I heard my brother is a tyrant

Continue to snail's pace.The original two-day land journey, not counting the two days in the post house, they just walked for four days.After noon on the fourth day, I finally heard Chang Shun come to report that the Dongcheng Gate was about ten miles away.

"Miss, here is a long pavilion with many willow trees planted. It is used to be the place where literati in the capital send their farewell parties. Would you like to come down and have a look, just to rest here for a while?"

Ye Chu would always accept this kind of suggestion.Of course she was not tired or exposed to the sun sitting in the soft sedan chair of the carriage, but the guards and horses needed to rest.

"Then stop and rest."

So the carriage stopped, and the long pavilions and green willows beside the official road, the fields and small rivers are also a scene.Ye Chu and Ye Hui got out of the car, and He Shi, Ye Ling and a few maidservants in the car behind also got off, went to sit in the long pavilion for a while, the accompanying guards drank water and rested, and some people led their horses to the river to drink water.

The weather at the end of April was already hot, and Ye Chu wore a thin sura jacket, paired with a chest-length crimson skirt, which made her look a little more charming.They sat in the pavilion drinking tea and rested for a while, seeing that the guards were almost done, they got back into the car and started on their way.

He had just walked a short distance, and first heard the sound of horseshoes approaching from far away, getting louder and closer, Ye Chu opened the car curtain a little and looked over, a row of more than a dozen fast horses on the official road was facing them Galloping over, the leader rode a big bay red horse, wearing jade white brocade robes, his tall figure moved slightly with the galloping horse, almost before she could identify it clearly, the horse galloped over quickly, She stopped firmly in front of the car, and the man reined in his horse, with a smile on his lips, and called her in a warm voice:

"An An."

Ye Chu slid down from the seat, crawled over the velvet cushion, threw away the obstructive pillow, and knelt at the door of the car curtain to watch him.

The sun was already in the west, and the sun shone from behind him, making it seem like there was a layer of halo behind him, and it also made Ye Chu narrow her eyes slightly, she just squinted her eyes like that, tilted her head slightly, her little face was neither happy nor happy. She stared at him sadly, neither angry nor angry.

"An'an." Xie Dan hurriedly got off his horse, walked up to him and stretched out his hand, "An'an, brother is here to pick you up."

Then he saw that the water in the little girl's dark eyes became more and more moist, more and more full, the eye circles were red, and her mouth was flattened, as if she had suffered a great grievance, and she couldn't hold back a choked sob. nasal.

Xie Dan's heart was hit hard suddenly, he felt sour for no reason, his whole heart was so soft that it couldn't be done.As soon as he reached out, he pinched her under the armpit and hugged her up.

Speechless for a while.

Xie Dan hugged her and let her lie on his shoulders like a child, only to be surprised that the little girl had grown a lot.

"What's wrong? Why are you still crying." Xie Dan patted her back lightly and coaxed softly, "Brother promises you that I will never leave you again, okay?"

It was fine if he didn't say anything, but when he said it, the little girl's sobs that were suppressed in her throat became louder, and she cried out, sobbing and complaining: "You also said that you have been away for more than three years. You haven't come back to see me for three years, I miss you every day, miss you every day, why are you an older brother, you know there is a younger sister at home, I thought you didn't want me..."

Xie Dan felt a severe pain in his heart again, and there was a surge of sourness all over the sky.

This weak and lonely child, when he decided to return to Beijing three years ago to take revenge and seize the throne, his success or failure was unknown, and his life and death were unpredictable. , how did she get here.

After a long time, Xie Dan suppressed the soreness in the corners of his eyes, and coaxed with a smile: "How could it be. Brother misses you every day. Brother is very busy, and he is not safe around him. I really didn't bother to go back to see you. It's because of my brother's fault. It's my brother's fault. I promise you that I will never do it again in the future, and I will take you with me wherever I go in the future, and I promise not to go far."

But the little girl was like made of water, she couldn't stop her tears when she cried, she just let it out, lay on his shoulder and sobbed.

Xie Dan glanced at the maids and guards who were kneeling on the ground, including Ye Fu and Chang Shun, all of them lowered their heads, wishing to pretend that they didn't exist at all, he didn't call out, and no one dared to get up by themselves.

This will cry like this, and later in front of so many people, I don't know what it's like to be ashamed.

Xie Dan glanced at the soft sedan chair on the carriage, and finally chose his own horse. He walked over with Ye Chu in his arms, put her on the horse's back, and flew onto the horse.

"Get up." Xie Dan turned his head and told Chang Shun, "Go forward two miles and wait."

When he left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, got up from the ground one by one, watched the emperor protect the person in his arms with one hand, and rode the horse slowly with the other, gradually moving away.The girl in his arms was completely covered by his figure, and only a corner of the crimson dress fluttered from time to time on the horse's back.

Ye Hui murmured anxiously: "Ah Chu, what's the matter? Although she is a bit more delicate, I don't usually see her cry a lot."

Ye Ling pulled her, and signaled her not to talk nonsense with her eyes, and they walked back to the carriage behind, and He laughed softly: "It's okay, the girl is young, it's just that she hasn't seen her for a long time, and she wants to cry when she sees her relatives." Crying, just acting like a baby."

Want to cry when you see your loved ones?Ye Hui scratched her head, she couldn't help it, she really didn't have this experience.

"It turns out that Ah Chu also has a nickname named An An." Ye Hui said to himself.

Ye Ling glared at her, and reprimanded: "You have to pay attention in the future, the girl is your master, and she is not in the village now, and Ah Chu was also called by you?"

Xie Dan rode his horse and walked for a mile or two, then got off the official road and turned into a narrower field road, the guards who came with him followed behind.

The little girl in his arms was crying so hard, and gradually calmed down, making his chest wet.

"Don't cry anymore?" Xie Dan touched her body, and in a hurry, she didn't wear a handkerchief. She simply wiped her tears with her hands, scraped her nose and said, "shame or not, wipe away tears and snot I'm all alone."

Ye Chu: "...huh!"

"Okay, okay, don't talk, don't talk." Xie Dan suppressed a smile, looked down at her pale little face carefully, and asked her what she had in the morning, what she had for lunch, and where she felt uncomfortable.

Ye Chu said everything was fine, he ate millet porridge and half a boiled egg in the morning, and a few fried vegetables with chopsticks at noon, the acclimatization did not improve so quickly, he was still tired, his stomach felt uncomfortable, and he had no appetite.She pursed her lips, muttering and complaining that she had to drink several bowls of bitter medicine every day these days.

"Tell my brother, did Ye Fu's family treat you well? They were devoted to you along the way, and did you suffer any grievances?"

"No, uncles, aunts and cousins ​​are all very kind to me, and I haven't been wronged on the way." Ye Chu knew that he was worried, after all, she was crying and crying just now, so she muttered embarrassingly, "Brother, no one gave me any help." I am wronged. My brother is Lord Ye now, and he is a high-ranking official in the capital, who dares to bully me."

"Yes. No one is allowed to bully my sister." Xie Dan smiled lightly.

Remembering what she cared about before, Ye Chu asked: "Brother, what kind of official have you been, and what grade?"

Xie Dan looked down at her, couldn't help but smile, and replied calmly: "My brother is the guard in the palace, and he is also the commander of the guards, very powerful."

I thought the little girl would be happy, but who knew she would ask: "Is it dangerous to be a bodyguard, and will it be very hard?"

"No, there is no danger, you don't have to worry about it." Xie Dan paused, thinking that she didn't know much about these things, and explained seriously, "It's just guards, and they don't need to fight. Look at Chang Shun and the others, that is, Follow orders to run errands, patrol and guard, and besides, I am the commander, and I don’t need to stand guard by myself.”

While talking, he reined in his horse and stopped, and Ye Chu noticed that they had come to a village with the words "Ruyi Xiaozhuang" engraved on the lintel, so he asked him, "Brother, what is this place? Are we going to enter the city?" ?"

"This is a Zhuangzi under my brother's name." Xie Tan paused, and said with a smile, "Now it's yours."

"Mine? Why give me this?"

Just as he was talking, someone from the village opened the door. It was an old man in his fifties. He was taken aback when he saw Xie Tan, and then ran out with a smile on his face to greet him: "Master is here, why are you free today?" As he said, Bian graciously opened the two gates, and stretched out his hand to pull the reins of Xie Dan's horse.

However, Xie Dan's horse was not something everyone could get close to, the horse's head waved recklessly, Xie Dan raised his hand to stop the old man, shook the rein himself, and rode the horse in.

"Wang'er, hurry up and call Mo Zhuangtou, the master is here." The old man shouted into the distance.

The Zhuangzi is not big. Ye Chu sat on the horseback and had a panoramic view at a glance. A rammed earth wall was built around it. The fields are flat and criss-crossed. There are farmers working in the fields, and there is a house on the north side. Xie Dan rode his horse straight to the house.

"Did you see those trees?" Xie Dan pointed to a small forest behind the house for Ye Chu to see. There were dozens of trees, lush and lush, and you couldn't see any trees from far away. "They are all persimmon trees, there are more than 40 In autumn, the tree is full of red persimmons, which are very beautiful, so it is named Ruyi Xiaozhuang, and persimmons (everything) are wishful."

Xie Dan stopped in front of the courtyard of the main house with green bricks and gray tiles, got off his horse, carried Ye Chu off first, and tied the horse to the stake beside the door.

"Let's see, I've grown so much taller." Xie Dan helped her stand firmly, then reached out and gestured on the top of Ye Chu's head. Three years ago, she was less than his waist, but now she has grown by three or four years. inch.

Ye Chu doesn't like to hear people talk about height.Probably due to premature birth and frailty, she is thinner than many girls of the same age, especially half shorter than her brother.

Ye Chu stood on tiptoe, put his small hand on top of his head to gesture to him, deliberately tilted his hand up, and smiled as if it had grown to the height of his chest.

The two brothers and sisters were standing here talking, and Mo Zhuangtou galloped all the way over.

"I've met you sir." Mo Zhuangtou saw Xie Dan, smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, saluted and asked courteously, "Young master, why are you free today, but what orders do you have?"

"This is my younger sister, come and meet her, and you will recognize her as the master in the future."

"Oh, it turns out to be the eldest lady of the master's family. The eldest lady is blessed and safe, and the little Mo Laosi has met the eldest lady!" Mo Zhuangtou quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

Xie Dan said: "Just go about your business, no need to call. I'm passing by today, so I'll bring my sister in to have a look."

"Yes."

Xie Dan took Ye Chu's hand, pushed open the door of the main house, and led her in through familiar ways.This is a courtyard with two entrances. It is not big, but it is very neat and simple. There are many flowers and trees planted in the courtyard. At this time, roses are blooming and the walls are full of red.It seems that although no one lives there, someone has been cleaning up and taking care of it.

Xie Dan led Ye Chu into the main room, opened the door, and saw a black sandalwood incense table in the middle of the hall. On the table, there was a memorial tablet, which simply read: Madam Ye's Spirit Tablet.

"An'an, come here and offer incense to mother."