A few days have passed since the banquet.

Merchant ships passed through Shandong and Hebei along the Grand Canal.Now it seems that they will travel to the Tianjin area, and it will take less than three days to reach the capital.

Fan Yi has been having trouble sleeping and eating for the past few days, and soon he has to act.

He suddenly doubted the necessity of doing this, and wondered whether he should continue.

Maybe he misjudged his weight in Ji Lanshu's heart, maybe it was just a novelty for a while, maybe he would be forgotten after a while.

There is no need to be so cautious, to direct and act in a play by yourself.

But if Fan Yi continued to stay, hidden dangers would always be with him like a shadow - these days, Na Moshu always stared at him suspensefully, for fear that he would not feel the blatant hostility.

That night Ji Lanshu tormented him all night. Considering my brother's physique, it could be said that a little life had already been conceived in his belly.So Fan Yi stopped drinking after the banquet, let alone a drop of alcohol.

There are many people in Ji Lanshu's backyard, if he enters the palace with a full stomach, he will be a ready-made target.

He has to go.If not for yourself, but for your children.

When merchant ships sailed into Tianjin Port, it was the beginning of the new era.

Fan Yi stood on the deck, watching the port getting closer and closer, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

He only has this one chance, whether he succeeds or not, there is no possibility of another chance.Fan Yi took a deep breath, making himself look the same as usual.

He packed up all his books and wrapped them in a bag, counted the remaining silver taels, put them in his pouch and put them close to his body.Carrying the burden on his back, he turned around and walked towards the room where Zhu Wenxuan was.

Zhu Wenxuan has basically never left his room in the past few days, except for eating and sleeping and reading those few anthologies.

Fan Yi knocked on the door first, but seeing that there was no movement inside, he pushed the door open and entered without being polite.

Zhu Wenxuan was sitting upright in front of the desk and reading a book. His back was straight, his eyes were focused, and he didn't notice anyone entering his room.

Fan Yi went straight to his side, patted his shoulder, and said, "Brother."

Zhu Wenxuan was taken aback. Seeing that it was Fan Yi, he couldn't help but asked with a smile, "What's the matter, Xiao Fan?"

Fan Yi motioned him to look out the window, "The ship has arrived at the port of Tianjin Road. I told you before that I would like to invite you to visit my father's old friend. Brother, let's go while it's still early in the sky!"

Zhu Wenxuan thought for a while and nodded.

He carefully put away the anthology, adjusted his appearance, and then left the room with Fan Yi.

Unexpectedly, Mo Shu was also coming out of the room, and had a direct face-to-face meeting with the two of them, his expression darkened involuntarily.

When Zhu Wenxuan saw Mo Shu, he was also very displeased.At the banquet that night, the words that Mo Shu said were too unpleasant. He deliberately mentioned Xiao Fan's "excellent appearance" in front of everyone, and asked Xiao Fan to sing in a casual tone, almost pointing at Xiao Fan and saying He serves people with color!

Thinking of this, he glanced at Fan Yi, and the two walked out quickly.

He Qing was not there. Two days earlier, they had heard that the dragon was sick, and they came here to ask He Qing to heal him. This person has not come down since he reached the third floor.

So today only Zhu Wenxuan and Fan Yi went out.

When they got to the deck, a sharp-eyed steward saw them and said with a smile, "The two gentlemen are going to disembark? Then you have to come back when the first watch drum sounds. Otherwise, you won't be able to catch up with the time when the merchant ship sets sail tomorrow."

Zhu Wenxuan and Fan Yi thanked the steward, got off the boat, hired a car at the port, and went straight to the city.

Mo Shu stood on the high deck, looking at the backs of the two leaving, his eyes flashed with excitement.

He was still thinking about how to get this fan surnamed off the boat, but he didn't expect him to run off by himself.

Mo Shu secretly rejoiced: If he cooperated with him like this, it would be unreasonable not to follow the trend.

So he also got off the boat.

Mo Shu followed Fan Yi and the others unhurriedly all the way, his eyes constantly scanning the surroundings.

Finally, he saw a suitable target, touched the purse on his waist, and looked at the two people walking not far away, couldn't help smiling, and strode towards the corner of the street.

There were a few slovenly slackers on the side of the street, who looked like gangsters at first glance. Mo Shu walked up to them, said a few words in a low voice, then pointed to the two people walking slowly ahead, wiped the purse around his waist and handed it over to them. past.

When those lazy men saw a nobleman walking in front of them, they looked impatient at first, but when they heard the end, they showed excited expressions on their faces, nodded and patted their chests, and kept making promises.

Seeing that it was done, Mo Shu turned and left satisfied.He went to a bookstore, pretended to buy a painting, and then walked back leisurely.

Fan Yi and Zhu Wenxuan asked people all the way, and finally found the residence of the old friend, Uncle Li Youshi.

The two stood in front of the grand gate of Li Mansion, knocked on the door, and handed Fan Shiying's name card to the concierge.

Not long after, they were invited in and met Li You himself.

Li You has a handsome face, and his whole body is full of bookishness.He treated the sons of the deceased very politely, invited them to sit down in the living room, and asked them kindly how they came here, whether the journey was smooth and so on.

Knowing that his friend had passed away, he was stunned for a long time, and when he came back to his senses, he patted Fan Yi's head with reddish eyes, and ordered his servants to take them for a stroll in the courtyard, and walked alone to the study room in a daze.

Li You's mansion is very large, with nine curved corridors, rockery bonsai, passing through one after another moon gate, and changing the scene behind each gate, Fan Yi and the two are dizzying to see.

When Li You came to invite them to dinner, they didn't even finish half of the garden.

After lunch, Li You took the two of them to the study and asked them about their studies as an elder.

Fan Yi calmly pushed Zhu Wenxuan forward and asked him to perform in order to win Li Shishu's favor.

He smiled and watched the two of them question and answer, seeing that Li You's expression was getting more and more satisfied, he took the opportunity to find an excuse to leave the study.

After walking for a while, he said to the servant of the Li family who took him to the hut: "My little brother, I want to go out for a walk." He said with a bit of embarrassment on his face, "This is the first time uncle The door of the house is actually empty-handed, it is really rude."

Seeing that he was young, handsome, and quite respectful, the servant had a good feeling in his heart, so he took him to the side door of Li's mansion, and showed him the way: "Our biggest and best shop is called 'Manfu'. Museum', if you are interested, you can go there to have a look, go straight from here, turn right at the third intersection, and just go forward."

Fan Yi thanked the servant, carried the burden and went out the side door.

After walking a few steps, Fan Yi felt someone following behind him, he smiled lowly, and his steps became faster and faster.

Ever since he got off the boat, he felt that someone was following him, and he once turned around to see who was following him.

It must be Mo Shu's first time stalking someone, with no experience at all, Fan Yi found out easily, and he thought he was doing it secretly.

Passing the third intersection, Fan Yi turned around and walked into an alley, found a slightly lower wall and climbed up, neatly turned into a yard, and then leaned against the wall to listen to the movement outside.

Not long after, I saw a few people walking in quickly, rummaging around.

The leader yelled: "Where is the man! Wings fly?!"

Another said, "I must have run along this alley!"

"Quick! Chase me! I still don't believe it! A boy from a foreign country! He can still run!"

Several people rushed towards another exit of the alley.

Fan Yi heard that there was no movement outside, and quickly turned out of someone else's yard.Turn around and run towards the exit when you came.

He identified the direction along the way, looked at the address in his hand from time to time, asked a few kind passers-by, and finally found the place before sunset.

It was an inconspicuous small courtyard without a plaque on the door.

Panting, Fan Yi slammed on the door.

The door opened, revealing the face that had met before, it was Lu Rong!

Fan Yi didn't have time to be surprised, and walked in the door.

He wasted for a long time before calming down and asked, "Brother Lu! Why are you here?"

Lu Rong led him inside, and when he heard him ask, he replied angrily: "I'm going to keep an 'outside room', can you come and bring your 'outside room' back in person? You have to do a full set of acting. For this, I was beaten by my father!"

Fan Yi was shocked, and immediately wanted to salute him: "This is really...Brother Lu is troubled!"

Lu Rong waved his hands and laughed: "Speaking of which, I still want to thank you. You don't know how happy my grandfather was after I gave that painting to him. I can come here thanks to my grandfather who spoke for me. My father let him go."

Only then did Fan Yi laugh, and asked him: "What excuse did you use to come here from Hangzhou? You can't... it's really for the 'outside room', right?"

Lu Rong squinted at him, and said with a sneer, "How dare you think! Of course it's because I'm going to study abroad! Then I met a beautiful and caring woman. I fell in love with you at first sight, and I didn't hesitate to accept her." Already! How is it? Is this well-made?"

Fan Yi clapped his hands for him, "Wonderful! Really wonderful!"

Speaking of which, he and Lu Rong have only met twice, and they are like old friends who have known each other for more than ten years. They speak without any scruples and are very natural.

On the contrary, Lu Rong looked him up and down several times, and said with a smile: "It's just Xiaofan, although you are exquisite, you are far from a girl, right? How can you pretend to be my son's concubine? If you don't pretend to be a girl, you will It's easy to reveal your secrets because of his appearance, right?"

Fan Yi smiled confidently, and said: "Tomorrow, you go to the shop that sells rouge and gouache, and bring me some makeup boxes that girls often use, and also girls' headgear and clothes."

Lu Rong looked at him suspiciously, and nodded in agreement.Looking at the sky, he said, "Have dinner first and have a good night's rest. We will return to Hangzhou tomorrow."

Fan Yi smiled and followed him to the hall for dinner, and stayed in the guest room at night.

Early the next morning, the two of them simply had breakfast, Lu Rong went out to buy something for him, and came back with a small bag in a short while.

He handed the bundle in his hand to Fan Yi, with a strange expression on his face, and asked: "The streets are full of officers and soldiers from the county government, holding your portrait in their hands, looking for people everywhere to ask, we have to leave quickly! Little Fan, who did you offend! Such a big battle?"

Fan Yi's heart tightened, and he immediately entered the house with his bundle.

Two quarters of an hour later, holding his own bundle of books in his hand, he walked up to Lu Rong who had packed up, and whispered softly, "Brother Lu, let's go."

Lu Rong was immediately stunned by Fan Yi's appearance.

He combed a peach heart bun, wore gold and silver silk knots at the temples, and a silk flower inlaid with blue gems on the top of the bun.She was wearing a water red dress with full sleeves, a light green bijia, and a girdle of the same color, which made her waist so full that she couldn't hold it.

Not to mention that face that became suddenly charming after putting on makeup, at this moment Fan Yi looked simply...a beautiful lady, without showing any trace of a man!

Lu Rong stared fixedly at Fan Yi, feeling his heart pounding!

Seeing the person standing still, Fan Yi gave a rough cough, recovered his voice, and said to him, "Brother Lu! Let's go!"

Lu Rong suddenly came back to his senses, and secretly cursed himself for being dizzy, so he said, "Let's go, let's go!"

After walking two steps, he turned back and said, "You can't call me brother Lu again! You want to call me husband...cough cough, no, call me young master!"

Fan Yi held back his laughter, imitating a woman's gesture of saluting and blessed him, "Yes, son, I have made a note of it."

Lu Rong blushed and turned to the side, and reminded himself again: This is Xiao Fan, this is your brother!

Feeling the heat on his face faded, he opened the courtyard door, and the two walked out.

Lu Rong's people quickly drove the carriage over and let them get in the carriage.

When the carriage started to move, Lu Rong said to Fan Yi: "Today is a coincidence. My family's boat is going back to Hangzhou today. If you are one day later, we will have to wait until the end of the year. To be honest, yesterday you wanted to return to Hangzhou. If you don’t come, I’m going back today.”

Fan Yi was secretly thankful and thanked Lu Rong.

He and Lu Rong went all the way to the port in a carriage, not knowing that someone was going crazy because of his disappearance!

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