, the girl is thick, you don't know if Su Yan has stolen it?" Do you know the consequences of deceiving me for your own selfish gain? You're so simmered in lard that you almost made a heinous mistake! ”

"What's wrong, I'm also doing this for my cousin's good, even if she didn't steal it, it was also to deceive her cousin, she wanted to grab the handle of Yan Yujie so that she could stick to her cousin." Changsun Xi is a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, and gritted his teeth to reason.

"If she insists on going to the Criminal Department to ask for an explanation, what should you do, and how should I deal with myself? You are short-sighted and stupid! The eldest grandson Pingle shook his head with hatred, "She is also a smart person, she knows what to do and what not to do, unlike you, who obviously has a marriage contract and repeatedly breaks the rules." Sooner or later, you are going to marry into the Mo family, so you should take care of it. ”

As soon as the eldest grandson Xi heard the Mo family, he became more and more angry, and was about to complain, but the eldest grandson Pingle had already summoned his personal maid and persuaded her before leaving: "That woman is not worthy of being honest, if you really care about your cousin, keep an eye on her for your aunt, and don't let her cross the rules." Naturally, although the Mo family's marriage contract cannot be destroyed, I can also find a way to say a few words for your grandfather, after all, the Mo family was originally married to the eldest grandson's family when it was in trouble, and now that the power is stable, how can I look down on businessmen. ”

Eldest Sun Xi turned his anger into a laugh, and immediately made a big salute: "Thank you aunt for making it perfect!" ”