Concubine like a house

Chapter 12
After entering autumn, the days gradually shortened.Long nights spent in sleep can feel like time flies by.In the blink of an eye, Hanchu has served Dongyuan for nearly three months.The longer she stayed here, the more she felt like a lifetime away.

She clearly remembered that the day when Helian Qi suddenly disappeared was the fourth day of June; on the second day, the news of the marriage of the two families reached her ears; and today is the fifteenth day of October, counting the time, it has only passed More than a hundred days.

Although it is only a hundred days, it is like a thousand years.It was so long that she could almost forget the love she first had, and also almost forget the night when He Lianqi took her body.

It was still close, as long as a few more days, she would be able to truly let go of that relationship.Between her and He Lianqi, there are only hairpin scars on her arms left to commemorate, reminding her of the insults and bullying she received, and Qin'er's tragic death.

Hanchu warned himself in his heart.

Fortunately, although the old love is gone, I have found a good teacher.In the past three months, Han Chu asked himself and learned a lot from Yun Ci.This man with a cool and gentle temperament is almost knowledgeable about the past and the present.She served in the study every day, and gained a lot of knowledge.

And the most rapid progress among them is her good handwriting, which is inseparable from Yun Ci's daily careful guidance.

"The brush strokes are spirited and have a strong character. Now I have six or seven points of my skills." Yunci unfolded a post that Han Chu had just written, and carefully commented.

Han Chu smiled when he heard the words, and wrote on the paper: "Young master never forgets to boast when you praise others."

Yun Ci smiled when he saw the words, just like the boundless autumn moon, scattered all over the room.There was some appreciation hidden in his faint eyes: "I never speak nonsense, just tell the truth."

Han Chu imitated the man in the play, and bowed deeply to Yunci, at the same time, his red lips parted slightly, and he mouthed with a smile: "Students are polite."

Yunci's smile was even more intense, and he said a little bit: "Although you are very talented in calligraphy, you can't stop there and be complacent. Many people have learned a little bit of the truth and then it is difficult to improve. Let me just look at it. , can you go to the next level?"

Han Chu hurriedly nodded, picked up his pen and replied, "I will definitely live up to the expectations of the teacher."

As soon as the word "Wang" stopped writing, Yun Ci frowned, and pointed out: "This hook is broken again, didn't I tell you?" Pretty skinny.'”

Speaking of which, he had rewritten the word "Wang", and said while writing: "Look out of Chuxiu, the word '月' should be..."

Speaking of this, she saw that Chuxiu was looking at the words on the paper in a daze, so Yun Ci slapped her chestnut on the forehead, pulling her back in time: "What are you thinking about?"

Hanchu pondered for a moment before writing: "I was thinking 'there is always a feast that never ends'."

As soon as this sentence was written, Yunci was also silent for a while.After a while, he tentatively asked, "Chuxiu, aren't you curious about who I am?"

yes!Who is this Mr. Yun?Han Chu only knew that his surname was Yun, his nickname was "Wanzhi", and his family was in Fangzhou.Nothing else is known.

Hanchu has only been to Lidu, the imperial city of Beixi, once since he was sensible, and he was still invited to teach piano skills.Besides, she has never been out of Nanxi Jingzhou.But by virtue of her several years in the Fengyue field, she has heard many rumors.Among them, the surname "Yun" is quite legendary.

She suddenly didn't dare to ask Yun Ci's identity, and she knew she was not qualified to ask.It's just that she came to Dongyuan to serve for three months, she can't push her forward.

In other words, their separation is imminent.

Seeing that she didn't reply for a long time, Yun Ci thought she knew something, and asked again: "Did you guess my identity? Actually, I didn't want to hide it deliberately, I am..."

"Master." A delicate voice came, interrupting the conversation between the two.Danxin stood at the door of the study and said, "The medicinal materials have been delivered, and the servants cannot count them all by themselves, so I want Chuxiu to help."

Yun Ci is inseparable from medicine every day, and his daily cooking of medicine has been handed over to Han Chu after Qian Yun left.Seeing the bottom of several herbs yesterday, Han Chu told Dan Xin to go out and buy.It can be seen that all the medicinal materials have been delivered today.

Hanchu looked at Yunci, waiting for instructions.

Yun Ci stared at the sentence on the paper, "There is always a feast that will come to an end" on the paper, and ordered in a low voice, "You go."

Hanchu saluted and left the study, and went to count the herbs together with Danxin.

The person who delivered the medicine was a middle-aged man, who was greeted by You Danxin and carried the medicine into the warehouse.Because Han Chu was too beautiful, he was stopped by Dan Xin and did not show his face. He just stood in the shadow of the warehouse and counted the number by himself.

After working so hard for a long time before tidying up, the two just walked out of the pharmacy when they bumped into Chacha head-on.Danxin's expression darkened immediately: "Who allowed you to come to Dongyuan?"

But Chacha didn't bother to explain to Danxin, and said to Hanchu with an anxious look on her face: "The Ming family has come, and they said they want to find a lost maid. The one who took the photo is the second young master of the Ming family."

"The Ming family has lost their maidservants, what does it matter to us? Why did you find Chasing Hongyuan?" Dan Xin crooked her brows slightly, very curious.

At this time, Han Chu's face was already pale.

Seeing that Cha Cha hesitated to speak, he looked sideways at Han Chu who was beside him, and with just one glance, he understood a little: "Chuxiu, are you a fugitive slave?"

Han Chu pursed his lower lip tightly, lowered his eyes and shook his head.

"Then why are you so nervous? Your face is frighteningly pale." Dan Xin said with a sense of reproach, and then asked Chacha, "Which Ming family is here?"

Which Ming family?There are still a few Ming families in this world!Chacha secretly ridiculed Danxin as a frog in a well, and said: "Naturally, it is the descendant of the dynasty, the Ming family."

Danxin immediately sneered: "Who am I supposed to be! Is it Nanxi's descendant? Let's see what stupid things he dares to do!"

Chacha has never been aware of the identity of the honored guest in Dongyuan, seeing Danxin's tone so rampant, she can't help mocking: "Miss Danxin has such a loud tone."

Danxin just snorted coldly, looked at Hanchu again, and saw her tugging on her sleeve, as if she was about to say something.

Danxin didn't understand what she meant, and suffered from lack of pen and paper, so he could only ask again: "Chuxiu, are you really not a fugitive slave of the Ming family?"

Han Chu shook his head in denial.

"Are they looking for you?"

Hanchu nodded hesitantly.

"I should have guessed that a beautiful woman like you must have a background." Danxin sighed softly, and turned to the tea ceremony, "You stop people first, and then I will make a fuss after I tell the master." He took Hanchu's hand and walked quickly towards Dongyuan study, leaving Chacha sneering on the spot.

Danxin took Hanchu all the way back to the study, and relayed Chacha's words to Yunci.

Hearing this, Yun Ci's eyebrows gradually frowned, and he said to the guard Zhu Ying: "Go and stop him, don't mention that I'm here."

Zhuying immediately took orders and left.

Yun Ci looked down again, and said: "You also go to find out the situation."

Danxin was a little reluctant: "Master, it's time to inform the young master right now."

Yun Ci was silent for a moment, then said: "Zifeng is not in the city today, Wenchang Marquis Hefu went to Huishan to pray."

Shen Yu went to Huishan?That really can't be counted on him.Chasing Hongyuan is in the west of the city, and Huishan is in the east of the city. If you wait until Shen Yu comes back, the day lily will probably be cold.He said lightly and resentfully: "I'm afraid this was premeditated, and I deliberately picked a time when the young master is not around."

Yun Ci did not express his opinion on Danxin's remarks, but urged in a low voice: "Go, you are quick-tempered, play by ear."

Dan Xin looked at Han Chu worriedly, and then hurried away.

Only Yunci and Hanchu were left in the study, and the atmosphere was so silent that it made people panic.Han Chu thought that Yun Ci would ask, but after waiting for a while, he didn't see him asking.

Han Chu couldn't stand the atmosphere, so he raised his eyes to look at Yunci.Wherever the line of sight went, this person's sparkling eyes were breathtaking, as if they could penetrate the ice and the peaks to disperse the fog, just like that, they fell on her.

Han Chu felt ashamed of being seen by Yun Ci, after all, he took the pen and paper, and said frankly: "They came to look for me, but I am not a maidservant of the Ming family, and I have nothing to do with the Ming family."

Yun Ci looked away from Han Chu's face, lightly landed on the piece of paper, and said, "You don't need to explain to me, who doesn't have a secret?"

It was obviously a calm and casual tone, but in Han Chu's ears, it made the tip of her nose ache: "Don't you believe me, sir?" She wrote again.

"I don't believe it." Yunci looked at the handwriting on the paper that was six points similar to his own, and asked again, "Chuxiu, would you like to go with them?"

Han Chu shook his head hastily, his eyes were watery, aggrieved and angry.

Yun Ci stumbled into these beautiful eyes of autumn water, making him in a trance for a moment, as if he had fallen into the endless flow of time, with a sinking that could not find the other side.After watching Han Chu silently for a while, he said in a deep voice, "Push me out to meet them."

Han Chu was taken aback, shaking his head in a hurry.Even if Mr. Yun has Yun's backing, it's not worth standing up for her and offending the descendants of the dynasty.Thinking of this, Han Chu quickly wrote: "I can't implicate you. The Ming family is a descendant!"

"It's not enough to get tired." Yunci looked at the paper and chuckled, "Don't say any more, if you don't want to go with people from Mingfu, then push me out."

Han Chu still shook his head, very stubborn.

"You don't believe me?" This time, it was Yun Ci's turn to ask.

"Letter." Hanchu lightly parted her vermilion lips and nodded solemnly.

"If you believe me, then let's go." Yun Ci no longer looked at her, his gaze fell outside the study door with unquestionable firmness.

Hanchu had no choice but to help Yunci out of the study, sit on the wheelchair for him, and push him to the gate of Dongyuan.When there was still some distance from the garden gate, Yun Ci suddenly ordered Han Chu to stop, and stood up to walk again.

Han Chu was taken aback when he saw this, and quickly reached out to help, but was stopped by Yun Ci: "Don't let them know that I have a leg problem." He patted the back of Han Chu's hand reassuringly, and the smile on his face could also calm people's minds, "Two steps are fine, you don't have to worry."

Hanchu felt the warmth from Yun Ci's palm, but his own was slightly cold.At this moving moment, Yunci had already let go of her hand, and told her solemnly: "You can't show your face, go back to the study and wait, and don't come out until I come back." After saying that, he turned around and took a step Walk towards the garden gate step by step.

Yun Ci walked extremely slowly, but very steadily. If he hadn't known that he had a leg problem, Han Chu would not have noticed anything unusual about him, and would have thought it was a young man of a noble family relaxing leisurely.

But this is not the case.Han Chu knew very well that every step Yun Ci took was like walking on a mountain of swords, excruciatingly painful.

At that moment, Han Chu almost rushed out, even if she went with the Ming family, she didn't want Yun Ci to experience such excruciating pain, and she didn't want him to face this dirty and dark world.

But her feet seemed to be filled with lead, so she could only stand still.At this moment, the hairpin wound on the arm suddenly felt unprecedented pain, as if it could penetrate the heart and bone, it was unbearable.She watched the white shadow gradually drifting away steadily, and felt that some emotion was getting closer to her.

Yun Ci moved slowly, very slowly, very heavy, and very cautious.Walking like this, I heard the noise outside the gate of the garden from a distance: "Why don't you let the garden be searched? Or are you really hiding the fugitive slaves from the Ming Mansion?"

Dan Xin and Zhu Ying stubbornly stopped at the gate of the garden, the former changed from her previous delicate and pretty appearance, and she was rather fierce: "If you say search the garden, then search the garden, where will the Wenchang Marquis's face be put?"

The other party obviously came prepared, and replied domineeringly: "We found it in Xiyuan, so can't we find it in Dongyuan?" There was a bit of contempt in his tone.

Danxin immediately took a look at Chacha beside him, and asked fiercely: "Did you let them search Xiyuan?"

Chacha was a little embarrassed: "I'm a weak girl, I can't stop it even if I want to..."

"Bah!" He pretended to spit lightly, and said with a sneer, "Little Marquis has lost all face. You show your timidity in front of outsiders, where is your usual success?"

Naturally, Chacha deliberately asked Ming Fu to search Xiyuan, if Xiyuan could not be found, then only Dongyuan was left.The Ming clan is a descendant and married to the Helian clan, if they really wanted to find someone from Dongyuan, the Marquis of Wenchang would not dare to stop them if they wanted to.

Chacha only felt that this plan was very clever, she turned her mind a few times, but on the surface she pretended to be extremely aggrieved, like a weak willow and Fufeng said nothing.

Danxin finds that today's Chacha is very abnormal, she is completely different from the past and present, so she can't help feeling suspicious.But the top priority is not to allow these unknown people to break into Dongyuan, otherwise it will not only hurt Chuxiu, but also humiliate the prestige of their master.

Thinking in this way, Danxin also said forcefully: "I said no search is allowed, so I don't allow it. You forcefully break into a private mansion, what is the king's law?"

"Wang Fa?" The group of people who came came laughed, and the leading deacon was even more unscrupulous, and bowed his hands respectfully to the second young master of the Ming Mansion, "In Jingzhou City, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the word 'Ming' is Wang Fa! "

At this moment, Ming Cui, the second young master of the Ming Mansion and the second elder brother of Ming Ying, who had been silent all this time, also opened his mouth, and said very arrogantly: "Master, I advise you not to toast or eat fine wine. If you obediently give way, maybe the young master will also bring you back to the Ming Mansion to see what a noble clan is! It will also prevent you from worrying about mere Marquis Wenchang here, what is he like!"

"The Marquis of Wenchang is nothing, but what about the Marquis of Lixin?" At some time, a figure in white walked slowly to the gate of Dongyuan, and spoke in a calm but majestic tone.

Everyone followed the prestige, and saw a white-clothed banished fairy standing alone in the corner of the garden gate, with outstanding demeanor, extraordinary bearing, calm and calm expression.

"What did you just say?" Ming Cui was distracted by the words "Li Xinhou", and he was the first to come back to his senses, and couldn't help but look at this fairy-like figure.

Yunci didn't answer, but stood with his hands behind his back, and said coldly, "Let Mingcheng come and answer."

Ming Cheng is Ming Ying's father, the patriarch of the Ming family, not only the uncle of the current dynasty, but also the official worship right minister, very prominent.Because of this, everyone in the Ming family was a little surprised when they heard this.The white-clothed young man in front of him speaks arrogantly at such a young age that he dares to order the uncle of the dynasty to come and "answer"?
But among the people present, no one dared to take this as a joke, only because of the three words spoken by the visitor—"Li Xinhou".

At this time, the deacon who spoke wild words was already intimidated by Yun Ci's demeanor, he couldn't help turning his head to glance at Ming Cui, and said in a low voice, "Second Young Master..."

Ming Cui didn't respond much.He has always been very close to his sister Ming Ying, and he also saw Han Chu playing the piano at the banquet of the ministers, and he was deeply impressed by the demeanor of Nanxi's number one beauty.This time, he was entrusted by Ming Ying to come and see if the beauty that Shen Yu secretly kept was Han Chu.

It's no wonder that my sister is so suspicious, they say that Zuihualou burned people to death, but He Lianqi's distraught appearance doesn't seem to be thinking about a dead beauty?It is clear that there is something else hidden.

But the young man in white in front of him blatantly played the banner of "Marquis of Li Xin", Ming Cui did not dare to be negligent, so he restrained his arrogance and asked: "I don't know what is the relationship between your Excellency and the Marquis of Li Xin? Grandpa's private residence?"

"Young Master Ming broke into the mansion under the name of Marquis Wenchang privately. He was looking for someone and questioning him. Should I explain to you next time?" The early autumn breeze made Yunci's clothes flutter, making him even less like an ordinary person.

Ming Cui saw that the other party was self-effacing, "I'm under", and immediately regained two points of arrogance: "Ming Fu private servants, I advise you to be more knowledgeable, let us go in and search. If we admit the wrong person, we must make amends."

"I don't know what the servants who escaped from the Ming Dynasty look like?" Yun Ci asked again.

"Fifteen years old, extremely beautiful, good at piano." Ming Cui replied without thinking.

Yun Ci smiled when he heard the words, and that smile was not the usual gentleness and modesty, but was full of aristocratic air: "Go back and tell your father Ming Cheng that this servant has been taken from Li Xinhou's mansion. If he doesn't want to, he will go to Tong Sheng Emperor tomorrow." Ask someone in front of you."

There are very few people in this world who dare to call Emperor Nanxi the "Emperor Tongsheng". Apart from Emperor Beixi who is on an equal footing with him, only the master of the Marquis of Lixin and the head of the Yun family dare to call him that. One sentence.

Nanxi monarch Nie's relatives usurped power and split half of the land of Daxi Dynasty.But even though this continent has been divided for nearly a hundred years, there are still many people who call themselves the old people of Daxi.People in the world may not recognize the new kings of the North and the South, but the Lixinhou Mansion, which has been passed down for hundreds of years—the Yun family, no one underestimates.

The most noble blood flows in Yun's body, and he is still the "No. [-] wealthy businessman" holding the lifeline of the world's economy, and there is also the promise of "sharing the country" left by the founding emperor of the Daxi Dynasty.Whether it is Beixi or Nanxi, the Yun family is inseparable from them, and it can be said that they have built the country side by side with the ancestors of the two countries.

(End of this chapter)