Yin Sheinu didn't sleep all night, but Xie Lanan had no dreams.
She never dreamed about those corpses in the blood mist that could not be dispersed, and the mourners were everywhere. Even after closing her eyes, her body and soul no longer swayed. It was rare to sleep soundly until dawn.
After finding the person whose bones were buried in the past life, my heart will be at ease, and the effect on sleep will be immediate. Xie Lan'an laughed and scolded himself, feeling that Xie Hanling had no future. He woke up and opened the window. The green trees in the courtyard were green, and the hibiscus and red calyx were blooming. The colors of the flowers and trees in early summer turned out to be so moving.
She walked through the building and came to the hall. When she saw the faint green under Yin Shenu's eyelids, she couldn't help but pause.
"Master, please come in. Didn't you have a good rest last night? Didn't you use the morning meal?"
Yin Sheinu stood on the porch outside the door without moving, still wearing the same white linen clothes as yesterday.
His dark eyes crossed the vermillion threshold, looking at the jade-smooth face, and then turned away at a glance.
His voice was very soft, like a bird crossing the south in the snow, carefully shaking off the water droplets on its feathers. It was full of self-consciousness and said: "I want to go back to Yangchang Alley and take a look."
Xie Lannan understood that he was new to a place and could not completely trust her yet. It was human nature to worry about his neighbors.
Still unable to hold back his eyes, Xie Lanan glanced at the small bright red mole on the back of his hand, and Xie Lanan smiled: "It should be."
Without a word, Yunshuang was ordered to escort him back.
Yin Sheinu was stunned instead.
After hesitantly taking a few steps back, he couldn't help but look back and could no longer clearly see the face in the hall against the light.
Yunshuang's car drove smoothly, and when they returned to Yangchang Alley in Xicheng City, Yin Sheinu got out of the car and saw that there were guards guarding the gate, the inner wall, and the entrance of the alley.
The narrow alley where he lives is peaceful and quiet with the smell of morning cooking. It seemed that the nightmare humiliation last night was confined to him and did not affect his neighbors.
She didn't lie to him.
A little girl with two braids that towered into the sky was playing pecking at the door of her house. The little girl used her hands to polish the smooth short bamboo nails and threw them hard into the drawn square. Once she nailed the nails accurately, she jumped forward one square and had a great time playing with herself.
Suddenly, she saw the person who helped her make bamboo nail toys come back. The little girl's eyes lit up and she ran over and waved, "Xiaoyin, Xiaoyin!"
Yin Shennu laughed, his lips turned red and his teeth turned white. He knelt down, patted her little goat's horn, and asked in a warm voice: "Little broom, did something happen yesterday?"
"What can happen?" The girl named Little Broom has no adults to control her at home, so she is very carefree.
There were a few ringworms on her face, and she stretched out her hand to scratch them. "Except for the fact that you followed those rude guys yesterday, nothing happened. Hey, are you okay?"
Yin Sheinu shook his head, and the little broom turned his eyes away and rubbed his belly.
Yin Sheinu's eyes slightly curved, and he grabbed her little dirty hands that were scratching, "Didn't I make more wheat cakes for you the day before yesterday, and also taught you how to use fire."
As he spoke, he bent down and carefully picked up the bamboo nails on the ground one by one, put them into the cloth bag of the small broom, then took her back to the house and skillfully cooked for this orphaned neighbor orphan.
The food of a poor family is nothing more than corned wheat granulated rice with some salted black bean sprouts. If you can add a duck egg, it will be considered rich. The small main room soon smelled of rice. Little Broomstick was so happy that he invited him to eat together.
"I've eaten." Yin Shenu asked her to eat more, then turned to look at Yun Shuang who was waiting outside the door. The warmth in her eyes disappeared instantly, "There is still someone waiting for me."
When Yunshuang looked over, Yin Shenu had already lowered his eyebrows habitually.
That face that is as fair as fine powder is the one where the mania has just begun to bloom, looking so pure and beautiful.
Yunshuang had just been paying attention to what this person said and did to the little girl. He couldn't help but wonder what his master would do with such a person from a low-class background and with no other merits except his face.
Just as Yin Sheinu couldn't understand that the interests of high-ranking officials were the most important thing, the female monarch who seemed to be living in the clouds wasted these troops and asked for trouble. What was she doing?
"Xiao Yin." When he left, Little Broom, who was halfway through his meal, ran over and grabbed his sleeve, covered his mouth and asked in a low voice, "Who are those people outside the alley with the guys in their hands? They're scary."
"Yeah..." Yin Shenu stared at the ground, "What kind of person is he?"
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Yun Shuang took Yin Shui Nu back to the mansion to resume his duties. Xuan Bai almost walked into the main courtyard with them in front and behind, and entered the hall to report the matter like the wind.
"Master, Yu Er really didn't stop. He entered the palace early in the morning, thinking he was going to complain. On the way, he was fighting for the way and almost knocked over the ox cart that Zhu Yusheng was riding in."
Yin Sheinu heard this not far from the hall door and stepped hastily.
Hearing the clear voice of the young lady, she responded casually, "I feel a little sorry for that Zhu Yushi. Is he a little too old this year?"
Yin Sheinu covered his bright eyes, and then a voice of "Sister" came from behind him, and a green shadow passed by him, looking at him as if he was nothing, and walked into the hall carrying a wisp of fragrant incense.
The young man's arrogant voice did not shy away from others and said in one breath:
"Sister, it's better to send the man in linen back. What's the point of leaving him? The phoenix and the fly are fighting, and the name of my sister has been ruined. It's not worth the loss. There is a sentence that my father and brother didn't mention before, and even Feng Nian didn't dare to He said, but I can’t see my sister being wronged. I thought about it all night yesterday and I must say something.
"Why does my sister have to show her kindness to the Queen Mother and be controlled by others? Our family is really competing with the royal family, who is more noble? Even if my sister changes back to red makeup now, the Xie family, my father, and me, I will protect you for the rest of your life. Our family has an ancestral motto of not engaging in party disputes, and my maternal relatives have a bad reputation. Sister...why do you have to slander your face and wading into the troubled waters outside?"
Outside the hall, Yunshuang couldn't help but glance at Yin Shenu, and saw that he was as quiet as before, like a man kneaded in clay.
The hall was quiet for a moment, and then a teasing voice sounded out: "Vulgar?"
"If you want to be a pure saint, why should Confucius meet Nanzi?"
The harsh words with a smile shocked Yin Shenu's heart.
He couldn't see the way the young lady spoke, and didn't quite understand what she said, but he inexplicably remembered the look on her face as she stood in front of him last night.
With absolute power and complete control, it is like a knife carved from frost and ice, but it can break through blazing flames.
"Thank you, Mr. Xiaolang, for your good manners, good manners, and good manners. You came to teach me the truth. Come and teach me. During the Warring States Period, when all the heroes were vying for power, why were the countries on the four sides rising? Qi in the east, close to the sea, and Qin in the west. Living together with the Rong people, Chu, Wu, and Yue in the south were initially laughed at by the Central Plains as barbarians, but they grew stronger day by day. However, the Song Dynasty lived in the Central Plains and fought with benevolence and righteousness, but why was it ridiculed by the world?*
"Tell me again, who can benefit the world at the same time, and who can be good to himself alone?
"Tell me again, why is there a saying in Go called 'golden horns, silver edges, grass belly'?"
Xie Fengnian, who had made an impassioned speech before, was speechless when asked.
"I can't even understand this. Go back and re-read Warring States Policy——"
Xie Lan'an said half a sentence, only to hear the young man chuckle suddenly and snap his fingers: "I understand."
"You brat." The girl's laughter contained relief and appreciation.
Yin Sheinu listened silently and wrote down these heavenly words, just as Xie Fengnian came out with light steps and a bright and cheerful face.
Looking sideways at Yin Sheinu, Xie Fengnian kept walking, and stretched out a finger to tap him hard in the air, as if to warn him, and walked away.
Yunshuang opened her mouth to return her orders to her master.
"Mr. Yin, please come in." Xie Lan'an rubbed his temples, stood up and went under the eaves, and said in a helpless tone, "My brother is naughty, I have made Mr. Yin laugh."
This kind of politeness is strange considering their status.
Yin Shennu, who was wearing hemp shoes, slowly walked into the hall with clear windows for a moment.
According to his courtesy, he nodded to Xie Lan'an and said in a melodious voice, "Thank you, young master, for protecting the neighborhood for this villain."
"Mr. Sir, don't be formal. My words are spiritual." Xie Lan'an had already learned from the servant that he had not eaten or eaten in the morning. He took a look at his snow-colored face, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to him.
As those slender hands approached, Yin Shenu took a step back, not letting her touch him.
Xie Lanan's eyebrows moved slightly, but he didn't push him. He drank the tea by himself. While drinking, he thought: Seeing how stressed he was, what did Yu Luoshen do to him?
He didn't sit down or get close to others, but Xie Lan'an didn't feel wronged. He sat behind the desk and looked at him with his chin in his hands: "Don't be nervous, let me..."
The relationship between her and him cannot be explained clearly in a few words. Xie Lan'an thought for a while and simply said some household things that could make him relax: "I heard that the rules of the grooming business are that those who bury the body and carry the coffin are not allowed to touch it, right? ?”
She has a relaxed and relaxed look in every move she makes, which makes people dare not blaspheme and makes Yin Shennu's back feel tight.
Ordinary people still taboo about life and death. Wouldn't it be unlucky for someone like her to chat about such things with him?
What is the purpose.
"... When I was young, I was often taken care of by my neighbors, and occasionally I would help my neighbors attend funerals." His hands and feet stiffened, and the words came out of his throat.
However, he was blessed with a good voice. Even after staying up all night and eating no hot food, he did not become hoarse at all. This was a skill he had developed since he was a child by singing elegies.
Xie Lan'an shook his head for a moment, then touched the rim of the lamp with his hand, "Are we just neighbors?"
Yin Shenu's long eyelashes drooped downwards, and there was a shadow on the bridge of her straight nose. His family has been in this business since his ancestors. Sometimes when they encounter the corpses of destitute relatives and friends who have no money to bury them, they will help carry them to Yi Zhuang.
But such unappetizing words would not be what the noble person in front of him would be interested in hearing, and there was no reason for him to answer all her questions.
Before he could stop thinking, Yin Shennu heard his own voice saying: "Sometimes when I encounter the corpses of homeless people who have no money to bury them, I will help carry them to Yizhuang."
Yin Shenu's eyes were blank.
The next sentence must not be...
"The cheapest thin coffin costs several hundred dollars, which is not cheap." Xie Lanan sighed, "The young man has a kind heart."
"It's a straw mat." Yin Shenu subconsciously said, and after speaking, he turned away in despair.
Xie Lanan looked amused, but he didn't dare to make fun of him because he was afraid of frightening the birds on the branches. She sighed in her heart. She must have had a straw mat in her previous life. A straw mat was very good. It was better than being close to the skin and fed by foxes.
A straw mat only costs ten coins, but how can we repay these ten coins?
She faced Yinshengu sternly and calmed down her careless expression, "My dear husband, whether you believe it or not, I have no ill intentions towards you. What happened last night should be treated as if it is a matter of fact. You come to congratulate me on my birthday. I I just want to make you a friend. That’s all. If you encounter trouble in the future, remember to let me know and I will help. I thought——"
Speaking of this, Shu Meng, a maid who went to the big market to do some shopping, suddenly ran into the main courtyard with a vegetable basket in her arms.
Seeing that the girl had guests, she stood in the outer corridor in a polite manner, but her beautiful face was full of anxiety.
"What's the matter? Tell me." Xie Lanan raised his chin.
"Madam! Zhuque Bridge, Zhuque Bridge..." Shu Meng swallowed and said excitedly: "Just now there was a school captain named Zhizhi. At the head of Zhuque Bridge, he claimed that he was replacing his elder brother and pretending to be a man. ! Taking off her hair on the bridge, my God, her hair is so long... She also claimed that she wants to challenge you, the girl, to see who is the real henchman!"
The Zhuque Bridge is actually a floating truss connected by boats and boats across the Qinhuai River. People come and go, merchant ships are weaving, and news spreads the fastest.
He Zhi, dressed in the official uniform of a military general with heroic features, stood at the end of the bridge. He drew out the ring-headed sword issued by the government office and waved it against the sun. He cut off the hair tie with his backhand and said loudly:
"He Zhi's real name is He Baozi. He has been in the school affairs office for five years in place of his twin brother. Now he confesses to the world. I heard that Xie Lan'an is a talented girl among girls. I wonder if she can live up to her reputation? I want to compete with her. I invite the elders in Kyoto to come here. Be a witness to this!”
"Well done!"
Xie Mansion, Xie Lanan stood up with his palms in his hand, with a bright expression: "I knew that Xie Hanling would not be the only one who disguised herself as a man, and she might not be the last one. He Baozi? Very good, if she has real skills, how can I give her a false name?" Why not. Let’s go and have a look!”
The light that burst out in her eyes was like the sun shining in her eyes.
Yin Shenu was frightened and wanted to look away, but was inexplicably distracted by the brilliance.
When someone wrote a letter to challenge her, her reaction was not anger, but she was as happy as if a friend had come from afar.
It's like a child... who has been alone for too long, finally waiting for a companion who has a close connection.
The early summer sun was blocked outside by Fei Shi, but he saw the light in her.
She passed him in high spirits and was about to find that person. Yin Sheinu subconsciously followed her.
Xie Lanan paused for a moment, thinking of him, with sincere joy still on his face, he turned around and said, "Yinlangjun, you can leave. Don't worry, the people in Yangchang Alley will not be withdrawn, and no one will dare to harass you again." you."
"...You let me go?"
It's really a misunderstanding, isn't it? Xie Lanan was happy, but he didn't explain too much and said yes with a smile.
This was what she wanted to say just now. She originally wanted to keep him in the house for a longer time, but seeing that he was really restrained here, he didn't dare to sleep, and he didn't dare to take in food or water. This was not her original intention. .
Her dreamland was a skull tower, and he gave her a good night's sleep, which was enough.
You can't really become like Yu Luo Shen, who only wants to sleep peacefully for himself and ignores the wishes of others.
The best way to repay Yin Sheinu's kindness is not to keep him by your side, but to give him unfettered freedom.
On top of this, if he has a request for treasure or a wish for Qingyun, she will not hesitate to help him.
"May you have no worries, please cherish this." Xie Lan felt at ease and had no worries. After saying goodbye to him, he almost couldn't wait to rush to Zhuque Bridge.
Yin Shennu stood where he was.
"Mr. Sir?" Cen Shan saw that the young man did not move for a long time after the lady left. He felt strange and entered the hall and asked, "I wonder what the lady's arrangements are for you?"
Yin Sheinu held her innocent face in his hands for a long time and said, "She asked me to go back to the house where I stayed last night."
