"Is Miss Xu okay?"
Xu Lan was mending clothes at home when she heard Qin Shouye's voice outside. She quickly put down her clothes and went out. She saw Qin Shouye standing at the gate of her yard with a horse. She was very happy: "Mr. Qin, why are you here?"
Qin Shouye's heart was beating fast. Thinking about their happy life in the future, like his elder brother and sister-in-law, and having their children, he couldn't help but feel excited and couldn't wait to tell her the good news: "I told my sister-in-law about us, and she said she would tell my elder brother. But they won't force me and will respect my decision. I am willing to marry you, and I want to marry you. Miss Xu, you wait for me at home... wait for me to marry you."
Xu Lan's cheeks flushed when she heard this. "Yeah." Her face was as red as an apple, and she looked very delicious. Qin Shouye's throat was a little dry unconsciously, and he stepped back a few steps: "Then I'll go back."
Xu Lan was a little reluctant: "Would you like to have some tea?"
Qin Shouye said, "No, we are alone, I have to consider your reputation." He stood here for a while, and when he didn't see Xu's parents come out, he knew they were not happy, and he didn't want to damage her reputation anymore. "I'm leaving, wait for me." Qin Shouye got on the horse, waved to her, and left excitedly.
Xu Lan looked at his back, the smile on her face gradually faded, and a trace of pain flashed across her eyes: "Second Brother Qin, I'm sorry..." She didn't want to deceive him, but she had no choice.
Xu Lan’s thoughts went back to that afternoon six months ago.
That day, she went to the mountain to pick wild vegetables and met a masked man. She thought the man wanted to rape her, but it turned out not to be the case. The man was quite polite and never overstepped the boundaries in his words and deeds. However, the words he said gave her nightmares every night.
The man threatened her with the lives of her family, asking her to get close to Qin Shouye, and preferably marry him.
Although she was worried about her family's safety, she was unwilling to do such a thing. There would be no good reward for doing something that hurt the world. But the man said that as long as she got close to Qin Shouye and married him, she didn't need to do anything that hurt the world. If she didn't, her family would die.
She initially agreed to the man just to stall for time, but after a few months, she still had no movement, and the man appeared again. After she knew she couldn't avoid him, she could only find a way to get close to Qin Shouye, and the opportunity came. On the birthday of her eldest brother, her eldest brother invited Qin Shouye and others.
She was too nervous and had diarrhea during those days, so she went to the toilet many times. It was a coincidence that on her eldest brother's birthday, she was in a hurry to go to the toilet, so she didn't have time to lock the door. But she had just gone to the toilet, and not long after, her eldest brother came to the toilet with Qin Shouye. She was very nervous at the time, and then her eldest brother went to the old toilet and asked Qin Shouye to go to the good one.
Then her heart was moved and she allowed Qin Shouye to come, so they got engaged.
She originally thought that the marriage could be delayed like this, but a few days ago, the man appeared again. The man said that the Qin family would soon leave Yunxiang County and asked her to marry Qin Shouye as soon as possible and become a member of the Qin family.
During the years that Xu Lan had known Qin Shouye, she knew that he was a good man, but for the sake of her family, she had no choice.
Pain flashed through Xu Lan's eyes: Master Qin, I'm sorry.
Capital
The emperor brought Qin Fang, Du Ke and others to the foot of a mountain outside the city, which was very close to the Beijing Suburban Command Camp.
The emperor said, "More than 8,000 packages of narcotics are placed here. There is a secret room inside, and the explosives will not be drawn out and ignited. There are guards outside, and there is the Beijing Suburbs Command Camp nearby. It is very safe here." No one can break in here to steal the explosives. Once there is any movement here and a fight breaks out, the Beijing Suburbs Command Camp will know immediately.
Qin Fang looked around. There was a source of water in the secret room to prevent explosives from exploding. In addition, the moisture-proof measures here were also very good.
The emperor had a reason to transport the medicine back to the capital. He was worried about the medicine being stored outside. If it was stored in the capital, it would be under his protection and convenient for him to use it. Besides, where else could he store it except in the capital? He would never feel at ease if he stored it with someone else.
After visiting the secret room, the emperor took Qin Fang to the Jingjiao Command Camp. The people in the Jingjiao Command Camp had long heard of Qin Fang's fame, because Qin Fang was Du Ke's student, and because of the war between Yongzhou and the barbarians, Qin Fang was now famous.
The Beijing Suburbs Command Camp is basically composed of military generals, and military generals are combative, so when Qin Fang was sent to the Beijing Suburbs Command Camp, he was bound to face some challenges.
Qin Fang stayed in the capital for three days. During these days, everyone in the capital knew how much the emperor valued Qin Fang. After three days, Qin Fang left the capital and returned to Yunxiang County.
On the way back, Qin Fang did not feel relaxed.
Whether it was the Emperor's arranged marriage test, or the Emperor's talk about his brother's marriage, or the Emperor's attention to him in the past few days, they all put him under a lot of pressure.
He still didn't understand the emperor's intention, but no matter what, no matter what the emperor's intention was, he was already in the game.
General's Mansion
“Dad… Dad is coming…” Little boy Qin Linyang was playing with building blocks. When he saw his father coming from the door, his eyes lit up, the building blocks in his hand fell down, and the little boy ran towards his father.
Qin Fang caught his son who was running towards him, but he didn't let him run into his arms. He had rushed here all the way, and not only was he covered in dust, but the air conditioning hadn't even dissipated yet, so he didn't want to freeze the child.
Little boy Qin Linyang was held down by his father, staring at his father with curious eyes.
Looking at his son's silly look, Qin Fang couldn't help asking, "Where's your mother?" When he came back, Aunt Yu at the gate of the yard told him that Yanyan went shopping.
When the old woman heard the general asking about the whereabouts of the lady, she was about to explain, but little Qin Linyang answered faster than the old woman: "Mom went to buy... to buy food..."
The weather was cold, so Yang Haiyan didn't let her son go with her. She just told her son that she would buy him food and asked him to wait at home. So the child remembered that his mother went to buy food.
Qin Fang saw his son's chubby face, holding food, and drooling, and found it interesting: "Then you wait, Dad will go take a shower, and then we will have something to eat."
Little Qin Linyang said in a baby voice: "Okay, eat and grow up."
Qin Fang patted his son's head and went to take a bath.
Qin Fang just took a quick shower. After coming out of the shower, he saw his son having fun playing with building blocks, so he sat down and played with him.
Little Qin Linyang watched his father put the building blocks away and couldn't help but say, "Wrong... Wrong... Here, here..."
Qin Fang deliberately put it in the wrong place to see how his son reacted. He didn't expect his son to be so smart. Qin Fang followed his son's instructions and put the small building block in that place: "Is it here?"
Little Qin Linyang stared at that position for a while, then took out the building blocks and looked at them, then put them down and nodded: "Here." After putting them down, he looked up at his father, then gave his father another building block: "Put it."
These two words are concise and clear.
Qin Fang took the building blocks: "Where should I put these blocks?"
Little Qin Linyang said, "Let it go."
Qin Fang smiled and said, "Is it that Dad doesn't know where to put it? Can you tell Dad?"
Qin Linyang blinked his eyes, as if he couldn't believe his father was so shameless, and he was a little disgusted. Such a big person, but he didn't know where to put it. Qin Linyang pouted: "Mom knows how to put it."
Qin Fang: "Your mother is smarter than your father."
Little Qin Linyang lowered his head and said: "Mom is smart, you are stupid."
“…” Qin Fang.
The father and son played with building blocks for a while, and then Qin Fang took his son to bed.
When Yang Haiyan returned to the general's mansion, the guard at the door told her that Qin Fang had returned, so she hurried back to the yard, only to find that the father and son had already gone to bed. Yang Haiyan went back to the room. It was not to be mentioned that the father and son slept in a similar manner. She had not noticed it before when her son was young, but now, although the two were covered with a quilt, their exposed heads and hands were indeed in the same position. Yang Haiyan wanted to laugh.
Seeing that her son and the man were sleeping soundly, Yang Haiyan did not wake them up. She left the house and went to the small kitchen. Cooking for the people she loved was a kind of happiness. Although she had not cooked for a long time and it was difficult to do it next time, she was very interested.
Nanny Lian helped Yang Haiyan, and seeing that the lady was in a good mood, she was also in a good mood. Life in the general's mansion was very comfortable. Although she was also a servant, the general's mansion was clean, there was little trouble, and the lady was kind to people. Nanny Lian had never expected to have such a good master before.
Qin Fang woke up before the food in the kitchen was ready. When he woke up, he woke up his son. When the father and son went out, Qin Fang asked the old woman at the door, "Is the Madam coming back?"
The old woman said, "Madam, go to the small kitchen and prepare food for the general."
Little Qin Linyang nestled in his father's arms. Just hearing about food, he became energetic: "Eat and grow up."
Qin Fang smiled and said, "Then let's go and take a look."
Before reaching the kitchen, little Qin Linyang started calling out, "Mom...Mom..."
Yang Haiyan was making cakes at home. When she heard her son's voice, she said, "Son, come here."
Little Qin Linyang responded, "Come on."
The father and son went to the kitchen. Qin Fang didn't put his son down. There were a lot of things in the kitchen, and he was afraid that his son would bump into something if he ran around. "What are you doing?" Qin Fang saw that the pattern on the heart made by Yang Haiyan was a pattern.
Little Qin Linyang saw it clearly and said, "It's Xiaoshuai."
Yang Haiyan said: "My son is really smart. It's Xiaoshuai steamed bun. I'll give it to my baby later, okay?"
Little Qin Linyang licked his lips: "Okay, I want to eat."
Qin Fang looked at the mother and son, feeling a little jealous: "Then what should I eat?"