The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

Seeing Xiao Jiuqin coming on horseback from a distance, Bai Yan turned his head and walked to the side.

These few days, he always avoided Xiao Jiuqin.

But it was obvious that everything was not as expected, the sound of horseshoes approaching behind him made Bai Yan's scalp numb, he gritted his teeth and stopped, and the next moment he turned around, he bent his lips and chuckled, "What a coincidence, Lord Hou!"

Xiao Jiuqin tightened the reins: "It's really a coincidence... If it weren't for the openness here, Mr. Bai might disappear again." The dissatisfaction in his words was too obvious, Bai Yan laughed, "Where would he disappear? Seeing Lord Hou, The lower officials wish they could come up to say hello."

"Heh!" Xiao Jiuqin sneered, "If you say you have thick skin, you should just take it as a compliment."

"The lower officials are only like this in front of Lord Hou, after all, they are different from others." Bai Yan tugged at his cuffs, revealing the fair skin on the back of his neck.

Xiao Jiuqin looked away, "Let's go."

"Where are you going?" Bai Yan was inexplicable, the reluctance on his face was not too deliberate, "I haven't sorted out the affairs of the household department yet, I'd better go down as an official first..."

"Bai Yan," the hostility in Xiao Jiuqin's eyes flashed, "Don't make me say it again."

Bai Yan froze, and sighed secretly, what's wrong with Xiao Jiuqin...

He walked a few steps step by step, Xiao Jiuqin suddenly stopped, and flicked the whip in his hand... Bai Yan subconsciously blocked his face, but he didn't expect that his waist tightened, and he was rolled up by a strong force.

"Hiss..." Mr. Bai had never tried such an exciting thing before, and he gasped in fright.

But in an instant, his whole body was wrapped in the rushing heat, he put down his sleeves, lowered his head, and saw a big hand clasped around his waist, then turned his head along the arm, and saw Xiao Jiuqin Guangjie's chin.

"You..." Bai Yan swallowed, this is a bit exciting!

Xiao Jiuqin didn't say a word, and raised his whip to urge the horse to run quickly. Bai Yan twisted his neck so uncomfortable that he finally had to give up, and let out a sigh with the autumn wind.

After a long while, when Bai Yan felt that the person behind him was almost non-existent, Xiao Jiuqin's voice rang in his ears, "Does it make you so uncomfortable to let you ride with me?"

"Huh?" Bai Yan's mind drifted away early in the morning, but he couldn't hear what he said clearly, especially the big palm on his waist was so warm that he didn't even dare to move.

His hesitation made Xiao Jiuqin take it as acquiescence, and his depression was hard to dissipate. The anger could not be vented, which made him feel uncomfortable everywhere.

"What did you just say?" Bai Yan felt Xiao Jiuqin's unhappiness after a while, so he asked carefully and tentatively. God knows when Mr. Bai has been so entangled in all these years.

"It's nothing, it's not important." As soon as Xiao Jiuqin got angry, he put on a score. After all, a man who has reached the crown is now extremely childish.

However, Lord Xiao Hou was not the only one who lacked IQ in the aspect of understanding people's hearts. After hearing what he said, Bai Yan thought he was thinking too much, hummed softly, shut his mouth, and continued to think about other things.

The weather is gloomy today, and there is going to be a heavy rain. There are few vendors on the street, and few customers in the shop. The shopkeeper dozes off with the abacus in his hand. When they saw the broken porcelain altar, the sudden sound woke up everyone, and after looking at it, they closed their eyes unconsciously.

Xiao Jiuqin took Bai Yan to the medical clinic again, "Come down."

The two separated suddenly, and Bai Yan's back suddenly felt cold for a moment, he stretched out his hand subconsciously, Xiao Jiuqin was slightly startled, and also froze.

Bai Yan doesn't know how to ride a horse. Xiao Jiuqin once taught him for two months but failed to teach him. In the end, he had no choice but to give up. However, the little things they used to get along still left a deep mark on them.

People who don't know how to ride horses have difficulty even getting on and off the horse. Bai Yan stretched out his hand countless times to let Xiao Jiuqin hold him down, but this time, the stretched out hand was too embarrassing. He withdrew his hand unnaturally, but was caught suddenly.

Xiao Jiuqin dragged the person down, yes, dragged him down, apart from the arms around the waist, the gap between the two of them could almost accommodate another person.

"You still haven't made any progress after all these years." Xiao Jiuqin said expressionlessly.

Bai Yan swallowed back the words that were almost out of his mouth, and then became merciless, "...I made Hou Ye laugh at me. I'm a stupid official. I was taught by a wise man, but rotten wood is rotten wood, and even a skilled craftsman can't carve it." Good lumber."

"The teeth are sharp and the mouth is sharp." Xiao Jiuqin glanced at him, then turned and walked to the medical clinic.

Bai Yan followed behind, with a moderate voice, "This is the only mouth left, so naturally we should make good use of it."

Xiao Jiuqin: "..."

Still in that unspeakable atmosphere, Xiao Jiuqin was so angry that his teeth were itchy, but Bai Yan was still there. When he entered the medical hall and saw the old doctor, the incident not long ago resurfaced again, and Bai Yan immediately wanted to leave.

Xiao Jiuqin seemed to have eyes behind his back this time, and called to him, "Take a step and try."

Bai Yan stopped in his tracks, turned his head and met his eyes, feeling extremely helpless, "Master Hou, the lower official's household department still has something to do..."

"Wei Chengfeng's people are still in the household department, and you can only be tired of dealing with it now." Xiao Jiuqin's voice sounded coolly behind him, successfully making Bai Yan's face change slightly, and he asked, "You stayed in the household department?" people?"

Xiao Jiuqin neither nodded nor shook his head, and continued, "A group of bandits came out of Yongzhou Mansion, and they have frequently harassed neighboring villages since the day the embankment broke, and... there is an official under Yongzhou Mansion who is related to Wei Chengfeng by marriage. ..."

Bai Yan knew nothing about these things, obviously he had sent someone to investigate them before, but Xiao Jiuqin said that these were not among the results of the investigation at all.

"You want to help me?" Bai Yan found it incredible that Xiao Jiuqin didn't strangle him immediately because he was concerned about his identity, so it seemed strange that he wanted to help him now.

"Pretending to be sentimental." Xiao Jiuqin's lips were really hurt, Bai Yan frowned, and suddenly had a strange guess, "You don't want to suppress bandits, do you?"

Xiao Jiuqin remained silent.

Bai Yan's face turned completely dark, "Nonsense!"

Regardless of other things, he dragged Xiao Jiuqin and walked out. Fortunately, the two of them were in a remote location, and few people passed by, but no matter what, they still attracted a few people not far away to look over.

And Bai Yan also miscalculated one thing, he couldn't drag Xiao Jiuqin at all.

Bai Yan: "..."

Seeing that Bai Yan's usual indifferent expression was about to burst, Xiao Jiuqin held him back, "Which one of you and I is more nonsense? Hmm?"

The word "um" was light and fluffy, and hit Bai Yan's Achilles heel.

Once upon a time, this person would lie next to his ear and annoy him over and over again, but after all, it was no different than back then. Bai Yan hadn't been able to completely ruthless towards Xiao Jiuqin, and now it is even more impossible to be ruthless. On the contrary, as long as he is dissatisfied, Bai Yan subconsciously wanted to coax him.

Bai Yan stepped back and leaned against the wall, a momentary sense of powerlessness almost engulfed him.

"Xiao Jiuqin..." Bai Yan sighed, "I'm not going to do something blindly, I've thought about disaster relief, you can't stop me..." Xiao Jiuqin wanted to speak, but Bai Yan stopped him , "Don't even think about using other methods."

He pointed in the direction of Miyagi, "I don't want to do many things. Although I have selfish intentions this time, part of it is indeed for the people of Yongzhou Prefecture." A little bit of secret misery overflowed from his lips, "You said I was trying to gain fame. It doesn’t matter if you say I’m busy, no one can stop me this time.”

"You have just returned to Yingdu, but I know that you have hidden troubles. You know a lot about the big and small things here, so...Looking at the entire court, who can be more suitable than me?"

"There are quite a few high-ranking people, but none of them have ulterior motives and sincerely serve the country and the people, and they are poor scholars. Let alone go to disaster relief, they can't even say a word," Bai Yan breathed out, "You I sent someone to Yongzhou Mansion to investigate, no matter who it is for, I am very grateful that you can tell me this today, but as for the others... I advise you not to get involved. "

"Your tricks can only fool that idiot Wei Chengfeng, don't you know anything when you are an emperor?" Xiao Jiuqin felt glaring when he saw the bloodstains under Bai Yan's eyebrows, he said almost ironically,

"Just one Wei Chengfeng requires you to sue the emperor in a self-defeating way. Although you have tasted the sweetness for a while, don't forget that Wei Chengfeng is his own son. As for you, you are just a slave of the Wei family! The emperor It’s self-evident who it’s leaning towards.”

"I don't care who he favors, as long as he can achieve his goal, the rest is not important." Bai Yan refused to enter.

Xiao Jiuqin stared at him fixedly, speechless for a long time, finally grabbed Bai Yan and pushed towards the old doctor, "Treat him."

After speaking, he turned to leave.

Bai Yan stared at him, watching his figure disappear.

"Hey, why is it you again?" The old doctor was taken aback by Xiao Jiuqin's outrageous actions, and found out that it was Bai Yan after he regained his composure.

Last time he lost a silver ingot, but got a golden melon seed. This time the old doctor laughed until his beard trembled.

Bai Yan didn't want to talk to him, and the old doctor didn't care too much. In his eyes, Bai Yan was a golden melon seed that could move, or a silver ingot at worst. He always liked generous people.

The original perfunctory actions could not help but become serious, he took care of Bai Yan's wound, and babbled, telling Bai Yan to be careful of the wound, telling him what not to eat, as if treating Bai Yan as a golden bump.

After about a cup of tea, the old doctor heaved a sigh of relief, and cheerfully asked Bai Yan how he felt.

Bai Yan nodded indifferently and said no problem.

"Hey!" Seeing Bai Yan get up and leave, the old doctor stopped immediately.

Bai Yan turned back, "What's wrong?"

"I haven't given you any silver yet..." The old doctor was full of expectation. Silver ingots are fine, and gold melon seeds are also welcome.

Unexpectedly, Bai Yan spread his hands, "I didn't bring any money when I came out."

That relaxed look made the old doctor's expression stiff, and Bai Yan probably didn't care, so he added, "Why don't you ask the person who sent me here just now, he is very rich."

The old doctor had a bitter expression on his face, "This... everyone is gone..."

Bai Yan was even more calm, "Do you know where the Marquis of Pingjin is?"

The old doctor nodded.

"Go and ask for it, the person just now is Xiao Jiuqin, Marquis of Pingjin."