Chapter 70: Old things

After the Chinese New Year, the edict was issued as scheduled, and the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River suddenly became a pot of porridge. The merchants used the inventory to ask for prices. The thieves on the canal robbed the salt and iron ships. There were also habitual stealers to commit crimes in the city. Frequently, the poor people at the bottom can only live tightly behind closed doors, crying secretly.
It was only expected.
The court discussions in the past few days have also been uneasy. At the hour of the hour, they began to quarrel with the family, the royalists and the reform parties, and the family members of the Wang and Xie families. The quarrel was full of enthusiasm. Chu Jinglan didn't take part in this incident much. He occasionally made a few finishing touches and set off a bigger storm, causing Chu Sanghuai to be angered. He dismissed several officials who agreed with him in court. This momentum was only lost. Pressed down.
In this way, although there are fewer clear currents in the DPRK, the situation of the parties' see-saw is becoming more and more obvious. The contradictions and conflicts between them are enough for Chu Jinglan to take advantage of it, and then completely subvert this chess game.
Having said that, compared with the turbulent court hall, Prince Lan's Mansion is quite peaceful and there is no storm. Meng Xuan returned to the North not long after Chu Jinglan refused to get married, and Meng Chen did not follow him. Ye Huaiyang was busy with the gold mine all day long because of the Yaozi, and had no chance to meet her, so there was no movement.
The only objectionable is Lu Heng.
"She came to you? When did it happen?"
Lu Heng stared at the jade pendant on the table, his eyes full of defensiveness, and a little bit of unnoticeable resentment, as if it was a key to unlocking past memories that made him see his father who was vomiting blood and died in front of Xie’s house. And the elder who came to report the news and was pierced with an arrow through his chest, and the self who was riding on the horse and was exhausted. In the end, the bright green texture oozes scarlet, as if made of flesh and blood.
He suddenly looked away, unable to stay for even a second.
"She wasn't looking for me, it was Yang'er." Chu Jinglan's voice faintly sounded.
"That makes sense." Lu Heng smiled coldly, his expression becoming more severe, "When I returned to Beijing, you and I had a consensus that the four great families are all enemies, but what about now? You married Ye Huaiyang. Said, if you still indulge her in dealing with Xie Yun, do you think he died fast enough?"
Chu Jinglan seemed to have become accustomed to him when he mentioned that Xie’s family was like a hedgehog everywhere. He didn’t change his expression. He only stated indifferently,
Yang’er didn’t reveal anything to her, but just wanted to find out if she really did. Credibility, and if the mystery in the middle is solved, it may be a big help."
"What mystery?"
"Yang'er secretly investigated the events of the year and said that when Tai Fu passed away, he said a very strange thing to let Xie Yuan let Xie Yun go. Do you have any impression of this matter?"
Lu Heng said coldly: "No, my father is kind and always treats her very well. I am afraid that Xie Yuan will embarrass her because of her relationship with the Lu family. It is normal to say this."
"I thought so at the beginning, but I always felt that something was wrong." Chu Jinglan's slender knuckles tapped the table, making a rhythmic crisp sound. After a long while, he suddenly stopped, and then he raised his head and looked at the landing solemnly. Heng, "A Heng, you and the Xie family are very familiar. Let go of your emotions for the time being and think about it. Have you seen anything unusual?"
Lu Heng said bitterly: "All I can think of is that she personally brewed a cup of poisonous tea to my father, killing him on the spot. What else can someone like this snake and scorpion have to say? I thought I would never leave when she lost her father. Accompany her, but she..."
The words suddenly stopped, and a trace of reason emerged, forcibly pulling his thoughts to another place.
Chu Jinglan had the same siblings with him, and was very familiar with any of his expressions. Seeing this situation, Chu Jinglan asked condensedly: "A Heng, do you think of something?"
After a long silence, Lu Heng finally said, "Does Xie Qian's sudden death count?"
Chu Jinglan stroked his chin and groaned for a while, and said, "Xie Qian has always had a heart disease. I remember that he and Xie Yuan went to the palace to meet him that day. After discussing political affairs with them for a while, he let them go back, but he was halfway. When the disease was ill, the imperial doctor was already dead when he arrived. There were so many people in the palace who saw it, and there was nothing weird about it."
"But something was wrong afterwards." Lu Heng lowered his head and recalled, the thin clouds cast by the pane staggered across his face, and there were also some green shadows outside, which seemed inexplicably heavy. "At that time, Xie Miao was taken outside. Pai, the person is not in the capital, Xie Yun, as Xie Qian’s only daughter by his side, has not even been sent to the funeral. It is the rules of the big family. I am angry but want to find Xie Yuan’s theory. Who knows I was stopped by my father. , The strange thing is that he didn't say anything else, he just asked me to quickly prepare for the marriage, and when the filial piety period is over, I will marry Xie Yun and come in."
Chu Jinglan did not speak for a long time after listening.
Based on his understanding of Lu Taifu, if an unfair daughter-in-law encounters such an injustice, even if the other party is a powerful and powerful family, he will stand up and speak up for him. Lu Heng wanted to do so but was He stopped, there must be something wrong with it.
Lu Heng also thought of something with him. The two looked at each other, and both saw deep doubts in each other's eyes, but soon Lu Heng returned to his indifferent expression, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
"You can check if you want. Anyway, my opinion is that you can't believe Xie Yun, and you must be prepared to deal with Xie's family."
He was about to leave, but was stopped by Chu Jinglan. Looking back, he motioned to him the jade pendant at the corner of the table. Lu Heng's eyes tightened, he turned back and grabbed the jade pendant and threw it out. Outside the window, there was only a puff, the blue splash of small water splashes, and then it sank into the bottom of the clear pond, leaving only the light waves and broken lights floating.
Things are wrong, so can a broken love be restored by an old thing? Throw it away to save everyone from worrying about it.
Lu Heng thought so, and resolutely left the study. Chang Yan passed by the carved silk railing and swung far away without hesitation, but the figure wrapped in it looked very depressed, even this full spring. The color cannot be covered.
After that, Chu Jinglan returned to the room.
It was already very late when I came back from Xia Dynasty. I talked with Lu Heng for a long time. It was almost evening before I had time to see what Ye Huaiyang was doing.
It is said that the two of them have not eaten together for many days. There are a lot of things in the family, and the gold mine matters are not separated. Ye Huaiyang is also very busy for a while, only when they return to bed every day. To be able to stay warm for a while, today I finally had a good time. Seeing that Chu Jinglan was busy, he went to find Lanlan alone, feeding and bathing, and tossed all afternoon.
When Chu Jinglan entered the door, she was sleeping soundly in the rocking chair.
The cold spring was precipitous, it should have been tighter, but now the thin moon-white quilt hung on the armrest wrinkledly. Ye Huaiyang was left uncovered for most of his body, and his chest and ankles were even bare. The important thing is that something huge, black and white is still arching around her body, making green laughter from time to time.
Why did Lan Lan come into the room!
Chu Jinglan's face turned dark, she stepped forward to lift it out, and threw it to the side.
"Woohoo!"
It screamed, seeming to be very dissatisfied with Chu Jinglan's behavior. It turned over its chubby body and began to climb here again, very agile, but before it got close to Ye Huaiyang, Chu Jinglan kicked it away and took it along. He also glanced at it coldly, but he didn't dare to move, and sat on the ground, looking at them grievously.
Chu Jinglan turned around and pulled the quilt up to cover Ye Huaiyang's body, then covered it and kissed her neck and chest lightly. She was a little awake because of Lanlan's screams, but she was caught by Chu Jinglan. So itchy, he pushed him out dazedly.
"Lan Lan, don't do it..."
Chu Jinglan raised his sword eyebrows sharply, stood up and stared at her for a moment, and then pulled off the two bamboo leaf patterned fronts, and bit down through his clothes. The point was very accurate, and he saw that the body was as fierce as an electric shock With a flick of the ground, he let go of his mouth with satisfaction, and looked up, Ye Huaiyang's eyes opened wide, and he had already awakened from the dream.
"...Shocking?"
"Why, I still think that the animal failed?"
He pressed his body down heavily, with a strong dissatisfaction, Ye Huaiyang heard the song to know the grace, and wrapped his arms in favor, and said coquettishly: "Isn't I sleepy, I didn't pay attention to it climbing up, don't worry... …"
She just woke up, the sound was so soft and soothing, Chu Jinglan's heartstrings moved, and she almost kissed again, who knows that Lanlan behind her suddenly groaned, as if looking down on Ye Huaiyang's behavior Looking small, Ye Huaiyang tilted his head to look at its expression, and suddenly laughed.
"The tempers of the two of you... really resemble..."
Chu Jinglan's complexion darkened, and he was about to throw Lanlan out when he got up. Ye Huaiyang was afraid that his hand strength would not hurt Lanlan, so he hugged his waist and said, "I'll come, I will Let it out."
After she finished speaking, before Chu Jinglan could do it, she ran to Lanlan with her slippers, knelt down on the ground while stroking his head while softly coaxing: "Good boy, can you go back to the nest and play by yourself? I'll be with you when Dad is gone."
Dad!
When Chu Jinglan heard these two words exploded in an instant, he walked over and slipped Lanlan out of the window without saying a word, then pressed Ye Huaiyang against the wall and said in a vicious voice, "Is it exciting?"
Ye Huaiyang giggled non-stop, but didn't answer, obviously on purpose.
Chu Jinglan narrowed her black eyes, released the hands that held her, and stepped back two steps: "It seems that you don't want to know what Lu Heng told me today."
Having said that, he was about to go outside, Ye Huaiyang reacted extremely quickly, hooked his neck and rushed over, and by the way, put his foot on his waist, and his attitude changed 180 degrees in an instant.
"Uncle Wang, I was wrong..."
Chu Jinglan tilted his eyes and said, "What's wrong?"
"Everything is wrong..." Ye Huaiyang buried his eyes in his shoulders, alive like a good boy who knows his mistakes and corrects him, "Uncle Wang has a lot, please spare me this time..."
Chu Jinglan stretched out his arms to support her, and found that she was cold all over, so he raised her chin towards the inner room and said: "Go to the shower first, and come back and talk to you."
Ye Huaiyang slid down graciously, and untied the soft ribbon around his waist while walking towards the clean pond. Suddenly he stopped, turned around and threw his sleeves. It seemed that a pink mist swayed past him, spinning at the end. It finally fell on Chu Jinglan's shoulders. Chu Jinglan looked at her sideways, she squinted her waist slightly, her eyes were silky, and she gently tugged her palm, as if she wanted to hook him with the soul.
"Won't Uncle Wang come with my concubine?"
Chu Jinglan tugged backhand and pulled her back into his arms with the strength of the ribbon, then lifted her up sideways, and walked towards the Jingchi with a small smile.
The author has something to say: Thank you bb for throwing a landmine. Time: 2016-11-0407:48:47
Heh heh, it's coming
Lan Lan: Hey, don't touch my mother!
Chu Jinglan: ...Believe it or not, I will cook you into sesame glutinous rice in the pot?