Chapter 49

Yan Mingting looked at Zhao Yelan with burning eyes.

The others also looked over one after another, wondering what gift Zhao Yelan had prepared.

Zhao Yelan pondered for a while before saying, “In the study.”

As soon as the words finished, there was the sound of tables and chairs colliding in his ears, Yan Mingting hurried to the study, He Cuizhang and Xiao Gao quickly followed. Zuo Ran looked around, and followed closely behind him in novelty.

“…”

After a while, Zhao Yelan walked out of the study without haste, and heard Yan Mingting’s joyful voice: “See, this looks much better than Bao Lun’s portrait!”

The ruler on the table is pressing a piece of rice paper, and on it is a painting, in which the hair of a person is flying, and a horse is holding a bow and shooting wild geese.

“Yes, yes, this painting is really beautiful! It’s so lifelike, it’s like seeing a general hunting with his own eyes!” He Cuizhang spared no effort to praise, he didn’t know that Zhao Yelan had also entered the hunting ground with Yan Mingting.

This suddenly seemed to be a secret between the two of them. Yan Mingting looked at Zhao Yelan who walked in with a smile, and his eyes met. Zhao Yelan lowered his head and hurriedly looked away.

“My lord, I also want a portrait.” Xiao Gao said expectantly, making a gesture of drawing a bow, “Do you think my posture is okay?”

Before Zhao Yelan could reply, Yan Mingting patted his head: “What do you want, go and feed the braised pork.”

Xiao Gao went to feed the rabbit with grievances, Yan Mingting rolled up the painting happily, and then prepared to go out with great interest.

“General, where are you going?” He Cuizhang shouted.

“Find someone to frame it.” Yan Mingting said without looking back.

“Wait for me, I’ll go too!” He Cuizhang chased after him.

Only Zuo Ran and Zhao Yelan were left looking at each other, she smiled shyly, and turned to look for those two as well, after all, she didn’t know Zhao Yelan very well.

Hearing the sound of their footsteps gradually going away, Zhao Yelan walked to the desk and opened the lower drawer. There was actually another painting inside.

He unfolded it and took a look. The person in the painting turned his head and waved his hands, with a smile on his face. It was the scene when Yan Mingting turned around and waved goodbye to him today when he watched Yan Mingting go to court.

The corner of his mouth curled slightly, his smile was fleeting, and he put the painting in the cabinet, storing it together with the luggage that needed to be taken away.

In the afternoon, even though Yan Mingting had said that he would not receive guests, many officials still came to visit, but Yan Mingting was not in the mansion at this time, so Zhao Yelan could only receive them.

Just as he was about to take a nap, he heard a servant come to report the matter. He really didn’t have the patience to deal with it. When he walked to the hall, he made a bad face at the officials, and those people found reasons to leave in embarrassment.

“Wait, take everything back.” Zhao Yelan said coldly.

The group of people took their congratulatory gifts and left in a desperate manner.

He turned around and was about to go back to his room, when he heard that there were guests coming again, he waved his hand: “Tell them to go back, there is no need to bring them in.”

“It seems that our family came here by accident?”

Zhao Yelan paused, looked back at Eunuch Gao who walked in with a smile on his face, and his face softened slightly: “Eunuch Gao, what is the purpose of coming here?”

“Isn’t today General Yan’s birthday? His Majesty specially sent me to give something.” After Eunuch Gao finished speaking, several young eunuchs followed him respectfully and respectfully.

Zhao Yelan didn’t look at what it was, and ordered Xiao Gao to take everything.

Xiao Gao glanced at Eunuch Gao, then went to the warehouse with Butler Tan in silence.

Eunuch Gao looked at his retreating back, smiled gratifiedly, and made everyone retreat, then took out a box from his sleeve, and said: “General Yan will go south tomorrow and will pass through Zhizhou. Concubine Xian is very homesick and wants to go home.” Ask the general to bring something to the family, and I hope the general will do me a favor.”

“Concubine Xian?”

“Yes, Sun Muyun, the daughter of the magistrate of the prefecture, has been promoted to concubine Xian.” Eunuch Gao laughed.

It hasn’t been long since entering the palace, and the speed of promotion can’t be ignored. It seems that Sun Muyun is quite attractive.

“Master Zhao is not an outsider, so I’ll just tell you the truth.” Eunuch Gao whispered in his ear, “It’s thanks to you that this concubine is promoted.”

“how do I say this?”

“When the emperor summoned all the concubines, he happened to hear her muttering, ‘Lord Zhao really didn’t lie to me’. The emperor asked why, and she said that Lord Zhao once praised the emperor for being handsome, which made him laugh.”

Zhao Yelan: “…”

As soon as Eunuch Gao left, Yan Mingting came back and said, “I can pick up the painting in three days. I won’t be there by then, so go and get it for me.”

Zhao Yelan was silent for a moment, nodded, and told him about Eunuch Gao’s visit. Yan Mingting was not curious about what the emperor gave him, but was surprised that Sun Muyun entrusted him with a token: “Although the distance is long, she is so short It shouldn’t be a problem for a few people to bring some tokens back to Zhizhou, right? Why did you ask me to bring them?”

“Who are you? You are the famous general Yan Mingting.” Zhao Yelan twitched the corners of his lips, “It turns out that she also has brains, and most of them are unaccompanied in the harem, and her status rose too quickly, so she was hated by others. And her father is far away in Zhizhou, a magistrate can be regarded as a famous family in the local area, but in this harem, he is really not a relative of the emperor, so he is thinking about the prestige of the general’s mansion, and wants you Be her backer.”

Yan Mingting understood: “So as long as I entrust her with this token, outsiders will know that I have a good relationship with her, and even for my sake, they will give her three points?”

Zhao Yelan nodded.

“Why is it so troublesome? In your opinion, should I help her carry it?”

Zhao Yelan pondered for a moment, and said: “Take her, she has a lively temperament, and she is not too stupid. If she is really favored in the future, it will not harm you. If she loses power, it has nothing to do with you. Anyway, you just did it for a while. It’s just a good-hearted person, just stop meddling in the affairs of the harem.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you.” Yan Mingting put the token away.

After dinner in the evening, Yan Mingting proposed to go out for a walk, and took Zhao Yelan out together.

There are many more small merchants and hawkers in the night market than in the daytime, and the hawking is constant. The lanterns on both sides of the street are hung high, which is not only lighting, but also adding a unique scenery to this night.

Zhao Yelan walked for a while, and unknowingly came to the tailor shop, and walked in.

Yan Mingting hurriedly followed, and subconsciously went to look at the colorful clothes, wondering which one would be taken away by Zhao Yelan, but he didn’t want the other party to pick up a black satin on the other side and wink at the shopkeeper. .

The shopkeeper followed his gaze, guessed it immediately, and went up to measure Yan Mingting with a smile.

“The general is so lucky. Mr. Zhao personally chooses the clothes for you. Don’t worry, I will sew them up as soon as possible and send them to the mansion.”

Yan Mingting looked at Zhao Yelan flattered, but seeing that his expression was normal, he could only secretly laugh and asked, “Can we make it tonight?”

The shopkeeper’s smile froze: “Of course not.”

“Oh…” Yan Mingting was a little frustrated, it seemed that he couldn’t go out in new clothes.

Hearing this request, Zhao Yelan raised his head, looked around, and chose a regular ready-made garment, paid the money together, and handed it to him.

Yan Mingting held the new clothes, walked lightly, and followed him happily: “So this is the joy of wearing new clothes on birthdays?”

“Did you not wear new clothes on your birthday?”

Yan Mingting shook his head, in his memory, almost all birthdays were spent in the military camp, how could he think of such a detailed matter.

“What about you?” he asked back.

Zhao Yelan seemed to be in a good mood, and actually answered this question: “Well, my mother… will give me a new dress every year.”

His family was poor, so that was all he could give away, his father’s calligraphy and paintings, brand new clothes, and snacks that were hard to get at ordinary times… It was not as good as the children of rich and noble families, but it was also something that he couldn’t get in his daily life.

He looked around, walked quickly to an old man, looked at the bunch of candied haws, and asked, “How many bunches do you want?”

Yan Mingting: “One skewer is enough.” There are still ten skewers given by Xiao Gao at home.

Zhao Yelan bought a bunch, then asked him what else he wanted to eat, walked a few steps, and looked back at the person who was stunned: “Why didn’t you move?”

“You’re like this… I’m not used to it.” Yan Mingting said, “You didn’t do something to offend me, did you?”

“…”

“Say it straight, since I’m in a good mood today, I won’t argue with you.” Yan Mingting said generously.

Zhao Yelan’s expression changed a few times, and finally he gave him a cold look: “It’s just because of your birthday, the sky is big and the earth is big, and the birthday star is the biggest.”

Seeing the familiar eyes, Yan Mingting immediately relaxed again, walked to his side with a smile, and said, “Then will you satisfy me whatever request I make today?”

“What else do you want?”

“Let me think about it…” Yan Mingting was really serious about taking the opportunity to make some request at first, but when he was thinking about it, he lost his mind and stared at the person in front of him intently.

The two stood under the eaves, the red and yellow lanterns above their heads reflected on their faces, Zhao Yelan’s fair face reflected a bit of warmth, and wearing today’s clothes, people really couldn’t take their eyes off.

Not only him, but everyone around will subconsciously pay more attention to him, but no one dares to approach him.

“Can you promise me one thing…” Yan Mingting looked at him hesitantly, with sincere eyes.

Zhao Yelan looked at each other for a moment, almost burned by his fiery eyes, seemed to guess what he was going to say, and immediately covered his mouth: “No.”

“I haven’t said it yet.” Yan Mingting took his hand away, “I want you…”

“No, you don’t want to.” Zhao Yelan covered his mouth again.

“Well… I want to say it!” Yan Mingting pushed his hand away again, and held it down to prevent him from moving.

Zhao Yelan closed his eyes tightly, but he heard him say: “I want you to move your foot away, you are stepping on me.”

“…?”

Zhao Yelan opened his eyes blankly, looked down, and indeed stepped on his foot by accident, he moved his foot away in embarrassment, and walked away without looking back.

Yan Mingting laughed on the spot, in fact, he was almost about to speak his mind just now.

But he was about to go south soon, and the round-trip journey alone would take at least ten days, not to mention the delay in suppressing bandits and other things, and it would take at least a month to come back.

Right now is not a good time, as soon as he finished speaking, he was about to leave, like a romantic man who can only talk sweetly, he was worried that the other party would blame him for not knowing how to measure, and he was also afraid that he would be worried when he left. Anyway, the future is long, so there is no rush.

But when he went out again, he found that Zhao Yelan was nowhere to be found.

He quickened his pace and looked around, but he didn’t see the figure from behind. His expression tightened and he expanded his search area.

No matter how fast Zhao Yelan’s footsteps were, it was impossible for him to be as fast as him. Either he reached some hidden corner, or… was taken away by someone.

Thinking that it might be the latter, he frowned, showing a rare bit of hostility, and even exerted more strength when he pushed aside the passerby.

“Is this a good date for you?”

At this time, on the second floor of a **** shop, a woman in casual clothes was holding the deed of Zhao’s house, and asked the man standing opposite him suspiciously.

Zhao Yelan had just walked a few steps when he bumped into Gu Nianiao who had come out to do some business. He winked, then walked into the **** shop next to him one after another, went to the second floor to find a vacant room, closed the door, and started talking in a low voice.

“Three days later.” Zhao Yelan said.

“Okay, I’ll get ready.”

“You can see if you can secretly bring Gao Tan out at that time. If it is easy to arouse suspicion, then leave him alone and let him find another way to make a living with Eunuch Gao.” Zhao Yelan said.

“Well, I’ll see.”

Zhao Yelan thought about what he left for Yan Mingting again. His two most powerful eyeliners were exposed to Yan Mingting. If there was anything, he would help him. He also gave him a birthday gift, and he left 10,000 taels The silver ticket is in the bedroom, and I have done everything that should be done, and I have done my best.

“Hey, your jade hairpin has a pretty color.” Gu Niao suddenly said, “Is this the hard-to-find accessory you said?”

Zhao Yelan subconsciously touched the jade hairpin on his head.

“Where did you get it? Will you bring ‘into the ground’ with you?” Gu Niao said eagerly, “If it’s too cumbersome, why not leave it to me? Or do you want to make a price?”

“What are you dreaming about?” Zhao Yelan scoffed at her.

Gu Niaoyou shrugged her shoulders resentfully, glanced out of the window inadvertently, and said, “Is that Yan Mingting? It seems to be looking for someone in a hurry, can’t it be you?”

Zhao Yelan turned his head and looked out the window, and saw Yan Mingting’s anxious figure looking around.

“Go back quickly, lest he find you here.” Gu Niao said.

Zhao Yelan went downstairs first, lowered his head and walked quickly to other places. When he found a secluded place, he stood there silently, waiting for the other party to come over.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a bright light flashed across the sky, followed by two bangs, as if the sky was about to be split aside, the crowd suddenly panicked, looked up at the sky, and waited until the big raindrops hit their faces. Quicken your pace and run away in all directions.

The torrential rain in summer was unprepared, and it came as soon as it was said, and it rained heavily in a short while.

Zhao Yelan stood under the eaves, retreating again and again, leaning his back against the wall, but the rain still drifted in obliquely.

Yan Mingting was even more anxious, calling Zhao Yelan’s name everywhere, and when he was about to find the nearby officers and soldiers to search for him, he suddenly heard a weak voice: “I’m here.”

He paused, immediately turned around, and ran towards the source of the sound, the sound became clearer and clearer, until he saw a person sheltering from the rain under the eaves, was about to step forward, turned around to borrow an umbrella, and then returned .

Zhao Yelan originally thought that he would ask Fang Cai where he was going first, and he had already thought out what to say, but Fang held the umbrella above his head, and the first thing he said was: “Go home.”

Zhao Yelan looked at him in astonishment.

“You’re all wet.” Yan Mingting touched his clothes, “I don’t know when the rain will stop, and it’s okay to wait here, lest the cold enter your body, why not go back and soak in hot water now .”

Zhao Yelan nodded.

At this time, there were no sedan chairs or carriages to hire, so they had to go back in the rain. The umbrella was fluttering in the wind and rain. Yan Mingting supported it with one hand, and held it firmly on Zhao Yelan’s head, while the other hand wrapped his arms around his umbrella. Shoulder.

“You’re soaked.” Zhao Yelan frowned.

“I’m used to it, but I won’t get sick easily like you.” Yan Mingting said.

The cold rain was pouring down on his body, Zhao Yelan seemed to have forgotten how much he hated rainy days, he just lowered his head silently, looking at his feet walking in the same direction, as if an invisible force dispelled the cold.

As soon as the two returned to the mansion, Yan Mingting urged people to find Yao Mize, who was the closest doctor to the general’s mansion.

The servants rushed to boil hot water, and they went back to their rooms to change into dry clothes.

As soon as the hot water was ready, Yan Mingting asked Zhao Yelan to take a bath first, and then went out with their wet clothes. Just in time, Yao Muze arrived, so he stopped and took him to the lobby to wait, talking and touching While wearing his clothes, he accidentally touched Zhao Yelan’s sachet hanging on his clothes. Suddenly, he frowned, took off the sachet, opened it to look inside, and took out a small note.

He asked his servants to entertain the guests as if nothing had happened, then handed over the clothes to the maids, went to the study and unfolded the note. On it were two lines of beautiful characters, only two sentences.

——The prison boss has been found, and he has been escorted back to the capital today, what do you want to do with it? In addition, the medicine has been prepared, when are you going to act?

cell boss? medicine? what action?

A moment later, he put the note into the sachet, and after Zhao Yelan finished taking a bath, he quietly put it back in its original place, secretly took another sachet, and then called Yao Mize in to feel his pulse.

Zhao Yelan had already started to cough, but it wasn’t too severe. Yao Muze brought medicine and asked his servants to fry it.

When Yan Mingting sent Yao Muze away, he pulled him to a corner, took out a sachet and handed it to him, and asked in a low voice, “I’m always very sensitive to this stuff, and I want to sneeze when I smell it, show me, Is there something wrong with my nose?”

“Is this Jiangli?” Yao Muze sniffed it, opened it and sniffed it carefully, and gradually frowned, “Jiangli’s taste is special, but the contents are generally heavy, so it doesn’t have such a strong smell. .I used to collect herbs, and it takes about eight taels of Jiangli to achieve this level of smell. There may be other things in this sachet. Can you let me take it back and examine it carefully?”

It is definitely not enough to take it away directly. Zhao Yelan often wears it, so it is easy to find out and become suspicious. Yan Mingting poured out some for him: “Is this enough?”

“enough.”

Yan Mingting didn’t go to take a bath until after sending people away, and when the two of them lay down, it was almost midnight.

“Is there nothing wrong with your body?” Zhao Yelan asked.

“Yeah.” In the darkness, Yan Mingting kept his eyes open, thinking about something.

Zhao Yelan became quiet, and just as he was about to fall asleep, he heard a rustling sound. He opened his eyes and found that the room was lit up again.

Yan Mingting went out with a candle, and when he came back, he moved the quilt on the floor to the bottom of the bed, next to the bed, and sat cross-legged on it, saying: “There is still a quarter of an hour before my birthday will be counted.” In the past. Can I still make a request?”

Seeing his serious expression, Zhao Yelan also sat up and asked, “What request?”

Yan Mingting handed a stack of booklets to him: “This is the account book of the General’s Mansion, all my salary, and the property left to me by my parents. I will give them all to you. Can you help me?” Do you keep it?”

Zhao Yelan froze: “Why do you want me to keep it, isn’t there a Mr. Accountant?”

“After all, the accountant is an outsider, so I don’t worry about it.” Yan Mingting said, “It’s okay if you don’t want to take care of it. Anyway, I don’t know how to check the account, so you can use it whatever you want. Use it to buy beautiful clothes and expensive meals. no problem.”

Isn’t this just giving him family wealth for nothing? Zhao Yelan asked in disbelief, “Why did you leave it to me?”

“I specifically asked Kan Chuan this morning why his wife is so considerate. He said that because he handed in all his salary, his wife trusts him a lot.” Yan Mingting paused, showing a smile, “It turns out that a husband has to be considerate to each other. Don’t you like shopping? You can take all these. Although I don’t have as much wealth as you, I won’t starve you.”

Zhao Yelan looked slightly sad, unable to explain what it was like, and then returned these things back: “No need, I can’t spend all of my own.”

“If you don’t promise me, I won’t leave.” Yan Mingting resolutely said.

The two confronted each other for a long time before Zhao Yelan was defeated: “Alright, let me go first.”

“Okay.” Yan Mingting laughed, and his tense back finally relaxed a little, urging him to fall asleep early, tucking him in the quilt, and then pushed forward, “Actually, I still have some wishes.”

“Don’t be too greedy!”

Yan Mingting smiled: “One wish for Zhao Mengting’s wishes to come true and fulfillment of his wish, two wishes for Zhao Mengting to always smile and good health, and three wishes…”

Zhao Yelan: “Whose birthday is it? How can you tell me all about my wishes?”

“But this is indeed what I wish the most.” Yan Mingting smiled softly, leaning over to touch his forehead, “Three wishes, every year has today, and every year has today. We will celebrate our birthdays together in the future.” ,OK?”

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