Yijuan cloud

Chapter 34 Brother and Sister Compatibility
Jiang Chujie escorted Fan Li and me to the door of the wine shop.

When he was leaving, the attendant standing behind him came out holding a long box.

He took it and brought it to Fan Li with an easy-going and respectful smile: "I just saw that the general likes this sword very much. I would like to lend it to the general to appreciate it. Zhanlu is a precious sword. If it has a spirit, I will definitely give it to you." Make friends with the great general.”

I sighed to myself, this man is so eloquent!
He knew that Fan Li would not accept bribes from him, nor would he offer them as gifts. Instead, he would borrow them.

Zhan Lu is a famous sword made by a famous craftsman in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Fan Li will definitely be attracted by it.

Moreover, if he borrowed something, he would repay it. As time went by, he would be able to establish friendship with Fan Li.

Sure enough, Fan Li's expression calmed down a little, he hesitated for a moment, then he accepted the box generously and said, "Thank you, Boss Jiang. I will return the sword in a few days."

"Don't worry. Since ancient times, swords have been paired with heroes. If Zhan Lu is in the hands of a general for a day, he will gain a little more spiritual energy. Speaking of which, he has made a profit."

Fan Li said: "Okay, I have accepted your wish. You can go and do your work." After saying that, he glanced at me and handed over the box.

I hurriedly took it and when he was about to mount his horse, I took a step to stop him. He stared at me doubtfully and asked me in a low voice what I was doing.

I glanced at Jiang Chujie behind him, hugged the sword box tightly, stood up on tiptoes, and he also leaned forward. I leaned close to his ear and said, "Ask Boss Jiang for me, where is he?" Is there a singing girl named Lin Se who is from Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Fan Li's face was very close to mine, so close that I could clearly see the light in his pupils and my shadow. He looked surprised, but soon nodded slightly and turned around to ask Jiang Chujie. .

After Jiang Chujie heard this, he immediately said: "There are many people in our store, but I still know the situation of every singing girl. There is no one like the general. Even if they have a new stage name, there will be no one. General." I don’t know, but when I open a wine shop, I need to buy new people all year round. I also thought about buying from other places, but when I heard that it was coming here, no one wanted to come, let alone the girls from Jiangnan."

Before he could finish speaking, I felt like I was talking nonsense.

Lin Se has been laid to rest long ago. How could I think that she is still alive and came all the way from Yangzhou to the north?

Fan Li said: "Okay, I understand. Please, Boss Jiang, please take a little more trouble to look for it in the store. If you haven't found it yet, that's it. If you have any information, please send someone to let me know at any time."

"Don't worry, General. I'll investigate when I get back next time."

After turning onto another street, Fan Li jumped off his horse and asked me to ride, saying that it was getting late and no one would see me.

I shook my head and said, "I'd rather walk. I rode a horse once before, and my bones were almost broken. You'd better get on."

"Then I'll walk too." He reached out and took the horse's rein from my hand.

There was no wind and no moon, except for a few lights, the surroundings were dark.

I haven't gotten over the shock of seeing "Linser" yet.

Although Lin Se and I are not close friends, we are both our father's daughters. She is my sister. Yesterday's hatred, but today's family affection after leaving home.

What's more, I don't hate her. When I think of her, I think of my family, my mother, my clumsy brother, and my father... And they don't know where they are now?how to live?
The wind outside the Great Wall is really strong, and it’s already so cold at night in midsummer. It’s not like our Yangzhou...

"Who is Linse?"

If Fan Li hadn't suddenly spoken, I would have shed tears because of missing my relatives. Ever since I made up my mind to be a slave in the Cao family, I have never cried again.

I sniffed and said, "She is the daughter of one of my father's aunts. She was selected as a show girl a year ago. She was brought back within a few days and was said to have fallen from the boat and drowned..."

"Dead? Then you just asked someone for help in a restaurant? What do you think?"

Fan Li interrupted suddenly, and his voice was loud again, which startled me. After I calmed down, I said angrily: "What are you doing so loudly?"

"Is it big? Why don't I think so? I don't believe you are cowardly. I can scare you even with my words. Please don't interrupt and tell me what's going on?"

I told what happened in my family, and told me that our family was going to Hangzhou to take refuge due to bandits. On the way, we met the Yellow Turban Army. Jia talked about it one by one.

I sighed and said, "You already know what happened next. Then when we were in the wine shop, you and that boss Jiang had a lively chat. I felt bored so I opened the window for some fresh air and was looking at the scenery outside. , I saw a geisha who looked like Linse walking past the window with a pipa in her arms. I hurriedly chased her out, but no one was there."

After I finished speaking, Fan Li said warmly after a while: "I see that you are homesick. You were in a daze when you saw the wrong person. It's dark. How can you see clearly through the window? You can't tell. That geisha doesn't look anything like your sister. It's just what you think in your mind. Don't keep thinking about it. When you return after the war, I will send people to Fujian and Zhejiang to find your family." I lowered my head. , tears burst out of his eyes and fell to the ground silently.

When I turned around, I was as good as before. I knelt down and saluted Fan Li: "Juanyun, thank you, Brother Fan. I will never be able to repay you for your kindness in this life. I will work hard in my next life to repay your kindness."

"Get up."

He stretched out his hand to help me stand up, turned to look at the street in front of me thoughtfully, stayed quiet for a while, and said: "Since you call me brother, I am several years older than you, and you will be my sister from now on. Don't say any words of thanks, even if you don't want to be my sister, just because you are Cao Junlei's friend, I will help you."

"Brother Fan!" As soon as he finished speaking, I called him.

He was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud.

He also had a straightforward smile. Listening to his laughter, I felt brighter and called him twice more: "Brother Fan! Brother Fan!"

He looked at me with his lips curled up and said, "What do you want me to do?"

"I don't want to do anything. I just recognized a new big brother and wanted to call him a few more times."

He said nothing more.

I asked him softly: "Are you very close to the second son of the Cao family?"

"Brother Junlei is a man of justice, easy-going and forthright, and treats people very well. Everyone who knows him likes him. He has a lot of friends. He has friends wherever he goes since he was a child. We have also been friends with him since we were young. I respect him very much. .”

I thought about Cao Junlei being an official in the court now, and smiled and said: "Then he will have a prosperous official career in the future."

"This is natural, and now the emperor appreciates him very much."

With a chill on my face, I raised my head and saw drizzle falling from the sky, but kept walking without saying a word.

After a while, Fan Li noticed it and said hurriedly: "It's raining. Let's go. I'll take you back on horseback."

"It's not raining much anyway, how about a walk in the rain?"

"What's good about getting wet in the rain?"

"There is a cloud in the poem: My clothes are wet with the rain of apricot blossoms, and the willow wind is not cold on my face. Brother Fan, you haven't walked by when it rained before, right? Even if you walked away, someone would hold an umbrella, and it would be drizzling. There is no special artistic conception among them, let’s go.”

I raised my chin forward and strode away.

He quickly followed, walked quietly for a while, and said, "Although I don't think there's anything good about getting wet in the rain, it feels good to walk like this with you."

"If it's daytime, that would be great." I said.

When I was almost walking back to the house, I saw Feng Jian guarding the alley from a distance.

Seeing us coming, he ran over with an umbrella, covering Fan Li, and said anxiously: "Why don't you bring an umbrella back? Or take shelter from the rain."

"Hold it to Miss Lin." He stretched out his hand to push the umbrella to my side, and strode into the yard with his hands behind his back.

Because Fan Li defeated the Tatars, the Tatar soldiers moved a hundred miles north. He discussed with General Chang to let the soldiers rest for a while. At that time, the Tatar soldiers would be ready to move, and then they would conquer again.

Therefore, Fan Li will stay in the city for a few days.

When he woke up early the next morning, he fulfilled his promise last night and said that he would teach me how to ride a horse. He also said that riding a horse and galloping is one of the great joys in life, and I will definitely like it if I learn it.

At first, he held the horse and I rode it slowly.

After walking for a while, he was about to run. As soon as he ran, the horse also ran. I was nervous and scared, and shouted, "Stop! Stop! Stop! Slow down! Slow down!"

(End of this chapter)