The mountains and forests at night are too quiet, the occasional cicada chirping has stopped for some time, the howling wind has also quieted down, and the temple is quiet and you can hear the sound of people's breathing.

After Yan Liu finished saying that, Xiao Jing kept his head down and didn't say anything more.

After such a long time, Yan Liu finally spoke helplessly: "Are you going to the capital?" ”

Xiao Jingdao: "Well, participate in this year's Autumn Festival." ”

"I'll go to the capital with you, and I'm going to trouble you to take me to the Hou Mansion."

Xiao Jing frowned and said, "What about the people around you?" I just met you and wanted to ask......"

He groaned, but still asked the doubt in his heart: "Why did you make such a mess of yourself?" What happened to you after you fell off the river a year ago? How in this wilderness temple? ”

Yan Liu didn't explain in detail, but said, "There was some accident." ”

Xiao Jing's brows furrowed even tighter, his lips moved, and he didn't continue to ask after all.

They should all know the measure, whether what happened a year ago was really accidental or calculating, he shouldn't get to the bottom of it.

Yan Liu continued: "I want to go to the capital earlier, if you have other urgent matters to send me to Fancheng." ”

Lu Cai's approach made Yan Liu take precautions, if possible, it was best for her not to contact others first, and it was the safest way to follow Xiao Jing to Beijing.

As the young patriarch of the Xiao family, Xiao Jing, who was expected by the elders, naturally would not bring a servant with him when he went out, and many attendants must be arranged around him to prevent accidents.

In the ghostly tree at night, there must be a secret guard carefully cultivated by the Xiao family, and there must be someone not far away.

Xiao Jing just doesn't like to be surrounded by people and disturbs the interest of looking at the scenery, but he won't let himself stand under the dangerous wall for this interest.

"I'll send you to the capital, and I won't have to go to the Hou Mansion."

Yan Liu insisted: "You have sent me to the capital, how about sending me a little longer." ”

Needless to say, both of them understood that this was to let the Hou Mansion come forward to thank Xiao Jing, not the Yan family's favor.

In what capacity does the Hou Mansion use to thank him?

The cousin of the Hou Mansion or the fiancée of the second son of the Hou Mansion?

Naturally, the in-laws are closer.

Yan Liu also understood Xiao Jing's concerns, and said: "One of the chief examiners of the previous Qiu Yu was selected from among the nobles, and the fifth master of the Hou Mansion was the chief examiner of the Qiu Yu for three years.

Let the Hou Mansion come forward to thank you, it will be more beneficial to you now.

And now there are many factions in the court, and the battle for the storage position is becoming more and more intense.

I know that your Xiao family is loyal to the emperor, but this help is a plan not to make the emperor mistakenly think that your Xiao family and Xungui are not clear.

After all, there is a precedent for my mother......"

Yan Liu paused when he said this, smiled helplessly, and continued: "Xungui will not be willing to let me have a relationship with you, they will definitely thank you more than that, in the hope of completely repaying this favor."

In this way, you can go more smoothly when you first enter the officialdom, and your family will use less connections.

I don't have other ideas, you know, the relationship between the Hou Mansion is not good. ”

Every word is a benefit that Xiao Jing can get, and every word is a reason why Xiao Jing can't be with Yan Liu.

Xiao Jingdao: "No, I'm just dropping by, I don't need this favor." ”

He reached out and picked up the branch next to him to stir the firewood in the fire, perhaps he had never done such a job, and the already somewhat dim fire instantly became smaller, and seemed to be extinguished at any moment.

Yan Liu was helpless, got up and sat next to him, picked up the branch directly from his hand, and focused on stirring the dead branch in the fire.

Xiao Jing froze, and Yan Liu inevitably touched his skin when he took the branch.

He thought that after Yan Liu knew his thoughts, the two would not be as close as before.

But immediately he realized that when he saw Yan Liu at first sight tonight, the joy of regaining it made him dizzy, and he couldn't even think about it.

He and Yan Liu met when they were young, and the two had a deep friendship, which was not only a simple friendship between young men and women, but also a backhand to prepare for himself to join the court.

Teenage friendship is the most sincere, and it is much more reliable than simply gathering for profit.

Yan Liu would never stay away from Xiao Jing because of his ambiguous thoughts.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jing's body gradually relaxed.

Yan Liu said: "Then you can send me to the city gate, I owe you a favor for this matter." ”

Xiao Jing agreed in a low voice.

***

On the second day, when the east was faintly bright, the two got into the carriage and prepared to go down the mountain.

If it weren't for the fact that the mountain road is difficult to walk at night, Yan Liu would have to go down the mountain last night.

She had been soaking in the water for a year, and she had not washed since yesterday's incident.

Now that it's safe to do so, she can't wait a moment.

She was about to throw away the clothes she changed last night, but she was stopped by Xiao Jing and carefully put them away, the clothes of the big family also have rules, how can you throw the clothes out of thin air like this.

Yan Liu glanced at Xiao Jing, who was leaning against the carriage and closed his eyes to recuperate, and sighed secretly.

"System, I have some belief that Xiao Jing is very affectionate to me, and he actually hugged me last night with such a big smell on my body!"

Finally, there is a problem that the system knows.

[Host, I cleaned you by the way when I fished you ashore, and it was by no means as dirty as you thought. 】

[Your clothes won't be as complete as they are now after soaking in water for a year, and that's all thanks to me!] 】

The system emphasized that it had fully realized that the world could not help the host in any way, and that it could only do what it had done when it was first bound.

In order not to make the host realize that they are useless, the system has to emphasize this one thing.

Yan Liu didn't know the system's thoughts, but he also praised the system's approach for a long time, only praising the system to the point that it was about to burn.

Yan Liu couldn't bear the dirtiness he was now, if the system hadn't cleaned himself...... Just thinking about that scene, she was going to throw up.

On the way down the mountain, the carriage met several teams, all of which were composed of strong men, and judging by their walking posture, they should be all the soldiers.

But the carriage was not hindered in any way, because the carriage was engraved with the family emblem of the Xiao family.

When they arrived in the town, they first chose a random family to hand over the post, and the owner hurriedly opened the main gate to welcome them in.

Giving up the best house in the family, and serving before and after the saddle, the whole process is low.

The servant who followed Xiao Jing was also unceremonious to the master of this family, and he didn't need to be polite, just because he was also the concubine of the Xiao family.

can let Xiao Jing be alone with him, and his background is naturally impossible to fall into the dust.

After Yan Liu finished washing, he got into the carriage again and prepared to go to the largest city nearby, that is, Fancheng.

It's just the end of the day, the journey on the road is faster, and you should be able to rest in Fancheng tonight.

The two came and left in a hurry, but before leaving, they left a letter, a letter engraved with Xiao Jing's private seal.

Whether it is used to ask for a petty official or to prepare it at home as a future support for children and grandchildren, it is excellent.

Xiao Jing's letter is naturally not a problem that can be solved, but people like them can't encounter a shocking crisis.

The county magistrate must be willing to give this face, and if it is a trivial matter, the county-level magistrate will definitely handle it quickly.

And that's enough.

The man sent them away, carefully put away the letter, and said to the left and right: "No wonder it is said that the son of the Xiao family is glorious and prosperous, and this pen alone is extraordinary."

It's much better than the thing that comes to show off his might but doesn't even pull out the hair. ”