Chapter 147: Zilan

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"Chai Anxi's whereabouts?"
Ying Xiang shook his head. "The slave-servant heard that the Queen Mengji is now sending people to search for Cai Anxi's whereabouts."
Chu Zhao didn't care much about the smile: "Xiao Huaijin came to Jiyang, just to find someone." After a pause, he asked the woman on the side: "Who is Liu Buwang?"
"I haven't heard of this person's name before, and it's obviously Xiao Dudu's martial master."
"Where is Xiao Huaijin, Master Wu?"
Ying Xiang also nodded: "However, they seem to trust Mr. Liu very much."
Chu Zhao put down the teacup in his hand: "These are not important, the most important thing is to find Chai Anxi before Xiao Huaijin."
"The slave maid knows." After a moment, Ying Xiang hesitated: "How is the young man planning to treat the girl He?" Although he had learned from Chu Zhao's mouth before that He Yan was a girl, and he was prepared for it in his heart. When He Yan's daughter was seen through the window, it seemed that she felt real. It's really difficult to connect this petite and delicate girl with the sullen young in memory.
"Don't you think that Xiao Huaijin is carrying a woman by her side, is it wonderful?" Chu Zhao smiled slightly, "I really want to know to what extent this woman can trust him."
Ying Xiang lowered her eyes and stopped talking. Only the tea in the teacup floated out of the air, and it quickly escaped into the air, no trace was found.
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On the other side, the people in the room were sitting on their own.
"This is the Uto's defense map." He Yan handed the scroll to Liu Buwang for reading.
"The four sons of Shijinbo Mansion brought news that the Uto people will attack Jiyang in a few days, but now they don't know if it is true or false. Master has a look at this defense map, but what's the problem?"
Liu Buwang for a moment looked down and put down the scroll in his hand: "I don't know if this picture is true or false, but if the Uto people really want to attack Jiyang, they will start from the canal as shown in the picture."
After all, the most important thing in Jiyang City is this canal. When the canal is cut off, it is the lifeblood of the city.
"Mr. Liu said before that he traced the Uto people to Jiyang." Xiao Jue looked at Liu without forgetting, "Can you tell me the reason?"
Liu did not forget to think about it before saying: "I will go back to Jiyang before and after the annual Water God Festival. I haven't been to Jiyang this year. Outside of Jiyang City, I encountered a massacre. Some people took advantage of the night A Zhuang people outside the city, put on the clothes of the people in Zhuangzi, and entered the city as a fake identity. One of the children who had escaped and told me about this, I thought it was the enemy's family to seek revenge, or murder and robbery. It was discovered that several people were not great Wei people. These Uto people disguised as civilians mixed into the city, not overnight, I can find a few, I am afraid that before this, many people outside the city have been poisoned, Jiyang City There are also many Uto people in disguise."
"Master said that many Uto people have already come in?" He Yan asked.
Liu did not forget to say: "Yes, they have been planning for a long time. Just waiting for the chaos at the Water God's Day, they will take away your highness, but only plan to be disturbed by you, so it should be a second time soon. "
"Master Liu means, there will be war soon in Jiyang City?" Lin Shuanghe said nervously: "Isn't it very unsafe here?"
"Don't worry." He Yan comforted him: "Meng Ji Wang Mai once mentioned to us that they will let the people evacuate from the city to a slightly safer place in the past few days. Brother Lin Jie followed the people in Jiyang City, Nothing will happen."
Lin Shuanghe felt calmer now, but immediately showed a justified expression. Tao: "What follows the people in the city? Am I the kind of person who is so greedy for life and fear of death? Naturally, it is to advance and retreat with the brothers and die together. Do not persuade me, I must be with you, Never live alone."
He Yan was speechless for a moment before he said to Liu, "Master, the Meng Ji Wang handed over the city gate army to Dudu. Do you want to see it together?"
"Ahe, have you forgotten," Liu Buwang was helpless, "I will only fight, and I will not fight."
This is also true, Liu Bu forget to know Qimen Dunjia, bow sword and gun, but it is all a person's kung fu. At that time, he taught her Qimen Dunjia, also he Yan delve into his own research, used the platoon formation, and then gradually wear out Come out with a set of own regulations.
"I won't fight," Lin Shuanghe was amazed. "Then my sister He's so good at me, I thought it was a famous teacher who gave a high apprentice. Why, my sister He is self-taught?"
He Yan smiled embarrassingly: "I am extremely talented, and maybe I was a female general in my life, so I know everything!"
Xiao Jue chuckled and did not speak.
"In the past few days, I will continue to trace the whereabouts of the Uto people." Liu Buwang said: "I found their heads and Xu Neng could solve many things. As for the city gate army in Jiyang, I gave it to Xiao Dudu. "Liu didn't forget to look at Xiao Jue, who now knows Xiao Jue's identity, "The number of the Chengmen Army is not dominant. Xiao Dudu is bothered. The people of Jiyang will take care of you."
He seemed to have a deep affection for Jiyang, and Xiao Jue nodded.
Everyone said something about the Uto people. Xiao Jue will go to train the city gate army of Jiyang City from tomorrow. The time is very short, and it is not an easy task for him. Liu Buwang continued to track down the whereabouts of the Uto people. Lin Shuanghe didn't expect him to do anything. He stayed at Cui Fu Ansheng and stood by. As for He Yan, it became the most embarrassing one. She wanted to follow Xiao Jue to see the City Gate Army, but Mu Hongjin did not let her go, and I wondered if something would happen. I simply printed another copy of the military defense plan, and I plan to see it overnight. Can I set up a new formation based on the terrain of Jiyang? If the military defense plan is true, it will be more effective. If it is false, it is possible to find the loopholes in it and not be fooled.
After speaking, everyone planned to disperse. As soon as the door was pushed open, they saw a beautiful maid standing under the tree outside the door. It was Chu Zhao’s personal maid Ying Xiang. She didn't know how long she had stood here, and saw the crowd coming out and approached He Yan with a salute: "Girl He."
He Yan also salutes.
"Young Master has something to say to girl He." Ying Xiang laughed: "Waiting in the lobby, girl He can have time?"
He Yan looked back, Lin Shuanghe waved her hand slightly, instructing her not to go, but Xiao Jue looked calm and could not see any thoughts. Upon seeing this, Ying Xiang said with a smile: "The young man said that there was some misunderstanding with girl He before, and he wanted to clarify with girl He personally. Last time when he was in Liangzhou Wei, he didn't have time to say goodbye to the girl and he said goodbye. Don’t worry about it, the girl should be guilty today."
Without saying goodbye to this trivial matter, He Yan was not attentive. There are so many things in Liangzhou Weili, where is there time to investigate these details. The princes in the dazzling Shi Jinbo Mansion remember it so clearly, they were all so good and angry, and if she took Joe again, she would seem a bit ignorant. What's more... He Yan really wants to know what identity and position Chu Chu came to Liangzhou Wei at present. The so-called dealing with Uto people is actually his rhetoric or other purpose.
Thinking of this, he readily replied: "Okay."
Lin Shuanghe's face changed greatly: "Sister He!"
"Thank you son for tolerance." Ying Xiang was overjoyed.
"Du Du, let me go and see first," He Yan said to Xiao Jue: "You don't have to wait for me to eat dinner at night." He said to Liu Liu, "I will go first, Master."
Lin Shuanghe wanted to dissuade a few words, but He Yan had already followed Ying Xiang away. Liu Buwu didn't forget that there was something else in his body, and he just saluted Xiao Jue and the others and left.
After they left, Lin Shuanghe asked Xiao Jue: "You just let her go?"
"otherwise?"
"That's Chu Zilan! Sister He didn't like that he likes to lose his soul and be left alone, and he was returned to see the moon by himself. This kind of irresponsible person, actually turned back to look for my sister He. Look, He is going to repeat his tricks again and impress my sister He’s daughter with a gentle attack!"
"That's not very good." Xiao Jue turned around and sneered lazily: "The liar finally got what he wanted."
"Aren't you worried?" Lin Shuanghe shook his fan and followed him closely. "If Chu Zilan saw my sister He's red makeup so amazing, what a bad thing he did to Sister He? "
Xiao Jue entered the house, poured himself a cup of tea, and said casually: "What misunderstanding did you have about Chu Zilan's vision, that the red makeup of the liar deserves the word stunning?"
"Why aren't you amazing?" Lin Shuanghe was indignant. "Xiao Huaijin, you can't compare your face with the world."
Xiao Jue was too lazy to take care of him, and only said: "Furthermore, Chu Zilan did bad things to her?" A trace of sarcasm flicked through his eyes. "That guy can unscrew Chu Zilan's head with his bare hands. Worried about Chu Zilan."
Lin Shuanghe: "..."
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He Yan met Chu Zilan in the front hall.
Chu Zilan saw her coming, smiled and got up, said: "Girl He."
"Four sons of Chu." He Yan also returned the gift.
The sky has darkened, and the night in Jiyang City is also bustling and bustling. Chu Zhao looked outside and said, "Go out and walk?"
He Yan didn't know what kind of medicine he sold in the gourd, but the people in Cui's house were very miscellaneous, so it was not convenient to speak. He Yan said: "Okay."
The two then walked outside the house.
The spring night in Jiyang was already warm, along the banks of the river, peddlers carrying lanterns and selling along the street, and the pavilions were scattered and the scenery was magnificent. It can really be said that "between Luxiang Lane in the village, the chords of the song, the social gathering, and day and night."
It's just that in such a soft and prosperous night, I don't know how many murders are hidden, and everyone is coming and going under the face of the smiling hawker, and I don't know how many Uto people are hiding their misfortune. Thinking like this, no matter how lively and interesting the scenery becomes dull, He Yan's brows can't help but wrinkle.
"But girl He is getting angry?" Chu Zhao spoke softly.
"Why?" She was a little surprised.
"Then why did the girl go out together, frowning and looking so worried?"
He Yan smiled: "No, I just thought about the Uto people and worried about it."
After a moment of silence, Chu Zhaocai said: "Girl He doesn't have to worry, Her Royal Highness will arrange everything, not to mention, is there also Governor Du?"
He did not hesitate to praise Xiao Jue, but He Yan tried it out and asked, "I thought that the four sons of Chu and our governors were not quite right."
"Xiao Dudu has some misunderstandings about the next." Chu Zhao smiled: "However, his position and that of the next are slightly different. Each one is his own."
Just admitted like this? He Yan was a little surprised.
"But with regard to the Uto people, I have the same position as Xiao Dudu. Girl He doesn't need to worry," Chu Zhaodao said: "I am a Da Wei, naturally I don't want to see Da Wei's rivers and mountains being invaded by aliens."
He Yan nodded: "That's nature, there is a complete egg under the nest. It should have been consistent with the outside world."
"I said so, can girl He feel at ease?" he asked.
He Yan: "Why say rest assured?"
"I won't hurt Xiao Dudu, and girl He doesn't have to worry about Xiao Dudu's affairs.
He Yangan laughed twice: "The four sons of Chu are worried, I didn't guard against you."
"Really?" Chu Zhao smiled a little bit sadly. "But when I meet myself this time, you will no longer call me "Brother Chu", and you will be called the fourth son of Chu. It sounds like you are deliberately drawing boundaries."
Does this work? He Yan said: "If there is nothing, if you feel bad, I can call you back Brother Chu."
"Can I call you Ahe?"
He Yan froze for a moment.
The young man smiled exceptionally mildly, like a charming, harmless orchid blooming in the night. In the spring night of Jiyang, the robe is fragrant, and the face is beautiful, and the passers-by can not help but glance at him. It really attracts attention. It's hard to say anything serious about the good-looking, good-tempered people who are born like this. He Yan hesitated and said, "If you want to call it like this, just call it like this."
Chu Zhao crossed his eyes with a smile, and continued to walk along the river bank with He Yan, saying: "The previous things have not been punished with A He. That day, I agreed to go to Baiyue Mountain with you for a drink, but something happened temporarily. I didn’t make the appointment and started early the next day. I didn’t even have time to say goodbye to Ahe. Later, when I thought about this in Shuojing, I always felt very regretful."
"Brother Chu does not have to be concerned about such small things." He Yan said: "Besides, you are not intentional, I was not angry." If it were not for Chu Zhao, she would not go to the foot of Baiyue Mountain that night, nor After waiting for Xiao Jue, he did not know that on the top of the mountain behind Yuhua Temple that year, the one who met and rescued her from the darkness was Xiao Jue.
This may be, blessed by misfortune?
"Ahe doesn't care, it's Ahe's broad-mindedness." Chu Zhao smiled slightly, "I can't treat this as if it hasn't happened, so I must make a guilt with Ahe." He looked forward, "I gave it to Ahe Something."
He Yan stunned: "What?"
Chu Zhao stretched out his hand and lay a small tassel in the palm of his hand. The tassel was decorated with a very delicate pomegranate flower, carved with ruby ​​and scattered with red tassel tassels. Although the things were small, they were very clever.
"Today, at the entrance of the Wang Mansion, I saw A He wearing a long whip around his waist." Chu Zhao looked at her gently. "I was lucky to get a flower spike, but I am not armed, and I don't have weapons. It’s a pity to put it with me. But this flower spike is very compatible with Ahe’s long whip. Ahe, give it a try and see if it will be better?

He Yan refused subconsciously, "Reaction is not affected by Lu, Brother Chu, forget it, and this thing does not look cheap." The red jade is small and the color is transparent like Xia, who knows whether it will Is it another "hundreds of gold"? With short hands, she took something here all day, and received a "thin gift" there. If you don't know, she thought she was really cheating.
"A He called me "Brother Chu", that is, when I was a friend, gift-giving was a very common thing among friends. Moreover, A He is more worried, this flower spike is not expensive, this jade is also fake, A He There is no burden. It is useless to leave this thing with me. Ahe doesn’t want it, but he is abandoning it, or is he still treating it as an enemy?
Even though he was slightly accused of grievance, he said it was gentle and calm, He Yan hesitated: "Is this pomegranate flower really a fake jade?"
Chu Zhao smiled: "If A He wants true jade, he may have to raise some money next."
Even if it is a fake jade, it is not very expensive, and it should be more pleasant to accept. He Yan smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Chu." She reached out and took the purple jade whip from her waist, and tied the flower spike to the wooden handle of the purple jade whip. The black oily whip took a little more time to move, and it looked good. .
"It really matches Ahe's whip." Chu Zhao laughed.
"Let's reciprocate, since Brother Chu gave me the flower spike, I should also send back something like Brother Chu." He Yan felt that he was short-handed. If he didn't send it back, he always felt that he had taken advantage of Chu Zhao. She said: "Today I can give it to Brother Chu if he sees anything in this night market." He said, he reached into his sleeve and touched his poor string of copper plates, but he was very confident. "But I went out. The hurried out did not bring too much silver, so Brother Chu... just look at it."
After all, I did not bring Lin Shuanghe with me today.
Chu Zhao couldn't help laughing, looked at her: "Okay."
He Yan walked with him. The night market in Jiyang was very lively. Those selling things at night, from eating and drinking snacks to rouge gouache, old books and ancient books to rusty weapons, everything. The two of them were excellent in appearance, and they walked to one place and were greeted by enthusiasm.
At the end of the road ahead, a group of people surrounded a merchant, and He Yan followed Chu Zhao to see that he was a sugar painter. The peddler is a young man, wearing a clean green cloth, sitting in front of the stall, with a clean slate in front of him, and a large pan beside him, cooking the bright red syrup. He scooped a spoonful of syrup in the pot with a large iron spoon and poured it on the stone slab, which moved quickly. The iron spoon undulated in his hand as if a paintbrush, the fallen sugar wire outlined a complex or exquisite pattern, and was quickly cast into shape Then, use a spatula to scoop up the painting on the slate and stick it with bamboo sticks.
"This is a pour sugar cake." He Yan was happy, "I didn't expect Jiyang to have it."
When I was in Shuojing, there was a temple fair every year. Because of her delicate status, she was afraid of being exposed. If there were so many places, she would not go without it. Therefore, she had never been to a temple fair. I can only wait for the sisters at home to come back from the temple fair and secretly listen to them talking about the lively scenes of the temple fair and the new stuff. "Inverted sugar cake" is the same. Shuo Jing has a master who made "inverted sugar cake". He did a very good job. He Yan always wanted them when he heard them. Once, I couldn’t help but secretly begged Madam He to bring one to her. Xu looked at her pitiful and eager for it. Madam He also moved a little bit of heart, and really brought her from the temple fair One. He Yan still remembers the pattern of a bird. She was reluctant to eat. She inserted the sugar man in the pen holder, but the weather was hot, but it took two days to melt, and the syrup became sticky and greasy. A meal.
She didn't feel dirty at the time, but she was sorry to pick it up. She thought, if this sugar painting could persist for a little longer.
Unexpectedly, when I was young, I saw something new in Jiyang. Looking at this young man's craftsmanship, he wants to come close to the Shuo Jing teacher. He Yan pulled Chu Zhao forward, and saw a lot of sugar paintings already inserted on the side of the haystack, and they all looked very auspicious flowers, birds, phoenixes, birds and beasts, lifelike.
Chu Zhao glanced at He Yan and suddenly smiled, saying, "I like this very much. If A He wants to send me something, why not give me a sugar painting?"
"Do you like this? What's so difficult about it?" He Yan was very brave and waved his hand: "Brother, what is your most expensive sugar painting here?" There is a picture next to it, clearly priced, one for two texts, she brought A lot of copper coins are enough.
The stall owner smiled and said, "The most expensive one is the flower basket. It costs a total of eight penny. Does the girl want one?"
What is the flower basket? However, it is true to choose the most expensive one, and He Yan asked Chu Zhao: "Brother Chu thinks it is okay?"
Chu Zhao resisted with a smile: "It's fine."
"Brother," He Yan expelled eight coins, "Trouble making a flower basket, and do it better."
Hawker said: "No problem!"
He scooped a spoonful of syrup from the pot, first made a thin round cake, cast a circle of sugar line on the round cake, and slowly sketched it vertically. He Yan looked intently, watching the flower basket from one The beginning of a flat bottom became rich and vivid. With the basket and the handle, the hawker is very honest and adds a lot of flowers to the handle. He Yan counted, rose flowers, daffodils, chrysanthemums, peach flowers, lotus flowers... not a season of flowers, all piled up in a basket, lively and gorgeous.
He Yan looked at it and saw that the basket was filled up a little. Suddenly, he asked the hawker: "Brother, my flower basket is for a friend. Can I write my friend's name on the flower basket?"
"of course can!"
Chu Zhao paused and smiled slightly: "Ahe, this is not necessary..."
"What's wrong?" He Yan was puzzled. "It's a pity that your name is so nice, it's not on the flower basket."
"Ok... listen?"
"Yeah," He Yan nodded. "Zhao means light, Zilan means vanilla. The person who takes this name for you must love you very much. I hope you will be noble and have a bright future. You choose such elegant words."
Chu Zhao was stunned, the girl had turned around and said to the hawker: "Brother, just write the trouble, Zilan is good."