Reborn Rongruo

About to leave, Zhang Lin suddenly felt at a loss, facing Cheng De's situation where he was calmly withdrawing from other matters, he seemed even more embarrassed on his side.Perhaps it was because he had been intimate with the man in the past few days. When Zhang Lin was alone with Cheng De, he appeared to be calmer than before, but in fact he was more sensitive than before. This was all due to the illusion that the people under him were Cheng De .

From a certain point of view, Zhang Lin's irresistible replacement is also a manifestation of the extreme depression in his heart.He thought he didn't have the determination to resist doing anything to Chengde in the future. In order to maintain the peaceful relationship between the two, Zhang Lin made a decision. He received a letter from his family in the morning and had lunch. Then I went to Yuxian Tower again.

Because Zhang Lin has been here for five days in a row, and he ordered Mo Qinglan to accompany him every day, Boss Zhang of Yuxian Tower had already seen some tricks, stopped Mo Qinglan from picking up other guests, and waited to serve Zhang Lin exclusively every day.Mo Qinglan also had vague expectations for Zhang Lin, so she naturally agreed to the boss's arrangement.

Yesterday, Zhang Lin was tossing her hard again, now it was past noon, and Mo Qinglan lazily got up.This side was washing clothes loosely, while Zhang Lin had already opened the door and walked in.Mo Qinglan's eyes lit up immediately when he saw Zhang Lin, and he attracted him regardless of his disheveled clothes.

Zhang Lin closed the door, turned around and frowned when he saw Mo Qinglan's outfit, and asked, "Why are you dressed like this? You started picking up guests in the morning?"

Mo Qinglan was taken aback by the question, his face felt a little hot for some reason, he hurriedly lowered his head, and said in a low voice: "After serving the master all night last night, how can I have the energy to serve others? But, I just got up. !"

"You..." Only then did Zhang Lin recall the scene of the two of them turmoil last night, the appearance of Mo Qinglan panting and begging for forgiveness under him, and the mysterious and refreshing feeling when he was buried in his body.Just thinking about it like this made my mouth dry, and I shook my head to stabilize my mind.

But when Mo Qinglan saw Zhang Lin like this, she thought that he was not feeling well, so she hurriedly moved over and carefully raised her hand to gently hold his hand. Seeing that Zhang Lin didn't refuse, she was secretly happy, and she pulled him to sit on the chair, and gently held his hand. Press your head.

Zhang Lin snorted twice when he pressed him comfortably, and then remembered that he had a business to discuss with him on this trip.Because he asked him the reasons and consequences of entering this industry, and learned that Mo Qinglan was sold in by his gambling father, he intended to leave, so he said: "Since you are already tired, why don't you follow me back to Tianjin? Boss Zhang and I are old friends, if I open my mouth, he will definitely not embarrass you."

Mo Qinglan was immediately overjoyed, and it took a long time to recover from the huge surprise, and she knelt down in front of Zhang Lin and sincerely kowtowed three times.Looking at Zhang Lin with reddish eyes, he said, "My lord has received a great favor, and Mo Qinglan can't repay it. I hope that in the next life, I will serve you as a cow or a horse!"

Zhang Lin chuckled, pulled him up, raised his hand to wipe the corners of his eyes, didn't say any more, and went straight to Boss Zhang about redeeming Mo Qinglan. Boss Zhang seemed to have been prepared, and immediately took out the Mo Qinglan gave Zhang Lin the deed of selling herself, but she insisted on refusing to accept Zhang Lin's money for redemption, thinking it was just a little favor to the Zhang family.

Zhang Lin couldn't resist him, so he accepted the deed of sale and handed it over to Mo Qinglan.Mo Qinglan was so grateful to Zhang Lin that she hurriedly packed up some things and made them into a small bundle, and boarded the carriage with Zhang Lin and drove away.

The carriage stopped in front of Zhang's shop, Zhang Lin just got out of the carriage when a young man ran out to report that Mr. Liu had come, and now Mr. Cheng was talking with him.

Zhang Lin frowned slightly after hearing this, pondered for a moment and then walked in.

Mo Qinglan followed Zhang Lin out of the carriage, and listened to what the two said, but didn't talk too much.He has been in the romantic field for many years, and his mind is much more delicate than ordinary people, so he naturally knows what to ask and what not to ask.He followed Zhang Lin step by step, Xiaoer glanced at him hesitantly, and asked Zhang Lin because he didn't know his identity, "Master, this is..."

It was only then that Zhang Lin remembered Mo Qinglan who had been ignored by him for a long time, and thought that it was inconvenient to say something in front of him, so he said to Xiaoer: "This is Mr. Mo, the accountant I want to bring back to the capital. , choose another day to go on the road with me.”

Xiaoer got the order and led Mo Qinglan to resettle him.Before Mo Qinglan left, she glanced at Zhang Lin and saw Zhang Lin nodding to him, so she also went with peace of mind.

Only then did Zhang Lin quickly walk to the back hall.Just after entering the courtyard, I saw Chengde and Liu Changqing sitting at the stone table in the flower hall from a distance, the two of them were laughing and talking about something, Chengde was dressed in a moon-white robe, and his brows and eyes were so light that he looked so high and far away that he looked like an exile. There was a pot of tea in front of him, It is slowly cooking.

This sudden and beautiful scene made Zhang Lin lose his mind for a moment, and he didn't come back to his senses until Liu Changqing called him.Zhang Lin said with a sneer: "I really didn't expect Chang Qing to come, and I didn't dare to recognize each other for a while, it's rude and rude!"

Knowing that Zhang Lin was playing sloppy, Liu Changqing was so annoyed for a moment, she took a look at Chengde, and then said straight to Zhang Lin: "I have been with Brother Zhang day and night for more than a year, but I didn't realize it until a few days ago. Brother has always regarded me as an outsider, in this way, I should be rude!"

Cheng De saw that the two had a tendency to quarrel, so he hurriedly said: "This matter is all caused by me, if the two elder brothers want to blame, then blame the younger brother! Don't hurt your peace because of me!"

"Chengde, don't talk nonsense!"

"How can you blame the young master?!"

Zhang Lin and Liu Changqing spoke in unison. After speaking, Liu Changqing looked at Zhang Lin in surprise, because Zhang Lin and Cheng De spoke in a tone like a real brother teaching a younger brother, and the intimacy was beyond words.

Zhang Lin didn't think so, but instead gave Liu Changqing a look, and blamed him for not telling the truth in front of Chengde. Liu Changqing saw Chengde frowning and lowering his head slightly as if troubled, and felt that he had made a mistake, so he changed the subject and said: " Don’t worry, my lord, brother Zhang has a lot of connections, you can stay here at ease when you arrive in Tianjin, and I’ll return to Hangzhou, if there’s anything wrong, I’ll tell brother Zhang and you right away!”

Zhang Lin looked at Liu Changqing worriedly, and at the same time blamed him for not wading into the deep water. Liu Changqing understood what Zhang Lin meant, so he let out a sigh of relief and gave him a reassuring look. Zhang Lin shook his head and stopped talking. .

Cheng De said: "Since this matter has reached this level, I will not hide it from my two brothers. I will not return to Beijing, or stay in Tianjin, or travel around in the past two years. The two elder brothers went to the border to do business and learn about it. But two years later, I want to go back to the capital to take part in the scientific examination, and if the two elder brothers are implicated by right or wrong, Cheng De will be the first to apologise!"

Chengde said he stood up to salute, but was stopped by Zhang Lin and Liu Changqing.So far, the three of them have reached a tacit understanding. Cheng De immediately wrote a letter to his Ama, and asked Liu Changqing to pass it on, and then discussed with Zhang Lin about the departure tomorrow, and he saw that Liu Changqing seemed to have something to say to Zhang Lin. Satisfied, he went back to the yard first.

After Chengde left, Liu Changqing held back his words all afternoon and finally had a chance to speak. He pulled Zhang Lin into the study, closed the door and asked, "Didn't you say you don't like men? What's going on now?"

Zhang Lin's face froze, remembering Liu Changqing's intentional or unintentional hint before, that he had completely rejected him at that time, and now that he saw through his mind, he couldn't hold back his face anyway, and said angrily, "Since you saw it, why are you still asking me? !"

"You—" Liu Changqing stared at Zhang Lin, with a bit of grievance in his eyes, and he couldn't help speaking a little more aggressively, and said bluntly, "In your heart, am I not as good as an actor?"

Um? !Zhang Lin frowned. He thought that Liu Changqing had seen his thoughts on Chengde, but he didn't expect to hear about it. While he was relieved, he also felt somewhat inexplicably guilty. He looked at Liu Changqing, Reluctantly said: "Didn't it be agreed a long time ago that we will be brothers forever? You also agreed at the time! Why are you so overwhelmed now?"

"But you told me at that time that you still want to marry a wife, so you don't have any feelings for men?!" Liu Changqing was so anxious that he almost yelled out, staring at Zhang Lin with hurt and accusations in his eyes.

At that time, I had never seen Chengde like that... Zhang Lin thought about it, but said: "People will change, so why don't you just think that I have changed?"

"For that actor?" Liu Changqing asked.

Zhang Lin paused for a long time before nodding.

Liu Changqing sneered, raised her head to force tears back into her eyes, stared at Zhang Lin and said, "Okay! If this is the case, we will only be brothers in this life!" After speaking, he opened the door and strode out.

Looking at his back, Zhang Lin always felt that there was such a strong determination that separated the distance between him and Liu Changqing.

At this moment, Mo Qinglan, the culprit who caused the conflict between Zhang and Liu, was lying on the bed peacefully to catch up on sleep. His eyes and eyebrows were smiling in his sleep, full of yearning and expectation for a new life.

On the second day, everyone set off for Tianjin again. Because of the presence of Mo Qinglan on the way, Zhang Lin was indeed given a lot of attention to him, which saved a lot of embarrassment and tension when facing Chengde.

It was only at this time that Mo Qinglan realized that the person Zhang Lin called out that day was the magnificent young man in front of him.Although it has been a few days, Mo Qinglan can still clearly remember the feeling he felt when he saw Chengde for the first time, and the impact that Chengde brought to him is unforgettable for a long time.He never thought that there would be such a charming man in the world, and his beauty was deeply shocked by the beauty that touched people's hearts with every frown and smile.

These days, Mo Qinglan often stares at Cheng De in a daze when Zhang Lin is not paying attention, and even collides with Cheng De's eyes several times, which makes him embarrassed for a long time.Fortunately, Cheng De never exposed him, but was very friendly to him, or invited him to eat some snacks, or discuss some piano skills and singing.

Regarding her status as an actor, Mo Qinglan has always had a low self-esteem, but he has never been discriminated against when getting along with Cheng De, but is very relaxed and at ease, which moved Mo Qinglan very much.He didn't know Chengde's identity, but he knew Zhang Lin's admiration for Chengde better than anyone else, and the fact that Zhang Lin used him as a stand-in.

As for the relationship between Zhang Lin and Mo Qinglan, after spending so many days together, Cheng De has already seen clearly.Apart from being surprised by Zhang Lin's orientation, he didn't have the slightest dislike for Mo Qinglan's background as an actor.This was different from Xuan Ye's time, after all, it was someone else's business, and had no influence on him at all.

Along the way, Chengde bumped into Zhang Lin and Mo Qinglan secretly getting intimate several times, and hurriedly moved away. When he looked back, Zhang Lin was always looking at him, which made Chengde very puzzled.They hurried and hurried, and finally returned to Tianjin on the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month.

Cheng De lives in Zhang's house as a close friend of Zhang Lin, because he is well-educated, polite, elegant and noble, and soon becomes popular with Zhang's mother.The reason is that Chengde is engaged.

Although having to stay at someone else's house during the Chinese New Year is very inconsistent with etiquette, Zhang Lin made up a bunch of stories about Chengde's miserable life experience to Zhang's mother, and he had to go to Beijing to take the exam. Inspired by Chengde, he had to rush to take the exam for a certain background, and immediately coaxed Zhang's mother to her heart, and she no longer held on to Chengde.

As for Mo Qinglan, now he works as a nominal accountant in Zhang's Salt Company, not only has Yueli Na, Zhang Lin also specially bought a small courtyard for him, specially for the private meeting between the two of them.But there was only one thing that Mo Qinglan was not satisfied with, that is, since he returned to Tianjin, although Zhang Lin came to look for him from time to time, he never stayed with him again.

Regarding this point, Mo Qinglan felt uneasy, but it could only be uneasy.He understands that Zhang Lin's heart is all in Chengde, and now he can still come to him from time to time, which is already a great blessing. He can't ask for more, otherwise he will lose everything he has.

After Chengde settled down in the Zhang family, everything gradually got on the right track.In addition to reading, writing, painting and playing the piano every day, I sometimes travel with Zhang Lin to discuss business and see the customs and customs of various places.Zhang Lin will bring Mo Qinglan with him when he travels, and not only Chengde's vision will be broadened, but Mo Qinglan will also benefit a lot.

The longer the separation time, the more Cheng De misses Xuan Ye. Several times he couldn't resist writing to Ming Zhu to inquire about Xuan Ye's situation, but Ming Zhu dismissed it lightly and didn't mention it.Chengde's letters were first entrusted to Zhang Lin to Liu Changqing, and then Liu Changqing handed them to Mingzhu.I don't know what pass word these two people used to pass the level, anyway, half a year has passed, and Xuan Ye, who has been staring at the pearl all the time, has not noticed it at all.

Since Chengde disappeared, Xuanye's temperament has changed drastically, and now everyone in the court and harem feel deeply that the emperor's temperament is becoming more and more indifferent.Even the emperor became more and more in awe.

Although Xuanye's dragon chair became more and more stable, and several concubines and nobles in the harem reported good news one after another, this year is destined to be uneven.

In May, Nan Huairen, a doctor of the Qin Tianjian, wrote a letter, observing the sky from the changes of the stars, predicting an earthquake.Emperor Kangxi then issued an edict to all provinces to take strict precautions.But the emperor's edict had not been distributed to the governors of all provinces. On the night of June [-], there was an earthquake in Tianjin, which is close to the capital. The number of earthquakes was extremely strong, and aftershocks continued.By the second day, Jizhou, which is located north of Tianjin, had become so severe that large-scale ground fissures occurred.The disaster victims in the entire Tianjin area have already fallen into extreme panic, and the level of chaos is comparable to that of a battlefield.

The imperial court made three decrees in a row, and sent Chen Tingjing to Tianjin to comfort the people in person as the censor of the earthquake disaster.

Everyone in Tianjin is at risk, and the Zhang family naturally cannot escape such natural and man-made disasters.Fortunately, the main city of Tianjin has not been greatly affected, but the collapse of houses is inevitable.

On the night of the earthquake, Zhang Lin was drinking in Mo Qinglan's courtyard.Suddenly the ground shook, and the two of them were so shocked that they didn't react for a while.When they came back to their senses that a beam had fallen sideways and was about to hit the back of Zhang Lin's head, Mo Qinglan didn't have time to think about it, so he rushed over and pushed Zhang Lin away, and the beam hit his back hard. On the back, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he was unconscious immediately.

Zhang Lin was so anxious that he couldn't care less about other things, so he struggled to move away from the beam amidst the falling tiles, picked up Mo Qinglan and rushed out of the house.But in the blink of an eye, the rows of houses turned into rubble in front of your eyes, the ground shook under your feet, and there were all kinds of cries in your ears.Zhang Lin's actions remained unchanged, but his mother and Cheng De, who were still at home, were extremely anxious. They were as anxious as ants in a hot pot for a while, unable to do anything.

The situation of Zhang's family is the same as here. When the earthquake hit, Zhang's mother just left the Buddhist hall to avoid disaster.Because Cheng De missed Xuan Ye, he didn't fall asleep. He was practicing boxing and breath adjustment in the yard, and he was not injured.

A lot of manpower and material resources were spent on the construction of the Zhang family's house, which is naturally stronger than ordinary ordinary people's houses on the whole. Therefore, despite the fierce earthquake, the Zhang family still kept a few halls and houses.

When Zhang Lin went back with Mo Qinglan in his arms, he saw his mother sitting in the yard among the rubble and weeping silently, with Cheng De comforting her.Only then did Zhang Lin breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked someone to find a doctor who was usually raised at home to treat Mo Qinglan's illness.

What happened suddenly, when Zhang's mother saw Zhang Lin coming back, she immediately stopped her to look at him and cried, and heard that Mo Qinglan had saved Zhang Lin's life, so she sealed 100 taels of silver to the doctor and told him to take this man Rescue.

In the face of such natural disasters and man-made disasters, Zhang's mother can see clearly that no amount of money is worth the freshness of human life, so she will inevitably pay more attention to the person who sacrificed his life to beg her son.He was also concerned about Mo Qinglan's life and death.

Zhang Lin comforted his mother, and then ordered the family's relatively intact carriages into the yard, forming a circle, and everyone made do to rest inside.

The earthquake here has not yet passed. In July, it rained heavily for days, and the flood broke through the port, flooding the city of Tianjin to the [-]th level, and sailing on land.For a time, the disaster situation in Tianjin was urgent, and the government discussed the government for days, and Mingzhu took the initiative to invite Ying to go to Tianjin for disaster relief.Emperor Kangxi allowed him to play, and gave him a golden whip and Shangfang sword, so that he had the right to make decisions at his discretion.

After all, Xuanye still suspected that Mingzhu had secretly hidden Chengde, so he privately confessed to Cao Yin, let him travel with Mingzhu, serve the right and left as clear as possible, and secretly monitor as real.

Mingzhu naturally understands Xuan Ye's intentions, but in Mingzhu's eyes Cao Yin is still a child, so naturally he doesn't take him seriously.

Cao Yin has done a lot of things for the emperor this year. Although he is young, he has experienced three points of calmness. Chengde is the first priority.

When Mingzhu rushed to Tianjin, she didn't go to Zhang's house, but directly stayed in the government office, and started to do disaster relief.Chengde naturally also heard that the imperial envoy this time was his own Ama. He knew that Ama was worried about him, so he asked Zhang Lin to tell his Ama that he was safe and well if he had a chance to see his Ama.

Zhang Lin agreed, so that Mingzhu quietly conveyed Chengde's words to Mingzhu at the meeting where the squires donated money and food.Mingzhu felt at ease, so she concentrated on all matters related to disaster relief.

Because the city of Tianjin was severely flooded, Mingzhu ordered the victims to be transferred to high and low places, and then moved back to the original place after the water was diverted.

Cheng De and the Zhang family moved along with the victims, and when they came out, they were seen by Cao Yin who was waiting at the resettlement place for the victims, but although Cao Yin recognized Cheng De at a glance, he didn't recognize him right away. , but after everything was settled properly, he quietly came outside the tent where Cheng De was at night.

Cheng De and the men of Zhang's family were assigned to a tent, and Zhang Lin was guarding Mo Qinglan at the other side of the injured tent, but he was not here at the moment.Everyone was talking about the disaster, when they heard that the family member of the Zhang family guarding the tent came to report that there was a young master outside looking for Mr. Cheng.

Chengde thought about it suspiciously, but he still couldn't remember when he met that young master in Tianjin.He stood up and walked out.When he saw that the person outside was Cao Yin, Cheng De had mixed feelings in his heart.

When Cao Yin saw Chengde again, he was so excited that he rushed over, hugged Chengde and called out 'Master'.

This sound really made Chengde's heart tremble, and for a moment he thought that he was still in the palace at this moment, as if he had returned to a certain summer last year.