Reborn as the favorite of the cold-faced general

Ye Huaiyun casually picked up a long branch, dipped it into the water and scorched it twice.

Chu Tingyun watched his movements, "What are you doing?"

"Catch two live fish and go back and have them checked by the doctor at the clinic." Ye Huaiyun said: "If there are any problems with the fish in this stream, the government should post an official document to seal off the place so that the people who go up the mountain will not accidentally miss it." Food."

Chu Tingyun nodded, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of some kind of yellow creature rushing up from the bottom of the water, heading towards Ye Huaiyun's feet.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, he quickly pulled Ye Huaiyun back two steps.

A red light flashed, and the Xuanyi sword in Chu Tingyun's hand was unsheathed for the second time today, and immediately slashed at the unknown thing.

A small yellow and black snake was cut in two by the long sword and thrown on the shore. The upper body with the head still struggling to spit out the letter, which was a bit scary.

"Water snake?" Ye Huaiyun squatted down and looked, there were some golden spots on the snake's abdomen.

Chu Tingyun shook his head. He has more experience in the mountains than Ye Huaiyun. Most water snakes are non-venomous, and non-venomous snakes will not have colored markings on their bodies, so he said: "It's not an ordinary water snake, it should be some kind of poisonous snake."

While he was talking, suddenly small bubbles rose from the bottom of the stream.The two watched the water vigilantly, and in the next second, they knew what it was.

Swarms of poisonous snakes were swimming towards where they were, the number seemed to cover the entire stream, making one's heart tingle.

Chu Tingyun knew very well that there would be no benefit to be gained from wrestling with these poisons, so he hugged Ye Huaiyun by the waist, and flew onto Feng Guiyun with lightness kung fu.

Feng Guiyun didn't slow down until he ran out of the forest for a while.

Ye Huaiyun thought to himself, no wonder the fish in that river are poisonous, probably polluted by those poisonous snakes.Although he couldn't figure out for a while, how could there be groups of poisonous snakes gathered in the mountain stream, but no matter what, the most urgent task is to let Wang Xiangshan send officers and soldiers to seal the whole mountain.

After entering the city, the two handed Feng Guiyun to the dark guard to take him back, while they took a leisurely walk in the market.

Ye Huaiyun thought that the person beside him hadn't eaten since morning, so he suggested very understandingly: "Go to Fushiju for something to eat?"

Chu Tingyun thought for a while and said, "Let's change to another one."

Ye Huaiyun naturally complied with him, and Chu Tingyun then led her right hand through an alley, then turned into another street, and finally entered a small restaurant with a simple appearance, obviously she had found out where there was good food.

It was not exactly the right time, and it was already past lunch time, so there were almost no other diners in the whole restaurant, and it was very quiet.

The two chose a shady corner to sit down, and the proprietress warmly brought a pot of barley herbal tea.

Chu Tingyun poured out a cup and fed it to Ye Huaiyun's lips. The tea made from the food was full of the aroma of wheat. The two of them looked affectionate and their eyes were pulsating, but the quiet tenderness was suddenly broken by the dispute from outside the door.

"Why is it you again?" The restaurant clerk hurried away impatiently, "Go, go!"

Ye Huaiyun turned her head and looked out the door, only to see a ragged woman holding two three or four-year-old children, crying and begging: "My two children haven't eaten for several days. I beg you, please do me a favor, as long as I have a steamed bun."

"But you can't come back to our house to beg for food, who can stand it." After all, the man couldn't bear it, and sighed, "Just wait, I'll ask the proprietress."

Ye Huaiyun put down the barley tea with blinking eyes, and stopped the guy who was going to the back kitchen, "Brother, please bring the woman outside the door, we will treat her to this meal."

The man looked at them, "The two young masters don't know something, she is just a beggar."

"It's okay." Ye Huaiyun smiled, "Just bring it here, the money for the food will never be missing."

The woman, disheveled, bowed deeply to the two, thanking them excitedly.

"You're welcome, it's just a matter of raising your hands." Ye Huaiyun pushed the soup in front of her, and when she was almost done eating, she continued, "May I ask what your name is for this aunt?"

The woman raised her head, wiped her mouth and said, "Master, you can call me Si Niang."

Si Niang...

Ye Huaiyun and Chu Tingyun looked at each other tacitly, and it really is... He had suspected that this woman was Zhong Gui's "crazy" wife from just now, and it seemed that his guess was correct.

After a simple meal, Ye Huaiyun brought her back to Li's residence to work under the guise of seeing her pitifully.After the servants cleaned her up and changed into clean clothes, Zhong Siniang had no doubts about the two of them.

Ye Huaiyun took the opportunity to say: "Although my aunt was brought back by the two of us, the Li family is a big family after all, and there are some basic rules that must be followed. The most important one is that the identity must be clear."

Zhong Siniang pursed her lips when she heard the words, her face was immediately troubled, but she also knew in her heart that this was really reasonable, so she spoke slowly.

It was rumored that her husband had eloped with someone, but Zhong Siniang didn't believe it, so she thought of going to the city to beg the government to find out the reason.But who would have thought that the people in the city were unanimous, and the government refused to accept such trivial matters and drove her out.

In desperation, Zhong Siniang went back to her home outside the city, but unexpectedly, the house was taken back by the landlord on the grounds that the rent had been raised.She is a weak woman with nowhere to go, so she can only beg along the street for the sake of her two children.

At first glance, there was no doubt about this part of the matter. Ye Huaiyun tapped her fingertips on the table and asked again: "What happened before Zhong Gui and Pan Xiuxiu's elopement rumors came out, can you also ask Auntie to explain in detail?"

"Do you want to talk about those too?" Zhong Siniang was obviously reluctant to mention the past.

Chu Tingyun simply took out a book of titles from Ye Huaiyun's arms, and opened it in front of her.

This is the official document that Ye Huaiyun begged from his imperial brother before leaving the palace. In order to make it easier to investigate the case outside, he specially fabricated the identity of a fourth-rank censor, Zhongcheng.Although Zhong Siniang didn't know a few words, she could tell that the jade seal on it was from the official family.

"We are members of the imperial court." Chu Tingyun said concisely, "I can help you investigate this matter."

Sure enough, Zhong Siniang's eyes lit up, and she said again and again: "I say, I say."

"We were originally farmers outside the city who made a living from farming, until two months ago—"

Two months ago, the landlords of the farmland outside the city suddenly raised the rent, which far exceeded the income they earned from selling grain.Since Zhong Gui's family was poor and could not pay the land rent, the landlord cruelly took back the land.

Raising rents and taxes, exploiting the people, Ye Huaiyun frowned unknowingly, "Who is the landlord?

"Except for the Jia family, who else would do such a bully thing?!" Zhong Siniang was very angry when she mentioned this matter.

It's the Jia family again...

"It's not just the fields." Zhong Siniang continued: "Even the mountain next to the village has been taken over by the Jia family, and we are not allowed to chop firewood and pick wild fruits."

Mountain? !Chu Tingyun's eyes were instantly filled with clear light, as sharp as an eagle.

Ye Huaiyun leaned closer to Chu Tingyun and said in a low voice, "You thought about it too?"

"Hmm." Chu Tingyun followed his movement, raised his hand and pulled Ye Huaiyun into his arms, breathed and whispered lightly in his ear and said, "Those poisonous snakes were obviously put in artificially."

Zhong Siniang was taken aback by the intimate gesture of the two of them, her throat was stuck, and her ears were so red that she thought about it: "My lords..."

"Go on." Chu Tingyun looked calm, but his hands tightened his grip on him, not intending to let go of Ye Huaiyun at all.

Ye Huaiyun simply acquiesced to his actions, leaning against Chu Tingyun's chest and curling her lips involuntarily.

"There is no land, but we still have to live!" Zhong Siniang continued: "We have to find another job."

Ye Huaiyun guessed: "Then Zhong Gui went to work in the city?"

"Your Excellency is really a god." Zhong Siniang was more and more impressed when he heard what he said, "He told me that he found a rich family to work for, and the wages were much higher than farming, but who knew—— "

In this way, for more than a month, Zhong Gui and Pan Xiuxiu "eloped".

"A big family?" Ye Huaiyun grasped the key point keenly and asked, "Does Auntie know which family he went to?"

"He never mentioned it." Zhong Siniang shook her head, "I never asked."

The clue was once again broken in a rich family...

After Zhong Siniang left, Chu Tingyun immediately took off the mask that was stained with snake venom, and said to Ye Huaiyun, "Will you change your appearance?"

"Know a little bit about superficiality." Ye Huaiyun said, taking out the things needed for disguise from the cabinet.

Chu Tingyun sat on the chair and closed his eyes, allowing him to smear on his face.The fingertips that gently rubbed the side of the face were soft and warm, and the corners of the lips of the two raised their curves almost at the same time.

In the end, Ye Huaiyun and him got closer and closer, as if they even breathed together, which made Chu Tingyun's heart feel like being scratched by a cat's paw, and an unknown fire ignited.

"Aren't you alright?" Chu Tingyun asked after taking a deep breath.

"Okay." Ye Huaiyun took back the thumb that was about to land on the corner of his eye.That little cinnabar mole is too charming, especially when he smiles, like the fox demon in the book that can seduce people's souls, he thought about it and didn't cover it up, and left it behind.

Chu Tingyun opened his eyes and saw that the person in front of him was smiling a bit maliciously, so he realized that he had been tricked by him, and laughed and teased: "I didn't know, looking at the serious His Royal Highness Xiang, you also learned how to tease people?"

After the prank, Ye Huaiyun hurriedly looked away from him, and changed the topic a little bluntly: "Do you think the rich family that Zhong Siniang and Mrs. Pan's family talk about is the Jia family?"

Chu Tingyun nodded perfunctorily, "Perhaps."

"Let's ask Boss Li again, um—" Ye Huaiyun continued.

But before he could finish his sentence, someone around him suddenly pinched his chin and blocked his lips.

This kiss was more eager and passionate than last night's, almost making Ye Huaiyun breathless.

Chu Tingyun let him breathe for the time being, and he took the opportunity to smile and said: "Of course I have to ask, but I'm not in a hurry now. Since His Highness teased me, you have to pay a price, right?"

When the sound fell, he couldn't help but plundered the air in his mouth again. During the entanglement, Chu Tingyun's hand on his shoulder slowly moved down, and finally stopped at his waist after tossing and turning.

The rotund fragrance emanating from Chu Tingyun's body was long and faint, lingering around her side like sparks starting a prairie fire.Ye Huaiyun was also confused, and after making up her mind, she wrapped her arms around his neck, closed her eyes, and panted heavily, causing him to loosen his belt with his fingertips.

"Boom-"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise, and the two of them opened their eyes at the same time.

"What sound?" Ye Huaiyun's breath was still a little unsteady, but he was able to retreat calmly.

Listening carefully, there was a constant humming and trembling from behind the screen.

The edge of the Xuanyi Sword that had been stained with poisonous snake blood glowed faintly red, and with that sound it fell from the table to the ground, trembling crazily as if trying to break free from some kind of imprisonment.

Ye Huaiyun frowned at this scene, "What's going on?"

"It's okay, Yaojian has to have a temper." Chu Tingyun calmly picked up the hilt from the ground, and Xuanyijian immediately fell silent.

Ye Huaiyun nodded and felt relieved.

The two looked at each other again, as if they were hesitating whether to continue what they had just done.

But before anyone could make a move first, the door was suddenly opened, "Brother Yi! Madam Pan—"