This journey is about to end, but we walk a little slower. When we reach Bishan, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th.
Along the way, you can see the atmosphere of the people being happy and preparing for the festival.
The reason why Bishan is called Bishan is because the entire town is built against the mountain. I rode on the horse and walked forward turbulently. I could see that in the distance, the almost towering mountain wall stood at the end of the town. The cliff was thousands of feet high, and the mountain wall was flat like a knife cut, with a slight greenness in the sun.
The river flows down from the other side of the mountain wall, surrounding the entire town and surrounded by mountains and rivers. This place is indeed a good place to live. The second brother of the Zhao family said that he often lives in the villa where he lives here, which is probably due to some reason.
On the other side of the mountain wall, I know that it is the intersection of two large rivers. The sound of the surging river water is blocked by the mountain, but you can still feel the water vapor in the wind and the sound of the surging rivers can be heard from afar.
What a beautiful mountain and water.
However, the mountains and rivers are good, but for us, we were dying from the mountain. Until the evening, the sunset fell slanted and only half of the round red sun could be seen on the mountain wall in the distance, we finally arrived at the city. It was not troublesome to enter the city. The second brother of the Zhao family only went up and got a token for the people guarding the city. The people guarding the city immediately said happily: "Second brother, you are back."
With his shout, several people on both sides rushed up, and the horses around the second brother of the Zhao family were laughing and making noise.
"Second brother, how many days have you been there?"
"We're almost missing you."
“That’s it.”
The second brother of the Zhao family seemed to be quite familiar with them. He whispered to them on the reins for a few words, and then asked, "By the way, is the Third Master in the city?"
"The third master has never left."
"That's good."
After saying that, he patted the people on the shoulders: "Come here to have a drink with you tonight!"
"OK!"
"Brothers are waiting for you!"
"The wine you brought last time was good, so bring another jar tonight."
...
Those people were just talking to me and didn't pay attention to our existence, so we walked over smoothly. Until we passed the city gate, the second brother of Zhao's family turned around and smiled at me. I also smiled: "These people are--"
"These people were from the Yan family in the past, but now they are naturally from the Liu family."
I nodded.
Xichuan is different from any other place, because it has been a situation where there has been no government control for many years, so local areas can only be managed by powerful families, such as the Tang family and An family, and these families are finally under the jurisdiction of the Yan family. Liu Qinghan took over Yan Qinghan's property, so he naturally had to take over his responsibilities.
As I walked along the way, I saw the city peacefully. The sun was about to set, but the shops lined up on both sides of the street were not closed, but were more lively. Many people were walking on the street, and many wooden stakes were set up along the street on both sides of the road, with hemp ropes tied between them. You could see many lanterns being taken out and hung up one after another.
Yes, it's Mid-Autumn Festival.
It’s time to enjoy the moon, lanterns and reunion again.
Although I was still concerned about the battle situation, I was also infected when I saw the peaceful and peaceful appearance of the people here. I smiled and watched while walking. It seemed that the memories of watching lanterns and celebrating reunion in my childhood slowly woke up in my heart again.
At this time, a sound of horse hooves came from the front.
The people on the road hurriedly moved away from both sides. As soon as I looked up, I saw a group of people walking neatly from the front, all of whom were young and handsome riders in their twenties, while the leader looked like jade, with a pointed chin, handsome and feminine.
As soon as he walked over, his eyes glanced at the second brother of the Zhao family: "Zhao Yuncheng, you are back."
The second brother of the Zhao family looked at him and raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?"
"Nothing, I thought you couldn't do it anymore, so I ran away."
The second brother of the Zhao family laughed: "You think of me as yourself."
"You are the only one? You don't have this weight yet."
As he said that, the arrogant young man glanced at us a little more, as if he would have to take a little more, but after looking at me, he frowned slightly and looked at me again.
Then, he asked the second brother of the Zhao family: "Who are these?"
"It has nothing to do with you."
“…”
"If you want to know, go and ask the third master yourself."
“…”
When talking about Liu Qinghan, he seemed to press the young man a little. He frowned, but said nothing more. Zhao Yuncheng had already nodded to me: "Let's go."
I nodded, and rode my horse forward with her.
That young man, I felt that he had been taking his men behind us and did not leave. Until we walked away, we could still feel his gaze behind us.
Turning around the corner, I finally got rid of that gaze. I looked at Zhao Yuncheng, and he seemed a little apologized that the sparks of the two of them splashed on me and explained to me: "We usually like to fight, haha."
This is not as simple as a bickering.
But I didn't want to care too much about who I can get along with and who I don't deal with. After all, it was his life. I just asked: "That young man just now looked so arrogant. Who is it?"
"Wen Ruyu."
"Wen Ruyu?" When I heard this name, I frowned slightly: "The surname is Wen?"
"Well, you know each other?"
"In the past, there was a family named Wen in Xichuan. I seemed to have some impression when I was a child," but it was indeed a matter of childhood. Now that I can't remember much, I asked again: "What is he doing?"
"Like me, he is also under his command."
Zhao Yuncheng said, looking back, realizing that we had turned the corner and could not see the people behind us, and then said, "But it's different from me. I was brought by him, but Wen Ruyu has been here forever. He took over after coming here last year."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! I feel that the second brother of the Zhao family is not willing to call Liu Qinghan "Third Master" in front of those servants and guards. Naturally, it is because the two of them grew up together, so such a title is still a bit unwilling to him.
I asked, "This Wen Ruyu is also helping him train troops?"
"I don't know much about this."
"Um?"
Zhao Yuncheng looked around, then leaned towards me slightly on the horse's back, and lowered his voice: "There are some people in Yan's house who are not very willing to change their ownership."
“…”
With just one sentence, I immediately understood.
It is not difficult to imagine that those people have been servants who have followed Yan Qinghan for many years. Judging from his young age, some people may have watched him grow up, just like Su Su and Shui Xiu will have feelings for me for a while, let alone these people. Suddenly, their old host and guest died in a foreign land, and an inexplicable person came to take over his position, which was easy for anyone to accept.
I touched the letter in my sleeve, and the simplest words from Nan Zhenyi—
Those who bathe in a new way will have to play the crown, and those who bathe in a new way will have to cheer up their clothes.
That's what it means indeed.
Zhao Yuncheng looked at me and said, "Qingying, you are the eldest lady of the Yan family, you can speak in Xichuan."
I didn't finish this, but I already understood everything behind it. I looked at him, smiled faintly, and did not answer, but looked up at the front: "Are we here?"
He glanced at me and looked up: "It's here."
Our horse team walked into a long street.
Unlike the street just now, this long street is very quiet. There are no houses, shops, and few pedestrians around the corner. The afterglow of the sunset shines on the long red walls, reflecting a fiery red light in front of you.
The horse team walked to the center of the long street and saw two big stone lions squatting at the door, and the three beast-headed gates were closed. Zhao Yuncheng asked someone to go up and called the door. After a while, the gate opened from inside.
Several servants who looked pretty particular about clothing ran out to greet us, and they seemed a little surprised: "Come here so soon?"
Zhao Yuncheng said simply: "Miss Yan is here first."
"Oh, I'm rude, Miss Yan, please come here."
They led me in, and in just a moment, I had someone prepare a sedan chair, but I was sore and my back hurt all the way on the horse's back. I really didn't want to sit anymore, so I politely refused them and asked Susu to support me. Two other servants came to support Zhao Shuyuan, and we walked all the way in.
Along the way, I can’t see the beautiful spring scenery on both sides.
I just smacked my tongue-this person could really enjoy it.
But after thinking about it again, Yan Qinghan can take care of this, but now, everyone has been enjoyed.
However, enjoying it, I looked at the mansion and the people who were busy around me and felt a little strange.
like……
As we thought about it, we had been led forward for a long journey. We finally walked through the long, winding corridor, and passed through the hall and bypassed the screen as big as a wall, and saw a spacious courtyard with small halls on both sides and a hip-mounted open pavilion on the front.
Above the steps, at the spacious door, stood a slim woman.
I was a little surprised and stopped in the middle of the courtyard.
It was not until this time that I realized the strangeness I felt just after entering the gate, because I realized that there were many busy people coming and going in such a large mansion, but along the way, I found that they were all men.
The men guarding the gate, the men watching the yard, the men leading the way, and even the ones who accompany us all the way were young servants.
The one in front of me seemed to be the first woman I saw since I entered this mansion.
Moreover, she is a beautiful woman.
Chapter completed!