The prince of buns

Qi Mu'an is very anxious here, but Jian Yunchen, who is in Guorui's other garden, is not eager to return home?

Unexpectedly, that idiot really found him, so he escaped his shell by saying elopement. I don't know if he got angry with his father, and he doesn't know how his daughter is now, where is she?Did that idiot take her with him?

Once Xiaohe went there, he would know where he was, but although this place was not Guo Rui's Prince's Mansion, Guo Rui took him very seriously, and the guards stationed here were no less than those in the city.

How many people can Qi Muan bring with him from afar? It would definitely be impossible to rush in and take him away by force. If he wants to find a chance to fish in troubled waters, then he must have a chance, right?

Jian Yunchen was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard a commotion outside, a sharp voice pierced his ears.

"I said Xiaohe, don't use chicken feathers as arrows too much! What are you, how dare you stop me?"

Xiaohe is used to being very cowardly, and he dare not raise his voice, "Hey, little lord, what is a servant girl, how dare you stop you? It's because my side is weak, and the crown prince has ordered no one to go in and disturb his rest. , or else the old man would blame us servants!"

"You fart! Could it be that the news from Duzhong hasn't come yet? Our young master is the new side king whom the empress personally pointed out to the prince, and he will pass the door next month! Now come to see your master, but thinking about the future They are all from the Crown Prince, they are just friendly, you still have the face to stop them? In terms of superiority and inferiority, it should be your master who came to greet our little prince first!"

It turned out that the person who came was a young lord and the future prince's side lord. No wonder the people who scolded the prince's mansion were not polite at all. It seemed that Xiaohe couldn't stop him. see you.

It's all his mother's business!Let him compete with that little bitch?

I X! (Here, omit one dirty word that is not conducive to prenatal education...)

Sure enough, accompanied by Xiao He's trembling "Young Master, please stay...Young Master, you can't go in... ahh..." Yun Yun, the door of the room has been kicked open politely.

Want to see him?Then let you see, he has nothing to be ashamed of, and the one who wants to hide is Guo Rui.

Jian Yunchen calmly put down the chess piece in his hand, and looked at the person coming.

Before Xiang Qin came, he knew that Li Fangjun, who was hidden by Guo Ruijin's house, was very beautiful, so he sneered at this.

Firstly, he himself is extremely handsome, and secondly, as the prince's concubine, his appearance is second to none, and the main comparison is his family background and his own talents, learning and morality.

Those who escaped from this poor country, I am afraid that they can't read a lot of Chinese characters, so what kind of elegance and interest can they have?The prince is new to him now, but it's just because he is beautiful, can you still not get bored after watching him for a few months?

Even if he was pregnant, so what?He has no natal family at all, and the child has no maternal grandparents. In the future, he will be trampled on in the palace, and will not pose a threat at all.

These were all things he had thought about before he came here, so he came here just to put on airs, first to give this Hu Meizi who has never seen the world a blow, and when he passes the door in the future, if he is interested, he might as well share it He ate leftovers, if he wanted to die, then he would be cooked directly.

But when he saw Jian Yunchen's real person, no matter how he walked sideways in the capital for 18 years and saw so many beauties, he could only be stunned for a moment.

He is not only born beautiful, but also has a calm demeanor in front of him, a little lord, which is not something that ordinary people in the mountains can do, right?

Xiang Qin was stunned, and suddenly didn't know how to use the sarcasm that he had thought up earlier. Jian Yunchen glanced at Xiao He who was chasing him in with a panicked expression, and shook his head at him.

"Go and make a cup of tea."

Xiaohe was able to follow the amnesty squad and ran away, of course not only to make tea, but also to send a letter to the prince!

The young master of this family is the grandnephew of the empress dowager. He has been spoiled since he was a child. He has admired the prince for many years. Everyone in the capital knows this!

Back when the crown prince was still the fourth prince, the emperor chose a woman for him to be the concubine out of the consideration of the emperor's heir. If it wasn't for this, the current crown prince would have been him long ago!

Now that he is in the mansion as a side, to put it bluntly, I am afraid that even the crown prince will give him three points. In the future, if the crown prince becomes the emperor, then it is uncertain who will be the queen!Such a person, what does his master compare with him?The crown prince is not in front of him, why don't you just let him knead it like a piece of dough?

Xiaohe has only been with Jian Yunchen for a few months, seeing that he is silent most of the time, and he is more handsome than women, so he has the illusion that he is weak and easy to deceive.

Xiang Qin put on airs here, and sang and talked with the two servants she brought with her, but Jian Yunchen didn't take the bait at all, and her face was always indifferent, neither humble nor overbearing at all. Pick up any thread they throw.

Xiang Qin has had enough of playing prestige by herself, and she has a sense of boredom in talking to cattle. She said in her heart that she felt that this man was extraordinary, she must have misread it. I am afraid that he is illiterate at all, and I have talked to him so much. Maybe he can't understand it at all, let alone understand the power in it.

At this time, Guo Rui also rushed over, sent Xiang Qin away with good words, and then turned back to Jian Yunchen's room.

Seeing his tired face, I thought he was unhappy, but I was secretly happy, I hurried over and put my arms around his shoulders and said softly: "He has always been favored by my grandmother and queen mother, he is very willful, don't be wronged. After passing through the door in the future, I will always love you alone."

Jian Yunchen was still worried at first, but just now when he met Xiang Qin, he came up with a clever plan, so he had to endure Guo Rui's trickery, and even pretended to be a little docile.

"Let me ask you, do you really want to be nice to me, treat me wholeheartedly in the future, and never regret it?"

As soon as Guo Rui heard this, didn't he immediately go up to the sky and swear an oath to show his loyalty?

Naturally, he said thousands of love words that could coax the dead into sweetness.

Jian Yunchen seemed to be a little moved, and after a while of silence, he said: "Now I also want to understand, the people of the Qi family are ruthless, why should I still think about them? But if you want me to stay in Qi State and live with you, you will You have to promise me something."

At this time, let alone one piece, if it is a hundred pieces, how can Guo Rui refuse to agree?

"Say it quickly, I promise you anything!"

Guo Rui's heart was rubbed enough by the lingering lingering in the eyes of the beauties around him, how many days he wished for it!Now it's about to be available...

At that moment, there was no brain left, all the hot blood in the whole body rushed straight to the lower abdomen and penetrated.

Seeing his anxious look, Jian Yunchen wished to kill him, thinking about Qi Muan and his daughter, he had to deal with him impatiently and said: "You have seen the aura of the young master just now, if I have been hiding in the other garden, it will be a shame It's as if I'm afraid of him. Now that I've made up my mind to follow you, I have to plan for the future, and I can no longer live outside indiscriminately, and I want to move into the capital."

Isn't this sentence right in Guo Rui's arms?

After moving into the Prince's Mansion, wouldn't he be able to kiss Fangze anytime?

Hearing that he made up his mind to follow him, he was even more ecstatic, hugged him and wanted to be happy. Jian Yunchen was already uncomfortable, but being hugged by him was so disgusting that he was about to vomit. If he was willing to give in, he had no choice but to coax him: " Look at my body, I can't even sit still, how can I still have the strength to serve you, we have a long time to come, don't you want to be like a dead fish for the first time with me?"

Guo Rui listened to these words, if Jian Yunchen gave him a good look today, it would be more than the sum of the past six months!At this moment, he was full of thoughts on how to hug the beautiful woman back home, so he nodded vigorously and agreed: "Okay! I will stop the medicine immediately, and we will go back to the capital tomorrow, and we will have a bridal chamber tomorrow night." !"

tomorrow?

After a day's work, the medicinal properties were not completely removed, and his body became heavy again. What if he becomes Qi Muan's burden?Besides, there was not much movement in a day, so what if the guy didn't get the news?What should I do if I don't have time to arrange it?

So he lowered his face and pushed Guo Rui away and said, "Do you think you want to buy a young man to come into the house or something? I said today that I will leave tomorrow. What can I do? Let me tell you, I want to go in comfortably, and I will go in." We must slap that Xiang in the face with great fanfare!"

Anyway, Guo Rui understands all kinds of jealousy and all kinds of amorous feelings in this tweet. If he was drunk, if Qi Muan was present, he would also be impressed by his wife's Oscar-winning actress, oh no, actor-level acting skills.

Soon Qi Mu'an received the news that the crown prince was going to bring Mr. Li back to live in the capital. He was hugging his daughter to sleep at that time, and suddenly he laughed.

"Girl, look at how cunning your father is, it's all over now, let's have a family reunion!"

Five days later, the crown prince Guo Rui sent people to greet the side concubine Li Shi who was going to the suburban garden to recuperate with great fanfare. He even used a motorcade with the same specifications as the crown princess, which attracted many people waiting at the gate of the city to watch the excitement. Unexpectedly, a group of people went happily, but they carried the empty sedan chair back in panic.

"Come here and tell me how you do it!"

Guo Rui sat in the huge study room, held his breath for almost an hour, and finally uttered the first sentence after receiving the news, and raised his hand to smash the 18th teacup.

The three people crawling on the ground were already trembling violently, but when they heard his voice, they trembled even more into three leaves in the autumn wind.

"Hui... Master Hui, everything went smoothly. Who knew that when we went down the mountain, a group of frightened goats came from nowhere, and they rushed straight towards our team like crazy. Everyone was rushed to this side. Even The sedan chair carrying Mr. Li was also shaken down. The younger ones helped Mr. Li to sit on the side of the road first, and then went to pack the salute boxes that were overturned. Many people were injured, and the scene was very chaotic. Unexpectedly, after a while, he disappeared, only, only... only found a shoe by the side of the road."

When he said the last sentence, the chief guard's voice was as low as a mosquito.

On the way back, everyone was guessing that the fragile beauty who would collapse in the wind must have accidentally turned down the mountain, but now, facing the furious master, how dare they say this directly? What about saying it?

The other chief guard kneeling on his right hand also began to kowtow.

"Back to the master, we have sent several teams to look for it. Even if we turn over that mountain, we must find Mr. Li!"

It's just hard to say whether it's dead or alive, right?Guo Rui gritted his teeth with hatred, Min Mountain is a natural danger to Qi State, everyone knows this.

Jian Yunchen is a stranger, with a big belly, and his internal strength has not recovered. If he really fell headlong down the mountain, how much is there left to survive?

But even if you think so, there is a one in ten thousand chance, right?

So I had no choice but to shake my hands and said, "I'll give you two days, if you can't find anyone, you don't have to come back!"

A few people stumbled and climbed out of the prince's study room almost using their hands and feet. Lu Qi looked at Guo Rui who was in a rage and hesitated to speak, thinking that it was not certain whether Jian Yunchen had fallen or not. The son is walking freely on the way home!

That kid from Jian's family is not simple, the prince is still bewitched by his beauty, and underestimated his wisdom!

But at this moment, he is unwilling to express his doubts even if he dies. This is not the same as slapping him in the face in front of Guo Rui, telling him that he never thought of getting along with you, and that he has been coaxing you all the time. Thinking about running away?

How about saying that ginger is still old and spicy?

Lu Qi's guess was right, Jian Yunchen has already been supported by Qi Mu'an, and is currently sitting on a horse speeding north.

"Hey, let me say, why are you so sure, if I can't think of a way to rob you on the way, then you really plan to spend the rest of your life with Guo Rui in the prince's mansion?"

Qi Mu'an looked at the person leaning on his shoulder with his eyes closed and meditating, and there were thousands of words in his heart that were almost the same as day and night thinking, but he didn't say a word when he came to his mouth, instead he said something like this .

Jian Yunchen didn't seem to want to talk to him very much, moved his body, found a more comfortable position in his arms, and then continued to close his eyes and said: "If you are really so useless, then I won't be wronged by following Guo Rui. Marrying you, your reputation is not enough to give Guo Rui shoes."

Then am I not married yet?

The outer voice of Xiao Junye's words was as loud as the inner voice. Qi Mu'an touched the ashes on his nose. He didn't dare to find something to say, so he hugged him honestly and rubbed him on his forehead in dissatisfaction. Rubbing again.

"Then you said you missed me?"

"Say it! Do you miss me?"

……

"What's the matter, Yun Chen, what's wrong with you?"

The evil boy's nonsense entanglement stopped abruptly after discovering the thin layer of sweat stained on the sideburns of the man in his arms. Qi Mu'an raised his head and was about to yell to stop, but Jian Yunchen held him down.

"I'm fine, I can't stop the car, as long as I don't leave Qi State territory for a day, I can't relax."

You...why are you so stubborn!

Your first day meeting me?

Jian Yunchen's gaze was so firm that it hurt Qi Mu'an's hand. Although Qi Mu'an was a scoundrel, he had a tendency to develop bronchitis since he married his wife, and he knew that what he said was right. There is a danger of being chased back.

Therefore, I had no choice but to tell the outside world: "Hold the handlebars firmly, don't bump the young master."

After finishing speaking, he helped Jian Yunchen sit still and rubbed his waist, "It's uncomfortable to lie in this car with such a big belly, just bear with it, we won't be afraid when we get out of the customs, when the time comes, we'll walk and play, and we don't have to It's been such a hard drive."

He used his strength very well, and Jian Yunchen squinted his eyes comfortably.

It's been half a year, and I really miss these hands, but it's good when it's good, and it's too dishonest when I hate it.

"Where should I touch it?"

Seeing his wife's serious face, Qi Mu'an felt aggrieved, "You don't miss me?"

The sensitive pinna was pressed tightly against the warm lips, Jian Yunchen couldn't help but gasped, and grabbed the palm of his hand that was still on fire.

"You have nothing else to ask me?"

"for example?"

"For example... whose child does it belong to?"

Jian Yunchen held Qi Muan's face hard, determined to see something in his stinking eyes.

Now Qi Mu'an was being honest, he simply put his arms around his much thicker waist and said with a smile, "You are my wife, and the child is of course mine."

After finishing speaking, he leaned down and pressed his face lightly on Jian Yunchen's big belly, "Good boy, dad must thank you, if it weren't for you, dad would never see your dad again!"

There are thousands of words in this sentence, and Ren Jian Yunchen can't help being a little emotional with such a cold temper.

This idiot, he doesn't need to ask anything, he is so sure: the child belongs to him, if there is no child, he, Jian Yunchen, would rather take his own life than stay with Guo Rui.

"Okay, let's go home, my daughter is waiting for us at home."

Seeing that he didn't speak, Qi Mu'an jumped on him roguely again. Jian Yunchen hid once while covering his stomach, but followed him the second time.

The carriage took advantage of the darkness and entered a quiet small village, and finally stopped in front of an ordinary courtyard, and an old couple picked it up.

"My lord and young master are back, hurry up and enter the house, the house has already been scalded with good wine!"

Qi Mu'an was radiant and blushing, he felt sorry for Jian Yunchen, just now he was standing on the ground with trembling calves after a fierce fight in the car, so he could only let Qi Mu'an walk in with his arms in his arms in shame and indignation.

Fortunately, there is an excuse for being pregnant and being tired all the way, otherwise it would be really embarrassing.

Qi Mu'an also knew that he was exhausted, so he didn't need anyone to follow him in to serve him, so he just ordered the little maid to put the food and wine on the kang table and leave first, and helped Jian Yunchen to sit by the bed, and served him a bowl of hot air Spicy black-bone chicken soup with wolfberry.

"This place is called Qiong County. It's in Zhejiang Province. It's a small place, but it's quite rich. There are wars everywhere, but it's still peaceful here. I think I'll live here in the future. How about it?"

Jian Yunchen took a sip of chicken soup with his hand, "You can do whatever you want, what do Tiantian and my father say?"

"I have sent someone back to deliver the letter, and it will arrive in a few days. In the future, our family of five will live a peaceful life together."

"I'm afraid that the imperial court will not let go so easily."

Jian Yunchen was very worried, both Fu Zhong and Fu Xiu admired and feared Qi Muan's wealth, and also had scruples about his father's prestige in the army, probably he himself too.

That's all, can they let their family go easily?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help feeling a dull pain in my stomach again.

Seeing that his complexion was not good, Qi Mu'an hurriedly supported him to lean on the thick soft pillow, and gently stroked his round belly.

"Look at you, you worry about it before you finish talking. If you don't pave the way, I dare to bet the lives of my wife and children? Let me tell you, I told Fu Zhong the news that that kid Fu Xiu hooked up with Guo Rui." , I also gave up some money to eliminate disasters, and this bought the freedom of our family. Now the news released in Beijing is that I ran away with my little fan, and soon Fu Zhong will pass through Jiahe Princess Give Mu He the title of the Duke of the State, and the Duke of Wei will still be firmly in Fu Zhong's hands when the time comes, and he will still have my news and money, what do you want me to go back? Even if I go back, I can't threaten him , can only be a street mouse that everyone shouts and beats."

Jian Yunchen had a cold face, "His heart is really dark enough, I don't know what's wrong with King Xiang? To be honest, Fu Zhong's personality is very good to him. If he changes his mind, he will be very unfeeling."

Qi Mu'an sighed, "That's what he asked for. Let me tell you, the two of them have turned against each other now. Fu Zhong only wants to win over the Qin family, so can he not praise that new love named Qin to the sky? In Fu Ren's eyes, he is always Fenghua Xueyue loves to come and go, he can bear it? Now he is away from Beijing to recuperate, and he doesn't know what to do in the future!"

The couple snuggled together and talked about each other, Qi Muan saw the eyelids of the man in his arms gradually closed, so he stopped talking, but carefully helped him to lie down, and gently hugged him on both sides They kissed each other on the face.

"Okay, you're home! In the future, it doesn't matter whether the world is peaceful or in chaos outside, as long as you guard me and I guard you, then I'm really content!"

——End of text——

Extra Story (Ending of Fu Ren Brothers)

In fact, the situation in the world is exactly as Qi Muan's analysis, if it really followed, there will be chaos.

After getting the inside information from Qi Mu'an, Fu Zhong didn't treat Fu Xiu harshly?And Fu Xiu is someone who just sits and waits to die?It is natural to fight back.

The two brothers, you come and I go, vividly reproduced the decisive battle of Xuanwumen in the early Tang Dynasty, and forced the old emperor to death.

Before his death, the old emperor called Fu Zhong to the bedside for a secret discussion, and demanded that his third brother be spared. After all, he was a close relative. Internal and external troubles are still running around in the overall situation.

Not to mention that the old emperor's move was really for the sake of his second son, or he was really reluctant to part with his third son. Anyway, Fu Zhong really listened to it, and he didn't kill Fu Xiu, but imprisoned him on the charge of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country. Life was really more sour than death, and within a few years, he "killed himself in fear of sin".

But Fu Zhongan sat on the throne, but he couldn't enjoy the world as he wished.

After all, in the last few years of his father's life, the country was already full of heroes and smoke from all sides. In his hands, the most powerful old war god, General Jian, directly retired and returned home. The Xue family represented by Lu Guogong was negative. The work was sabotaged, some of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were instigated, and some of them did not want to stir up trouble and handed in their resignation letters.

To be honest, everyone is not very familiar with the new emperor, who doesn't have a family!

Fu Zhongdong has fought west and west for several years, the national treasury has long been empty, and even the Qin family's small royal treasury is about to be exhausted. At this time, he thought of Qi Mu'an. Back then, Qi Mu'an took out ten boxes of gold in order to hide himself, and kept it for himself. There must be more people, if you can find him, do you still worry about the lack of food in the treasury?

Therefore, many people were sent to find the whereabouts of Qi Mu'an's family, and even married his youngest sister, Princess Yu'an, to Qi Muhe. Unfortunately, it was all in vain for several years. The family seemed to have disappeared in this world. I can't find it either.

Then in the fifth year of Fu Zhong's accession to the throne, a team really hit the vicinity of the capital and caused great waves.

The leader of this team is called Chen Xiong, who was born in the countryside and was a bandit when he was a child. He is a rough man.

But the big boss is the big boss, and he can't stand it. People say loyalty and teach friends. He has no brains, but he has several Sai Zhuges by his side. He knows that the hearts of the people in the world are messed up, and he can fish in troubled waters. Chen Xiong was mentioned above, and Chen Xiong was mentioned again when an ancient tree stump was exposed tomorrow.

In short, the Fu family is exhausted, and God wants to let the world be named Chen.

Chen Xiong's team did not fight in vain when they reached the capital. Although they were wiped out in the end, they still hijacked the emperor's other brother, King Fu Ren, on the way.

This Fu Ren is the elder brother of the emperor's mother and compatriots. Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has never stopped rewarding King Xiang. Think about it, I arrested your eldest brother, let's see if you surrender or not.

But in fact, Fu Zhong and Fu Ren haven't seen each other for five years. The last time they met was at the funeral for the old emperor, and Fu Ren returned to Beijing for the last time.

Fu Zhongben deliberately lowered his head to coax him to stay, but who knew that Qin Hong was pregnant during the time of his birth, and couldn't leave him without seeing his son all day long, even when he arrived at Fu Ren's place, the people from his palace followed him.

Qin Hong was young and timid, and he was the first child, so he would be terrified to death if there was any trouble, no one could coax him, only he was by his side to be at ease.

Fu Zhong thought that the attitude of the Qin family whose foundation was not stable was too important to him, so he blindly spoiled Qin Hong, and he didn't even know when Fu Ren left Beijing, and he never saw each other again.

No matter how he issued an edict or sent people, there was only one sentence from King Xiang: he was too weak and sick to ride in a carriage.

It's not that Fu Zhong didn't want to go and have a look, but when he came back, he had something to do when he set off. One time, his son had a high fever, and another time, several concubines were pestering him.

I thought it would be a long time to come, but who knew that Fu Ren was robbed before he could meet him.

This time Fu Zhong was really furious, Long Yan was furious, and threw the ground on the Jinluan Hall to smash Chen Xiong's body into thousands of pieces, but when the two armies confronted each other, he still hesitated, just a little hesitant, and almost took Fu Ren In the end, it was Zhu Shaoyun who brought a cavalry up the mountain and tied up Chen Xiong's wife desperately, and finally got Fu Ren back.

Chen Xiong finally died, but Fu Ren's last hope for Fu Zhong was also destroyed.

Half a month later, Fu Ren made a statement, meaning that Princess Xiang has been gone for several years, and I plan to renew for the sake of her children. Zhu Shaoyun has made great achievements in protecting the lord, so let him be.

Of course Fu Zhong disagreed, but what reason did he have to disagree?

I had no choice but to make a fuss about Zhu Shaoyun's background: the son of a petty official, he was too useless.

Fu Ren looked at Zhezi who was beaten back and sneered, and ordered Zhu Shaoyun to move into his bedroom that night, and pampered him in a seeming manner.

Five months later, Fu Ren touched his chubby belly and made another statement: brotherly love, the emperor can't watch your nephew become an illegitimate child with his own eyes, can he?

Three days later, the emperor's imperial chariot finally arrived at the gate of Prince Xiang's Mansion.

With Zhu Shaoyun's support, Fu Ren knelt tremblingly at the door to receive him. He looked very respectful, but there was no warmth in his eyes.

Fu Zhong was riding on a tall horse, looking down at his old man on the ground with complicated emotions, who was almost as thin as a bone, and because of this, the towering front of his belly was particularly spectacular and eye-catching.

"Brother, as long as you promise to fall into this evil and go back to Beijing with me, I won't make things difficult for that kid, just give him an official position and just go to the far side."

In Fu Ren's small study, Fu Zhong grabbed his hand.

The familiar touch can still arouse the flames in his heart after many years, but the difference is that the person who was equally devoted in the past is just looking back at him with a pale face and desolately.

"It's been five years. Your Majesty and Qin Hong have had three children, and there are other concubines. A total of three princes and seven princesses have been added to you. You are only pregnant with such a child, why can't you have it?"

Fu Zhong was at a loss for words for a moment, "Brother, I am the emperor, do you want me not to go to the harem? Then others should gossip again!"

Fu Ren sneered, "Of course I don't dare to have any unreasonable thoughts. I thought to myself, you and I should live our lives in our own way. From now on, the road will return to the road, and the bridge will return to the bridge. You have several sons, but I You Xu at the knee, you just have the heart to cut off my King Xiang's bloodline?"

Although the man was talking in front of him, Fu Zhong felt like he couldn't hold him, so he could only break out in a cold sweat.

"If you want children, let's have them yourself! You can have as many children as you want, and you will raise them all this time, okay? Okay?"

Fu Ren stopped talking, but turned to the outside of the window, "Come in."

Zhu Shaoyun entered in response to the sound, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Fu Zhong, then Fang walked to Fu Ren's side and supported his crumbling body steadily.

"I'm tired, please help me in."

"Yes."

Zhu Shaoyun didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, and Fu Ren didn't look at the distraught young emperor. He just closed his eyes and walked out of the room with Zhu Shaoyun's support. Until Fu Zhong left three days later, he didn't come out again. One step to the door.