They say it's sick

Chapter 17

The sky was very gloomy, and the heavy rain was pouring down, falling on the Qingshi street, making light noises.

The Huai'an Palace is on another street near the imperial city. Yun Zhi asked the way ahead of time. He didn't use carriages or entourage. He walked slowly with an umbrella under his umbrella, and he really saw the gate of the Palace.

This royal mansion was built during the period, and it has been in existence for three generations. The appearance can still glimpse the grandeur of that day.

The plaque on the door is said to be a personal gift, Yun Zhi raised her umbrella and looked up, and suddenly heard a clear voice: "Young master is here for the banquet?"

A tall, thin young man was standing at the gate of the mansion, holding an oil-paper umbrella in his hand. Seeing Yun Zhi looking over, he smiled and said, "Which family is it?"

Yun Zhi's eyes passed through the rain curtain, and paused briefly on the tattoo marks on the man's face. He looked away as if nothing had happened, nodded and took out the invitation card from his arms: "Youzhou Yun's family."

"So it's Mr. Yun, please come inside." The man took the invitation and looked at it carefully, then stepped aside, "Xiaoluo, I'm the steward of this mansion."

"It's raining so hard, but the steward will come out to meet you personally..." Yun Zhi followed Xiao Luo all the way in, looking around casually, "I won't be the last one to arrive, right?"

"Mr. Yun was the first to arrive..." Xiao Luo replied, "It's still early to leave the banquet, you can go in first to have a cup of tea, and wait for the others."

"That's just right..." Yunzhi nodded, "I haven't tasted tea from the capital yet."

The two of them were talking, and they had already seen the main hall. Before they could walk over, they heard a loud commotion. Yun Zhi followed the sound and saw a familiar figure.

It should be a side hall, and someone in the hall is yelling and cursing loudly.

Li Yan stood in the corridor at the entrance, leaning against the half-open door, listening patiently, and even replied with a smile.

Although it was expected that they would meet again in the capital, they did not expect it to be so soon.

I didn't expect such a scene.

Yun Zhi slightly raised her eyebrows, but for some reason, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, forming a slight smile.

Li Yan rubbed his eyes and yawned long.

"Master Zheng, you said that you are at least a Hanlin editor who was personally taught by the first emperor, a Jinshi and a scholar, and it is said that you are also well-read poetry and books, and you can't scold anyone..."

He lowered his eyes and looked into the hall. In the dim light, the men bundled up in a ball were still yelling hysterically, "I've been scolding so many times all morning. Let's discuss it and get a new one?"

"You..." The man stared at him, his chest heaving violently, obviously out of breath, "Li Xuan is also the chief steward personally appointed by the first emperor, how did you raise such a bastard who helps the evildoers!"

"Because, Li Xuan never raised me at all!" Li Yan stretched his hand behind his waist, smiling, "You don't want to scold me again with the same words you just scolded the prince, do you? That's really too much. It’s boring, or I’ll teach you something else?”

He took out the palm-length short knife, and gently brushed his fingertips across the knife, "For example..."

The moment the sharp blade pierced into the thigh, the yelling stopped for a moment, and then turned into a shrill scream, which was also mixed with insults to Li Yan——

Far more vicious than before, from eighteen generations of ancestors scolded him to himself must be a short-lived ghost.

"It's much fresher this way..." Li Yan tilted his head and listened to him scolding for a while, then reached out and poked lightly on the bleeding wound, "Do you want to learn something else?"

"Xuanzhi..."

The sudden call stopped Li Ji's hand from raising the knife, he turned his head, and saw Xiao Luo standing under the stone steps holding an umbrella, and Yun Zhi beside him.

Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly.

No matter when, where, or who is around, this person is a particularly eye-catching existence.

Today he was wearing a blue gown with small sleeves, holding an oil-paper umbrella, his figure is tall and straight, tall and straight, even though it was raining heavily outside, there was no mud on the hem of his clothes, like a green bamboo standing proudly in the sky .

look at yourself...

Li Yan lowered his head and glanced at the front of his eyes. He felt relieved when he saw no blood stains. He put his right hand behind his back, retracted the dagger into its sheath, and walked a few steps forward slowly. s eyes.

Yun Zhi smiled back, looked towards the side hall where the scolding sound was still coming out, then retracted it nonchalantly, and fell back on Li Yan's face.

Eyes met, but no one spoke.

"Didn't you say you met Mr. Yun yesterday, so you just entertained me..." Xiao Luo glanced over the two of them, "I'll go outside the mansion to welcome guests."

"Okay..." Li Yan responded, "I can't ask for it."

Xiao Luo glanced at him, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she just looked away, nodded at Yun Zhi with a little apology, and turned to leave.

Xiao Luo had gone far away, and the remaining two people still looked at each other silently through the rain curtain.It wasn't until the rain was blown into the eaves by the wind and landed on Li Yan's face that he seemed to wake up from a dream. Looking at the people under the stone steps, he unconsciously raised his hand and touched the tip of his nose: "Is the injury healed?"

"Okay, let's rest for a while."

Yun Zhi smiled and looked at the person opposite, she was still thin, but her complexion was obviously much better, and her eyes were filled with a look that she didn't have before.

Calculated that this person has only been in the capital for two or three months, but he is already like a fish in water.

"It seems that you are having a good time these days." Yun Zhi took a few steps forward and stopped before the stone steps.

"It's okay, it's definitely better than before..." Li Yan glanced at the rain that hadn't stopped, "It's still early for the banquet, how about a cup of tea?"

"No rush..." Yun Zhi tilted her head, pointed behind Li Yan, and even as they were talking, the scolding inside didn't stop, "You go ahead, don't delay the business."

Li Yan glanced back, hesitant for a moment, and then showed a little nonchalant smile: "What kind of business is this..."

"In this case..." Yun Zhi retracted his gaze, turned the umbrella in his hand, and the rainwater slid down the edge of the umbrella to the ground, merging with the accumulated water on the bluestone bricks, "Then let's go..."

Not even a word of extra courtesy.

Li Yan looked at that face for a moment of silence, followed by a laugh, and went down the stone steps a few steps straight to the bottom of Yun Zhi's umbrella: "There are many people in the main hall, I will take you to a quiet place."

The oil-paper umbrella is not too big, enough to cover two teenagers.

Yun Zhi tilted the umbrella slightly to the side, and unexpectedly found that the younger and thinner person beside him was actually taller, and he needed to lower his head slightly to be covered under the umbrella.

"Let me do it……"

Li Yan stretched out his hand towards Yunzhi, and when he lowered his head, he saw his fingertips, the blood stains had dried up, leaving only a sticky touch.

Almost at the same time, a brocade handkerchief fell into his palm.

"I wanted to give it to you just now..." Yun Zhi looked at him, "At least I didn't splash it on my face this time."

"you……"

Li Yan wanted to say that this person really had many problems as before, but when the words came to his lips, they turned into a laugh.

He took the brocade handkerchief, wiped his fingers with rainwater, and then directly took the umbrella from Yunzhi's hand: "This way..."

There is a gazebo in front of the lotus pond. The terrain is quite high, just enough to capture the view of the entire garden.

The rain gradually weakened, and it fell into the lotus pond. The green lotus leaves were washed by the rain, exuding vitality.

Yun Zhi casually threw a small stone into the pool, watched the ripples slowly dissipate, then turned to look at Li Yan who was sitting at the stone table washing the tea set: "Actually, it doesn't take so much effort, I don't know tea, just drink it casually Just drink."

"I don't understand either, just cook whatever you want..." Li Yan said, picked up the teapot on the clay stove, and poured a cup, "Okay..."

Yun Zhi laughed, went back to the stone table and sat down, picked up the tea cup, sniffed it lightly, and took a sip.

He really doesn't know much about tea, but he can still drink it as a good pre-rain tea.

It was unexpectedly commensurate with the rain scene in front of me.

Li Yan also poured himself a cup of tea, took a shallow sip, paused briefly on the face of Yunzhi drinking tea with lowered eyes, and finally turned to the rain curtain outside the pavilion.

This scene reminded him inexplicably of that night on New Year's Eve, when the two of them sat facing each other, drinking together by a clay stove—he didn't know what to say just like that night.

He and this young master Yun are destined to be predestined, but they are not familiar enough.

They knew each other's identities, had seen each other's faces on different occasions, sat and drank together, and spent a special New Year's Eve together.

In this strange capital city, they can be regarded as getting to know each other, but they haven't yet reached the point where they can become close friends and let go of their guards to reveal their thoughts.

Sensing Li Yan's silence, Yun Zhi slightly raised her eyes.

"I just heard Guanshi Xiao call you "Xuanzhi"." He put down the half-drunk teacup and looked up at the person opposite, "A new word? "

Li Yan didn't expect that he would suddenly ask this question, he was taken aback for a moment before replying: "Yes..."

"The name is "Jin", but the word "Xuanzhi" is chosen," Yun Zhi laughed, and took another sip of tea, "The King of Huai'an is really as eclectic as the rumors say. "

This guy is as smart as ever.

The characters were indeed chosen by Xiao Duo, and the meaning was exactly as he said - Li Xuan wanted him to "keep his mouth shut", but Xiao Duo wanted to "declare it".

Li Yan smiled, picked up the teapot and filled Yun Zhi's cup: "I thought you would ask something else."

"Officer Xiao just said that you are now the book of the Huai'an Prince's Mansion. I was a little surprised. After thinking about it carefully, I expected it. You took the initiative to return to Li's Mansion to replace Li Shao in the capital. Naturally, you wouldn't just want to live comfortably... ..." Yunzhi took the tea, "Although Youzhou is far away, there are many rumors about the capital city. Before I came, someone warned me not to inquire about the affairs of the Huai'an Palace."

"The Yun family is different after all. Before I came to the capital...forget it..." Li Yan smiled and looked up at Yun Zhi, "What about you, you came all the way to the capital just to be a hostage?"

Yun Zhi looked up and met his eyes: "What do you think?"

"I think……"

"The mansion is so busy, you come here to escape."

The sudden male voice interrupted Li Yan's answer, obviously startling him.

He turned his head and followed the voice, and relaxed when he saw the person, and even took a sip from the cup of tea: "The steward asked me to help entertain Young Master Yun. If you don't believe me, you can ask him."