A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

From the capital city to Qingzhou Prefecture, it usually takes four to five days to travel by horse-drawn carriage, but Gu Zhan led people to take a shortcut, and the weather was fine, so there was no delay on the road, and it only took more than three days. Four days before noon, the group entered the city.Master Cen is the governor of Qingzhou. He is the largest official in the area. His family lives in the well-known Governor's Mansion, which is very easy to find.

Gu Zhan and his party pretended to be relatives and passed by here, and stayed at the nearest inn two streets away from Fu Yin's Mansion.

Qingzhou Prefecture is a big city in the prefecture and county. Although it cannot be compared with the capital city, it is considered very prosperous in the local area.

After the seventh day of the lunar new year, visiting relatives from all over the country have begun to travel to and from the south and north one after another. The innkeeper saw that they were accompanied by their female relatives, and he was not suspicious of him. He warmly greeted him: "I see a few The appearance of this guest official is either rich or expensive, where are you going to travel in this lunar new year?"

Qi Huan had long been prepared to deal with the outside world's rhetoric, and he blurted out a lie: "It's because I have nothing to do in the first month, so I came out to visit relatives. We are going to Qingyang County, Gunzhou..."

As he said that, he pretended to be weak, covered his mouth and nose with a veil, "I walked a little too fast on the road, and the water and soil are not acclimatized. I will stay with you for two days and take it easy."

Wei Feng, who was busy unloading luggage in the backyard, showed an expression of not wanting to look directly at him. He really felt that his future mistress was really a strange person——

A lady of great family, she doesn't blush when she lies, and she plays all kinds of insidious tricks, but if you want to say that she is vulgar, she has a sharp and long-term vision, and she does things vigorously and resolutely, without mercy .

Wei Feng privately thought that if she hadn't come from a famous family, she would be able to live like a fish in water if she was a bandit.

Qi Huan was talking to the shopkeeper when Gu Zhan also came over. Naturally, he stood intimately behind her and said to the shopkeeper, "We may need to stay in the two upper rooms for two or three days. It’s parked in the stable in your backyard, and I’ll give you some money when the time comes.”

"Don't worry, guest officer. I cleaned everything before the new year. You are the first batch of guests this year, so keep it clean." The shopkeeper cheerfully agreed. Seeing that Qi Huan was still pretending to be weak, he suggested: "Madam is not feeling well, do you need to call a doctor for you?"

They didn't look alike at all, although Qi Huan would always say they were brother and sister whenever anyone asked on the road, but no one believed them.

At this moment, she was too lazy to be serious with a passer-by, and directly refused: "No, I'll just take a rest."

Naturally, Gu Zhan didn't think too much, and led her upstairs.

After sending Qi Huan back to the room first, after getting settled, he turned around and went out into the next room.

The old shopkeeper of the inn was leaning on the counter downstairs to watch the commotion, with an unfathomable expression on his face.

After leading the way, the monk who came down from the upstairs store was puzzled, and followed his gaze to look up at the second floor, "Do you think they are a couple, shopkeeper? If they were a couple, why did they sleep in separate rooms?"

The old shopkeeper rolled his eyes at him, with a cheerful face, "Didn't you tell me that the young lady is not feeling well."

Xiaoer was even more puzzled: "Don't you see a doctor when you're sick?"

"Go, go!" The old shopkeeper impatiently told him more, turned and went into the back room.

After driving for several days, Qi Huan was not very used to it.

Nothing happened this afternoon, so I made up for sleep.

When I woke up, it was already sunset.

She just opened the window to let the air in, but Gu Zhan next door probably heard her getting up, and knocked on the door the next moment.

Qi Huan went to open the door and let him in. Seeing that he was wearing a cloak and carrying a brown paper bag in his hand, he couldn't help asking, "Did you go out just now?"

"Yeah." Gu Zhan said, and put the paper bag on the table as he entered the door.

Qi Huan touched the teapot on the table.

The water in it should have been taken not long ago by Xing Luo, and it was still a little hot in her hands, so she poured two glasses directly and pushed one to Gu Zhan.

There was no need for her to ask, Gu Zhan took the initiative to say: "Your cousin is indeed in the Cen family, but the Cen family's tone is strict at the moment. I inquired a little bit, but I haven't heard the neighbors talk about his daughter Zhang Luoyi's marriage. thing."

"That's weird..." Qi Huan took a glass of water and slowly drank water to moisten his throat, "If it wasn't for the purpose of getting married, the letter from the Cen family to my second aunt wouldn't have been so clear. "

Gu Zhan also drank a couple of sips of water, and then said hesitantly: "However, I found out some other information. There are two daughters in the second room of the Cen family. The eldest daughter is sixteen this year. It is said that they have engaged in marriage two years ago. I don't know who it was given to. It's because when the girl in his family reaches the age, there will always be a matchmaker. Mrs. Cen herself told the matchmaker that she has agreed to her. There is also a youngest daughter who is an unfavorable concubine. This year Only twelve."

Qi Huan: ...

Seeing that she was silent, Gu Zhan knew that she understood what he meant, and further clarified the words: "Now that his family says they want to marry your cousin, which daughter do you think they want to marry?"

Don’t you ask this question knowingly!
Qi Huan gave him an angry look: "Anyway, I haven't heard any rumors that the second wife wants to get married with the Cen family, but the family background of the Cen family is indeed a lot worse than mine. It's not impossible to calculate..."

The family status of the Cen family is not as good as that of the Qi family, so if they want to get married, they must use their prostitutes.

Besides—

The young concubine of his family is also too old!

Seeing that Qi Yuanming is about to reach the crown, is he crazy?Marry a half-grown child and go back to raise her, she is still a concubine of low status.

but--

Could it be that the Cen family is plotting against their second bedroom?

Qi Wenang and Mrs. Cen worked hard in the capital to calculate the title of the Marquis Mansion, and wanted to climb up again, but in the end they paid for each other. They were also thought to be dragged by Gao Zhi?

If Cen and Qi Wenang knew about it, wouldn't they die of anger?
Gathering his mind, Qi Huan stopped speculating wildly and just asked Gu Zhan, "Can my second aunt and the others arrive tomorrow?"

Gu Zhan said: "According to the letter sent by the spies watching them, it is estimated that it will take the day after tomorrow."

Qi Huan let out a long breath: "Then let's talk about it when she arrives, right and wrong...the two of them always have to have an in-depth discussion face to face."

As the sky was getting dark, Qi Huan reached out to peel off the kraft paper package on the table; "What did you buy here? Is it delicious?"

"Persimmons." Gu Zhan said, "The specialty of this place is said to be delicious."

But while speaking, he grabbed Qi Huan's finger, "Don't eat this now, I inquired about it, the most famous dish here is a donkey meat dish, the most authentic restaurant is in the west of the city, we won't be in this restaurant for dinner Eat, I'll take you out to eat."

After finally coming out, and with Gu Zhan by his side, Qi Huan was not under much pressure, so he happily put on his cloak and followed him.

The two went to the west of the city in a carriage to have dinner, and happened to be visiting a temple fair nearby. After eating and drinking, they went to join in the fun, played around, and when they returned to the inn, it was already past the second watch.

He was busy on the road for the past few days, and now he has settled down temporarily. Qi Huan originally wanted to take a bath, but suddenly found that the inn did not have a bathtub, so he had to give up again and just asked Xing Luo to fetch some hot water. , and simply scrubbed it down.

After tidying up, as soon as he burrowed into the bed with bare feet, he felt goose bumps all over his body due to the cold touch.

It's not good to go out, let alone an earth dragon in the inn, there is not even a brazier.

Qi Huan quickly got up, found socks to put on, and was about to find two more clothes to wear...

With an idea in her heart, she simply didn't wear it anymore, got up and put on the cloak, hugged the quilt and tiptoed out the door to kick Gu Zhan's door next door.

Gu Zhan was already lying down there.

He didn't sleep because he had been paying attention to the movement next door, and wanted to wait until he was sure that Qi Huan had fallen asleep before going to sleep.

As a result, when she heard her open the door again in the middle of the night, Gu Zhan threw off the quilt and got off the ground in a hurry. He just put on his outer robe...

Hearing the noise, he rushed over and opened the door in two or three steps, and was hugged by the quilt that Qi Huan stuffed over.

He stood there in a daze, Qi Huan had already squeezed through the door from his side like a loach, ran to the bed and touched him, he was warm under the quilt, then kicked off his shoes and jumped onto the bed without saying a word.

The lights in the room have been turned off, but Gu Zhan can still clearly see her every move.

Seeing her coming uninvited and occupying the magpie's nest, she ran to the bed by herself...

Gu Zhan was shocked afterward.

The first thing I did when I came back to my senses——

But he hooked his toe with a guilty conscience, and quickly closed the door.

He hugged the two quilts that Qi Huan brought over and walked back to the bed, put the quilts down, leaned over and sat on the edge of the bed, and asked Qi Huan who was sitting under his quilt with a straight face: "What are you doing?"

On the night of his birthday the day before yesterday, the two of them had indeed squeezed into the same bed, but that day was a special occasion, and eating a bowl of birthday noodles set off their emotions in place.

Afterwards, he was still extremely guilty, and always felt ashamed of taking advantage of others.

Qi Huan, however, was justified, and the quilt he hugged was no longer considered someone else's: "It's very cold, I'll let you warm the quilt."

Gu Zhan: ...

If it were someone else, they might jump on it immediately when they encountered this situation, but Gu Zhan's first reaction was to be entangled.

Although the intimate behavior between the two is not uncommon, after all, they have never officially married. Every time he couldn't help it, he would deeply blame himself, thinking that such frivolity was irresponsible to Qi Huan.

Gu Zhan sat still and didn't speak for a moment.

Qi Huan kicked him through the quilt: "It's really cold, anyway, you sleep alone, so you can borrow me to keep you warm, and you won't suffer."

At this moment, Gu Zhan felt that he was being roasted by her on the fire, and he was very entangled and uncomfortable.

If you want him to forcibly carry people back to the next door, it must be duplicity, but you have to sleep together...

But there is always a psychological burden.

Qi Huan was sitting in his quilt, hugging his cloak, and now he felt that the cloak was getting hot, so he kicked his quilt to the end of the bed with his hands and feet, pulled his own quilt over, and followed the bird Tossing and turning on the bed like a fluffy nest.

After everything was done, she even moved to the side of the bed very considerately, trying to make room for Gu Zhan before lying down.

Gu Zhan looked at her huddled silhouette under the dim light, and his already weak psychological defense finally collapsed completely.

As soon as he was heartbroken, he took off his shoes, and lay down straight on the bed as if death was at home.

The next moment, Qi Huan turned over and rolled into his arms, hugging him as a warming stove.

She was content and had no evil thoughts. She adjusted a comfortable position and just slept.

Gu Zhan lay facing the sky, her shallow breath was blowing against his neck in the night, but his heartbeat was very clear.

He looked sideways.

After a long time, in the end, he just restrained his chin and rubbed the top of her hair, and resigned himself to carrying the night through.

But this time it was Qi Huan who came to his room, and he couldn't take advantage of the dark night and wind to wrap him up in the quilt and send him back, so Xing Luo, who came to fetch water for Qi Huan to wash up the next morning, heard Qi Huan Calling her from the next room, the whole person was frightened.

At that time, Gu Zhan was no longer in the room, Xing Luo buried his head very low, and never dared to ask what was going on.

It was not difficult for Qi Huan to notice her strangeness, and he explained calmly: "My room was too cold, so I changed rooms with Gu Zhan."

All her coats were taken off in the next room, and this matter could not stand up to scrutiny.

But even if Xing Luo didn't believe her, he had to firmly choose to believe her, just as if nothing happened.

result--

The little girl insisted on doing a whole day of psychological construction. Seeing that the self-deceiving project was about to be completed, she came to serve as usual the next morning, only to find that her master had slept back in the original room.

Xing Luo's mentality completely collapsed.

And Qi Huan was too embarrassed to explain...

You can't say which room she sleeps in is the coldest room, right?
Fortunately, after noon that day, Cen's mother and daughter finally arrived, diverting everyone's attention.

They came for Cen's house, and went straight to Fu Yin's mansion when they entered the city.

Master Cen has been away for many years, and Cen and he have not seen each other for five or six years. Although this trip came in a hurry, he also prepared generous gifts and brought three carts in total.

Running all the way, both the mother and daughter were obviously exhausted.

Qi Xin helped Mrs. Cen get out of the car, and the gatekeepers of the Cen family went in to report. Normally, it was Mrs. Cen who came out to greet her. Mrs. Cen also deliberately dawdled for a while, ordered someone to unload the car, and told them not to touch anything... …

After a while, it was Master Cen who greeted him personally.

"Second brother." Cen walked up to him with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but you still look the same."

After speaking, he greeted Qi Xin.

Qi Xin also obediently bowed her knees to say hello: "Second uncle is well."

"Sister Xin has also grown into a big girl." The second master Cen smiled kindly, but the mother and daughter of Cen keenly noticed that his smile didn't reach his eyes and was very perfunctory.

Both mother and daughter felt their hearts sinking.

But on the surface, no one has revealed it, and they all still greet each other warmly with smiles and greetings.

After that, Master Cen led her mother and daughter into the mansion.

Mrs. Cen was deliberating, and was thinking about how to get to the point, when Master Cen suddenly asked, "Is my brother-in-law busy with work? Why didn't one of you come here?"

During the New Year's Eve, the emperor will not go to court, so where can Qi Wenang be busy no matter how busy he is?

It's not a good thing to ask in person!
Knowing that she was wrong, the smile on her face froze, thinking it was her brother, she still told the truth: "Second brother, we have had some troubles recently, so..."

Logically speaking, the whole family is united in the same spirit, and Second Master Cen should share the same hatred with her, and immediately expressed concern, but a more obvious look of displeasure flashed in the eyes of Second Master Cen.

He didn't wait for Mrs. Cen to explain in detail, so he changed the topic and ordered his followers: "Take them to the guest house."

Then he said to Cen: "You and Brother Ming haven't seen each other for a while, and I must miss you very much. Let's go and talk to him first."

Before Cen even had time to ask if his sister-in-law was not at home, Second Master Cen had already left.

Cen opened her mouth, this cold reception made her quite ashamed.

She was married well, her husband and son-in-law were successful, and her official career was prosperous all the way. In fact, her natal brothers have treated her with extra courtesy and politeness all these years. The sudden reversal of Master Cen's attitude made her realize that something must have happened. The premonition in my heart is getting worse.

"Grandma, please, I will guide you." The attendant interrupted her thoughts.

"Oh, good!" Cen quickly gathered his mind, followed him absent-mindedly, and then asked tentatively: "What did Ming'er do wrong to offend Second Brother?"

The entourage twitched the corners of his mouth, but he didn't say a word directly.

Cen's mother and daughter looked at each other, and their hearts couldn't help but lift up.

Went to the guest house to meet Qi Yuanming, not only did Qi Yuanming look more mature than half a year ago, Cen could see at a glance that there was a lot of gloom between his brows, and he couldn't help being startled.

"Mother." Qi Yuanming saw her with a very peaceful attitude, neither showing excessive joy nor surprise.

"Ming'er, let me ask you..." Mrs. Cen felt more and more that something was wrong, and just as she pulled her son to ask if something was wrong, the Second Mrs. Cen had already killed her aggressively outside the courtyard.