Tan Baolu hurriedly ran to the front yard, and there was a bustle in the big yard, and from time to time there was the laughter of a girl. Tan Wei, the eldest lady, and the second lady were all in the pavilion. Tan Fu and Tan Mo were surrounding Tan Yu to pick out the gifts he brought back from Dayu.

Tan Fu picked and chose among the baggage brought by Tan Yu, "What is this?" What is it? ”

Tan Yu smiled and told her: "What you just took is Helan stone, which was excavated when digging the mountain, the stone is dense, hard but not brittle, and naturally purple...... You're holding Black Rock ...... right now."

"Hey, it's a stone, then I don't want it, I want this! What about this? I want this! Tan Fu tossed the stone aside and picked out other shiny goodies.

Tan Yu, the eldest brother, has always been good to his younger sisters, and he is not annoyed by Tan Fu, but he took out more novelties from the baggage with a smile and coaxed the two younger sisters to be happy, "Then take a look at this?" ”

"Wow! This is good, it's rouge, and gouache. ”

Tan Yu came back from this trip, and Tan Wei and the eldest lady were also very happy. The eldest lady said: "Yu'er, you finally came back this time, and you must take this opportunity to set the marriage." ”

Tan Yu said: "Mother, you will say this as soon as I come back!" ”

"I'm your mother, I don't mention this, who will mention it to you?"

Tan Baolu came to the front of the hospital, and suddenly felt a sense of homesickness.

In the last life, the last time she saw Tan Yu was when Tan Yu was demoted to Qiongzhou and resigned from her. At that time, she was trapped in the palace, and it was difficult for her to see her relatives. Tan Yu's official rank is not high, but he entrusted people and people to meet her side. He sent her some snacks and pastries that were only available outside the palace, and said, "Baolu, the eldest brother is leaving, you will be alone in the palace in the future, you must take good care of yourself." ”

Even though she was very reluctant at that time, she never thought that this would be the last time they would see each other. She eats some of those small snacks every day, and she doesn't know how to save them, and when the funeral letter from Qiongzhou falls into her hands, the snacks are only a small box of dragon whisker cakes.

While reading her eldest brother's obituary, she took the dragon beard crisp in her mouth. No matter how sweet the maltose in the dragon's whisker cake is, it can't dilute her chagrin and bitterness.

The mountains of Qiongzhou are high and the road is far away, and Tan Yu felt cold all the way and died of illness, and he was only 20 years old at the end of the year.

Looking at the eldest brother in front of her from afar, Tan Baolu found that the appearance of Tan Yu who was alive now was far from what she remembered.

In her memory, Tan Yu always looked like a thin teenager who carried her up the mountain to catch gnats. In fact, Tan Yu is now a mature and stable man, taller, his skin is more tanned, and his laughter is hearty and loud.

Tan Fu, who was picking and choosing gifts, suddenly saw her, her face suddenly collapsed, and she said sharply: "Eh, what a disappointment!" How did she come. I think she just wants a gift? I don't look at who I am. ”

Tan Yu's face darkened when he heard this, and he reprimanded Tan Fu, saying, "What are you talking about?" They are all brothers and sisters. ”

Tan Fu pursed her lips after being scolded, took away all the hairpins she had picked, and left none for Tan Baolu.

Tan Yu saw that Tan Baolu still hadn't come over, so he waved at Tan Baolu, laughed and said, "Third sister, come here!" ”

With the call of his brother, Tan Baolu hurriedly walked over. She jumped in front of Tan Yu, and finally had some of the delicate appearance of a little daughter, and shouted crisply: "Big brother." ”

As soon as Tan Yu raised his hand, he messed up the broken hair on her forehead, "I haven't seen you for a few years, the third sister has grown so big!" Big brother bought you something. ”

Tan Baolu was led to the table, she blinked her eyes, and said happily, "Do I have it too?" ”

Tan Yu's index finger flicked lightly on her head and said, "You are my sister, of course you have." ”

Tan Yu actually prepared gifts for the three children in the third room, and what she gave her was a bracelet made of purple beads, each bead was polished to be round and transparent, and when you looked at the light, you could even see the wavy texture in the beads.

Tan Ni and Tan Jie's age is too young after all, they were just born when Tan Yu left home, and they hadn't even met in person, but Tan Yu still prepared gifts for the two of them, he gave Tan Ni a pair of ceramic dolls, and gave Tan Jie two books and a set of four treasures in the study.

Tan Baolu took it gratefully and said, "They are watching the ducklings by the pond, and I will bring them over later." ”

"Okay, I want to see them too, I don't know how tall they are."

Tan Baolu hugged a lot of gifts, and couldn't help but purse her lips and smile.

Tan Fu saw that although Tan Yu gave Tan Baolu a gift, it was just some worthless things, and it was not as valuable as hers, so she put her mind at ease, continued to talk to Tan Mo, and went back to the house to dress up. Tan Wei, the eldest lady and the second lady talked to Tan Yu and went back to their rooms.

For a while, there were only two people left in the courtyard, Tan Baolu and Tan Yu.

Tan Baolu couldn't put down the bracelet, only Tan Baolu knew how hard Tan Yu picked these things, although they were not too valuable, but each one was polished by himself.

Tan Yu said: "Come, third sister, I'll put the bracelet on for you." ”

"Hmm." Tan Baolu stretched out her hand, the bracelet was not big or small after it was hung up, and the bright purple color made her wrist as white as snow.

Seeing that the soft flesh on Tan Baolu's cheeks was gone, her nose was straight and her lips were red, and her body was slender and slender, she looked like a big girl, and she couldn't help but sigh: "The third sister has really grown up, but a young man came to the house to propose marriage." ”

Tan Baolu snorted and laughed, and said, "Big brother, don't make fun of me." The eldest lady urged you to get married, and you fooled the past, so she came to urge me! ”

Tan Yu burst out laughing again.

Tan Baolu was always thinking about Tan Yu's official business, turned the conversation around, and asked sideways: "Big brother is coming back this time, is it a vacation or an office?" ”

Tan Yu's face also became gloomy, and he said, "It's back to work." ”

"Isn't the eldest brother in charge of the construction of Dayu Ridge Road? Why did he suddenly fall back to Dadu from the eldest brother? Tan Baolu continued to ask.

Tan Yu's face was bitter. Now the situation in the DPRK is complicated, thousands of taels of silver are missing from Dayu Lingdao, and now the imperial court has begun to investigate thoroughly, there are many officials involved in this matter, and his official rank is low, and the power in the DPRK and China can not be relied on, judging from the current situation, most of those people are going to push him out as a scapegoat.

But he didn't plan to talk to Baolu about these words, he still hoped that his sister could be happy.

Tan Yu laughed again and said, "How dare you disobey the order from above?" ”

Tan Baolu saw Tan Yu's reaction, and she was more sure in her heart.

Although she has never set foot in officialdom, she has survived twice and already knows the outcome of this struggle in advance. It's much easier to work backwards from an answer than to infer the outcome from a clue.

The Dayu Lingdao case involved hundreds of officials at that time, and the real manipulator behind it was none other than He Dongyan.

On the one hand, He Dongyan relied on Cen Canaan to help him do things, and on the other hand, he was afraid that Cen Canaan's power was too strong, so he always wanted to establish his own faction as soon as possible. He took advantage of the Dayu Ridge Road incident to avoid Cen Jianan's eyes and loot money, if He Dongyan did not support these officials behind his back, these officials would not dare to have such a big appetite.

Although she knew the result, she still needed to come up with enough solid evidence to support the result, otherwise Cen Canaan would not be able to believe her. She thought about it for a while, and she could only start with Tan Yu.

"Big brother," Tan Baolu took the initiative to say: "Anyway, I've been idle lately, and I'm bored and flustered at home, otherwise, I'll be a scholar for my eldest brother and sort out the letters and official documents for my eldest brother." ”

"The third sister did write a good hand." Tan Yu said thoughtfully.

He has also been troubled by the political affairs of the DPRK and China recently, and the little guy who follows him is a little less knowledgeable, so he can't help him much. If Tan Baolu helps him, it will indeed be a lot easier. But after all, Tan Baolu is a girl in the boudoir, so how can she do these things?

Tan Baolu saw that Tan Yu did not refuse, and immediately continued to beg: "Big brother, you just let me come!" I'm going to do it well. ”

Tan Yu never refused to talk about Baolu, and when Tan Baolu begged him like this, he shook his head, laughed twice, and said, "Okay, then thank you for the hard work of the third sister." ”

"Hmm!" Tan Baolu nodded vigorously.

She looked at Tan Yu, who was laughing heartily in the sun, and said in her heart: Brother, I will definitely save you.

In the next few days, Tan Baolu devoted himself to the official document that Tan Yu brought back. She quietly collected all kinds of evidence from the letters by helping her eldest brother sort out the letters. She copied and marked all the texts that could tell where the money had gone, and drew up a specific roster.

Dayu Lingdao was dug from the time when the first emperor was alive, and now it has been several years, the official documents are as vast as a sea of smoke, Tan Baolu reads and copies endlessly, and also feels that the time is far from enough, until the wrist is sore and unbearable and refuses to stop.

Because she knew that she was not just copying official documents, she was saving her eldest brother's life.

On this day and night, Tan Baolu copied for half a night, fell asleep under the candlelight, and suddenly woke her up with a strange noise. She woke up with a thunderous heartbeat, a great fear and uneasiness enveloping her.

She subconsciously got up and wanted to push the door out, but woke up Tanni, who was sleeping. Tanni poked her head out of the quilt, rubbed her eyes and asked her in a milky voice, "Sister, what's wrong?" ”

Tan Baolu suppressed the panic in her heart, tucked the quilt for Tan Ni, and said, "It's nothing, go to sleep." ”

Tan Baolu put on a trench coat and walked out of the front yard quickly.

As soon as I entered the front yard, I heard the sound of a soldier's blade, and a royal forest soldier held a document and read it out: "In my hand, I am guilty of talking about Yu, and I took advantage of my position to embezzle 7,000 taels of gold for the repair of Dayu Ling Road, and I ignored the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty, abused my power and dereliction of duty, and I specially arrested him to calm the anger of the people and settle the hearts of the people!" ”

Tan Yu was held on the ground, his hands and feet already shackled. He straightened his neck, his eyes blood-red, "If I am greedy for a penny, let me thunder and thunder!" ”

The Imperial Forest Army arched his hand at Tan Yu and said, "Tan Yu, I don't have any personal grudges against you, I just acted on orders today, and you are also a person in the officialdom, how can you not move?" Take it down. ”

"My son, my son!" At this time, the eldest lady also ran out crying in rags, hugged Tan Yu and shouted, "Why are you arresting my son!" ”

Tan Fu and Tan Mo were also woken up, they were so scared that they hugged each other and only dared to look at them from afar, "What's wrong with big brother?" If the eldest brother is arrested, will we be implicated! ”

Tan Wei also wept and said, "Go into the house!" Let me go into the house! ”

After Tan Yu was arrested, the eldest lady beat Tan Wei's chest and lost her temper: "Why don't you save your son?" ”

"Help, help!" Tan Wei grabbed the eldest lady's hand, pushed it to the ground, and said, "He is bold and has used public funds, how can I save him?" How can you let me save it! You first worship the Buddha and beg our whole family not to lose their heads! ”

The crying in the hall was incessant for a while, and from Tan Wei's intermittent words, Tan Baolu heard that this time he was talking about Yu Hui to Dadu, just to arrest him.

The investigation of Tan Yu has been going on in private for a period of time, and the relationships that Tan Wei can use have been used, and everyone who can ask for it has begged, but I don't know what kind of force is behind this case, and Tan Wei's ability cannot be shaken at all, and now the best result of Tan Yu is that he was demoted to Qiongzhou.

Qiongzhou ......

Tan Baolu's brain was buzzing, and she had only one thought - she couldn't let her eldest brother have an accident, and her eldest brother must not be demoted to Qiongzhou.

She almost ran back to her room, took out the paperwork she had painstakingly sorted out from the bamboo tube, and then got into the carriage and ran towards the man's mansion.

The wind in the spring night was cold and biting, cutting through Tan Baolu's thin cloak. There were lights hanging on the treetops in front of the palace of King Wulie, as if a Milky Way had fallen into the nine heavens. Behind the closed door came the sound of silk and bamboo orchestrations.

Tan Baolu hugged the paperwork in her arms tightly, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and hesitated for a while.

How many people do you want to see Cengaan? Among them, there must be someone more talented, more reasonable, and more important than her. But is Cen Canaan really every one of them?

She had a resentment, resentment for her insignificance and incompetence at the moment. When she was weak, all she could do was to find a way to desperately avoid He Dongyan's entanglement, but she couldn't kill He Dongyan with one sword.

In what capacity can she turn to Cen Canaan? Men and women, it seems, is the only thing that can make them really connected.

She was trembling, her nails almost digging into the flesh of her palm, did she really want to do this?

Before she knew it, she had been in front of the mansion for too long.

"Talking about the three girls?" The guard who had helped her repair the carriage that day recognized her and took the initiative to come over and ask, "Is there something wrong with the third girl?" ”

Tan Baolu nodded heavily, "I, I want to see your Highness." ”

On that day, Cen Canaan specially instructed him to repair the girl's car, and the guard was afraid that the two had a great relationship, so he was very respectful to Tan Baolu and said: "Tan San Girl, today is unfortunate, His Royal Highness King Wulie is meeting the important ministers, please go back." ”

Tan Baolu was almost crushed for a moment when she heard this, but she told herself that she must not retreat, she took a step back, and Tan Yu was finished.

She suppressed her trembling shoulders and begged again, "Can you please let the official report it?" I have important things to tell you about the Dayu Ling Road case......"

"Talking about girls, this really doesn't work." The guard said, "You have come today for your brother's business, aren't you?" Do you know what His Royal Highness King Wulie is doing right now? The people he is meeting with now are all officials from the second rank and above, and they are discussing Yu's case. You're talking about Yu's sister again, you're here...... You're even more inappropriate here! ”

Tan Baolu straightened his back and said, "Then I, can I wait here?" "It doesn't matter if she doesn't let her in, she can wait, she can wait until the day dawns, she can wait until Cen Canaan comes out.

"Talk about girl, after all, this is the palace of King Wulie, you are standing here and waiting, it really doesn't look good. There are many people who want to come to see His Highness every day, from ordinary people to petty officials and officials, if they are all asked to wait here, then will the front of the palace still be presentable? Talk girl, you are a sensible person, so go back quickly. ”

Don't wait for the road in front of the palace, the alley outside the palace can always settle down. Tan Baolu moved the carriage to the corner and sat in the carriage and waited.

The carriage is not as good as the interior, there is no charcoal fire, there is no hand stove, the cold wind pours straight into the carriage, and after a short time to talk about Baolu, her hands and feet are cold.

She couldn't stand the cold, so she rubbed her hands, stomped her feet, and hugged the codex in her arms tightly.

I don't know how long it took, an hour, two hours, so long that Tan Baolu's hands and feet were no longer perceptible, and from time to time there was a dark red in front of him, and the closed door of King Wulie's palace finally opened.

A group of people walked out, bowed to each other and said goodbye, and some continued to talk.

Sure enough, as the guard said, Cen Jianan was meeting with important ministers, and these were several officials who were not low-ranked, and the most second-class ones were also from the second rank. It is true that Cen Jianaan controlled the forces of the DPRK and China to the death.

Tan Baolu hurriedly got out of the carriage, and as soon as she got out of the carriage, she stumbled, and her legs were so numb that they seemed to be amputated.

She held her knees and froze, her eyes staring straight at the group.

She has already made up her mind, no matter whether Cen Jianan can't get out or not, while the door is wide open now and there are many people, she will break in even if she breaks in.

"His Royal Highness King Wulie."

"His Royal Highness King Wulie......"

After a few respectful greetings, Cen Jianan and Xu Yu walked out of the gate.

Cen Jianan stood in the night with his hands behind his back, with a crown of golden hair on his head, and a bright purple official robe, the purple that could not be dissolved looked like thick ink splashed in the dark night. His expression was indifferent and detached, he was free and high to accept the salute of the ministers, and then listened to Xu Yu with an expressionless face.

Tan Baolu looked at Cen Jianan for a moment, she didn't care that these people were there, and called in a low voice through the crowd: "His Royal Highness King Wulie ......"

There were so many people present that Cen Jianan couldn't notice her standing in the corner.

"His Royal Highness King Wulie!" Cen Jianan was still listening to Xu Yu.

Tan Baolu was anxious for a while, and blurted out, "Cen Canaan......"

The voice was silent for a moment, everyone looked over, even Cen Jianan turned his head when he heard the sound, and the cold look fell on her, and her eyes changed significantly.

Tan Baolu didn't know what kind of eyes Cen Jianan was looking at herself, and she didn't know how embarrassed she was now, she couldn't care about anything, and stretched out her hand to Cen Jianan who was standing on the top of the steps, just wanting to grab the corner of his clothes hanging on the ground.

Before her fingers could touch it, her vision blurred and she fell heavily on her head.

"This, this ......"

"Is this an assassin?"

"Someone, catch the assassin!"

Before anyone present could react, Cen Jianan had already hugged the woman horizontally and quickly turned around and entered.

"Let's go back first." Xu Yu smiled and sent away the officials who were still shocked in place.

"Ahh Yes yes yes ......"

"Farewell!"

"Again!" Then everyone came to their senses and got into their carriages.

After Xu Yu sent off several ministers, he asked the guards in front of the door: "Who is on duty today?" ”

The guard took the initiative to accept the punishment and said, "Today is the rotation of subordinates." The subordinates saw that His Royal Highness was setting up a banquet in the hall, and he was afraid that a woman would enter and cause trouble, so he did not let her in. ”

Xu Yu said lightly: "Those who don't know are not guilty, I won't punish you today, you will pass on the order, and in the future, as long as the girl comes to His Highness, I will take her to see His Highness." Not to mention that His Highness is meeting with the ministers now, even if His Highness is facing the saint at this moment, take her in. ”

The guard was taken aback and hurriedly replied, "Yes......"