Legend of the Orchid

The water sinks loose, the taste is astringent, and the nature is cold. If it is taken continuously for more than seven days, the evil energy of dampness will stagnate the meridians, and fish scale-like gray spots will appear on the palms. When the spots extend from the arms to the chest, the human body will exhaust the blood and die.

Ting Jie agreed to let Zhong Lan go, but he made a condition: no return to the disobedient Marquis's mansion, no salary, no more spells against the emperor, if he casts it once, he will be arrested, and he will never mention the matter of leaving again. , If you can't bear the outside life, you can come back, let's forget about the past.

Zhong Lan knew that Ting Jie believed that he would not survive for three days, and that he would cry and want to come back in the end. He was suffocated and determined to let Ting Jie see that he could live well by himself.

Before leaving, Ting Jie gave Zhong Lan two pieces of money, which was neither too much nor too little. The frightening thing was that Zhong Lan had almost never touched money since she was a child, and only used silver. How to use it, Ting Jie looked at Zhong Lan's curious eyes when he took the money, and almost wanted to teach him, but after thinking about it, he swallowed the words.

Forget it, if you spend money recklessly, you will come back faster, Ting Jie thought.

A day later, the guard reported back, saying that Mr. Lan bought an old house in the suburbs of Beijing and spent all the money.

Zhao Tingjie listened, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, his Laner really did not disappoint him, he was ashamed so soon.

But half a month later, Zhong Lan was still nowhere to be seen. Zhao Tingjie was puzzled, and sent guards to investigate, only to find that Zhong Lan was selling noodles at a noodle stall on the street.

Ting Jie vaguely remembered a few times when he passed by the city, there was a small stall that was very lively, and there were so many customers that it blocked the road. It was probably the noodle stall where Zhong Lan was.

When he thought that his Lan'er was doing such a thing of serving others, Ting Jie felt very distressed, and soon he thought that so many guests were coveting Lan'er's beauty, so he was furious and ordered: "Jin Yan , prepare your horse, and follow me to the downtown area!"

What happened to Li Zhonglan in the past half month?

He originally wanted to go back to Jiangning to look for his parents, but he heard that it would take a month to travel from the capital to Jiangning, so he was worried that he would not have enough physical strength. Besides, his parents might not be in Jiangning anymore, so it would be useless to go there, and as a third-rank loose rider As a regular attendant, how can he really give up his salary? If he wants to work in the future, what can he do without money?So I decided to stay in the capital first.

Coincidentally, when he was wandering in a village, he found that a family was moving. It turned out that the son of the family had become a magistrate, and in order to show his filial piety, he wanted to take his parents to live with him, so the house was vacant.

With a thought in mind, Zhong Lan proposed to buy the house.He has long wanted to have a small home of his own, even if the house is a bit old, it doesn't matter, at least he will feel more at ease in this way, and he will no longer have to live a life of wandering.

After some bargaining, Zhong Lan handed over all the two coins she had on her body. Out of love for this handsome young man, the original head of the household decided to give him the furniture that could not be moved.

After buying the house, Zhong Lan lay excitedly on the bed for a long time. It wasn't until Wu Zang Fu had a quarrel that she realized that she hadn't eaten a single meal all day.

When he left, he only brought some clothes with him. Apart from two pennies, there was no other valuable gold and silver.

As a last resort, Zhong Lan wanted to use his mind control technique to get food. He had just opened the gate of the courtyard, and met a girl. The girl seemed to have just reached her teenage years, and she had a round face, which was quite cute.

It looks very simple, so it shouldn't be difficult to control, Zhong Lan thought.

Before he could cast the spell, the girl jumped up, shook his shoulder and asked, "Brother Chenguang, when did you come back? It's been a long time since I saw you, why has it changed, Ah Wen doesn't know you anymore!"

Zhong Lan was so shaken by the girl that her eyes turned black, and she almost fainted, when the girl's father shouted, "Ah Wen, don't be too big or small, Chen Guang is an official now, you have to know how to be polite. "

The girl pouted and let go of her hand in disappointment. Zhong Lan regained her strength and waved her hand: "I'm not Chen Guang, I'm new here."

Maybe it was because his complexion was too ugly, the girl's father quickly stepped forward to help her, and after learning that Zhong Lan hadn't eaten a grain of rice for a day, he generously asked Zhong Lan to go to his house for dinner.

People in the Central Plains love to eat noodles, and the family Zhong Lan met worked at a noodle stall in the capital, and noodles were indispensable at home. Zhong Lan grew up eating rice. Picky eaters, buried their heads and wiped out a large bowl of noodles.

After eating, she found that Awen was watching him secretly, with a shy blush on her face, Zhong Lan couldn't help but feel embarrassed, turned her face away, and only talked to Awen's parents.

He begged the elders to let him sell noodles in exchange for three meals a day. Seeing that he was well-dressed and well-spoken, Ah Wen's parents thought he was a troubled son of some family, so they naturally hoped to get in touch with him, so they readily said agree to come down.

Originally, Ah Wen’s father was in a small business, and adding another manpower would make his livelihood even more difficult. Unexpectedly, since Zhong Lan helped, customers flocked to him, and he was too busy every day. People were still jostling each other, which made Ah Wen's father overjoyed.

The happiest thing is Ah Wen. Originally, her father said that she would find a marriage for her, so that she would stay at home with her husband and teach her children. She was worried about the monotonous life in the future. Since she met Zhong Lan, she seemed to be living in the clouds every day, fluttering Suddenly, even the steps of walking are much lighter.

A Wenniang quickly sensed her daughter's thoughts. After dinner at night, A Wenniang called her daughter into the kitchen and warned her in a low voice, "Ruolan is different from us. He won't look at girls from ordinary families."

After all, Ah Wen was young, so he jumped anxiously: "What's the difference, we played very well!"

A Wenniang motioned her daughter to speak in a low voice, and said earnestly, "Ruolan has no love for you, so you should stop thinking about him!"

Ah Wen cried out with a "wow", and shouted: "A Niang is the worst!" After speaking, he covered his face and went into the back room, refusing to come out.

Zhong Lan half-heard and half-guessed the conversation between the mother and daughter, her face was a little hot, and she left in a hurry to go home. When he was lying on the bed alone, he began to recall the past, since Ting Jie took possession of him when he was 14 years old, Then he took his heart as well, even if he left now, it would be difficult to hold another person in his heart.

However, Ting Jie treated him so badly, why did he still miss him?

Zhong Lan closed her eyes and choked up, her long eyelashes trembling like butterfly wings, tears slid down her cheeks, and wet a large piece of mattress.

Maybe it was to make Ah Wen give up, or maybe Zhong Lan had been talking about too many court steps the day before, but at noon the next day, the court steps really appeared in front of Ah Wen's father's noodle booth.

When the guests saw the heroic Highness Zhao get off the horse, without queuing up, they swaggered to the noodle stall, all dumbfounded and silent. It was the first time for many women to be so close to His Highness Zhao, and they were so happy that they almost fainted In the past, His Royal Highness's face was too terrifying, so that everyone dared not approach, but took a few steps back collectively.

"Boss, here is a bowl of beef noodles." Zhao Tingjie said so, but his eyes were fixed on Li Zhonglan.

Still so skinny, it's hard to toss yourself like this, right?Ting Jie's brows furrowed involuntarily.

Zhong Lan lowered his eyes, but still felt the scorching gaze from the side. He didn't expect to meet Ting Jie so soon. Looking at his disheveled appearance, he felt that Ting Jie was here to see a joke, and he was very unhappy.

Father Awen prepared the noodles tremblingly, filled the soup bowl with vegetables, and asked Awen to bring it to His Highness Zhao. Not daring to go forward, he had to poke Zhong Lan, and said softly, "Go."

Zhong Lan's face was as sinking as water, and she brought a bowl of noodles to the table in front of the courtyard. There was starlight shining in the eyes of the courtyard. He wanted to hold Zhong Lan's hand, but Zhong Lan was so far away from him that he would not give it to him at all. In desperation, he had no choice but to say, "Give me some pepper."

Zhong Lan rolled her eyes, suddenly felt angry and funny, thinking that the prince really didn't know the suffering of the people, he turned around, stretched out a hand, and said mockingly: "Give me a tael of gold, and I'll give it to you. "

The onlookers all thought that Zhong Lan was crazy, to sit on the ground and raise the price, and they all sweated for him, hoping that His Highness Zhao would not dismember this handsome young man.

Ah Wen and her father were also in a hurry, watching His Highness Zhao's expression nervously, thinking about the excuses for Zhong Lan in their minds, no wonder hearing the crow call today is really a bad luck.

Ting Jie was not angry, on the contrary, he was in a happy mood. This was the first time Zhong Lan smiled at him these days. Seeing that the corner of his mouth was curved like a crescent moon, he couldn't help but smiled. Seeing him smiling, Zhong Lan immediately turned her smile I took it back.

Ting Jie got up, scanned the crowd, suddenly his eyes were fierce, and he shouted: "Would you like to watch me eat?"

Everyone was terrified, the black and white scattered like frightened beasts, and the noodle stall was empty in front of the lightning.

Ting Jie took a handful of gold from Jin Yan, walked up to Zhong Lan, put the gold into the other's palm, and squeezed the other's hand by the way, and said with a smile, "Is it enough?"