After Amber, Zhu Mingyu and Li Fenglan met, the group headed for Chang'an.
It was also February, the same time when I went to Chang'an last year. I went to Chang'an twice with completely different purposes and different moods.
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In Xilaike Restaurant, the proprietress Muna was walking among the noisy guests with a dish in her hand. Although she is very busy, she still has a sweet smile on her face. This smile is not like the insincere smile she had in Suzhou. Now she is very satisfied with her current life.
Since settling in Chang'an last year, Xi Laike's business has been booming. The rich young men and young men from Chang'an come here several times a month in order to experience the pure customs of the Western Regions. Later, Xi Laike expanded its business and took over two stores next door, and even started a hotel business.
Many of the people from the Western Regions who were living in the Central Plains were gathered by her, and they all stayed as waiters among the guests from the West.
A young man from the Western Region with a mustache walked quickly to Muna and said a few words. Muna nodded, handed the plate to the young man, and went upstairs.
Outside the innermost guest room on the second floor, Muna stood at the door and whispered: "Sir, can I come in?"
A man's voice came from inside the house: "Oh, come in."
Muna pushed the door open and saw two men sitting in the room. One of them was tall and muscular, with a beard on his face that connected to his sideburns. The other one has clear features and beautiful eyes, like a good young man in troubled times.
The sturdy man laughed twice and said, "Qingchen, is this the woman from the Western Regions that you and Linghan rescued in Suzhou?"
Xu Qingchen nodded: "Yes, three... Muna, we are hiding here with you, we won't cause you any trouble, right?"
Muna hurriedly said: "How could it be? The young master is so kind and kind that Muna will never forget it. You are just hiding here and it will have no impact."
"Actually," Xu Qingchen said, "people in Chang'an are not familiar with us. Not many people know us, so we will be fine wherever we live. However, I trust you, so I came here specifically for you."
Muna smiled and said, "Young Master, you can rest assured living here. You are all my people inside and outside, and there will be no leaks. You have been here all morning, do you want something to eat?"
Xiong San said cheerfully: "I'm really hungry when you say that. I've heard that the roasted lamb legs from Chang'an West are good. Give us two."
"Okay, I'll go get someone ready."
Muna turned and walked out of the door. When she reached the door, she turned around and asked Xu Qingchen: "Master, isn't Miss Ayana with you?"
Mentioning Linghan, the smile on Xu Qingchen's face was obviously much happier: "She is pregnant and can't move around. I didn't let her follow."
Muna's eyes were slightly downcast, but she soon returned to a smile: "Congratulations, sir, I will be holding a big fat boy this year."
Xu Qingchen smiled and nodded: "I'd like to lend you some good words."
Xu Qingchen and Xiong San were the vanguards of the Thorns Sect. After arriving in Chang'an, they did not go to Xi Lai Ke first. Instead, they first came into contact with the spies of the Bai family here and had a preliminary understanding of the Yuan family's movements before settling in Xi Lai Ke.
Today's Yuan family has long been reduced to a mess.
After the New Year, some children of the Yuan family took advantage of the opportunity to go out to visit friends and ran away. After two months, more than half of the Yuan family, which originally numbered several hundred people, had left. The younger ones were able to leave, but the old guys were not so lucky. They didn't dare to let go of such a large Yuan family's fortune.
Earlier there were rumors in Chang'an that the Yuan family was planning to offer the heads of Yuan Fengling and his daughter to Changfeng Tower in order to protect themselves. But now it seems that instead of doing this, these people listened to Yuan Fengling. I had no choice but to get on the pirate ship, and now I had to believe that Yuan Fengling had a backup plan.
Although I thought so, two months have passed. There are already many people from Changfeng Tower and Thorns Gate in Chang'an City, but Miss Yuan's reinforcements are still missing.
Even though she pretends to be calm in front of outsiders, when she is alone, the inexplicable fear still makes her uneasy and even a little nervous, afraid of hearing any noise beyond her expectation.
The face in the mirror is still impeccable, even though she is already in her twenties
head, but she still looks like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl. Yuan Fengling held an eyebrow pencil in his hand and was carefully drawing his own eyebrows. She has many maids, seven of whom are dedicated to dressing her up, but she never lets them do her makeup. She can't trust it.
The eyebrow pencil was moving gently on her beauty, and suddenly, a very slight "pop" sound broke into her ears.
Yuan Fengling threw the eyebrow pencil to the ground angrily and shouted: "Who?!"
Maybe something fell to the ground, maybe there was a mouse, but it was just an insignificant sound.
Liuli came in after hearing the sound and asked, "Miss, what's wrong?"
"Besides you, who else was outside the house just now?" Yuan Fengling's eyes widened, as if he wanted to eat someone.
Liuli shook her head: "No, miss, from now on, no one will come into your house except me."
Yuan Fengling closed his eyes and gently kneaded his eyebrows. She sent her parents to her grandma's house, and she didn't want them to come back and take risks with her. Although she is the leader of the Yuan family now, she can't trust anyone. Recently, she even thought that her personal maid Liuli might betray her.
"Liu Li," Yuan Fengling asked in a low voice, "Have you ever thought about using my head to exchange a future with Changfeng Tower?"
Liuli shook her head silently and did not answer.
Yuan Fengling's mood suddenly collapsed: "You must have thought about it! Following me will only lead to disaster! You will die without a burial place! How old are you this year? Eighteen? Or nineteen?"
Liuli replied: "Miss, I am twenty years old this year."
"Twenty years old! What a great time! Are you willing to die with me?! You must have thought about how to betray me!"
Liuli was not angry and said patiently, "Miss, I know your heartstrings have been very tense recently."
"You don't know anything!" Yuan Fengling suddenly scattered the bottles and jars on the dressing table all over the floor, "I just don't want to marry someone I don't like! I just want to choose by myself! Why don't they agree to me? ! This old man Yuan Jiankang thinks he can control everything. He thinks he can control me! He just wants to control my destiny! Which of those uncles and uncles didn’t treat me as the apple of their eye when I was a child?! But at the critical moment, they want to treat me like garbage. Fuck! My father doesn’t even dare to resist for my future! I’m a piece of shit, the eldest daughter of the Yuan family! He wants to marry me to a fool! A fool!”
Liuli bent down and picked up the bottles and jars on the ground, and said calmly: "Miss, I didn't think you could win from the beginning... You are a unruly and willful young lady who never considers others. Those good things, You feel at ease and think that you deserve it. You are twenty-two years old this year, and you still act like a child... In fact, Wei Shaoxia is a very nice person, honest, willing to stand up for you, and will never betray you in his life. If you had chosen him in the first place, the Yuan family would not have been like this."
Liuli had already packed up those things. She looked at Yuan Fengling quietly: "But I don't think there's anything wrong with you like this. Back then...if you hadn't been willful and wanted to take me back to Yuan's house, I might have I'm going to freeze to death in the streets of Chang'an. If you don't accept Wei Zhengyang, don't accept it. If you want to kill Yuan Jiankang, just kill him. If you want to mess up the Yuan family, it's okay. Miss, I will still be by your side."
Looking at the woman she had picked up in front of her, Yuan Fengling couldn't hold back her tears. She felt extremely wronged: "I regret...I regret a lot of things, Liuli, can I still take it back?"
Liuli shook her head: "Miss, it can't be saved... I have already figured out a way out for you. When they enter Chang'an, you can leave. I have never spent the money you have given me over the years, so I will save it for the rest of my life." , I can still spend it peacefully."
"A way out? Where do you want me to go?"
Liuli shook her head: "Miss, I don't know."
"You don't know? You won't run away with me?"
"By then... I will be dead. From now on, young lady will have to take care of herself. Do you still remember what I told you when I was ten years old?"
Yuan Fengling's eyes were a little blurry: "What?"
"Vegetables at the market are cheaper in the afternoon than in the morning. Clothes can also be worn if they are mended. Don't carry a lot of money when you go out.
The wicked must bow their heads... I will go back and think about what else, and you must remember it well when the time comes, so that you can survive. "
Yuan Fengling finally couldn't help but cry loudly. Liuli gently held her head and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, we haven't reached the last step yet. Miss, you are very smart and will think of a way to save her."
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Tan Wushuang and Fu Xiaohu came to Chang'an for the first time. Naturally, they were not as shocked as when they first went to Luoyang. They were much calmer.
"Fat Tan, do you remember clearly?" Fu Xiaohu sat on the horse and looked at Tan Wushuang with a complaining face.
Tan Wushuang looked at the letter in his hand with a frown and scratched the back of his head with one hand: "I remember... it was here... why don't they let us in?"
Fu Xiaohu was helpless: "Look carefully, the family just now is obviously a wealthy family in Chang'an, and the gate is more grand than the Bai family. Do you think your sister Bai Ling can hide in such a ostentatious place? ... Letter to I."
Fu Xiaohu grabbed the letter and murmured: "I've been out for so long, but I'm still clumsy and not as smart as Xiaofu. Xiaofu also knew to prepare some necessary items for me before coming... Hey Hey hey!"
Fu Xiaohu got angry: "Look carefully, it says Yong'anfang! It's not Ren'anfang!"
Tan Wushuang slapped his forehead: "It's my fault, I didn't see clearly."
The two of them turned their horses' heads and walked towards Yong'anfang.
After walking for a long time, I finally found the right place, a narrow alley with an inconspicuous family in it.
After answering the code at the door, the door opened and they saw a familiar face.
Tan Wushuang couldn't help but exclaimed: "He Nannan!"
He Nannan couldn't help but shout: "Fat Tan! Xiaohu! You are finally here!"
At this time, a woman's cough came from the yard: "Nan Nan, how many times have I told you not to shout so that others can hear you."
Not long after, Tan Wushuang and Fu Xiaohu saw Tang Bailing walking towards them with a stern look on his face.
Tan Wushuang immediately said excitedly: "Sister Bailing."
Tang Bailing waved: "Come to the room and say...Nan Nan, see if anyone is watching outside."
