Seeing that it was Shen Yushu, Li Changtian's eyes lit up: "Is this a coincidence? I was talking about you just now! I was thinking of going to Tianque Villa to find you tomorrow."
"Hey! I came out of Jinsefang that night, and was caught by my brother when I went back! I had to stay in Tianque Mountain Villa peacefully for a few days. Today, my brother and my father have something to go out, so I came to find You played!" Shen Yushu hugged Li Changtian again, then walked into the room, saw Yan Shu sitting at the table, and greeted him enthusiastically, "Yan Shu! You are here too!"
Yan Shu's eyes were extremely complicated, he nodded: "Mr. Shen."
"Oh, it's so strange." Shen Yushu disliked Yan Shu's seriousness, curled his lips, he suddenly realized something, and asked, "Why do you two live in the same room?"
"Just..." Li Changtian was about to explain, but was interrupted by Shen Yushu.
"Ah, I got it!!!" Shen Yushu yelled, pointing at Yan Shu with his finger, and then at Li Changtian, and with a long tone, he smiled inexplicably: "You! You two!"
Li Changtian: "Huh?"
Shen Yushu: "You two!!!"
"There is no money!!!"
Yan Shu: "..."
Shen Yushu said: "Really, if you don't have money, you can come to me. Oh, don't live in this crappy place, and go back to Tianque Mountain Villa with me!"
Li Changtian smiled and said: "Hahaha, really not, something happened a few days ago, Yan Shu and I were both injured, so we can take care of each other in a guest room."
"Damn, injured?! Ah? Bleeding?" The little boy's eyes turned into copper bells, "Are you all right, why don't you go to the doctor? Where is the injury?"
"I've seen the doctor, it's all right, just my waist." Li Changtian pointed to the wound.
"Oh my God, is it serious? Let me see." Shen Yushu came over.
"It's almost good." Li Changtian untied his belt very naturally, and opened it to show Shen Yushu. He put his hands on the shirt, suddenly remembered something, and looked up at Yan Shu.
Yan Shu tightly clutched the porcelain white teacup, lowered his head, he who was usually expressionless, now looked gloomy.
Li Changtian put on his clothes again in a panic.
It's over, it's over, in Yan Shu's eyes, this is simply indecent.
"Hey, open it up and show me the injury. If the injury is serious, I'll call a doctor for you! Where's Yan Shu? What's wrong with Yan Shu?" the young master yelled.
"He injured his shoulder, it's fine, we're both fine." Li Changtian replied, "By the way, there's something I want to show you, to see if you recognize it."
Li Changtian asked Shen Yushu to sit down, Yan Shu poured tea for the two of them, and the three gathered around the round yellow wooden table, Li Changtian took out the cloud-patterned gold foil that he picked up that day, and handed it to Shen Yushu: "This, do you recognize it? "
Shen Yushu took a look and shouted: "I recognize it! How could I not recognize it! This is my family's family emblem! Where did you come from?"
Yan Shu and Li Changtian both had a meal.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yushu would admit it so readily, Yan Shu and Li Changtian didn't know how to explain it to him for a while.
Yan Shu pondered for a while, then slowly opened his mouth: "Mr. Shen..."
"Is it a friend? Yushu, Yushu!" The little boy was upset and patted the table.
Yan Shu: "Then, Mr. Shen Yushu..."
Li Changtian suppressed a smile: "Pfft."
"Hey." Shen Yushu clicked his tongue twice and cursed, "What a serious, dead-brained person."
Li Changtian suppressed his smile a little, and said, "Don't talk about Yan Shu like that, he is known as a man of propriety and righteousness, it is etiquette engraved in his bones, it is not surprising that there are many people who are polite."
"That's right, then you can call it whatever you want." Young Master Shen waved his hand, "What do you want to tell me?"
Yan Shu pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Mr. Shen Yushu, this matter is a bit complicated. If the cloud-patterned gold foil is really from Tianque Mountain Villa, then my investigation during this trip may involve people close to you."
As he said that, Yan Shu quickly and succinctly explained the case of the disappearance of the disaster relief money and his pursuit of it for more than half a year to Shen Yushu.
After hearing this, Shen Yushu pondered for a while with a serious face, then raised his head and said to Yan Shu, "I don't understand."
Yan Shu: "..."
Shen Yushu was confused: "Master Xu, that Jackdaw's? Who are these? What are they doing in Baidi City?"
Li Changtian said: "Someone injured Yan Shu, and this person is hiding in Tianque Villa."
"Oh!!!" Shen Yushu suddenly realized.
Yan Shu: "..."
"If I'm not mistaken, this piece of gold leaf fell from that person's belongings." Li Changtian pointed to the cloud pattern gold leaf on Shen Yushu's hand, "Can you see who dropped it?"
"How can you tell, this thing is quite common in our villa." Shen Yushu put the gold foil on the table, "The sword of the dark servant, the gift of the doorman, the wooden pillars, the beams, all of them have."
Li Changtian: "... Is your family mining gold? Gold leaf is pasted everywhere?"
"No." Shen Yushu didn't realize that Li Changtian was joking, and replied seriously.
"Then what exactly does your family do?" Li Changtian was suddenly curious.
"There seem to be weaving workshops, gambling workshops, tea houses, and porcelain kilns..." Shen Yushu actually didn't know very well, so he could only give a rough idea.
Yan Shu suddenly said, "Sir Shen Yushu, may I ask your father, but his name is Shen Chao."
"Yes." Shen Yushu nodded.
"The Baidi City, which is prosperous for three thousand miles, is the fiefdom of Prince Shen." Yan Shu said.
Li Changtian and Shen Yushu sighed together: "Damn it..."
Li Changtian looked at Shen Yushu: "Why are you so shocked!"
Shen Yushu stared at him with wide eyes: "I only know that my family is rich, but I don't know that my father is a prince!"
"Damn it, don't you even know this?!" Li Changtian exclaimed.
"No one told me!" Shen Yushu shouted, "I have been responsible for spending money since I was a child."
Li Changtian thumped the table, hugged his head and wailed softly: "It's all time travel... It's all fucking time travel..."
"Mr. Shen Yushu, are you sure that this piece of cloud-patterned gold foil belongs to Tianque Villa?" Yan Shu returned to the topic.
"Yes!" Shen Yushu nodded affirmatively.
"Can you take us to Tianque Mountain Villa tomorrow? Maybe we can find some clues." Yan Shu asked.
"Of course, I've wanted to invite you to play for a long time." Shen Yushu agreed without hesitation.
"Thank you." Yan Shu nodded.
"Small idea." Shen Yushu waved his hand.
Li Changtian was still muttering sadly: "It's all time travel..."
"Oh." Shen Yushu put his arms around Li Changtian's shoulders, "Don't complain about Han Gongqiu over there, and follow your brother from now on. Your brother's wealth will be yours!"
"You? Brother?" Li Changtian raised his eyebrows.
"That's right!" Young Master Shen nodded firmly. In order not to let Yan Shu hear, he lowered his voice, approached Li Changtian and muttered to him, "Look, I lived for twenty years in my previous life, and twelve years in this life." Years, combined, thirty-two years, am I older?"
Li Changtian: "... Sun, it really is."
"So!" Shen Yushu stood up straight, and patted Li Changtian's shoulder triumphantly, "I will protect you from now on!"
Li Changtian didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Hey..."
"Oh, it seems it's getting late." Shen Yushu glanced at the sky outside the window, "I'll pick you up tomorrow to Tianque Villa, so I'm leaving today."
The three said their goodbyes, Li Changtian sent Shen Yushu out of the inn, and Yan Shu planned to see him off too, but Li Changtian was concerned about his injury recovering and it was not suitable for him to move around, so he didn't let anyone out of the guest room.
Li Changtian and Shen Yushu walked out of the inn talking and laughing, and then Shen Yushu got on a luxurious and exquisite red bead-topped sedan chair and set off to leave.
Looking at the sedan chair, Li Changtian couldn't help but sigh again that people are more angry than others.
After sending Shen Yushu away, Li Changtian returned to the guest room and unexpectedly found that Yan Shu had already fallen asleep on the bed.
He was lying on his side, silently turning his back to Li Changtian.
"Ah? Are you sleepy?" Li Changtian closed the door, closed the window, and heard Yan Shu muffled.
"Then go to sleep, it's better to rest earlier." Li Changtian washed up quickly, took off his coat, blew out the candle, and lay down as well.
The moonlight was cool and the night was quiet. On the bed, Yan Shu opened his eyes and slowly clenched his hands on one side into fists.
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On the second day, early in the morning, Shen Yushu came to pick them up with drums and gongs.
Really beat the gongs and drums.
The young master hired a juggling troupe to make noise and dance outside the inn.
The innkeeper didn't know how he had offended the Second Young Master Shen of Tianque Villa, so he shivered behind the counter.
Just as Li Changtian walked out of the inn, he was dumbfounded.
The young master said: "I saw this juggling troupe on the way here. I thought it was very interesting. I brought it here for you two to see."
Li Changtian said with emotion: "Anyway, if you have money, you can do whatever you want."
"Let's go!" After watching the juggling, Shen Yushu waved his hand and pulled Li Changtian and Yan Shu into the sedan chair. The sedan chair was very spacious, more than enough for three people.
The sedan chair went all the way to the west, passed through the bustling streets and alleys, came to the suburbs, and traveled westward for another five miles before stopping.
Li Chang got off the sedan chair and was dumbfounded again.
Tianque Villa is really worthy of the word 'Villa'.
Because it occupies almost the entire mountain.
The sedan chair stopped at the foot of the mountain, and in front of it was the towering white jade archway, which read: Tianque Villa.
Looking up, you can faintly see the carved pillars and painted buildings, Feige Liudan half-hidden in the floating clouds, as if they were traces of immortality.
"I'm so stupid...you..." Li Changtian held his forehead and couldn't even swear.
"Let's go on horseback." Shen Yushu said, "The sedan chair is too slow, please ride faster."
"Horse?" Only then did Li Changtian discover that there was a stable not far from the archway, and there were about seven or eight servants in the stable.
A horseman in a clean short shirt hurried over and saluted Shen Yushu respectfully: "Second young master."
"I want three horses, you go and get them." Shen Yushu said.
The stablekeeper turned pale with shock, and said submissively: "Second, Second Young Master, there are only two horses left in the stable. The Eldest Young Master just came back and brought a lot of people with him, and all the horses were ridden away."
"Huh? My brother is back?" Shen Yushu asked.
"Yes, Second Young Master, look at this..." The horseman wiped his cold sweat.
"Then we can only go up in the sedan chair." Shen Yushu curled his lips displeased.
Li Changtian said: "It's okay, just two horses, I can ride with Yan Shu."
Yan Shu, who had been silent all this time, raised his eyes and glanced at Li Changtian.
"Riding together? Won't it be crowded?" Shen Yushu asked.
"No, we both rode together before." Li Changtian said, "Let him bring the horse here."
Shen Yushu waved to the groom, who immediately understood and brought two fine horses and a small stool for mounting them.
Several servants stepped forward to wait for Shen Yushu to get on his horse, for fear that he would fall.
It was the first time Li Changtian saw a small stool for riding a horse, he pondered it curiously, then stepped on it, and climbed up the horse's back with unskilled movements. He tightened the rein, looked at Yan Shu, and stretched out his hand towards Yan Shu with a smile: " Come! I will pull you!"
Yan Shu lowered his eyes and didn't hold Li Changtian's hand. He tapped his toes lightly, supported the horse's back with one hand for strength, turned onto the horse with a light body and smooth movements, and sat behind Li Changtian.
"It's so handsome." Li Changtian withdrew his hand and admired sincerely, "Teach me next time."
Yan Shu didn't answer, reached out to take the rein in Li Changtian's hand, and stared straight ahead.
Li Changtian felt that Yan Shu had been feeling bored since last night, so he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"
At this time, Shen Yushu called them from the front: "Come on, follow up, let me take you to the famous Tianque Mountain Villa."
Yan Shu didn't answer Li Changtian's question, he flicked the rein and rode the horse, and said with a cold face, "Hold on."
Li Changtian held onto the saddle embarrassingly, not daring to say any more.