Rebellious officials bow their heads

"Where were you last night?" the commander of the imperial army asked coldly.

Xu Yan remained motionless, leaning his back slightly on the wooden table, resting his hand on it naturally, and said in a steady tone: "In the inn."

"Really?" the commander said indifferently, while speaking, he suddenly stretched out his hand, pulled A'an next to him, and asked forcefully, "Why are you shaking?"

Now even the fat cook and Xiuxiu couldn't help tensing their nerves nervously, A'an forced a smile on his face, and said embarrassingly: "This ordinary person sees such a big battle in the government, how can he not be afraid..."

"Okay, tell me." The commander pointed to Xu Yan, "Did he stay in the inn last night?"

The scene became extremely quiet, Ah An trembled even more, and looked towards Xu Yan with very sour eyes.

The other party was also looking at him. Xu Yan's bridge of nose, brows and eyes were sharp and sharp, his lines were stern, even a little unhuman, his eyes were calm and calm.

Behind Xu Yan, several imperial guards were searching in the lobby, and they were almost at the door.

Ah An's heart almost rose to his throat.

Xu Yan could not fail to hear the movement, but there was no reaction at all.

The commander became a little impatient, and repeated in a threatening tone: "Was he in the inn last night?"

Ah An came back to his senses, still trembling, but his words were unexpectedly coherent: "Yes, the shopkeeper was in the inn last night..."

The fat cook and Ah An breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

The commander let go of A'an very irritably. At this time, the forbidden soldiers returned from both sides after searching the inn, "Report to the commander, no."

Hearing this result, the commander waved his hand without delay, "Let's go!"

The imperial guards quickly left the inn upon hearing the order, and the lobby became empty and peaceful again.

It took a long time for the group to come back to their senses, Ah An's legs softened and he sat down on the ground.

The fat cook patted his chest, let out a long breath, and couldn't help asking in confusion, "Boss, where did you hide him? Why didn't the government find it?"

Xiuxiu also looked at him curiously.

Xu Yan sat down at the table, drank the cold tea, and said lightly, "Go and close the door."

The fat cook didn't know why, so he went to close the door, and just opened half of the door to take a look, and was so startled that his eyes almost popped out of the frame.

——The person leaning against the wall behind the door was the unconscious Ye Liuzhou.

Xu Yan didn't hide him on purpose at all, and I'm afraid no one would have thought that he would be so courageous. With the opening of the door, Ye Liuzhou was hidden from the eyes of the imperial army, which made people feel a sense of shame. The established cognition, thus ignoring these minor details.

The fat cook choked.

A'an was still in shock and said: "Boss, did you expect that the forbidden army would not find out? What if they opened the door and found that person?"

"I can't help it." Xu Yan said disapprovingly, "If you are discovered, you will have to fight head-on."

Thinking about that scene, Ah An felt goosebumps all over his body. He rubbed his arms through his sleeves, and said, "It seems that you have gained a lot from this trip, boss, even the imperial guards have been dispatched to arrest people... ..."

Xu Yan looked at the messy inn, "I'm not sure, maybe the gain outweighs the loss."

"How could it be? A person like Boss who has nothing to gain and does not want to go..."

Halfway through talking, Ah An met Xu Yan's gaze, and immediately took a few steps back resentfully, squatting down in front of Ye Liuzhou, and asked curiously: "Why are you out of breath? Boss, you won't beat people to death, will you?" ?”

Xiuxiu came over and said, "Don't say that."

The three guys in the inn all surrounded Ye Liuzhou. The fat cook tried his breath, but found that he was surprisingly hot, and said quickly: "Boss, he has a fever!"

Everything in front of Ye Liuzhou's eyes was hazy, he could feel someone moving him, and there were vague voices.

Then a bitter liquid was poured into his mouth, the taste was so strong that he couldn't help coughing, trying to clench his teeth, but there was no strength at all, and his consciousness became more and more dizzy, and he fell into a deeper darkness.

Xu Yan took the abacus and a stack of ledgers and walked up to the second floor, just as the fat cook was coming out of the room, Xiu Xiu closed the door gently.

"He took the medicine, he should sleep until tomorrow and he should be better." Xiuxiu pointed inside.

"Okay." Xu Yan nodded, "Go and rest, too."

The two went down in response, Xu Yan pushed open the door and went in to have a look. This is a guest room, and the decorations that had been messed up by the forbidden army had been tidied up by Xiuxiu and the others.The floor is covered with thick fox wool felt, a plum vase is placed on the Huanghua Liqiao head table, and candles are hung in the plain paper lanterns, making the room a warm yellow.

Ye Liuzhou was lying on the couch, covered tightly with the quilt. He had already fallen asleep, and there was nothing unusual about him.Xu Yan was about to go out, but heard the other party's nonsense nonsense.

Is this burnt out?

Xu Yan walked around the screen, trying to hear what he was saying, but when he got closer, the other party fell silent.

Ye Liuzhou didn't sleep well, his head was tilted to one side, and a thin layer of sweat oozed from his forehead.

Seeing him frowning, Xu Yan carefully recalled the past two days in his mind. The imperial guards who came to search just now were too anxious, as if they couldn't afford to waste a moment. It was really just for the one who stole the beads. Thieves?

He reached out his hand and took out the pearl from the Taixuan Palace from the Taixuan Palace. The whole body was round and jade-like, and the faint light was like a bright moon. It was once inlaid on the emperor's crown.

"This is the most precious thing in the palace, so why are they mobilizing so many people..."

Perhaps...the man they were looking for wasn't a pearl thief after all?

Xu Yan turned the pearl in his hand, and felt that the problem still lay with Ye Liuzhou.

This person was full of enigmas, and it was extremely troublesome to deal with. He couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking and avoided the limelight before making plans.

Suddenly, a few sounds came from the side of the couch, interrupting Xu Yan's thoughts.

Ye Liuzhou struggled to wake up from the drowsiness, propped up his body with his arms, his eyes were very loose, and he seemed to have poor perception of his surroundings, and he couldn't tell where he was.

It took a while before his eyes focused, and his wandering eyes fell on Xu Yan.

His voice was a little hoarse from the fever, he cleared his throat, and said, "I'm thirsty."

Xu Yan ordered the purple clay teapot on the table.

Ye Liuzhou leaned on the couch and said, "I want to drink."

Xu Yan simply poured all the water in the teapot into the porcelain cup, then raised the porcelain cup and drank it all by himself, not to mention the shadow of the wine, not even a drop of water was left for Ye Liuzhou.

Ye Liuzhou: "..."

He took a slight breath, and then he felt that the sweaty robe on his back was sticking to his skin, which was very uncomfortable, and he said, "I want to take a bath."

"The clean room is behind the screen, hot water and clean clothes are ready." Xu Yan said.

When Ye Liuzhou entered with the help of the wall, Xu Yan turned around, sat down by the desk, put down the pile of ledgers and opened them, his slender fingers moved quickly on the abacus, the beads were made of sapphire. Made, bright and shiny.

For a while, the room only heard the clear and sweet sound of beads colliding together.

When Xu Yan finished his calculations at the end and Ye Liuzhou hadn't come out yet, he suddenly felt suspicious, got up and walked towards a quiet clean room.

Through a layer of veil, Xu Yan called out: "Ye Liuzhou?"

He didn't hear any response, so he pushed aside the white gauze, and suddenly there was the sound of water in the barrel, and a figure appeared in the steaming mist, the back was as smooth as jade, carved like jade.

Ye Liuzhou moved slightly, and turned his face. His face was a little hazy in the mist, but he could still be seen to be astonishingly white, like frost and snow.Her long eyebrows were raised slightly toward her temples, her eyelashes drooped wetly, her eyelids were long and narrow, and there was a tinge of red at the end of her eyes, like peach blossoms. I don't know if it was steamed by water mist, or because of a high fever.

After washing away the dust, it was almost a heart-pounding beauty.

The difference was too great, Xu Yan was taken aback for a moment, wondering whether the person in front of him and the person he brought back from the palace had been transferred.

Ye Liuzhou put on his robe directly in the water, stood up sideways and tied the belt around his waist.

Before covering himself up, Xu Yan noticed through the heavy water mist that his skin from the waist to the thighs seemed to be stabbed with complicated lines, vaguely in the shape of a dragon, but he was caught by the white robe in a flash Covered, can't see clearly.

"What is that?" Xu Yan frowned and asked.

Ye Liuzhou walked out of the clean room, brushed the damp hair on his shoulders, picked up a cloth towel to wipe it off, and said with a lazy smile, "What are you talking about? You won't even be given time to soak in the bath, and you won't even be given some water. Do you care too?"

He was barefoot, leaving a string of water marks on the ground, Xu Yan staggered his attention, and said unbearably: "Go and put on your shoes."

Ye Liuzhou pretended not to hear, and quickly got on the couch, kicked the quilt aside, and sat down comfortably.

Xu Yan's brows were already knotted. He remembered the important thing he was going to say when he stayed here, and said: "Now the entire capital is blocked. With your skill, as long as you leave the inn door, you will be caught by the imperial army. In order to avoid It is implicated in the inn, so you have been staying here for the past few days."

"Don't worry, I have nowhere to go." Ye Liuzhou said.

"The martial law in the city will not last for too long. When the time comes, the ban will be lifted. There will be a lot of people in the inn, and there will be many eyes and ears. You are not allowed to appear in front of people."

"Don't worry." Ye Liuzhou nodded.

"Also, all your expenses in the inn will be borne by yourself."

Ye Liuzhou and Xu Yan stared with big eyes, "I don't have any money."

Xu Yan looked at him ruthlessly, "Then go to sleep in the cellar."

Seeing that the other party was coming to arrest him, Ye Liuzhou quickly hugged the bedpost tightly and didn't let go, "No no no no no..."

Xu Yan gave up this idea, picked up the account book and abacus from the case, and said: "I will write down every single amount of the room you stayed in the inn, the water you used, and the food you ate, and you have to pay them back one by one."

Ye Liuzhou couldn't help laughing when he heard that, "Why?"

"Just like A'an and the others, he is an inn guy."

"You really deserve to be a businessman." Ye Liuzhou said with emotion.

After Xu Yan finished what he wanted to say, he didn't stop, turned around and walked out.

The door was closed, and there was only Ye Liuzhou left in the room. He got off the couch, looked at an orange candle, and wanted to brighten it up, but before he walked a few steps, the light suddenly became darker and darker, and gradually the whole The room was shrouded in pitch blackness.

Ye Liuzhou's originally relaxed and freehand expression stiffened, and there was a deathly silence in the darkness. He couldn't help but look around, but he couldn't see a ray of light, so he could only touch the dark to light a candle, but he accidentally tripped over the table, and with Knocked over the high table.

The lamp on the high table shook and fell to the ground, and the candle instantly ignited the felt.

Ye Liuzhou sat on the ground and felt the scorching heat, so he knew it wasn't the lights that went out at all.

He stretched out his hand and put it in front of his eyes, but he couldn't see anything.

The author has something to say:

Shoujun has night blindness, which was called sparrow eye in ancient times, and it will be cured later ww