A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 225 Old things, neighbors

There are two plaques hanging on a gate, not to mention unheard of, the main reason is——

It's not right either.

At this time, a lot of cars, horses and sedan chairs had parked in front of the gate, and the guests who came to congratulate Qi Wenyan on his housewarming came to the gate one after another. The person in charge of receiving the guests at the gate was Qi Wenyan, who came with the wind, and the newly hired housekeeper, a [-]-year-old housekeeper. He is a young man who looks very capable.

Gu Zhan was also a little confused.

But then he suddenly thought of something, and patted Qi Huan on the shoulder: "Wait for me."

He turned around and strode away, went to the side, and said something to Jiang Xuan who was tethering the two horses.

Jiang Xuan took two steps back in surprise, scratching his neck to look at the gate of the house here.

Afterwards, the two talked for a few more words before Gu Zhan came back.

Qi Huan sent back a questioning look again.

"That..." Gu Zhan's expression still looked a little unnatural, even a little bit dumbfounded, "This house is not lived by your third uncle alone, it is said that it is divided into two families, and my house lives on the other side. a relative of

"Is it such a coincidence?" Qi Huan didn't think much about it for the time being.

But looking at the gate and the plaque, I was still puzzled: "Since it is divided into two families, then the main gate should be sealed, and each of them should open a new gate to enter and exit."

It was also the first time for Gu Zhan to come here, and he couldn't explain it clearly, so he just said: "Let's go in and meet Mr. Qi before we talk about it."

Because Qi Wenyan's operation is really weird, not only the two of them are puzzled, but also the other congratulatory guests count one by one. After confirming the door face and plaque, they have to stop and ponder for a while, and confirm with Feng Lin at the gate. , Make sure you didn’t find the wrong place before you dared to go in.

Qi Huan was a junior in front of Qi Wenyan, even a child, so she came here empty-handed, and Gu Zhan specially prepared a gift.

Qi Huan stood by and waited for him to finish negotiating with Qi Wenyan's housekeeper, and was about to go inside, but was stopped by Feng Lin: "Miss, this way."

Qi Huan stopped suspiciously.

Only then did I realize with hindsight——

All the guests who came to the door were intercepted by him, and they all walked through the left entrance of the screen wall.

Qi Huan didn't ask any further questions, and walked in with Gu Zhan.

Bypassing the screen wall, you will know what's going on——

After passing the screen wall, a high wall stood straight up, and the whole house was divided into two by a straight man's one-knife cut.

A good garden, the beauty is completely defeated.

Qi Huan, an art student, has always had stricter requirements on aesthetics than others.

After being shocked, she raised her forehead with regret: "My third uncle, I won't say anything about him, how can the people who live next to him bear it? Their division of the house... I'm afraid it's not very pleasant?"

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a couple divorced and broke up, and then they broke up, and all the furniture and bedding were split with a knife. The extreme division of one person and half.

I'm afraid it's not—

Are they already incompatible with each other?
That's it?Still a neighbor?
Her third uncle is so calm and introverted, who is he talking to, who would be childishly angry like this?
Qi Huan suddenly became very curious about the neighbor next door.

She turned her head and stared at Gu Zhan with piercing eyes: "Who is the relative of your family next door? I remember... This house should be given to my third uncle by His Majesty. Could it be that your family is backed by the Empress? Bullying others and making him mad?"

In the past few months, Gu Zhan has been focusing on Qi Huan, and Yun Cheng said that he lives in the Duke's Mansion, but he can go back and live for three to five days a month. Most of the time he is in the military camp.

Coupled with the difference between men and women, although the two are a generation behind in generation, there is not much difference in age...

For a young uncle like Gu Zhan, it's not easy to keep an eye on him all the time, asking about his niece's whereabouts and living conditions, right?

Therefore, he had no idea that Yun Cheng had found another place to live.

It was still last night when he returned from his work at the Ministry of War, the people in the mansion said that Yun Cheng had moved out, but he did not return to the palace.

Within the capital city, Gu Zhan didn't think there would be anything wrong with Yun Cheng changing his residence, and even her things were sent there with the help of people from the Duke's Mansion, and she was always accompanied by a few extremely skilled men given to her by the emperor. Good guard.

So, when there was an accident, Gu Zhan just called the housekeeper to inquire about the details, knowing that Yun Cheng moved to a new house next to the palace city, or it was prepared by the empress in the palace, so he didn't bother. .

Just to be cautious, I asked for the detailed address and asked Jiang Xuan to come over overnight to confirm the exact location.

At that time, the plaque hadn't been hung yet, Yun Cheng didn't stay in the house at night, and went back to the barracks, and Jiang Xuan didn't come in, so he didn't know the tricks inside the gate.

At this time, Gu Zhan was also a little confused about what was going on.

He passed Qi Huan's joking question calmly, and took her hand: "Let's go, we are just a guest, let's go to see Mr. Qi first to pay respects."

After the house was divided into two halves, the place was not so open, and there was only one corridor leading to the garden and the backyard.

The corridor is built along the huge lotus pond that can be seen at a glance after entering the door.

At this time, it is the time when the lotus is in full bloom.

The pool is full of lush and endless green.

When the wind blows, there will be large emerald green waves in the pond, mixed with the fragrance of lotus, filling the whole house.

This scenery can be described as a refreshing beauty.

The lotus pond was not separated by a wall in the middle, maybe because it didn’t want to spoil the view of such a beautiful pond, but it might also be because the pond is too big and it’s inconvenient to build a wall from the bottom...

In short, the two of Qi Huan walked on the corridor here, looked far into the distance, and looked across the entire lotus pond, they could see the layout of the corridor and pavilions on the opposite side.

Qi Huan thought about it and said casually: "It is said that there are two houses divided, but it seems that they are not fully divided. The scenery in this lotus pond is so beautiful, turn around and put a small boat down, and you can go to the opposite side by rowing."

Gu Zhan's face changed instantly.

But he restrained himself very well, and before Qi Huan found out, he had returned to normal, but there was a little more thoughtfulness in his eyes.

Qi Wenyan, who has always been low-key and unkind, had a very lively housewarming party today.

He invited some people, and then some others heard about it and came to the door to curry favor.

Maybe it was based on the principle of raising your hand and not hitting people with smiling faces, but he treated all the guests who came to the door equally, and invited them all in.

When Gu Zhan took Qi Huan to the hall, it was already full of guests.

"Third Uncle." Qi Huan stepped forward and greeted him with a smile, "We're here to congratulate you on your housewarming."

Gu Zhan bowed, with the humility of a junior to an elder, but at the same time he was neither humble nor overbearing, with his own strength of character: "Master Qi."

Qi Wenyan nodded slightly, and looked behind them. It was rare that he didn't see the Qi family, so he asked, "Where are your parents?"

"They're going to come with Second Uncle, and since they just woke up in the morning, Brother Chen is very slow, so they will arrive later." Qi Huan said, "They asked me to come over first to see if Third Uncle needs help here?"

"No need." Qi Wenyan said, "Everyone in the house can cook."

As he said that, he took another look at Gu Zhan and continued, "I don't have time here, so you can walk around by yourself."

Qi Huan was not overly courteous to him, he just nodded and said, "Okay."

Just as he was about to turn around and go out again, he suddenly remembered something, so he couldn't help but ask again: "By the way, third uncle, the neighbor across from you, I think the two of you share a gate, and the relationship between the two should be pretty good. ? Today you held a banquet here, did you invite them too?"

Qi Wenyan's expression remained the same, and he said casually, "She should not be at home."

It doesn't look like they have a good relationship or a warm relationship.

Seeing this, Qi Huan wisely said nothing.

She and Gu Zhan came out of the hall.

Qi Wenyan is here for the first time, and because it is her third uncle——

Qi Wenyan treated her like a child, but she was not polite, and on a whim, she dragged Gu Zhan up, and the two walked along Qi Wenyan's watershed-like partition wall.

Let's go, Qi Huan commented: "My third uncle really doesn't take himself seriously. He said he came out and set up his own family. Can't this house be repaired? Look at this... this small house The entrance to the courtyard is on the opposite side, with a wall built in the middle, and there is only such a narrow, six-foot-wide alley on his side, can't we just demolish it? It's useless to keep it, because it will still accumulate water when it rains."

Gu Zhan followed her line of sight, looked at her twice, pursed his lips, and refused to comment.

The two continued walking.

I also met a hill piled up with rocks, with jagged rocks, about one foot high, and a small pavilion with a good view was built on the top.

On a whim, Qi Huan wanted to go up to enjoy some fresh air and have a bird's-eye view of the scenery, but he searched all over this half of Qi Wenyan's courtyard but couldn't find the steps to go up.

Gu Zhan said: "The entrance to this gazebo should be next door."

Qi Huan raised his head and stared at the gazebo above in silence for a while.

Seeing that she was not moving, Gu Zhan took her hand and said, "If you want to go up, shall we go to the opposite side?"

Only then did Qi Huan regain his focus: "Yeah, you said that the person living opposite is your relative, what kind of relative is it? The relationship is not bad?"

Gu Zhan smiled, and said ambiguously: "It's a junior who has been living in my house before. Maybe he thought it was inconvenient for me to come back, so he moved out."

Qi Huan didn't think too much about it, and she didn't have much obsession with the pavilion. Looking at the sunny sky, she refused: "Didn't my third uncle say that the person on the other side is not at home? Although we share the same gate, After all, they are still two families, and the host is not here, so we didn’t have a good time. It’s a bit hot, so let’s go to the corridor and find a place to cool off.”

Gu Zhan was obediently dragged away by her.

He didn't deliberately want to conceal the identity of Yun Cheng who lived across from Qi Huan, but Yun Cheng's identity was too special, and now that she suddenly found out that she and Qi Wenyan became neighbors, he had some vague guesses in his heart.

These years, both the emperor and the empress have protected Yun Cheng very well, before he confirmed his guess...

For the sake of caution, I don't want to talk too much or even comment on this matter.

The two of them walked back to the edge of the lotus pond. In order to be clean, they did not go to the front yard, but found a secluded place at this end of the pond.

Gu Zhan stood leaning against a pillar.

Qi Huan faced him, sat on the railing of the corridor, folded the largest lotus leaf, made a hat and put it on his head.

While playing with Gu Zhan, he casually glanced across and stood up.

I got up too fast and almost fell into the lotus pond.

Fortunately, Gu Zhan quickly grabbed her hand, supported her waist and pushed her back to sit: "Be careful."

Qi Huan held onto his hand, but stared intently at the silhouette of the girl striding past in the opposite corridor.

The girl was wearing the soft armor of the army, her figure was straight and straight, and the outline of her silhouette was as neat and easy as when she first saw her.

Although there is a huge lotus pond in the middle, Qi Huan is still sure that he has not mistaken the person, that is the girl she met in the palace last month.

"That girl..." When the girl's figure walked down the corridor and disappeared, she looked back at Gu Zhan, "I forgot to ask you, I saw her in the palace last month, who is she? "

She originally wanted to describe it in detail, after all, this girl's features are extremely obvious, she has a scar on her face...

But even though Qi Huan didn't have the slightest contempt in his heart, he still felt that it was a profane and extremely impolite behavior to deliberately describe her appearance like this.

So, when the words came to her lips, she temporarily chose to shut up.

Although Gu Zhan didn't intend to talk to her now, but since he met her face to face, he didn't keep hiding it: "Yes, she is a relative who has been living in my house before, my niece, Yun Cheng. "

Qi Huan immediately understood: "Isn't that... the twin sister of His Highness the Crown Prince? Is she the Princess Zhaoyang of His Majesty?"

No wonder, when they met in the palace that day, even Yun Heng and Yun Zheng had to let her go like stars!

The emperor's princess!
The only daughter of His Majesty the Emperor is also the daughter of a direct descendant!
But this princess...

In the end, it overturned the inherent cognition in Qi Huan's mind.

She looked at Gu Zhan eagerly.

A smile appeared on the corners of Gu Zhan's lips, with a very calm expression on his face: "My sister was pregnant with twins back then, and it was very hard during the pregnancy. During the delivery, the prince was the better of the two children, and Yun Cheng was very thin and weak. My sister is His Majesty's successor. You should have heard of some things. Before she entered the central palace, there were several years without a master in His Majesty's harem, and all the palaces were fighting for the position of queen. I When my sister gave birth, Concubine De was unwilling to lose the posthumous position, so she joined forces with a few loyal servants left by the previous queen to sneak in and attack her and the child. At that time, the crown prince escaped by luck. , but in the chaos..."

His tone was slightly astringent, and he couldn't help but paused.

Qi Huan then understood: "The scar on Princess Zhaoyang's face was left at that time?"

Gu Zhan nodded.

I don't know if it was Qi Huan's illusion, but she felt that his eyes were a little red at that moment.

(End of this chapter)