Warm fragrance cloud around

After all, this marriage decree caused some waves in the capital.Sincerity uncle's mansion has always been unknown, but Jianyuanhou's mansion, especially Jianyuanhou's son, is not like that. There are only a handful of people like him who have been reused by the Holy Spirit at a young age. Most of those who wish to marry into the royal family regard him as a favorite, but it's a pity that Mrs. Cheng's marriage is not up to Mrs. Jianyuanhou's decision, and he himself has never had any intention, which makes many people stop.

Now this piece of sweet pastry was snatched by a young lady of the uncle's mansion who appeared out of nowhere. Many people were heartbroken and began to inquire about Lin Junnuan. However, the mother and daughter of the uncle's mansion rarely gathered at banquets. There are not many ladies and ladies who are acquainted with each other in the capital, but they have always kept their secrets.

Although there was an imperial decree to bestow the marriage, there were also necessary procedures such as acceptance. Despite the assistance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, Cheng Jiangyun specially invited his grandfather Lu Taishi to come to the uncle's mansion to propose marriage in person.

Taishi Lv looked unsmiling, with a sense of oppression, his back was straight when he walked or sat, after entering the uncle's residence, he refused to go to the superior seat invited by the uncle of sincerity, but just sat in the guest seat and drank tea quietly. After everyone in the uncle's mansion was uneasy for a while, they said in a deep voice: "I want to see the eldest lady of your mansion."

It was the first time Lin Junnuan met this old grand master who was once famous all over the world.He is nearly seventy years old, although he is still in good spirits, the silver hair and the vertical and horizontal grooves on his face are the traces of the passage of time on his body.

Lu Taishi lost his wife in his early years, and never remarried since then, and his son and daughter also passed away one after another in their prime years. The two times when a white-haired man sent a black-haired man would be a big blow.When Cheng Jiangyun's mother passed away, he was still in charge of teaching the prince, even during the mourning period, he never slacked off, and a year later he said, "The prince is smart and intelligent, and has nothing to teach." Since then, he resigned from all official positions and lived in the capital. Living almost in seclusion, he occasionally cares about the education of his grandson Lu Pengzhi and grandson Cheng Jiangyun, but he doesn't care about the disputes and turmoil inside and outside the court, and usually doesn't meet other officials when they visit.

In the past few years when Cheng Jiangyun began to serve as an official in the imperial court, Lu Taishi never made any suggestions. Even when he encountered doubts and went to visit or ask for help, Lu Taishi would stay behind closed doors. That is to say, he heard the news of the marriage, and his attitude Only slightly loosened.

After seeing Lin Junnuan, he neither seemed close nor put on airs of an elder, but just pushed the teapot beside her towards her, "Pour it yourself."

The day before, Cheng Jiangyun sent someone to send her a letter saying that Lu Taishi would come to propose marriage, but he didn't expect that he would call to see her, Lin Junnuan couldn't help feeling a little nervous.Although this marriage was not what she wanted, but since she has decided to accept it, she must play the role of fiancee well. Respecting the other party's elders is the most basic.

Lin Junnuan obediently poured tea for himself, and wanted to add some more to Lu Taishi, but he waved his hand and refused, put down the teacup and stared at her intently, the old man's eyes were slightly cloudy, but there was still a magical power that made it almost impossible to hide , Lin Junnuan was quite uncomfortable being looked at by her, and she didn't know where the courage came from, so she just raised her head and looked at him directly, you look at me, and no one suffers.

After staring at each other for a long time, Grand Master Lu turned his head first, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, "Jiang Yun said that you are very similar to his mother, and he was right."

"The younger generation is stupid, how can it compare to Madam's demeanor."

Lin Junnuan routinely said a few words of modesty, and Lu Taishi glanced at her with disgust, "The old man is just talking casually, of course you can't compare."

He pushed his teacup in front of her, "Pour tea." Lin Junnuan hurriedly got up to pour tea for him, and got another comment of "clumsy".

Lin Junnuan was also worried that he would ask him questions such as what books he had read, whether he knew how to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but Taishi Lu didn't say much all the time. He only asked her to pour tea a few times before finally asking, " Can you suffer?"

"I haven't suffered much, so it should be... okay?" What's the problem? !

"Come and help me plant the land some other day." Taishi Lu got up and left after leaving this sentence.Although it is a door-to-door proposal, there will be a special person in charge of everything, and there is no need for him to do everything by himself.

Lin Junnuan looked at his back and was still a little puzzled, she thought she would be picked on from head to toe, and this is the end?However, the old grand master is actually farming in the mansion, which is quite elegant.

She also mentioned this matter to Cheng Jiangyun afterwards, and Cheng Jiangyun told her not to worry, her grandfather was always reticent, and from those few words, it seemed that she liked her quite a bit.

On the day of the betrothal ceremony, there were many rumors in the capital for no reason.Some said that the emperor was worried that Cheng Jiangyun was too ambitious, so he specially arranged for him a down-and-out wives in the Chengyi Mansion, and some said that the Bo's mansion took advantage of Cheng Jiangyun's tricks to forcefully exchange this marriage, and there were even many people. Claiming that Miss Bo's family is weak and might not be blessed to live to the day of marriage, each of them said it vividly, as if it was true.

Rumors started without wind, and then spread immediately. It was clear that someone was fanning the flames, but Lin Junnuan had no time to distract himself from the root cause. She was shocked by Cheng Jiangyun's generosity.

When preparing for the dowry, Cheng Jiangyun didn't use a single cent of the property in the public treasury of Jianyuanhou's Mansion, but moved almost all the rewards and savings he had received over the years, as well as the dowry left by his biological mother, to the uncle's mansion.When Marquis Jianyuan remarried, Taishi Lv withdrew Lu's dowry and arranged for someone to take care of it, and now Cheng Jiangyun gave it to him when he was about to get married.

Lin Junnuan has also handled incalculable gold and silver wealth over the years, and she was still shocked when she saw the thick stacks of silver notes and the deed from the shop Zhuangzi. If she hadn't worried about inappropriateness, she really wanted to return it immediately.I heard from the dowry bearer that most of these shops were opened by the former Mrs. Hou, she is really a strong woman.When An shi was tidying her up next to her, she was also speechless for a long time, and only muttered, "Master Cheng is very sincere."

But compared to these, what surprised her the most was a large locked wooden box in the dowry gift. The patterns on the box were very novel, but Lin Junnuan only felt familiar—they were all English letters!

After seeing the box, Lin Junnuan had nothing else in his eyes, so he was immediately carried back to his yard.Inside the box are all relics such as calligraphy, paintings and letters left by Cheng Jiangyun's biological mother Lu. Now that she is about to marry him as his wife, she is no longer an outsider, so she can read it openly.

When you open the box, the first thing you see is a map.It is not the topographic map of ancient times that marked mountains, rivers and lakes, but a rooster-shaped plan of China. On the map, many place names are marked with black and solid circles. The places marked by solid circles are connected by rays that radiate from the capital. , Lin Junnuan conjectured that the solid circles should represent the places that Mrs. Lu had been to, and the hollow circles should represent the places that Lu wanted to visit but had not been.

It is a pity that the hollow circles on the map are almost ten times larger than the solid circles. Even with the honorable status of the grand master's daughter and Mrs. Jianyuan Hou, Lu's footprints have not been able to travel all over the land of China as he wished.

There is also a stack of English poems in the box, Shakespeare's, Byron's, Shelley's, Yeats's, and the poem note that Cheng Jiangyun gave her before should be drawn from it.Lin Junnuan doesn't know much about English poetry, that's all.Lu's ability to silently write so many poems must have been profound in this area in modern times, and he might be a literary youth.

At the bottom of the pressing box is another locked box. It is not an ordinary lock with a key in it, but a small combination lock with five swivels on the lock, and the English letters are still engraved on the swivel rings.Because it has not been opened for many years, green rust spots have grown on the lock, and the swivels need to be turned with force. Each ring is engraved with 9 letters, and there is no hint. Lin Junnuan spelled a few words casually , the combination lock didn’t move, and I don’t know if it’s a misspelling or the lock is broken.

There is no such combination lock on the market today, and this lock was obviously custom-made by Mrs. Lu himself. With so much effort, it can be seen that the things locked in the box are definitely not ordinary things.Although it is also possible to use violent methods to directly split or pry open the box, Lin Junnuan was reluctant to be so violent, so she settled down and continued to spell out the password.

There are five swivel rings, 9 letters on each ring, a total of 59049 combinations. Leaving aside some meaningless letter combinations, it is not too difficult to set up a password.When the swivel turns to the word begin, the combination lock is unlocked.

The small box was still filled with paper, a thick stack of paper, Lin Junnuan only saw the top few words, and felt as if an electric shock had passed through his whole body, and his hairs stood on end.

The words "the way to go back" are written on the paper, and Mrs. Lu has been trying to travel back to modern times for so many years.

She just glanced at it and closed the box like hot hands.Don't look, don't think.However, those five words were like afterimages of fireworks, flashing before her eyes from time to time.

On the night of the betrothal ceremony, Cheng Jiangyun came to the uncle's mansion again to be a "gentleman on Liang".The two haven't seen each other for a few days, but they often communicate by letter. Compared with the calm and close relationship before, after the marriage gift, there is a bit more ambiguous affection that cannot be explained clearly, which makes Lin Junnuan feel flustered, and there is a trace of Sweetness spreads in my heart.

Once you start caring, you will worry about gains and losses. This is human nature.

One of them was sitting in the room, the other was standing outside the room, they met each other through a window, Xia He and Chun Tao tactfully retreated outside the door.

"Ah Nuan, are you still satisfied with my dowry?" Cheng Jiangyun's voice was light and his smile was bright. During this period of time, he would not do it himself if he could do it himself. Although he was tired, he enjoyed it.

"It's too exaggerated. Others think that our uncle's house is selling our daughter."

"This is my sincerity," Cheng Jiangyun tiptoed into the window, reached out and touched her head, "From now on, I will be raised by Ah Nuan."

Lin Junnuan wasn't used to such an intimate way of getting along, so she blushed and moved aside, "Don't move, I'll ask you something."

"Ok?"

"Your mother... what kind of person is she?"

"I'll be your mother in the future." Cheng Jiangyun was happy to correct her title problem, frowned and thought for a while, "I was still young when my mother passed away, and I didn't remember her deeply. I just remember that she was sometimes weird."