Rebellious officials bow their heads

Mrs. Xu was slightly startled when she saw his actions, and said: "Yan'er, your grandfather is just..."

"I know." There was a jumping fire in his eyes, "People who stand too high can't see the ants under their feet."

The flame gradually extinguished, and Mrs. Xu's expression calmed down inch by inch, and she said with faint sadness: "You always say that the past is over, but how have you ever let go of it after so many years?"

The walls of the room were covered with bamboo curtains, and the light was dim. Xu Yan's eyes were hidden in the darkness, his eyebrows were frowned, and there was a deep vertical mark.

"Yes." He said in a calm and somewhat indifferent tone, "I hate that so-called father, and hate that family who watched from the sidelines."

Mrs. Xu closed her eyes, took a slight breath, and said with deep grief, "But your father is already dead."

"Mother, I can never learn your soft heart no matter what." Xu Yan said, "He should really be glad that he died before I grew up. This hatred is buried in his coffin, and I hope that family members don't come to find it. Soil is good."

As if the air was frozen, Mrs. Xu looked down at the table and said awkwardly: "Yan'er, I just hope you can let go of your worries. We left in such a hurry back then that we didn't explain everything clearly. The opportunity is also to cut off all relations with their family."

Xu Yan stood in the dark for a while before slowly saying: "I see."

Ye Liuzhou, Zhou Yuan and Ah Zhong sat in the gazebo far away, watching Xu Yan's figure stride out of the room and across the courtyard.

"It seems that Xu Yan will not stay here for long." Zhou Yuan looked at the sky and shook his fan.

"What?" Ah Zhong opened his eyes wide, "Brother is leaving? Why do you say that?"

"What happened?" Just as Ye Liuzhou asked, Ah Zhong rushed out of the gazebo impatiently and went straight to find Xu Yan.

He got up to follow, and after walking a few steps, Zhou Yuan called him, "I will refill the medicine for you in two days."

Ye Liuzhou realized something, nodded to him and said, "Thank you."

Turning to walk towards the courtyard, Ah Zhong was pulling Xu Yan to prevent him from leaving, but Ye Liuzhou did not approach, thinking that Xu Yan would not be able to leave for a while, and there was still the undiscovered box in his room. Peach Blossom Crisp, so I quietly went in and disposed of it.

It's just that this time it was very unfortunate, Xu Yan didn't know how to deal with Ah Zhong, and followed him into the house.

He glanced at Ye Liuzhou, who was sitting upright on one side, without saying a word, and lay down on the couch to rest, with his black robe spread out, and one hand covering his eyes.

Ye Liuzhou glanced under the bed, but he didn't see the box, he probably kicked it into the innermost part, so he couldn't help feeling very sad.

The two of them had their own thoughts, and the room was silent for a while.

He flipped the sapphire abacus on the case table, watched the beads on it move from left to right, slowly came back to his senses, and said, "Zhou Yuan said that you are leaving soon, is it true?"

Xu Yan lay motionless on the couch. Ye Liuzhou couldn't wait for a response and approached him, lying on the side and tilting his head to look at him. Unfortunately, the other party's arm blocked his face and he couldn't see his expression clearly. He lowered his voice: "Xu Yan ,Are you asleep?"

Xu Yan moved, lowered his arms slightly, turned his face sideways, and the two looked closely at each other.

"In a few days, I'm going to Yanjing to celebrate my birthday at their home." His face was calm, but there was a trace of imperceptible weariness at the corners of his brows.

Knowing that "their family" refers to Xu Yan's father's family, Ye Liuzhou said suspiciously: "Why do I think that if you go, the birthday banquet will turn into a bloodbath? By the way, their family is in the capital. You must be powerful and powerful, can you still slip away after smashing the scene?"

Xu Yan said blankly: "Where do you want to go? I am going this time to tell them clearly and cut off the relationship."

Ye Liuzhou rubbed his chin, and muttered thoughtfully: "Blood relatives, it's not easy to completely cut off the connection... Have you thought it through?"

"It should have been cleared up a long time ago." Xu Yan got off the couch, turned the plum vase to the left, and the walls of the secret room unfolded to both sides.

Ye Liuzhou followed him in, and inside was as rare and precious as he had seen for the first time, emitting a golden light.

Xu Yan took out a red jade Meishou Changchun bonsai from it. The ruyi cloud pattern pot was chiseled with golden corners, supporting numerous plum trees, emerald branches and leaves, inlaid with jasper, tourmaline, and turquoise. Hundreds of red jade stones, meaning "Mei Shou Changchun".

Ye Liuzhou was deeply surprised, "Are you going to bring such a precious bonsai as a birthday present?"

You must know that the ordinary Xu Yan loves money like his life, and he doesn't take out anything.

Xu Yan smiled coldly, "It would be cheap if we could use this bonsai to separate the relationship."

In the next few days, Mrs. Xu packed the luggage for Xu Yan, and Zhou Yuan helped Ye Liuzhou prepare the medicine, put on a cloth strip to tie his eyes, and said: "The medicine is more powerful, and it may cause you to watch it even during the daytime." Not seeing anything is tantamount to blindness, but after a few days, your eye disease will heal and you can see clearly."

Ye Liuzhou adjusted the cloth strip uncomfortably, "Can it really be cured?"

"Don't worry." Zhou Yuan handed him the bamboo stick.

The carriage was ready at the door, and he bid farewell to Mrs. Xu and Ah Zhong. Ah Zhong wiped his tears and said reluctantly: "You must come back early after finishing your business."

Ye Liuzhou patted his head, showing a gentle smile.

When Xu Yan left, he didn't talk much, and drove him on the road in a carriage. After walking a long way along the bluestone road, Mrs. Xu and Ah Zhong could still be seen standing in front of the door looking up.

Xu Yan has never mentioned that he wants to take Ye Liuzhou to the capital, and Ye Liuzhou has never asked. It is true that he is a burden, but maybe it is because they have been together for a long time that it seems strange to stay. A tacit tacit understanding, walking together very naturally, one driving, the other sleeping in the carriage.

On the way, Ye Liuzhou would ask Xu Yan whenever he felt the changes in the surrounding environment, "Where is this?"

Xu Yan's answer was very short, "Out of the south of the Yangtze River, and soon to Qingzhou."

"How's the scenery?"

"The grass is deep and the legs are high."

Or it was raining heavily and it was difficult to walk in the mud. Xu Yan walked across the muddy road with the swaying Ye Liuzhou on his back. He shook the dog's tail grass and asked leisurely: "How is the scenery?"

Xu Yan had no ink in his stomach, and even more impatiently described, "Hold your umbrella well."

Although Ye Liuzhou carefully held up the umbrella, the rain was too heavy, and the two of them were still drenched. They took shelter under the eaves of the dilapidated house, baked a delicious taro, and continued to set off when the weather cleared.

They stumbled and stumbled all the way to Yanjing, and entered the city gate without incident. The carriage turned and turned into the alley. Ye Liuzhou heard the lively noise not far away, and asked, "Have you arrived yet?"

Xu Yan led him out of the car, looked at the tall plaque on the mansion, and said lightly: "Here we are."