Qin Zhuen hurriedly withdrew his construction team without even daring to let go of anything that day.
Yan Tian's anger was finally extinguished by three bowls of old chicken soup. So after dinner, when she followed her father around the courtyard of the Yan family who had survived the disaster, she suddenly discovered that Qin Zhuen really didn't bring people here to cause trouble, he brought people here to move!
Moved her home in Luozhou Mansion to the capital. Plants, trees, bricks and tiles, the swing in the backyard, the apricot blossoms in the front yard, the flowerbed planted with spring flowers, the path of colorful bluestones, the chicken coop outside the kitchen, the magnolia in bud outside her window...
Everything is arranged as in a Luozhou home. Although they are not very similar, they are almost similar.
"Ah En, I was afraid that you might not get used to living in the capital when you first came to the capital, so I made a grand arrangement." Yan Wenkuan said and turned to look at Yan Tian.
A wise daughter is better than her father. My daughter has been strong since she was a child and has always had the ambition to be as good as men. But she is a woman after all. If he were here for a day, he could still protect her. But what about a hundred years from now? Who can protect his free and easy daughter?
Yan Wenkuan has begun to regret frequently in recent days. If he had made an engagement for his daughter early, taught her to be at ease with the times, and confined her to the back house early...would it actually be better for her? At least he can be sure that his daughter will support her husband and raise her children like other women in this world, and live a stable life. There is no need to worry about how Yan Tian will deal with himself if he is not there one day. In this man's world, in this extremely patriarchal world.
Therefore, he found Tian Shuangquan as if he was in a critical condition and sought medical treatment. But that child... Yan Wenkuan shook his head and sighed. But after just a few days of getting along, he knew he had found the wrong person.
Based on Yan Tian's situation, her future partner should be someone who is open-minded, broad-minded, and unconventional.
With an open mind, he can tolerate Yan Tian's shock and deviance. With a broad horizon, he can understand Yan Tian's unusualness and unconventionality. Regardless of the secular world, he would not care about the strange looks from the world because of a wife like Yan Tian.
But Tian Shuangquan is just an ordinary man in this world. But in the end, this world is still dominated by countless mediocre and ordinary men. They will definitely not tolerate, understand, and treat his daughter without fear of the world, his daughter who has been as precious as an eyeball for sixteen years...
These thoughts and fears reached their peak from the moment they arrived in the capital.
In fact, Yan Wenkuan never thought that he would return to Beijing to take up a post. According to his thinking, and with his close but subtle relationship with the Ding'an Marquis Mansion, his official career will naturally be smooth in his life, but his official fortune will be limited. It is absolutely impossible to return to the capital to take up a post to get in the eyes of my aunt and uncle. It's just that he was transferred to several places, and the highest he became the chief of the first government. If the local customs are simple, prosperous and comfortable, then I will try to stay there for a few more terms.
He didn't dare to think about the officials of the feudal border. All officials of third rank and above must have the experience of being a Beijing official. This is what he will do for the rest of his life, be a local official and raise his daughter well. With the protection of himself and the Marquis of Ding'an, it doesn't seem to be a big deal for Tiantian to be free and easy all his life.
But now he was unexpectedly transferred to the capital. On the surface, he was a fourth-rank Jing Zhaoyin, but in fact he was a small role that everyone in the capital could deal with. The ants and mustard seeds under the emperor's feet are insignificant. He felt unprecedentedly helpless.
So Qin Zhuen's little "ulterior motives" suddenly became a rare thing in his eyes, and even a possibility. After just a few days of getting along, he seemed to see in this young man what he had always wanted...
The son of the eldest princess seems to be very serious about his daughter...
But, the son of the eldest princess! After all, there are too many connections on my body...
Yan Tian didn't know that her old father was loving and worried about her life-long affairs. After taking a look inside and outside the small courtyard, I decided to simply express my guilt for poking at Qin Zhuen so rudely. As for the favor and Qin Zhuen's thoughts, she resolutely ignored it.
However, maybe even she herself didn't notice that when she first saw the familiar layout in the courtyard, her heart did throb for a moment, but it was only for a moment...
"Xiao Zhu!" Yan Tian shouted, "Go get an abacus! Let's calculate the cost of the entire repair. When we see Lord Qin one day, we can pay him back the money."
Yan Wenkuan, who was stroking his beard, pulled off a handful of black beard with a flick of his hand. He said that he would work hard to live a long life and try his best to stay behind Yan Tian.
In fact, there is no need for "someday" at all. The next day, Yan Tian met Qin Zhuen. Before seeing Qin Zhuen, Yan Tian was being grounded by her father.
Yes, grounded.
At first, Yan Tian thought her father was joking. After all, she had often followed him to the government office in Luozhou before, especially this time when the Queen Mother asked her to "help her father conduct a good trial."
So early the next morning, Yan Tian put on black powder, blocked her ears and eyes, put on men's clothes, dressed up like an indistinguishable boy of twelve or thirteen years old, and prepared to go to the Yamen with her father. But Yan Wenkuan solemnly told her that she was not allowed to interfere in this case. No, it should be said that she will not be allowed to intervene in any future cases.
Now that he has realized the dangers of the capital and knows that one wrong step will lead to eternal disaster, how can Yan Wenkuan let Yan Tian act as willfully as before?
So he rejected Yan Tian's nudges, ignored her coquettishness, and even disobeyed the "Queen Mother's order" and resolutely kept Yan Tian at home. In order to prevent her from sneaking out, the loving father even asked the two remaining servants of the Hou Mansion to guard the door.
Yan Tian watched helplessly as her father went out to get into the sedan chair, while she was stopped at the door by the two servants she had left behind.
While Yan Tian deeply realized that he had dug a hole to bury himself, Yan Tian was also very shocked. He never expected that he would be banned in his lifetime? ! The loving father who pampered her to such a degree that she was lawless and wanton, now said that she was too lawless and wanton, so she should be grounded!
Yan Tian said: Sun Wukong is not a rebel compared to you.
Of course, no one in the family including Aunt Hu, Uncle Sun, and Xiaozhu would dare to stop her. But these two fat and stout young men in the Hou Mansion had just arrived and thought that the master was the biggest in the house, so they strictly followed the master's orders and disobeyed the "living ancestor" without any pressure.
Xiaozhu secretly admired him and felt that their time was probably numbered.
There's no rush to educate the servants or anything like that. The most urgent thing now is how to take a look at the files on Fang Yuting's case. It would be better if Fang Yuting himself could be interrogated.
It's not that Yan Tian doesn't believe in her father's ability to judge cases, she can also understand her father's worries. Shang was still apprehensive about entering the palace. She naturally knew that the capital city was not as good as Luozhou.
But she is such a strange person. She doesn't like female celebrities and is not good at music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She only likes those strange legal cases and likes to explore the hearts of lovers.
A person's entire life is like the autumn of vegetation, which is really boring. It's not impossible to live a busy life, but she is so lucky to have found something that can make her focus and enrich her heart.
Sometimes she even feels that trying to resolve cases and clearly identifying grievances is probably the meaning of her life in this world...
At this time, Yan Tian was anxiously running around in circles in the backyard. At her wits' end, she suddenly heard someone calling her from the wall. As soon as he raised his head, Qin Zhuen's sparkling peach blossom smiling eyes came into view.
"Tiantian, I will take you out!"
In early spring, it was warm but still cold. The sky was blue and the morning glow was brilliant. But Yan Tian felt that the morning sun was no more dazzling than Qin Zhuen's smile. She even felt a little bit contradictory because of the cleanness and purity in that smile that belonged to the young man. In her mind, this kind of cleanliness and purity should not appear in someone like Qin Zhuen...
…
Gang leader Qin first lowered a ladder into the courtyard, originally wanting to jump off the wall to help the girl. Unexpectedly, this weak daughter turned into a monkey in an instant, and climbed up the wall in a few clicks of the ladder. Qin Zhuen quickly jumped down to make way for her, fearing that the strong woman would step on his head again and climb down.
Yan Tian climbed over the courtyard wall neatly and climbed down the ladder outside the wall to the ground. Perfect! The heroine felt proud. It seemed that her tree-climbing skills in previous years had not been neglected due to her busy work schedule.
"Where do you want to go?"
Qin Zhuen watched with satisfaction as Sanshou, under his hint, climbed up the ladder outside the wall and disappeared, leaving Yan Tian alone... walking with him.
"Why are you here?"
Although Miss Yan was so bold that she dared to follow a man over the wall and run away, she still had to ask. After all, we are all ladies, abide by etiquette, and we still need to be curious.
"I wanted to send you and Uncle Yan to the Yamen early in the morning, but unexpectedly I saw you at the door..."
See "Father and Daughter Turn Against Each Other"? Master Qin quickly changed the topic with kindness, "I think you should go to the prison to meet Fang Yuting now. The time is just right. Today is the first day for Uncle Yan to go to Jingzhao Mansion Yamen, although the case of Fang Yuting is extremely urgent. , but he always has to spend half a day getting to know the officials in various places in the yamen and handling chores. So he gave us a chance."
"I think so." Yan Tian nodded obediently, feeling that Qin Zhuen's work was indeed more reliable than him. "Every time a case is tried, my father's habit is to read the files first and then interrogate the prisoner. It would be great to meet Fang Yuting before that. But... I don't know if Brother Qin can take me into the criminal department. Prison?"
Hey! Qin Zhuen raised his eyebrows. This girl's face changed so quickly. Yesterday I called him Master Qin, but today I changed my name to Brother Qin? He grinded his teeth and couldn't help teasing her.
"Hey, Miss Yan trusts me so much? Aren't you afraid that I will trick you into selling you? I'm afraid Miss Yan doesn't know something. My name as 'Mr. Qin' is very famous in the underworld! It is said that I am the number one in the capital. It’s no exaggeration to say that you’re a big bastard.”
"Brother Qin is so talented that he can step on both the black and white worlds with his feet and the world of yin and yang with his hands. As for whether you believe it or not... of course! Yan Tian once said that brother Qin is a brave and courageous man with a warm heart in the ancient ways. He is a rare thing in our country. A brave and chivalrous man! Yan Tian trusts such a chivalrous man wholeheartedly."
Yan Tian raised his serious face and spoke extremely seriously and solemnly, with a sonorous tone and firm eyes. Under that decisive and solemn look, Qin Zhuen felt that it would be difficult to end the situation if she didn't kneel down and kowtow to this righteous and righteous hero in her mouth.
Hey! This girl! How dare you openly flatter him? ! Not to mention that he was not angry at being poked yesterday. Even if he was really angry, with her flexible singing, chanting and doing, he could only swallow his saliva and extinguish it himself.
But... what the hell is 'holding the two realms of Yin and Yang'? Flattery also brings negative consequences. Isn't this girl's scalping a bit too much?
The reason why Yan Tian was so calm was probably because even she herself didn't notice that she was particularly relaxed and at ease in front of Qin Zhuen, even more relaxed and carefree than in front of Yan Wenkuan.
Therefore, at this moment, looking at Qin Zhuen's expression as if he had eaten a fly mixed with honey, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Brother Qin, please don't be the same as Yan Tian. Yan Tian is here to apologize to Brother Qin for what happened yesterday." After saying this, she bowed deeply and looked at Lord Qin with a charming smile when she stood up.
The blue sky is golden and the morning breeze is clear. Qin Zhuen looked at the girl in front of him. Although she was pretending to be a young girl, her smile was still bright and dazzling. He couldn't help but blush, and suddenly his heart beat like a drum.
"I've already said hello to Chief Zhu of the Penal Department Prison, so it's a good time to go down now. Let's go." He coughed twice with his fist to his lips, sanctimoniously put his hands behind his back, and walked away into the wind.
The spring breeze couldn't blow away the hot flashes on my face. Fortunately, the back alley of Yan's courtyard is quiet and deserted. Otherwise, wouldn't Daxia Qin's shy and shy attitude ruin his reputation for life?
Yan Tian looked at Qin Zhuen's pretending to be mature, couldn't help but smile, and hurriedly followed him.
In fact, Yan Tian was not as relaxed as he appeared when meeting Qin Zhuen again. Once upon a time, Qin Zhuen ran to Luozhou to ask for her hand in marriage, but she was scared off on the condition that he was "not allowed to take concubines." Then yesterday, he came out of the palace to spread anger and slapped him in the face mercilessly in front of everyone. Not to mention that this was the only son of the noble eldest princess and the emperor's nephew. Even ordinary men would probably not be able to show off their face. The light ones would avoid him, and even the narrow-minded ones would never say bad words to each other and become enemies from then on.
But Qin Zhuen is an open-minded and open-minded person. Seeing each other today, he only pretended that nothing happened and did not mention anything about the past. This made Yan Tian let out a long sigh of relief.
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As soon as he arrived outside the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, Yan Tian was shocked. I saw all the jailers, led by cell leader Zhu, out in full force, with warm smiles on their faces, walking in two lines, lined up in neat rows, to welcome them... to jail.
