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On the second day, Zhou Qian entered the city. Shen Menghan didn't ask him to go to Wenqulou, but asked him to meet at a nearby teahouse.

This day was different from the past, Shen Menghan got up and changed his clothes, Xie Chenyan hadn't got up yet, and Shen Menghan hadn't opened the bed curtain, but the sky was bright outside, and through the morning light through the window screen, he could also see Xie Chenyan's thin eyelids Underneath, his eyes were whirling around, but his hands were holding the quilt tightly, and his small ears were standing up nervously.

Shen Menghan saw it as funny, and didn't expose him, but said softly before going out, "I'll go see Mr. Zhou, if you don't want to see him, you can stay in Wenqu Building and wait for me to come back."

Xie Chenyan tightly closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

With a sound of "squeak", the door opened and closed again, Xie Chenyan vented, lifted the quilt and straightened up, unexpectedly Shen Menghan was standing by the couch, looking at him with a smile.

Xie Chenyan's face turned red, and he hurriedly hugged the quilt in his arms to cover up the obvious wetness on his body.

Shen Menghan was also stunned, he just thought it was Xie Chenyan who didn't want to see Zhou Qian, but he didn't expect it was because of this reason.

Xie Chenyan had never been so embarrassed before, he was so anxious that he was about to cry, his eyes were red.

Shen Menghan was full of regrets, patted him comfortingly and said: "It's nothing, it's Xiaoyan who has grown up."

He took a clean middle coat and put it on the side of the couch and said, "It's brother Menghan's fault, I shouldn't tease you."

His mood is quite complicated, he only confirmed his feelings for Xie Chenyan at Chuchu, but he didn't expect that Xie Chenyan knew about the personnel just after seeing Xiaoping and her guests last night.

Xie Chenyan timidly exposed two eyes from under the brocade quilt, the dark eyes seem to be able to speak, and the eyes are full of anxious and shy urging.

Shen Menghan smiled at him, opened the door and went out.

Xie Chenyan dared to lift the quilt when he heard that he was walking away, his face looked like a red-hot shrimp.

He hurriedly changed his clothes, looked left and right in the room, finally stuffed the dirty middle clothes under the couch to destroy the corpse, and then quietly opened the door.

There was no sound in the lobby, it was the quietest time of the day in Wenqu Tower.

He paddled downstairs like a thief and sneaked out.

At night, the Qinhuai River is crowded with people, except for the occasional sound of heavy oars from passing ships, which is particularly clear in the morning light surrounded by clouds and mist.

Xie Chenyan randomly found a river port, and then sat on the stone steps beside the water with Yi supporting him in a daze.

Shen Menghan and Zhou Qian discussed about the people of the two realms while having tea in the teahouse: "Master Han has always asked to resign because of illness, and the officials have not approved it."

"I met him a few times in Tangquan Town before." He casually glanced out of the window, but his gaze was fixed, and then he retracted his gaze calmly, and continued: "Since Mr. Han thinks Mr. Han is trustworthy, That's certainly believable."

Zhou Qiandao: "He is the elder of the court, and his family is noble. His nephew is not an official in the court, and he doesn't care about the dispute between the crown prince. It is most appropriate for him to raise this matter."

Shen Menghan nodded.

They spoke a few more casual words.

Shen Menghan's words lingered on his lips a few times before he said in a low voice: "Sir, do you still want to enter the Taiwan Pavilion again?"

The morning light is faint, and the dawn moon is not yet sinking, hanging shallowly on the horizon, and the rare and quiet Qinhuai River passes through the city quietly.An egret flew by, causing ripples, and broken gold ran over the waves.

In the tenth year of Zhengyun's tenth year, she was third in the palace examination, and Shen Zhuo's personal choice, Tan Hualang, entered the Imperial Academy directly, with a bright future.

Shen Zhuo gritted his teeth and said, "Since Mr. Zhou values ​​Beizhao so much, why don't you go to see Beizhao yourself?"

Three days later, the furious Shen Zhuo sent an envoy to Bei Zhao with an edict.

This trip is no different from a wanderer.

Today, 13 years later, the peers of the past have long been the officials guarding one side, and the ministers of the palace with Zijin.

The young man Tanhua who received the most attention in Jinling City back then is just the unknown Mr. Zhou in the Yin Pavilion.

Shen Menghan said: "Master Han is your teacher, he is a strict person, he has a lot of peaches and plums in the world, and he has recommended many talents, if you..."

Zhou Qian interrupted him: "No need."

He laughed bitterly at himself and said, "I've done too many things in the dark, so I can't get into the open."

Shen Menghan was silent for a long time.

Zhou Qian said warmly: "My lord, you don't have to feel wronged for me. I have my lord's respect. Doing things for you in the hidden pavilion is much more enjoyable than doing things for your majesty in the court hall?"

Shen Menghan said in a low voice: "After all, this is not a long-term strategy."

Zhou Qian stared at him steadfastly and said, "I follow the young master, what else do I have to do?"

Shen Menghan said in a deep voice: "Sooner or later, you have to plan."

Zhou Qian shook his head and said: "The young master is here, I will follow the young master; if one day the young master is gone, I will follow Xixuan and Yingying to become a monk. Leisurely clouds and wild cranes, free and easy, is exactly what I want."

Shen Menghan couldn't help but smiled slightly, and his expression relaxed a little.

Zhou Qian nodded at him and said, "I remind you from time to time to tell you to take your own life seriously, not to tell you to die at a young age."

Shen Menghan listened respectfully to the training and said, "Mr. taught you well."

Zhou Qian said again: "Xiao Xie is afraid of me, you just order him breakfast in the hall and let him wait while eating, why bother to ask him to sit alone on the stone port by the river and wait?"

Shen Menghan was taken aback.

Zhou Qian said, "Such a big person, I can still pretend that I can't see it, can't I?"

Shen Menghan said with a dry smile, "Mr. taught you the right thing."

Xie Chenyan sat there in a daze for an unknown amount of time, hanging his head and fiddling with the jade pendant around his waist. The fine suet white jade was of excellent quality, but it was still a little flashy in the past. The caress became more and more moist.

Until an oiled paper package was handed to him, there was the familiar aroma of sesame oil.

Xie Chenyan let go of the jade pendant, and raised his head in a daze.

Shen Menghan sat casually on the stone port, handed him the oil-paper-wrapped sesame oil and vegetable bun and said: "Mr. Zhou said that you are still growing, so you must have breakfast."

Xie Chenyan took it and took a bite before realizing it: "Mr. Zhou?"

Shen Menghan smiled slightly: "He saw you sitting below in the tea house, thought I didn't give you breakfast, and reprimanded me."

Xie Chenyan opened his mouth wide: "Huh?"

Shen Menghan patted him with a smile and said: "What is our Xiaoyan's ability, it only takes a long time, and everyone in my family likes it."

His tone was full of pampering, and he didn't mean to blame him for it.

Xie Chenyan thought for a while and said, "It must be because I have handled these two errands extremely well!"

Shen Menghan pulled his two arms, one on each side, with shallow scars.

Xie Chenyan had a bun in his mouth, with a dazed expression on his face.

Shen Meng said coldly: "Did you handle the errand well?"

Xie Chenyan swallowed the bun with difficulty, and whispered, "Isn't it good?"

Shen Menghan said with a straight face: "The errand was done well, but Xiaoyan was injured."

Xie Chenyan said first: "Sister Xinzi has prepared the ointment, and the scar will disappear soon."

Shen Menghan was speechless.

After a while, he said, "Does it hurt?"

Xie Chenyan frowned: "Actually...it doesn't hurt."

He started to mutter to Shen Menghan again: "Actually, Xixuan didn't intend to hurt me, the dart just barely stabbed me, the wound was so long because of Xiaohua's top."

He stuffed another steamed stuffed bun into his mouth, thought for a while, gestured and said: "Originally, the dart was passing by me, and Xixuan might just want to scare me, but Xiaohua rushed over in a hurry, and the dart was just stuck in."

Shen Menghan: "..."

Xie Chenyan said again: "That Yang Jin... didn't hurt you, so it's fine."

Shen Menghan couldn't describe it in his heart.

The shadow followed him that day, if Xie Chenyan was slower, the shadow would make a move.

He said softly: "I am actually followed by a dark guard."

Xie Chenyan said naturally: "I know."

"Then you still..." Shen Menghan whispered.

He collected himself, his face darkened, pointed to the blood line on Xie Chenyan's wrist and said, "Little Yan, do you know what this means?"

Xie Chenyan wolfed down the bun and said, "Of course I know."

I planted it myself.

Shen Menghan said: "If you protect yourself, you are protecting me."

Xie Chenyan blinked blankly.

Shen Menghan stroked his hair and said: "I have someone to protect me, just protect yourself."

Xie Chenyan licked the oil paper reluctantly, looked up eagerly and said: "Brother Menghan, I'm not full."

Shen Menghan was touched by his innocent gaze, and said helplessly: "Let's go, I blame Brother Menghan for buying less."

Shen Menghan took him back to the tea house, he was too lazy to ask for an elegant room, and only brought Xie Chenyan in the lobby, seeing him eating another plate of steamed buns, he couldn't help being a little surprised, and said straightly: "If you like to eat, Yin Pavilion can also give it to you." You don't have to eat it all at once."

Xie Chenyan said unconvinced: "I'm just hungry."

The eldest lady of the tea house passed by, and said lovingly: "A half-grown boy can eat it, and it's not unusual for him to behave like this."

The person who entered seemed to be some kind of distinguished guest, the eldest lady and the waiter came forward to say hello, and they went up to the second floor together.

Shen Menghan glanced casually, but didn't take it to heart.

Xie Chenyan was so proud of being favored, and got the verbal support of the eldest lady, he proudly raised one eyebrow.

Shen Menghan laughed: "Who did you learn this from?"

Xie Chenyan said: "Xuan, he doesn't talk, you have to look at his eyebrows every day to know what he's going to do."

He imitated the way of resting, with a small face with a smile on his face, deliberately stern, and raised eyebrows, but he really had an eight-point resemblance.

Shen Menghan couldn't help laughing, stretched his fingers across his mischievous eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Well, I don't learn, I don't learn half of things, and I don't show emotions, but I learned these."

Xie Chenyan joked, "I want to have another bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice soup."

"Buy, buy, buy." Shen Menghan said helplessly: "You can do whatever you want, so as not to spread the word that people think that our Yin Pavilion has treated you badly, and you are not allowed to eat enough."

It was still early at this time, and the building was full of regular customers, so the sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice soup was placed in the hall, and guests could take it by themselves.

Shen Menghan looked left and right, the lady and the waiter were on the second floor before they came down, so she got up and walked towards the hot pot, intending to serve Xie Chenyan a bowl by herself.

Just as Shen Menghan took a white porcelain bowl and put it in his hand, he suddenly saw a streak of black iron breaking the sky, and a ray of bright light fell on the white porcelain bowl.