Han Yan said again: "Master, Yan'er has a merciless request."
When Chai Jing heard her address, her expression moved slightly: "Say."
"Yan'er's family doesn't know about my martial arts practice. Master, can I get up at five o'clock every morning and make an appointment with Yan'er to practice martial arts at the top of the back mountain in the west of the city?"
Chai Jing turned around and stared into her eyes: "Fifth watch?"
Han Yan lowered his head: "I feel so ashamed for disturbing Master's sweet dream."
"Nothing." Chai Jing had already put away her emotions: "Martial arts practitioners don't have the right to have sweet dreams, but you have to endure hardship."
Han Yan sighed: "If you can survive through hardship, then why not suffer through hardship all your life?"
As soon as these words came out, Chai Jing was really surprised, and a look of emotion appeared on her face. Just looking at the little girl with a white gauze face in front of me, I felt more and more unable to see through her.
"Okay, see you tomorrow." After a moment of silence, Chai Jing nodded to Han Yan, turned around and left.
Han Yan looked at her back and murmured: "This master is really... very special."
Ji Lan said: "It looks really scary. Miss, do you really want to ask her to teach you martial arts?"
Han Yan shook his head: "What's scary? He should be a person with a story. Listen, no one can know about this, not even mom." Mother Chen would definitely not agree, especially the master she chose. .
Ji Lan nodded heavily, but Shu Hong, who had been silent all this time, said, "Miss, why are you in such a hurry?"
Han Yan looked into the distance: "Shu Hong, is it almost New Year's Eve?"
Ji Lan spoke quickly: "There are still twenty days, miss. Isn't it time to buy some new clothes and jewelry?"
Han Yan smiled faintly: "No need, when the time comes, there will naturally be a big gift."
Ji Lan was a little puzzled, but saw that Han Yan had no intention of explaining. However, Shu Hong noticed that Han Yan's expression suddenly became very strange, as if he was caught in a memory, but it was not a good memory. The pain in his eyes flashed away, and was replaced by a coldness, as if everything was wrong. Everything becomes less important, and the looming hatred is like an illusion that is dazzling the human eye. It is gone when you look at it.
hatred
On the last day of the thirteenth year of Da Zong's reign, on New Year's Eve, Zhuang Hanyan and Zhuang Yu returned from worshiping Buddha on the mountain. They wanted to take the Zhuang Mansion's carriage that had been waiting for them to go to the Lantern Festival with the Zhou family to watch, but they encountered bandits. Zhuang Hanyan was unfortunate. After being kidnapped, Zhuang Yushan managed to escape. The Zhou family reported it to the officials, who sealed off the city and searched for two days and nights. Finally, the Zhou family led the guards of the Zhuang Mansion to find Zhuang Hanyan, and the bandits were wiped out.
The scene of that day will never be forgotten forever. Han Yan felt cold in her heart. After two days and two nights of being alone and helpless, she relied on her wholeheartedly after seeing her relatives. Treat the initiator as your savior and treat each other sincerely, but don't want to be played with and applauded.
Thanks to Zhou's instructions to the government, fortunately the government did their best to search and even seal the city. The whole city knew that the fourth lady of Zhuang Mansion was kidnapped by bandits. From then on, the ladies in the capital chose wives for their sons. When the time comes, I will no longer think of the fourth young lady of the Zhuang Mansion. Who wants a woman to be married whose reputation has been ruined
Han Yan lowered his eyes. This magistrate Yin in the capital was appreciated by Zhuang Shiyang for his loyal duties. He had a prosperous official career and was a fifth-rank official in the city. His merits were considered complete. If I hadn't asked Ji Lan to inquire secretly and found out that Magistrate Yin and the Zhou family were distant cousins, everyone would have regarded it as a coincidence.
Zhou really refused to let himself suffer, so he killed two birds with one stone? An incident involving a mountain bandit ruined Zhuang Hanyan's reputation, and she gained the reputation of a loving mother in front of everyone. She gained her own trust and even supported her cousins.
That's why Han Yan is so anxious to find the master, because there is no time.
As the New Year approaches, there are lively scenes everywhere in the capital. Red lanterns are hung at the door of every house, and servants are busy posting Spring Festival couplets. The daughters of wealthy families are busy making new clothes and jewelry, while the stewards buy food and carefully prepare for the New Year's reunion dinner.
Zhuang Shiyang's nanny Du came over and asked Han Yan if there was anything he wanted to buy. She specially invited a tailor from Ruyilou to make clothes for Han Yan to measure her figure. Han Yan asked casually and found out that it was Zhou who mentioned it to Zhuang Shiyang.
Han Yan then smiled and said, "Aunt Zhou is so thoughtful. All the sisters in our family should be treated equally. I'd like to trouble you to take Master to cut some new clothes for Sister Zhuang. If my father knows about it, he will praise Aunt Zhou for her general knowledge." "
Aunt Du is an old man in the house, and she used to be a two-sided person. When she saw that her mother was not favored in the house and was easy to bully, she went to Aunt Mei to please her, which made her very angry. Now that the Zhou family has entered the house, Mammy Du saw that Zhuang Shiyang intended to raise the Zhou family as his wife, so she took refuge with the Zhou family again. No, she was now passing the news as a member of the Zhou family.
After Han Yan finished speaking, he picked up the cup and drank tea by himself, no longer looking at Nanny Du. Aunt Du used to think that Han Yan had no status in Zhuang Shiyang's heart, and she was cowardly and could be bullied, so she didn't respect her very much. Now when she heard Han Yan's words with instructions, she felt a little unhappy in her heart. Seeing that Han Yan didn't treat her Looking at the attitude in his eyes, he became even more angry in his heart, so he said casually: "The old slave is just a messenger, I don't dare to make my own decisions."
Han Yan didn't say anything and continued to drink tea without any expression on his face. At first, Grandma Du was a little arrogant, but when she saw that Han Yan's attitude was unclear, she actually felt a little uneasy. I took a sneak peek at Han Yan's appearance and saw her lowering her head to sip tea. Her brows were gentle. Different from Zhuang Yushan's overbearing beauty, there was a kind of clear moistness in her mouth, like a flower that has not yet opened. It's a bit gorgeous, but it's hard to see clearly what is blooming.
Han Yan was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "Mom, don't say that. Why are you just a messenger in this house? After all, it's the people around my father who can speak."
Aunt Du felt that Han Yan's words were strange, but she didn't know what the problem was. Seeing the flattery in Han Yan's words, she unconsciously felt a little carried away, and said: "Miss Fourth, I owe this to the master." Worthy of…”
Han Yan smiled slightly: "Yes, in the past, in front of my mother, didn't Aunt Du often make decisions for her? Now she is willing to be Aunt Zhou's messenger. Aunt Zhou is really lucky."
Like a pool of cold water being poured over her head, Grandma Du's expression changed and she suddenly woke up. Seeing Han Yan drinking tea with a smile, she almost trembled in her heart: "The fourth lady is in trouble for me, my servant..."
Han Yan laughed softly and said to Ji Lan and Shu Hong on the side: "Mama Du is so timid. I just said she was the messenger, but you all heard it just now. That sentence was what she said herself. I said it alone. Now I am making things difficult for her. People who don’t know better think that I, the daughter of the direct descendant of the Zhuang Mansion, is someone she is not easy to deal with, and I start a fight with the servants. If I didn’t know that Aunt Du is loyal, I would have thought it was Aunt Du. Grandma is trying to harm me on purpose." After saying that, he glanced at Grandma Du, with an unclear look in her eyes.
(End of chapter)