It was an unforgettable face. Xie Lanan stared and recognized him completely.
His bones were so rugged that they could cut the soul, and his features were so beautiful that they could astound the gods. That's why Xie Lan'an felt that he should be a banished idol from heaven, and not belong to the human world.
Xie Lanan's voice was unsteady: "Who is sir?"
The man whose skin color was whiter than his clothes broke free and looked at the strange girl with a deep sea of silence in his eyes that were darker than ink.
She followed the wind and came with her immortal posture, graceful and innocent appearance. She was very different from the fragrant and fragrant people in the audience. She was like a goddess who came down to earth to save the sufferings of the world.
But the gods will not save a humble person like him.
Time seemed to slow down at this moment, the fireworks froze, the starry man hung upside down, and a little maidservant suddenly shouted: "The epiphyllum is blooming!"
Under the spring moon, the flower heart as big as the umbrella suddenly bloomed, and it was breathtakingly beautiful, but no one cared about the epiphyllum. "What did Xie Lanan just call him? Sir... How can she call him Mr. Slave!"
Behind Xie Lanan, Chu Qingyuan maintained the posture of holding the scroll, her hands and feet were cold.
When he saw the slave's appearance clearly, his muscles twitched uncontrollably, and a sentence burst out in his mind:
Coarse clothes and linen cannot cover up the beauty of the sky and the country.
But no matter how good-looking he is, he is just a lowly servant. How could Xie Lan'an be such a lustful person?
Many guests stood up inexplicably with expressions on their faces, and Xi Fu's scalp was numb: Xie Hanling's sideways swordsmanship is not over yet, what happened at her spring banquet will not happen again!
Yu Luo Shen's face was frosty, and he laughed out loud, with a cruel light in his eyes, and glanced at the white clothes, "Why don't you tell Madam Xie, what's your name?"
Xie Lanan only looked at him, casually dug out the wine bottle from the young man's hand and threw it to the ground.
A muffled sound made the man purse his lips into a straight line.
He opened his lips and then bit them tightly. Under the condescending scrutiny and playfulness of these dignitaries, his expression was as pale as snow under the scorching sun, with a kind of self-loathing calmness.
He closed his eyes and said, "Yin, Shainu."
Those who are weak will be obscured, and those who are slaves will be humbled. The linen clothes and shoes made him look pale and thin.
This name forms a perfect contrast with this face. The people around him sneered, as if saying that was indeed the case.
Xie Lanan suddenly let go of his long eyebrows.
His voice was very special. It was not the deep tone of an ordinary man. It had a slow and subtle tone, it was clear and flowing, as if expressing admiration. It was exactly the same as in her memory.
It turns out that someone really collected the body for her in her previous life.
She was not left dead in the wilderness to be eaten by vultures.
When Yun Shuang got up from her master, she left the table to go to Yu's steward to inquire about the situation. When she came back, she whispered to Xie Lan'an:
"Master, let me ask you clearly. This man is a groom from Yangchang Lane in Xicheng. His deed registration is that of a miscellaneous household, not a slave of the Yu family. It seems that he was attracted by the second Miss Yu, but somehow failed to succeed, so he tormented him in every possible way. …”
In her haste, she could only find out this much. Yunshuang couldn't go into too much detail for fear of smearing her master's ears.
But Xie Lanan thought to himself that the groom, the body collector, and the ability to sing elegies were all connected.
She lost consciousness for only a moment, and she raised her voice in surprise, and everyone at the banquet heard: "Isn't that just forcing your beloved to be a slave? Such bullying, shouldn't it be done by a descendant of my Xie family?"
Yu Luo Shen was furious: "Thank you, madam, I am kind enough to entertain you today, so don't let yourself get away with it——"
"Mr. Yin," Xie Lanan's eyes were bright, and her smile was the most heartfelt in the whole night, or in the whole spring since her rebirth, "an invitation is worse than a chance encounter. If you don't give up, why don't you come to my house as a guest?"
Yin Shennu's thick eyelashes brushed deeply.
His eyes were lowered, the bridge of his nose was straight, and the tips of his dark eyelashes were softly curled. Only then did Xie Lanan realize that he, a man, had pink lips.
No wonder.
Yu Luoshen was stunned on the spot. She asked someone to capture Yin Shuinu and come to the banquet today. She originally wanted to humiliate Xie Lanan, who was pretending to be noble, because of his identity, but she didn't expect that Xie Lanan would dare to steal someone from her!
Xie Ce frowned and stood up.
Xi Fu couldn't bear it anymore, so he came over with windy steps, grabbed Xie Lanan's arm, and lowered his voice:
"There must be a limit to the nonsense! What kind of reputation does Yu Er have? You can't tell if you take this person away from her. You want to prove that you don't care about worldly opinions, and you want to go eccentric and unexpected, but you are a common man. Tianyuan, thank Hanling! Scholars and common people are separated by heaven, one is noble and the other is humble, the princes, grandsons and nobles of Jinling will not think highly of you, let alone understand you!"
Xie Lanan was indifferent. At this moment, Yin Shennu moved his lips and uttered a few hoarse words.
He said: "I am not a slave."
This was not the heavenly voice that soothedly sang to her, "The long night of Mid-Autumn is as dark as a year old; the soul disappears in one night, the moon and the stars." It was a low and humiliating cry stuck in the throat.
Xie Lan'an's eyebrows were lowered, and he was full of anger: "Relax your paws, Xie Hanling must let others understand what you are doing? Mr. Yinlang, please."
"Who dares to take him away?" Yu Luoshen finally came to his senses. Xie Lan'an really didn't really want to work as a horse for his aunt. She was about to rebel before the feast was over!
She ordered: "Come here, hold this bitch slave captive!"
Xie Lanan smiled coldly, "Where is Xiao Hujun!"
She brought Xiao Lang with her to the banquet tonight, and the effect of accepting this minion became apparent at this moment. The six battalions of the capital, including the Xiaoqi, Guerrilla, Huben, and Liancong battalions, were all under the control of the Queen Mother. As Xiao Lang was the guard of the Xiaoqi battalion, the Queen Mother was his old master, and Yu Luo Shen was his half-master. But Xie Lanan is his new master. If he turns against him tonight, Xie Lanan can justifiably get rid of him.
She also has her own personal guards guarding the grounds.
Otherwise, Yu Luoshen had secretly been trying to slap her on the face all night, and the property would be returned to its original owner.
Yin Shennu looked at the figure in front of him, his dark eyes gleaming with a few rays of darkness.
There was a sound of armor and shoes, and Xiao Lang led people into the garden. Xiao Lang was worthy of being a guard of the capital. After analyzing the situation clearly, he only hesitated for a moment before clasping his fists at Yu Luo Shen: "Second Miss, I am loyal to my master in my position. I can't help it."
"You!" Yu Luo choked with anger.
Chu Qingyuan watched helplessly as Xie Lanan led the man in horse clothes and withdrew from Siyu Garden without looking back.
As soon as he left the garden gate, there were soldiers from the Xie family to meet him. Yu Luo Shen wanted to pursue it, but he had no choice but to do so.
The crescent moon was hiding behind the cloud veil, and scattered fireworks were scattered in the dark night sky. The bright and dark lights intertwined and shone in everyone's eyes. As soon as Xie Ce came out, he shouted softly: "Han Ling!"
Two noble ladies were competing for a waiter at the Queen Mother's banquet. Is it fun to spread the word?
Zhe Lanyin gently pulled her husband's sleeve corner.
Ruan Fujing immediately said: "She can do whatever she likes. Why are you trying to hurt her?"
Xie Ce was choked up.
"Brother, don't scold me. I must take this person away."
Xie Lan'an turned around, only to see that the light of the bright lamp was gone, and only a pair of eyes were left on his stunning face, as bright as stars, which made people see clearly.
When she wanted to speak, Yin Shenu lowered his eyes and said, "Let me go back."
Xuan Bai, who was waiting for the gate to be stuck, took a breath. Is this person ignorant?
"I know." Xie Lanan still had a calm demeanor, but his eyebrows were stained with frost. She was very happy but also very unhappy tonight, "If you don't want to, Yu Luo Shen must be using your family to coerce you. Wherever your family lives, I will send someone to protect them."
Yin Sheinu raised his eyes for a moment.
"Don't believe it? Thirty households in one street and one hundred people are enough. If Mr. Lang is worried, I can also recruit 200 people." I'll help you protect your relatives and friends, but you have to come with me tonight. Just go back like this, don't you want to live until tomorrow?"
She understood Yu Luo Shen's character and would rather destroy his beloved things if he couldn't get them.
What about human life? For such people, human life is of least value.
The anger welling up in her chest was suppressed by Xie Lanan little by little. She looked calm and waited for Yin Shenu's reply.
Xie Fengnian looked at the pretty face with a displeased expression, and Wen Liangyu scratched his head in confusion.
Xie Ce carefully observed Amei's expression to see if she was really fascinated by sex.
But he found that the way Lan An looked at the man was a kind of respect and...love that he couldn't understand?
For a long while, Yin Shennu lowered his head slightly and stared at the noble and gorgeous crepe on the corner of her clothes, "I have no parents, and I am... a neighbor of Yangchang Lane."
Xie Lanan said: "Okay."
"Don't worry about bad things coming early, and good things don't worry about being late. I can't control the past, and no one will hurt you in the future." She picked up a fan and compared several carriages as she passed by, her crooked eyes like the moon in the sky, " Now, Mr. Lang, you can let go of the things in your hands, pick a carriage you like and go to my house as a guest."
Yin Sheinu's hand hidden in his sleeve trembled, and he was caught off guard and looked into those bright eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything.
He clenched the sharpened wooden hairpin tightly in his hand.
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Yin Sheinu finally rode in the same car with Wen Liangyu.
The knot is embedded with bright moon beads as big as chicken eggs, and the light is soft. On the way back, Wen Liangyu secretly glanced at this person several times, and saw that this person, who was about the same age as him, was wearing light clothes and his back was tight, as if it was his first time riding a carriage, sitting only along the edge of the seat one finger wide, As the carriage turned, his shoulder hit the carriage wall several times, but he remained silent.
His whole body was full of alertness.
Wen Liangyu sighed, "Don't be afraid, Madam Xie..." He thought about how to describe Han Ling.
"——She is very good, and she is different from that Lady Yu."
Although I can't figure out why Han Ling brought this stranger back to the house, it's the same as saying that Yu Luo Shen couldn't bear to bully the weak and sent him home, but kept someone to protect him.
Today, Gao Wei's palace in the Xie Mansion also hung lanterns for the family head who passed his birthday. Xie Lan'an got off the car first and waited in front of the steps while Wen Liangyu and Yin Shuinu got off the carriage from behind.
Xie Lanan glanced at the sleeve that hung down to cover his palm, but said nothing.
Stepping into the threshold, a burst of "cracking" firecrackers hit my face, and Xie Yaochi swung out from behind the screen wall, "Sister, happy birthday!"
She waved a small bright firework stick in her hand, with a clever and surprising expression on her face.
As a result, the few people who came in had their own thoughts and didn't say a word.
Xie Yaochi's smile froze, hesitantly looked at them, and hurriedly extinguished the fireworks, "Yes, Brother Feng said that it doesn't matter if my sister is celebrating her birthday outside, and she also has to celebrate at home, so we prepared this surprise for my sister... "
She paused as she spoke, one, two, three, four, five, six... there were six people when she left, how come there were seven when she came back?
The little girl opened her eyes wide and looked at the person at the end.
"Ha, haha, I like these fireworks. Wu Niang is interested." Xie Lan'an was the first to break the dullness and stepped forward to touch Wu Niang's temples lovingly.
The corners of Xie Fengnian's mouth twitched, little cousin, can you smile any more perfunctorily?
But he didn't have the energy to laugh at the moment. It's okay for my elder sister to love my fifth elder sister. Why would I take a guy in Mai who pours wine back home?
He didn't care whether he was a slave or a white lady, but that face that was full of moonlight and pear blossoms, tsk, was so attractive that it made him uncomfortable to look at it.
Behind Xie Yaochi are Shan Bo, Yun Wen, Shu Meng and others, and Ruan Houxiong is also there. Xie Yixia went to Bieye Mountain Residence in order to free up Xie Lanan's hands and feet. He just pretended not to know anything about what she would do in the future, so as to leave room for mediation. However, Ruan Houxiong couldn't miss the birthday wish for his niece.
He saw several young people were silent, and they were in a completely different mood than when they went out. He frowned and said, "Fu Jing! Did your cousin get bullied at the banquet?"
When Ruan Fujing shouted out his voice, he felt that if he answered too late, his father's fist would fall on him, so he hurriedly said: "No, it's just..."
He thought for a while, "Cousin bullied others?"
At this time, Ruan Houxiong spotted Yin Shenu hiding behind everyone, and looked at him with wonder, "This girl is more handsome than Leshan, who is she?"
"A friend is a husband." Xie Lan'an led him over lightly and looked around, "The time has been decided. Thank you very much for celebrating Lan'an's birthday today. Let's go and have some rest. Sister-in-law, please help me to coax my brother, don't you? Angry with me.”
Ruan Houxiong was dissatisfied, "Nanny, don't you want to eat longevity noodles? There is also sobering soup. They are all warming on the stove for you."
"Uncle, I'm so tired."
"Okay, okay, you go and have a rest! Everyone, go and have a rest!" Ruan Houxiong's eyebrows widened and he immediately surrendered.
In the shadow at the end of the crowd, Yin Shennu looked through the gaps between layers of clothes and shoulders, silently raising his eyelashes.
A proud daughter of heaven who is the center of attention no matter where she is, a young master of an aristocratic family who, even though he is like him, has heard people talking about her all over the city, often says that he is a friend.
Naturally, he almost thought it wasn't teasing.
But what reason do the white clouds in the sky have to roll in the mud?
Isn't it different? He has accepted the funeral banquets of so many noble families and has clearly seen the arrogance in the bones of meat eaters. He has never encountered any exceptions.
It's nothing more than a trick played by Jinling nobles to play with ants.
Cen Shan hesitated and asked Xie Lanan for instructions: "Where do you want to place this husband?"
Yin Sheinu tightened his palms.
But the noble lady who brought him back didn't look at him. Her voice was as cool as pure sand flowing at the bottom of a moonlit stream, "Let's go to Youhuang Pavilion, Leshan, take care of him."
The young man was like a frightened bird at the moment. Xie Lanan felt that compared to her care, he might be more relaxed around Wen Liangyu, who was also a man, so he refrained from looking back at him.
I’ll wait until I have a good rest tomorrow to talk about anything else.
Everyone dispersed. Yin Sheinu was led by the steward through pavilions and gardens, and there were small pavilions outside the gardens. Different styles of exquisite lanterns flashed in his dark eyes, and the iron horses under the eaves bumped lightly, like chimes in the temple. .
The green bamboos with clustered branches and leaves exude a faint fresh breath in the dark night, forming a sea that is not drowning. Yin Sheinu's feet in hemp shoes felt uncomfortable on this road.
A group of ink shadows suddenly passed over the head, and the steward who was holding a lantern to guide the way turned around and explained to the guest: "Don't be afraid, Mr. Sir, this is the white crane raised in the mansion."
Yin Sheinu raised his head, his Adam's apple protruding like a small piece of white jade.
He looked at the patch of night sky above his head that was stretched inwards by dense bamboo shoots, dotted with three or five stars that were not very bright, as if he were watching a dream.
He finally came to a secluded pavilion. The steward was very polite to the visitor who had been specially instructed by the owner of the house, saying that someone was on duty outside and that the guest could just give instructions if he had anything to do.
Yin Shenu entered the door silently.
This guest room is spacious and tidy, with jade tables, porcelain candles, gauze curtains and colorful tents, none of which belong to his world.
He stood by the door, without taking a second glance at the room or touching the bed, and sat on the floor all night.
The night was uneventful, no one came to tie him up roughly, and no one sneaked in to feed him vile food.
At the end of the night, Yin Shennu propped his head up and dozed off. Suddenly, he heard a knock on the door, and he suddenly woke up, and his eyes opened with a cold light for a moment.
But it was the maid who brought the food box to deliver the food.
While the meal was being set, the little maid couldn't help turning her head and looking at his face several times.
Until the little maid left, Yin Sheng's slave slowly relaxed his tense back, raised his eyes hidden under his long eyelashes, and looked at the food table.
Steaming bean porridge, spring shepherd's purse vegetables rolled into petals, two kinds of preserved meat, served in lacquerware. It's not very extravagant, but it has a purity that ordinary people can't learn.
With one meal after another, one can see the world between scholars and common people.
He released his right palm.
The self-defense wooden hairpin that he had held tightly all night was branded with a deep purple mark, and the skin and flesh had already lost blood. The sudden release of the numbness caused pain, and it penetrated densely into his heart.
He glanced at the cinnabar mole on the tiger's mouth that had been frivolously removed last night, pursed his lips, opened the door, and said, "I want to see you young ladies."
