The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

"Examination?" Yan Ruli poked Bai Yan, "What are you looking at?"

Bai Yan withdrew his gaze, "It's nothing."

Yan Ruli didn't think too much about it, thinking about Bai Yan's question just now, scratching his head, "Although I have been to the Southwest before returning to Yingdu, I have never been to Yongzhou Mansion. There is no way to go..."

In fact, Yan Ruli just did some things in the past, he left in a hurry, he didn't have much impression, most of them were hearsay.

Bai Yan saw that he really didn't know anything, so he simply gave up asking, "That's all, you go and do your work."

When Xiao Jiuqin was not here, there was no need for Bai Yan to stay in Huiyuelou. Thinking about what Yan Ruli said, he wanted to go to the household department.

Unexpectedly, when he went downstairs, he was called to stop him.

"Xingzhang!" Yan Ruli poked his head out of the carriage, "Are you going to the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

Bai Yan glanced at him, "No, I'm going back to the Procuratorate."

"You lied to me again. I met Mr. Feng this morning. He said you were on leave for three days, and this direction...is clearly the direction to the Ministry of Households." Yan Ruli was twenty and three years old, three years older than Bai Yan, But there was nothing right about the bluffing, "Come on, I just forgot that there is something I didn't tell you."

After a moment of hesitation, Bai Yan got into the carriage.

But it didn't take long for him to regret it.

There is too much nonsense about strict Confucianism.

"...Although Dali Temple is better than Imperial Prison, it's early autumn now, and Zhengming has to suffer again. The quilts I entrusted you to send in last time were a little thin, so I bought some more yesterday."

"Speaking of it, it's thanks to your friendship with Dali Siqing, otherwise I'm just messing around..."

"However, what are you going to the household department for? Do you need help? I..."

"Wait." Bai Yan frowned, and in order to stop him from talking, he thought of another matter to block him, "I have something else to ask you." After finishing speaking, he felt that it was inappropriate, and added, "I ask you Answer, don't say one more word." The quarrel made his brain hurt.

"Oh."

"This time Pingjin Hou returned to Yingdu, what happened?"

Bai Yan thought about it all the way, but couldn't figure it out.It stands to reason that the Marquis of Pingjin should be escorted back to the imperial court after winning the victory. think.

"Didn't Marquis Pingjin arrive last night?" The old god Yan Ruli was there, and almost jumped up the next moment, "You don't know?"

Bai Yan's face changed slightly, "You arrived last night?"

"Yes," Yan Ruli felt a little guilty at the moment, "I thought you knew..."

Bai Yan's eyes were unclear.

Yan Ruli whispered, "Haven't you and Xiao Jiuqin been exchanging letters all the time? I thought you knew, so I didn't talk too much." He shrank when he said this, "If I knew you didn't know, I would definitely come here to tell you report."

"Who told you that I kept communicating with him by letter?" Bai Yan's eyes were stern, "And he returned to Beijing without permission, if he was caught by ginseng..."

He suddenly stopped.

Yan Ruli looked at his expression, "Then... isn't that how many times I saw you write letters, 'Chengjin' is his word...and whoever dares to refer to him, you yourself are the left deputy governor."

Bai Yan seemed to have been punctured, but he couldn't think of any rebuttal for a moment.

Yan Ruli is used to beating snakes and sticking to the pole, when he saw that Bai Yan's words were poor, he became more courageous, "Xing Zhang, what's the matter between you and that Xiao Jiuqin?"

"What's going on?" Bai Yan glanced at him coldly, "Either you die or I die, what do you think is going on."

He didn't know whether he was telling himself or Yan Ruli, "It's something that no one in Yingdu knows, it's just an enemy."

"Then he will come back this time, and you will be unlucky. After all, he has made great contributions to calming the chaos. His Majesty will give you a big reward, and you will be honored and favored. Then he will trouble you..." Yan Ruli was quite anxious, and he was already thinking about it. How to cover up for Bai Yan, "I heard that Xiao Jiuqin is narrow-minded and savage, you said I want to protect you, will he even beat me up?"

Bai Yan was too lazy to talk to him.

If Xiao Jiuqin was narrow-minded, there would be few people with broad-mindedness in this world.

When thinking about the past, Bai Yan felt a little dazed.

It's only been five years, but he feels like half his life has passed.

Bai Yan's parents died young, and they were adopted by his uncle when he was five years old. He was a fifth-rank scholar, who stayed in the Hanlin Academy for half his life, but he had to raise a large family, ranging from a seventy-year-old mother to a youngest son, a total of ten. There were three of them, seven children alone, so Bai Yan naturally had to suffer a bit after being brought in.

The eldest aunt is a business lady, she is cowardly, not only the mother-in-law dislikes her, but even her husband seldom gives her a good face.The one in the palm is my aunt, and because she has three sons and two daughters, and she is sweet and talkative, the entire family regards her as his wife.

It is undoubtedly another expense for Bai Yan to enter the mansion, the aunt did not say anything, but the quota for him was reduced a little bit, within half a year, Bai Yan still only wore a single shirt in winter.

Probably because of the coldness, the young Bai Yan sneaked out of the house to keep warm under someone's stall, but in the end he was treated as a little beggar for stealing buns, and almost got beaten up.

If it wasn't for... If it wasn't for Pingjinhou passing through to block that blow for him, he might have already walked around on the road of reincarnation now.

Marquis Pingjin looks fierce on the surface, but he is actually a man who fears guilt and loves his son.

The young Bai Yan was about the same age as Xiao Jiuqin, so he just hit his soft spot, and brought the little beggar back to his house.

Counting nine cold days, the window lattices were covered with a layer of frost, Pingjin Hou took off his youngest son's quilt and stuffed Bai Yan inside.

"Aww!" Xiao Jiuqin was half dreaming and half awake with an ice bump on his side, which made him almost jump up from the cold, "What is this?!"

"What are you yelling so early in the morning?" Marquis Pingjin slapped his son on the head, and Bai Yan trembled in fright. Wouldn't that big fan-like hand slap his son stupidly?

Xiao Jiuqin was sleepy and staring, and now he was only half awake, grabbing the quilt to wrap himself tightly, but Pingjin Hou made it clear that he was cheating on his son, and with a big wave of his hand, he directly stuffed Bai Yan into the quilt , "Let the servant girl take you to bathe and change later, and warm up your body first."

"Who is this? Daddy, you just stuffed your son under the quilt and you haven't bathed yet. It's so much..." Before the word "dirty" had time to say, Xiao Jiuqin saw Bai Yan's tender and white face, tsk, Poor!

He withdrew his hand pulling the quilt, blinked, and stretched out his hand to grab the other's little face, but Bai Yan stared straight at him, his appearance was fierce, like a wild cat outside.

Somehow, Xiao Jiu and Qin Xing also woke up, and their anger dissipated. Looking at his father watching the play, he couldn't help shrinking in, "Here, why don't you come over here?"

Bai Yan didn't move.

In fact, he was reluctant. He didn't struggle because he was afraid of being beaten up by the stall owner who sold steamed stuffed buns. Later, he was dragged into this strange place for no reason. He was suddenly exposed to warmth and almost forgot where he was.

But after all, he was still vigilant, and Bai Yan refused to speak. It was not until Marquis Pingjin left that he stared at Xiao Jiuqin, who was about his own age, and said coldly, "I want to go out."

"Where are you going?" Xiao Jiuqin looked at the child's pink cheeks, and his hands were itchy.

Bai Yan sullenly said, "Go home."

"Oh..." Xiao Jiu and Qin Shensi don't belong. There are three children in the Pingjin Houfu. I don't bother to talk to him.Xiao Jiuqin was very depressed, this was the first time he met a handsome child, so he naturally looked fresh everywhere.

Seeing that Xiao Jiuqin didn't respond, Bai Yan moved his already warm feet, shrank back, put on his shoes and socks, and was about to leave.

"Stop him!" Xiao Jiuqin was not willing to let the child go, as soon as he called out, the maid outside immediately stopped Bai Yan.

Bai Yan didn't cry, instead he turned his head and gave Xiao Jiuqin a hard look, "Bad guy!"

Xiao Jiuqin was still just a child, so he was so "accused" that he was so upset that he didn't even wear shoes and socks, so he went over to the bed with bare feet, and picked up Bai Yan.

"Let go!" Poor God saw that Bai Yan was really not angry at being hugged, he was about the same size as Xiao Jiuqin, and he was afraid that this stupid guy would not be able to hold him securely and would throw him off.

"Not loose." Xiao Jiuqin is just a little bastard, following his father's bad temper, it was the first time he saw a sweet child, so he was willing to let people run away, so he circled Bai Yan all morning and refused to let him go.

Bai Yan's eyes were red with anger, but he just tried not to cry. He lived in his uncle's house for half a year, and he learned a lot about nausea. He also learned a few tricks from his aunt.

"Aw!" Xiao Jiuqin howled, scaring the servant girl to run over to inquire.

But the child was also stubborn, tears came out of pain, and he shook his head with his neck in a daze, "It's nothing, I... have a muscle..."

Bai Yan couldn't help but look sideways: I'm trying hard enough, why doesn't this guy let go!

How thick is the skin!

After pinching and pinching, Xiao Baiyan broke out in a sweat, but was dragged to the pool by Xiao Jiuqin again.

Hearing his stern tone, it was a hot spring pool brought in from outside.Xiao Baiyan didn't understand so much, so he looked at the steaming pool and was a little moved: Why don't we... leave after taking a bath?

He was still thinking on this side, but Xiao Jiuqin on the other side had already stripped off his underwear and jumped in.

The little baby was only that small, and the servant next to him supported a soft board with a circle in the middle, and coaxed Xiao Jiuqin into it.

"No!" Xiao Jiuqin shook his head, only pawing at the hem of Bai Yan's clothes, luring him down.

Bai Yan moved his toes, but hesitated a bit. He used to step on a stool in the bathtub to wash, but the hot spring looked a little deep, and he flinched when he thought of the suffocation of being held in the water by his cousin.

"Come in! It's so comfortable!" Xiao Jiuqin didn't know which muscle was wrong, and what he liked had to be liked by others.

And this other person, who hadn't been found before, has caught one today.

On the other hand, Bai Yan refused to show weakness, and didn't want to tell others that he was afraid of water.

The two fell into a stalemate for a while, Xiao Jiuqin was a little dissatisfied, he was used to being arrogant in the mansion for many years, even if he was out of the mansion, he was still a little overlord in Yingdu, when he was violated by others in this way, he immediately refused to obey The hem of Xiao Baiyan's clothes snapped violently.

"Plop!" Bai Yan fell into the water.

The feeling of suffocation was like a heavy mountain pressing on him, and the water he choked on was like something scorching hot, scraping his throat, nasal cavity, and cramped feeling in his abdomen, the harder he struggled, he seemed to be trapped oppressed more uncomfortable.

"Wow..." Xiao Jiuqin was the one who caused the disaster, but he was also the one who reacted the fastest. He rushed over like a fish, picked up Bai Yan and dragged him to the edge of the pond.

"Hey!" Xiao Jiuqin was at a loss, patted Bai Yan's back in a panic, and pressed his stomach in a disorderly manner.

"Don't die!"