Rebellious officials bow their heads

The sun has painted the layers of glazed tiles with magnificent colors. The mansion is located majestically, with flying eaves at the four corners, finely carved cranes and sparrows, and vermilion pillars standing upright to support the lintel. There are two unicorn stone carvings on the left and right in front of the door. Ruyun, full of brocade robes and jade crowns, guards of honor and retinues.

Xu Yan and Ye Liuzhouxing were very conspicuous among them, one of them had square hole money embroidered on his skirt, the other wore a washed white robe, and a veiled cap that covered most of his body.

Ye Liuzhou listened attentively to the movement: "This family seems to be either blessed or expensive. Is it an official in the court?"

"It's a bit powerful..." Xu Yanzheng was talking, but the boy at the door stopped them, "I wonder if the two of you have an invitation card?"

The invitation in the letter was burned by Xu Yan long ago. He turned the jade pull ring on his slender finger, looked at each other calmly, and did not answer.

The boy was still slightly contemptuous, but when he met his eyes, he felt a chill down his back, and he said with force: "Do you know where this is, don't..."

Before he could finish speaking, a series of footsteps suddenly sounded from behind. A middle-aged man with the appearance of a butler pushed the servant away, bowed his hands respectfully and said, "I have seen you, sir. Please come inside. The master has been waiting for you for a long time."

Xu Yan was a little surprised. He had been away from here for ten years, and he was able to recognize him at a glance. It seemed that the other party really came prepared.

He casually handed over the gift he was carrying to the steward, and Ye Liuzhou followed the footsteps of the other party around the screen wall, boarded the soft sedan chairs, and stopped at the Chuihua Gate.

The housekeeper took a step forward and said, "Master is inside, but you have to go to see him alone..."

Ye Liuzhou lifted the curtain and came out, Xu Yan whispered in his ear, "I'm going to see my grandfather, you go to the side hall and wait for me first, and when you come out, I'll take you to buy wine in bamboo tubes. Remember, don't talk to people, you will Don't wander around."

He readily agreed, "Okay."

The servant led Ye Liuzhou to one side, and Xu Yan followed the butler into the courtyard. There was a green leaf floating in the water tank in the courtyard, supporting a snow-white and golden water lily, and koi could be faintly seen swimming under the petals.

Five or six steps away from the water tank, there is a case table, covered with clear paper, and an old man with white hair standing in front of him, holding a pen to write on the paper.

Xu Yan approached, nodded slightly, and called out: "Grandfather."

He was so impolite, but the old man didn't intend to get angry at all. Instead, he smiled kindly at him, causing the wrinkles between his brows, "Yan'er, you're back."

"Yes." Xu Yan lowered his eyes, did not go around in circles, but said directly, "Grandfather, I came back this time to..."

"I understand what you mean." The old man sighed, he lowered his head again, his wrist moved the hair, and the ink dripped across the paper, "But you also have to take into account that today is my [-]th birthday, and I have to live with you before it even begins." Are the grandchildren separated?"

Xu Yan was speechless.

The old man said again: "It's rare for you to come back, why don't you stay with the old man who has not had much time with me first."

Xu Yan frowned deeply, and before he could refuse, the old man turned to the butler who was waiting at the side, "Let me see, what kind of gift did Yan'er send?"

The butler opened the box and put the red jade plum tree bonsai on the table.

The old man took a look and smiled meaningfully, "'Mei Shou Changchun', Yan'er has a heart. You have achieved success in doing business abroad. I think most of the disciples in the clan are pampered and rely on the lintel, but they lack your heart. , with a seriously ill mother, these years must have been difficult, but fortunately you have grown up, and Lizhen is a place with warm mountains and soft waters, so it would be good to recuperate there."

Xu Yan's eyes shivered slightly when he heard Li Zhen, and he unconsciously said with a hint of sarcasm: "Unexpectedly, my grandfather still knows where we live. If you were willing to pay attention back then, my mother wouldn't have to leave." Take care of your body."

The old man put down his wolf hair, remained silent for a moment, and said: "Ten years ago, I was still an official in the court. At that time, the late emperor passed away, and the court underwent drastic changes. Everything happened unexpectedly. I stayed in the palace every day to take care of government affairs. It was difficult day and night. Waiting to know It's already too late, you want to take your mother away, I didn't agree..."

Xu Yan looked complicated, and asked a question that had puzzled him for a long time: "Since you didn't agree, why did you help us leave?"

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Ye Liuzhou sat on the chair, and the servant served tea and then left. He quietly lost his concentration, feeling bored, so he wandered around the empty flower hall with his hands behind his back, groping from the paintings hanging on the wall. , fingers touched the slightly raised seal.

Before he could figure out what the word was, he heard a burst of footsteps and laughter moving towards this side, like a female family member in the mansion, he stepped back a few steps, sat back on the chair, and pretended to hold the cup of tea.

A large group of young women entered the flower hall surrounded by beautiful pearls and shoes, bright and beautiful, graceful and graceful as they walked, wearing rings and rings.

Seeing Ye Liuzhou sitting alone in a corner, they were all taken aback.

"Who is this?" A girl curiously cast a questioning look at her companion.

A few more people approached and sat on the side, smiling and asking: "Which house is the lady, why does she look so strange?"

Ye Liuzhou almost dropped his teacup upon hearing this.

He was wearing a loose red robe, the soap gauze hanging from the hood over his head covered most of his figure, and because he was sitting, he really couldn't tell the difference between male and female.

Did the boy take him to the wrong place just now? Why is this place where the female relatives gather... As he thought about it, he reluctantly took off his veiled cap, revealing his eyebrows that slanted into his temples and eyes tied with cloth ties. The straight bridge of the nose is completely masculine.

"I'm not a girl." Ye Liuzhou said.

The girls around were all dumbfounded, some reacted and backed away in embarrassment, and even the young lady who was raised in a deep boudoir and rarely had contact with men asked curiously, "Why are you here? Did you see that you went to the wrong place?"

Because of Ye Liuzhou's eyes, these noble ladies didn't have much scruples, he said: "I am separated from my friends, it seems that I have offended everyone by coming to the wrong place, I will leave now."

A girl kindly said: "I'll call a boy to lead you to your friend, but I don't know his name?"

"It's Xu Yan."

The girls looked at each other suspiciously, and the female voice from before said again: "The guests in this mansion have never heard of anyone named Xu, but there is one named Huanyan, and that is the sixth son who just came back from the mansion."

Ye Liuzhou was taken aback for a moment, then paused before opening his mouth: "May I ask whose residence this is?"

There was a burst of uncontrollable laughter from all around, "You don't know where this is and how did you come in? Naturally, it is the Ji family, the residence of the chief minister of the dynasty, and your friend is the sixth son of the Ji family!"

Ye Liuzhou was suddenly dizzy, as if someone had poured a basin of cold water from head to toe, and it was nothing more than five lightning strikes.

Season Six... Season Six...

Going around and going all the way, unexpectedly returned to the original point by accident...

He had asked Xu Yan before, and the other party replied that there is some power, not just some, it is simply monstrous, the Ji family who is under one person and above ten thousand.

The so-called father in his words was Ji Honglu, a military general who died in frontier battles before, and the person who came to celebrate his birthday today was the elders of the two dynasties and the cabinet scholars, and even he wanted to call his grandfather, the old man Ji——

The land under his feet was the natal home of the Ji family's adopted daughter, Empress Huijin, who even visited him when he was young.

——The Ji family who controls political affairs and pours power into the government and the public.

Ye Liuzhou couldn't say a word, he put on the veiled cap indiscriminately, got up and walked out in a hurry, the ladies in the flower hall didn't have time to stop him, they saw him hastily disappear around the corner.

Ye Liuzhou's mind was in chaos. He wanted to leave quickly, but he couldn't see at all. He was about to raise his hand and tear off the cloth belt in front of him, but suddenly remembered what Zhou Yuan said: After changing the dressing, you can't see anything day and night.

He let go of his hand, and walked forward along the edge of the voice while groping, holding onto the wall and stepping up the stone steps, but he didn't know that he had entered the main hall unintentionally.

At this time, the birthday banquet had not yet started, and there were only guests in twos and threes chatting in the huge hall.

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The maids stood on both sides with their heads down quietly, and one of them opened the beaded curtain for the man who walked in. After returning to the mansion, Ji Han changed into his official uniform, wearing a dark silver cloud-pattern wide-sleeved robe, and his black hair tied in a white jade crown. There is a bit more air of Mr. Pianpian, but his demeanor is still meticulous and calm, his brows are clear and meaningful, and there is a sense of calmness and prestige, which is the aura cultivated by being immersed in the vortex of power for a long time.

Mrs. Ji is old, and he will host the birthday banquet. When Ji Han stepped into the threshold of the main hall, there was a moment of silence, and someone greeted him, "Master Chief Assistant, long time no see. Quite a lot, it’s rare that you can come back to celebrate your birthday..."

"Chen Shilang." Ji Han's deep and slightly hoarse voice sounded, "Although everything in the palace is busy, it is still time for grandfather to come back to fulfill his filial piety on his birthday."

When Ye Liuzhou, who was wandering around the corner, heard this sentence, he suddenly felt that everything was over, and the last thing he wanted to see happened...

He could only hold his breath, avoid the sound of chaotic footsteps, and walked out quickly.

While talking with the guests around him, Ji Han raised his eyes casually, and saw a man wearing a curtain walking by, he froze for a moment, the indescribably familiar figure made him frowned, and immediately followed the man Turning around, shouted: "Stop."

Ye Liuzhou pretended that he didn't hear it at all, and kept walking, but his wrist was suddenly grabbed by someone, and his whole body was brought up to his side, and the white gauze fluttered slightly in the air.