After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

The rain was heavy.

The wind and thunder were furious, catching everyone off guard.

The noise from the people staying up all night in the front yard suddenly turned into shouting and running, and one could vaguely discern the annoyance at having their fun spoiled.

There were plenty of guest rooms in the medicine garden, so the old man and Xu Chengjin both stayed there. However, there were no servants in the garden, so they had to boil hot water and take a bath themselves. It was not until the late night that they had time to relax, and the depression they felt at that time was somewhat relieved.

Xu Chengjin was still worried, so after taking a bath, he brought a jar of peach wine to Yuan Ge's door. As expected, he saw Yuan Ge standing at the window in a daze with wet long hair. He shook his head, went into the house, found a towel and handed it to her, "Wipe it yourself. If it was before, I wouldn't mind doing it for you, but now that you're married, I have to avoid suspicion."

It is Xu Chengjin's style of being straightforward.

Yuan Ge wiped his hair listlessly, glancing at the peach blossom wine on the table, "You come to me to drink in the middle of the night, so you don't need to be cautious?"

"We must make decisions in an emergency." Xu Chengjin shrugged, and found two wine glasses in the room. He poured one glass for each of them, walked to the window and handed them to Yuan Ge. "I think you probably can't sleep tonight. Instead of letting you spend the whole day with your wild thoughts, I might as well accompany you to drink and talk. I am risking my life to accompany a gentleman. Song Wenyuan should thank me when he knows... Where is Jianshu? Can she drink? Let's drink together. I see that she seems to be wearing a cheap human skin mask all day long and can't make any expression. When she gets drunk, we will try to pick her up."

Yuan Ge pointed to the door and said, "Hey, I'm back."

The Jianshu who walked in through the door had obviously heard everything the other party said. However, his face, which Xu Chengjin said "could not make any expression because of the low-quality human skin mask", still had no emotion. He just said frankly, "I can drink. Even if you finish drinking all the peach blossom wine you buried, I can't get drunk. Don't waste it."

"So amazing?" Xu Chengjin was dumbfounded in an exaggerated manner, "Is he gifted?"

The other party was so straightforward that he was almost dumb. He explained honestly, "I am not a gifted person. I just received special training to prevent myself from falling into the hands of the enemy and saying something I shouldn't say after being drunk."

Xu Chengjin and Yuan Ge were both slightly startled, their eyes falling on Jianshu who was bending over to make the bed with his back to them. Her tone was so natural, as if these were all natural things, but others couldn't help but feel distressed. Those "specialized training" must be more than just drinking, there must be more cruel content to ensure that they would not utter a word that they shouldn't say after falling into the hands of the enemy, but she was just a little girl...

Master Xu, who originally intended to make jokes to amuse people, suddenly fell silent. After a while, he gently touched Yuan Ge's glass with his, "Forget it, I won't give it to her. The wine that I brewed myself cannot be wasted on someone who doesn't understand wine... Let's drink it together."

There was heavy rain in the yard, lightning and thunder were heard in the distance, and strong winds blew the rain into the corridor, and even the house was flooded with waves of mist.

Yuan Ge lowered his eyes to glance at the wine glass in his hand, and suddenly smiled bitterly, "I'm fine, you don't have to accompany me. In fact, I had almost guessed it before, and this time it was just confirmed. My parents have been gone for many years, and I don't even remember what they look like... I have no impression of the things my grandfather said, it's more like listening to other people's stories. So, it's not as sad as you think, don't worry."

Xu Chengjin didn't believe a word of what he said. He just pulled the curtain on her side a little bit without saying a word, blocking some of the mist for her. Then he glanced at her and asked unhappily, "If that's the case, why are you standing by the window in the middle of the night instead of sleeping? Are you watching the rain? Or are you thinking about someone?"

"I'm just worried about him." Yuan Ge looked at the dark night and the heavy rain. Her voice was very low, and even though she was very close, it sounded a little labored. She said, "It's a rainy winter night, and the mountain road is not easy to walk on... Besides, every family is reuniting tonight to celebrate the New Year. I'm afraid the inns at the foot of the mountain have closed, and I don't know where he will sleep."

Xu Chengjin also glanced out the window, "He is very skilled in martial arts, don't worry, this mountain road is not a problem for him."

"In fact, he is a good uncle and a good brother... He has traveled all over the country to find Murong Shaorou over the years. When I met him, he was so poor that he only had a sword and a few old clothes that were washed white. He had already planned to leave Shengjing City and said he would continue to look for Murong Shaorou. It was me who kept him and asked him to come to Zhixuan Mountain. I thought I was helping him..."

Xu Chengjin's fingertips on the windowsill tightened and loosened, loosened and tightened again, and finally he followed his heart and gently touched the top of Yuan Ge's head, and said seriously, "You are helping him. You helped him find Murong Shaorou and learned the truth about Murong Shaoai, but the truth was not as good as expected. You are not wrong, Yuan Ge. Even if you are venting your anger on him, you are not wrong. Even if you really want to keep him, he has to leave tonight."

After saying that, she laughed again, "She's just a teenager. She can cry when she wants to cry and laugh when she wants to laugh. Even if she vents her anger on others, so what? Do you really need a little girl like you to maintain these social etiquette? You don't understand the ways of the world, do you?"

Hiding all his worries behind a fake-easy smile, he raised the glass in his hand and said, "Want to drink?"

The rims of the glasses touched, and he raised his glass and drank it all. "Drink. Don't stop until you are drunk."

……

In another room in the medicine garden, two old men sat opposite each other, with a cup of tea in front of each of them. The tea had already gone cold, but no one took a sip from beginning to end.

Feng Qingtan hunched his back and shrunk his neck, looking like he had aged a lot in an instant. He sighed helplessly, "It's my fault. I got anxious when I heard 'Murong' and couldn't hold it back, so I let it slip."

"It's not your fault. The mother of this body is Shaorou's twin sister. She had already become suspicious before she came back. With her personality, it was only a matter of time." The old man stroked the teacup in his hand with his eyelids drooping, and said, "Besides, if it was me, I would probably do the same in that situation. I just don't know how long I can fool people with this excuse..."

Feng Qingtan quickly raised his eyelids to look at the heavy rain outside the window, then retracted his gaze and said to comfort, "Don't worry, the people who witnessed this incident are no longer in this world except you and me. Xiao Ge'er has found a husband in Shengjing City now. Maybe it's the blessing of her parents that allows her to completely stay away from this place of trouble, which is a good thing..."

"Who says it's not..."

The rain has not stopped yet, and the new year has arrived. It seems no different from any other day, yet it seems completely different.