Mikago

The Jinwu Guards finally left, and Zhu Zhuer and Lu Yinger came back to their senses, and hurriedly asked Mr. Changqiu to sit in the house.

But there was no movement in the sedan chair, and Chang Qiu Gong seemed to be smiling lightly.

"Although this is the outer clean room of my Ministry of Internal Affairs, who in this world who came out of here would be willing to go back again? Head Lu doesn't need to be courteous to me."

When Lu Ying'er heard this, she immediately nodded her head and said yes repeatedly.

Lord Changqiu said to Zhu Zhu'er again: "I heard that your father was killed by those traitors. Let's use this little money to buy joss sticks and talisman papers to build a good grave."

As he spoke, the white-faced eunuch took out a bulging green brocade pouch.

Zhu Zhuer was very grateful, and hurried to catch it with both hands, but almost missed and fell to the ground.

Duke Changqiu then asked, "Where's the baby?"

Lu Ying'er hurriedly said "Yes, yes", and hurriedly turned around to fetch the clay jar.He didn't dare to move the body of the altar, but covered it with a piece of red silk, dotted with some freshly picked jasmine flowers.

Lu Ying'er tremblingly carried the jar over.I saw the silver yarn in front parted to the two sides, and a slender and beautiful right hand protruded from the sedan chair.

On the ring finger of this hand was a lotus flower ring carved from lapis lazuli. It was so breathtakingly blue that it matched that hand... as white as if it were made of ice and snow.

Ye Zuolan unconsciously held his breath.

He saw that hand stop in front of the clay jar, and with a flick of the index finger, the vulgar red silk was thrown to the ground.

Only then did that hand take over the clay jar, and then slowly disappeared into the depths of the silver gauze.

Something doesn't seem quite right...

Ye Zuolan recalled vaguely that yesterday the white-faced eunuch kept calling Mr. Changqiu an "old man", but the man in the silver veil in front of him not only had a clear voice, even from the point of view of his fingers, he could never be an old man.

The more he thought about it, the more strange he became, but because of his limited field of vision, he couldn't get a glimpse of Duke Changqiu's true face.He tried to move his body, but he knocked over an object and made a slight noise.

It was too late and then too soon, the silver gauze on the right side of the sedan chair was suddenly lifted by the wind, before Ye Zuolan could see the appearance of the person in the sedan chair clearly, there was a flash of white light, and the bangs around her ears had been cut off half!

Ye Yueshan was so frightened that she quickly covered her mouth. At the same time, someone outside shouted loudly: "Who is it?!"

Oh no.

It was too late for Ye Zuolan to regret it, two inner flying dragon soldiers were already running towards this side.

In order to prevent Ye Yueshan from being exposed, he gritted his teeth and simply walked out of the hiding place.

"It's me, I am..."

He took a deep breath, just about to find an excuse, but suddenly froze.

I remember Tang Ruilang mentioned more than once that his appearance was very similar to Zhao Yang.And Duke Changqiu was the leader of the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is an institution dedicated to serving the royal family.Didn't Duke Changqiu have met Xuan Wang Zhao Yang? !

Will the Changqiu Guild be suspicious, and what will be his attitude? !

But right now, Ye Zuolan couldn't afford to be entangled.Two inner flying dragon soldiers picked him up one by one, and dragged him to the sedan chair at the gate.

The eunuch in white standing on the left side of the sedan chair saw Ye Zuolan's face clearly first, but said nothing, still maintaining his composure, he stretched out his hand to lift the veil for Duke Qiu.

Ye Zuolan didn't know what was going on with her fate at all, she just felt the cold sweat on her back and the "buzzing" in her ears.

He just stood there in a daze until someone knocked on the back of his head.

It was the eunuch in white who said: "Mr. Changqiu asked you something, why are you staring blankly? Don't be afraid, just raise your head."

The fear reached the extreme, but Ye Zuolan began to feel relieved.Anyway, the big deal is that he will die anyway, so it is better to see the honor of this Duke Qiu before he dies.

So he gritted his teeth and raised his head—then he was surprised again!

The first thing I saw was silver hair like frost and snow.

But this is by no means an old man.

On the contrary, behind the vicissitudes of life and white hair is a young and handsome face.

Plump cheeks, straight nose bridge, plump lips... most of all, those soft and unflattering eyebrows and eyes, like two deep pools full of stars, even if you look at it one more time, you will be taken away by your soul.

Ye Zuolan felt that she had never seen such a beautiful man before, suddenly, a name popped out of her heart.

Qi Yunchu!

That's right...the word "Qi" was written on the jar; Qi Yunchu was an eunuch in the palace; he turned white overnight because of the death of Prince An Le!

There is no mistake, the Minister of Internal Affairs Chang Qiu Gong in front of him is the Qi Yunchu that Tang Ruilang said, he is the legendary man who led the Flying Dragon and Guard Jing to ride a hundred men and sweep the bandits for three hundred miles!

Ye Zuolan never thought that she would meet him in this situation!

After the initial shock, the tension returned.However, when Ye Zuolan was sweating profusely, Qi Yunchu in the sedan chair sighed.

"Such a handsome and beautiful child, do you want to go north?"

Before Ye Zuolan felt overwhelmed, Zhu Zhuer jumped ahead and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, this child's life is very hard, both parents are dead, and he escaped from the famine alone. But after entering Gong Ke will be fine, if you follow Duke Qiu, you will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life."

Qi Yunchu shook his head slightly: "After all, this matter cannot be forced, it must depend on his own wishes."

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand, touched Ye Zuolan's cheek lightly, but asked abruptly, "What's your name?"

"He's called Gouwa!" Zhu Zhu'er answered in the first place: "The poor family should have a cheap name to make a living. As for the surname, even he himself can't tell."

Qi Yunchu ignored her, and still looked at Ye Zuolan with a half-smile.

"If you don't have a proper name, your words will not go well. Since you voted under the eaves of Mr. Lu, it is considered a kind of fate, why not just follow his surname. I will give you another name..."

Speaking of this, he thought for a while, and suddenly chanted a poem: "'Gold and jade have essence, how can they not be firm. But in the ashes of the far furnace, you will always hide in seclusion.'...From today on, you will change your name to 'Lu You' stop."

Lu You?Ye Zuolan let out a "thump" in his heart.

This is also a coincidence.

Although it is still far from the age of crowning, Ye Zuolan has already drawn up a name for herself.Lan Zhe, You Fang also.Therefore, it seems appropriate to use the character "Ziyou" alongside the name "Zuolan".

Lu You, Lu You... Maybe Ye Zuolan really wants to walk in front of people with this new name.

The officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the military men of the Neifei Dragon Guard finally left.

When the sound of the horse's hooves was too far away, Zhu Zhu'er immediately turned down her face, and ran over aggressively, hitting Ye Zuolan's head with a shudder.

"Stinky boy, I almost scared my old lady to death! It doesn't matter if you have an accident yourself, don't make us suffer together!"

"Zolan! Are you okay?!" Ye Yueshan also rushed out and hugged him.

Ye Zuolan shook her head while covering her head, but she started to be dazed again.

Qi Yunchu's reaction just now obviously didn't make any association between him and Xuan Wang Zhao Yang's appearance.Why?Could it be that Qi Yunchu never met Xuan Wang Zhao Yang at all?

No, it's almost impossible.

Then, the remaining possibility is that... I am not at all like that Xuan Wang Zhao Yang, and Tang Ruilang deliberately lied.

But why did Tang Ruilang do that?Could it be that it was just to get close to him?

Ye Zuolan's heart skipped another half beat, and then suddenly realized - the day after tomorrow is the Duan Yang Festival.

Quehua Pond is in the southeast corner of the city.There are many herbs on the shore and many boats on the pond. It is a summer resort in Zhaojing.During the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a dragon boat race on the Quehua Pond, which is very lively.

When Ye Zuolan was eight years old, she once went to Quehua Pond with her father. The memory of that time is still fresh, but in a blink of an eye everything is a thing of the past.

Forget it, after reaching this point, how can they still think about that Duanyang appointment.

Ye Zuolan gave a wry smile, and snuffed out the wick in his hand, as if snuffing out the last hope in his heart.

But he didn't expect that some dead ashes would still rekindle.

Early in the morning of Duanyang, the inner courtyard of the Lu family suddenly became lively.Zhu Zhu'er dressed up in fancy clothes, and ordered someone to bring the fat donkey, saying that she was going to Quehua Pond to see the heroic appearance of the dragon boat athletes.Lu Ying'er couldn't leave because of something, so he asked Wal and Zuo Lan to serve him with food and blankets.

Ye Zuolan froze for a moment, saying that it was really inconvenient for her to show her face in public, but Zhu Zhu'er was uncharacteristically, patted her chest and assured that nothing would happen.

"What are you afraid of?! You have the name of Duke Changqiu, and you look like a boy out of ten. Besides, everyone is only looking at the boat, who cares who you are?! If you don't go, I will Take your sister! Her small appearance may be caught by some old-fashioned grandpa!"

What she said was horrifying, and Ye Yueshan frowned.Although Ye Zuolan knew that Zhu Zhuer liked to scare people, she didn't dare to take the risk of putting her sister in an embarrassing situation.

Picking up the food box and carrying the rope bed on her back, Ye Zuolan followed Zhu Zhuer to the Quehua Pool.