Tan Hua Floating Dream

Because there are some elusive guards and helpers stationed in the house, although they don't appear in front of the neighbors very much, but they make their house look good without him asking, it's like having a few more house elves. He deeply lamented that he would be spoiled if he went on like this... Could it be that Gu Zhongyan wanted to make him succumb in this way?

... In his previous life, he seemed to have been tamed by this method. Originally, he never planned to fall in love after being hurt by that rotten man, but he never expected to meet such a patient hunter as Meng Chaoyin, who used habit and gentleness to weave love. Become a net that can no longer escape.

But what is even more unexpected is that the two will end up like that in the end. Happy ending is just something in fairy tales...

This life is even more annoying, but the same face is obviously straight, which makes him full of depression and nowhere to vent.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became... Sooner or later, he would suffocate internal injuries.

Uh, ah, he doesn't want to go back to that strange house and watch the man with Meng Chaoyin's face kiss and love you with other women, bastard!Tang Tan roared without a pause in his heart, but the expression on his face was still calm.

Tang Tan walked back to his home with leisurely steps, Wei Si had already disappeared in the dark again, and when he saw the situation at his door not far away, he couldn't help but frown.

Who's going to tell him what's going on?Why did the woman come to his door in a short time?

"Young master, our family does not have the person you are looking for, please go back!" Tang Xiu politely persuaded the rich young man in front of him, who was obsessed with finding someone, to retreat, but the other party still refused to believe her words. If she said that, she thought she didn't want Gu Ye to see him.

"I clearly heard that Brother Gu appeared here! Let me in quickly, and be careful, I will tell Brother Gu that you are a slave who doesn't know how to measure!" As she spoke, the Nangong girl in men's clothing stretched out her hand and pushed Tang Xiu aside. , as if asking her to stay out of the way, but she didn't expect that this push just made Tang Xiu's foot slip on the stone steps, and she was about to jump forward.

Tang Xiu didn't even have time to scream, she hadn't reacted at all, she was about to jump on the stone ground, but at this moment, a rush of footsteps came and caught her in time, saving her from the catastrophe of throwing herself to the ground. Still in shock, unable to return to God for a while.

"Brother Tan..." Tang Xiu looked up and saw that it was Tang Tan, feeling aggrieved in his heart.

Tang Tan quickly glanced at Tang Xiu, and after making sure she was not hurt, he looked coldly at the person who was planning to break into his house without even turning his head, and spoke in a humble tone.

"Mr. Nangong, as a son of a noble family, can you break into a private house regardless of etiquette and will? Don't you think this is disrespectful to the 'Minister of Rites'?"

The indifferent tone pierced from behind like a sharp arrow, making the Nangong girl froze and stopped, frowning and turning her head to stare at Tang Tan, feeling as if she had been caught by the stern face of Gu Zhongyan. She was so cold that she couldn't help but pause, feeling like she was being overwhelmed.

She looked at Tang Tan up and down with a stiff face, and felt that he seemed familiar, and then vaguely remembered that she should have seen this person in the pharmacy just now, with the appearance and attitude of a pharmacy apprentice.

Although she glanced at that person and thought that the other person looked pretty good, but in general she was not as good as her brother Gu, so she didn't pay much attention to it, but at this time this person actually appeared here. It is said that someone saw Brother Gu appearing House?

"Where's Brother Gu? I want to see him." Miss Nangong raised her jaw proudly, and said in a commanding tone, as if only in this way could she overcome the sense of oppression that the other party gave her just now.

"This is my house, what's the matter with Guan Guye? Isn't it strange that Mr. Nangong asked someone to come to our house?" Tang Tan responded indifferently, without even looking at her, he bent over Picking up the embroidery threads of many colors that Tang Xiu had just carried in the basket in his hand.

How could this Nangong girl have been so neglected before, especially a young lady who has been praised so much since she was a child, almost deliberately and maliciously stepped on the embroidery thread that Tang Tan was about to pick up, so that Tang Tan couldn't help it. He restrained himself from furrowing his brows heavily.

"How dare you ignore me? Believe it or not, I will ask Brother Gu to punish you severely."

Tang Tan kept taking deep breaths and told himself in his heart that this woman was a typical cannon fodder woman, not worthy of his anger. This kind of princess-like woman was not uncommon when he was around Meng Chaoyin back then, so there was nothing to be angry about.

"You can let him try, get out of the way." Tang Tan didn't bother to talk nonsense with her, and pushed her aside. Anyway, she wants to pretend to be a man, so don't ask him to treat women politely.

Miss Nangong staggered a few steps, and almost fell down the two or three stone steps. After steadying herself, she stared angrily at Tang Tan, watching him frown and pick up the soiled embroidery thread.

Because it is to be embroidered into high-quality silk handkerchiefs and sold to the women of powerful families, the embroidery thread that Tang Tan asked Tang Xiu to buy is first-class silk embroidery thread. Although the quality is not as good as that supplied to the palace, but for ordinary people But it's very good. After being stepped on and stained like this, it doesn't mean that it should be washed.

Moreover, this bundle of embroidery thread may have cost a few taels of silver, and it was bought with the hard-earned money of the brothers and sisters. Being trampled on like this may be like a waste of time, how can Tang Tan not be unhappy.

Even though he now knows that his body has a prominent background, it doesn't mean that he will immediately have the luxury of thinking that it can't be used.

"...Xiaoxiu, let's go in."

Tang Tan also didn't want to pay attention to this Nangong girl, and most of the reason for her resistance was because her target was Gu Zhongyan, he didn't have the guts to see that man flirting with others with the face of a lover, Nor does he have the capacity to be gentle with this girl who is like a rival in love. He is actually a very narrow-minded guy.

"Hey, you!" She didn't expect that someone would ignore her to such an extent. She was full of resentment and wanted to hit someone with her hands, but she didn't expect that there would be no chance to vent her emotions. Before she hit someone was stopped.

She was stunned for a moment, and looked up along the big palm holding her wrist. She was pleasantly surprised when she saw Gu Zhongyan's face, but then when she found that the other party was looking at her with a serious expression "Knocked" for a while.

"Master Nangong, please pay attention to your words and deeds, don't hurt the face of Lord Shangshu."

Gu Zhongyan reminded her coldly, what identity is she walking on the street now, if things become a big deal, people may know that she is actually not the son of the Nangong family, but a girl.Furthermore, a lady from a great family dressed up as a man and acted violently on the street would more likely cause the Minister of Rites to lose his job if he was not careful.

After all, it has been said since ancient times that the Qi family governs the country and the world. If the family is not complete and a daughter can't be taught well, wouldn't the title of the Ministry of Rites not be worthy of the name?

Being reminded by Gu Zhongyan, this Nangong girl seemed to have thought of this too, her pretty face paled slightly, but she was still a little annoyed and unwilling, and felt a little uncomfortable with Gu Zhongyan protecting Tang Tan's brother and sister.

"Gu... Brother Gu, am I... am I just angry? This lowly servant is blocking me from seeing you, but you are here but he..."

As she spoke, she stopped and couldn't continue, because Gu Zhongyan's face obviously became more gloomy and displeased, especially when she said the word "low servant", Gu Zhongyan directly presented a picture An expression full of distance.

"Mr. Nangong, please pay attention to your words. Please don't forget that I am just a servant of the Marquis Mansion. Don't just call me big brother without knowing the rules. It is a blessing for me to call you big brother. If you want people to know I'm afraid I will be charged with crimes."

Gu Zhongyan still had that gentle and flat tone, but there was a bit of sarcasm in his words, as if he was mocking her for being blindsided.

Gu Zhongyan's words made her truly astonished, and she couldn't understand the meaning of Gu Zhongyan's words, until Gu Zhongyan let go of her hand and followed the man with a few guards who didn't even look at her anymore. Tang Tan, who glanced at her, entered the room, and when the brown door closed again in front of her eyes, she came back to her senses and realized the meaning of Gu Zhongyan's words.

He... is he rejecting himself?And it's not like she couldn't hear it. Just now, if there seemed to be no irony in Gu Zhongyan's words, her "low servant" was probably even more harsh to the ears of Gu Zhongyan, a servant of the Houfu. At that moment, Gu Zhongyan was extremely disgusted with her.

It's just that she also didn't understand why Gu Zhongyan wanted to protect those two people, but made her lose face.Anyway, her father was a high-ranking official of the second grade, it was easy to crush a slave who was born in slavery, but he had to look at the Buddha's face as well as the monk's face, although Gu Zhongyan was a slave, he couldn't move.

Although Yishangshu's second-rank official rank is much higher than those of the founding marquis from the third-rank official rank, the status of the Changshenghou clan is different. Although they are only marquises, they have always been comparable to the first-rank princes.

Moreover, the Marquis Houses from generation to generation have always only conferred titles, and did not enter the court as officials and did not interfere in political affairs, so the emperors never worried that the Marquis of Changsheng would be an enemy of him, and naturally they would not turn against him or be regarded as a thorn in his side. Marquis of Changsheng can even be said to be The underground ministers of the emperors of all dynasties, although the Marquis of Changsheng basically did not interfere in political affairs and did not go to court, but it did not prevent the emperor from occasionally asking for their opinions.

In fact, she also knew that with her status as the daughter of Shangshu, it was absolutely impossible to marry a servant of Lord Hou, that would be a shame to the entire Nangong family.

It's just that she was not reconciled. At the beginning, she was overwhelmed by Gu Zhongyan's appearance and demeanor like a nobleman, lost her heart, and thought he was a son, but she didn't expect that not only was he not, but he was not even counted as a wealthy businessman. Someone's servant, but she couldn't take back that heart.

Even though she knew it was impolite, she still disguised herself as a man and chased after Gu Zhongyan.

However, in the past, even if Gu Zhongyan was troubled by this, he never said a word of harshness to her, and always kept a gentle and polite distance. Who would have thought that he would actually scold her for a buddy today?A feeling of anger and resentment welled up.

Miss Nangong hesitated and stared in front of the gate of the Tang family for a long time, until a neighboring family couldn't help looking forward with curiosity, and then let her take the servants into the carriage and leave in a hurry.

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When Tang Tan accompanied Tang Xiu to tidy up those silk threads, he turned around and saw Gu Zhong waiting not far away with an expressionless face, but it was not entirely true that his face was expressionless, Tang Tan could see it from the seemingly paralyzed face. Some troubles and worries.

"Master, I'm sorry to cause you trouble."

As soon as he approached, Gu Zhongyan solemnly apologized to him, making him pause, and he didn't know whether he should be angry or not. Although he hated Gu Zhongyan's luck, it was Gu Zhongyan's business, he was angry so what.

"...Take care of your rotten peach blossoms. I don't want to be attacked for no reason and cause trouble again." Tang Tan tried his best to sound calm, but he didn't know if it was his own psychological effect or he really Revealing that jealousy, he always felt that his tone sounded quite sour.

Gu Zhongyan was such a perceptive person, of course he could detect the irony and dissatisfaction in Tang Tan's tone, but he didn't think about that, he only thought Tang Tan was unhappy because he was humiliated and offended.

"No, the little one will take care of this matter, please rest assured."

Gu Zhongyan didn't deny to him that it was a rotten peach blossom, his attitude of not caring about the other party inexplicably made the sour feeling in Tang Tan's heart dissipate a lot.

And after such a toss, Tang Tan felt that he was wayward, looking at Gu Zhongyan's face, he had a feeling of going back to the past in a trance.

His personality is very contradictory, probably because he lost his relatives early. His mental age has always been precocious compared to children of the same age. He is so precocious that he almost forgets the feeling of being coquettish and self-willed. He always showed that side unconsciously in front of him.

Just now, he seemed to be self-willed unconsciously towards Gu Zhongyan, he would always subconsciously regard the other party as the man who dotes on him, even if he tried hard to separate the two, he couldn't do it.

"Mmm." There were obviously a lot of things to say, but in the end Tang Tan swallowed them all, and turned around and left with just this one answer.

However, even though it was only a short moment, Gu Zhongyan still caught the trace of grief flashing across his face, just one glance made his chest inexplicably painful.

This was not the first time Tang Tan looked at him like this, but every time he felt like he was the one who forgot something, not his young master.

In his memory, the young master is always mischievous and arrogant, just like the usual young masters, but this young master has some awkward gentleness in his temper, as forbearing as he is now, he is not like that childish person anymore .

Although he was more or less angry at the young master's ignorance before, but now he misses Tang Fu who is so carefree, not the Tang Tan who seems to swallow all the sorrows and sorrows in his stomach now.

Looking at it, he will feel inexplicably distressed.

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After dinner, Tang Tan did not go back to his room to rest, but went to the study to copy and sort out what he had learned today. Although there are medical books these days, he expressed painstaking efforts for ancient books without punctuation marks and sections, and was afraid of misreading them. If the meaning is wrong about the properties of the medicine, just write down the notes according to your own writing style.Over the past few months, he also copied several notebooks.

After finishing writing the notebook by the dim light of the candle, he put the notebook back on the bookshelf, and saw the wooden box containing the portraits out of the corner of his eye, he paused for a moment, and reached out to take it over.

Gently brushing the dust on the top, he opened the box with nostalgia in his eyes, seeing the portraits inside, his eyes turned red involuntarily.

He didn't know whether it was good luck or bad luck that he came to this era. He had lost the most important person there, but he met another living "he" here, but what accompanied this joy was, He can only look at it like this, this man does not belong to him.

For Gu Zhongyan, his feelings are contradictory.

Rationally, he wants to drive people away from his sight, so that he can calmly face the cruel fact that the other party does not belong to him.He didn't want to see the other party with other women in the future, it would give him the illusion that Meng Chaoyin abandoned him to marry a wife and have children, so he wanted to stay away from Gu Zhongyan.

But emotionally, he was reluctant to see the face he had been thinking about day and night again. He was as hungry and greedy as a plant waiting for dew in the desert. He wanted to see more and leave more memories, so at that time He lost his mind for a while and gave a three-month agreement.

One month has already passed without knowing it, and three months will pass soon, and Gu Zhongyan has no other persuasion actions, but when he is at home every day, those meticulous care...

Thinking of this, Tang Tan raised a smile that he didn't know whether it was sweet or bitter.

In his previous life, he was planted in Meng Chaoyin's hands in this way. Should it be said that the methods used by people in the two different worlds are similar?

"Yin...I miss you..." Tang Tan caressed the characters on the paper with his fingertips, murmured his thoughts, and felt his nose ache.

He missed the man who would hug him and sit on the sofa in winter, feeding him fruit mouth by mouth, and the man who would walk behind his back when he sprained his ankle, not caring about other people's eyes.

No matter how polite and considerate Gu Zhongyan was to him, it was all based on the identity of his body, rather than liking him and loving him. That is actually a different kind of gentleness, which is addictive and frightening, but even Knowing this, I still can't help myself from worrying about gains and losses.

Whenever he missed, he would complain to God, why he didn't give him a happy, but tortured him so that he could see it but couldn't touch it.

Although at first he thought that it would be great if he could miss someone with the same appearance, but it really came true, and the tossing and turning was really hard.

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door panel, and he hurriedly stuffed the portraits back into the box, and then heard that familiar and warm voice.

"Master Tan? Are you inside?"

Tang Tan asked Gu Zhongyan to call Tang Tan like this. The reason is very simple. One is because he is Tang Tan in the first place, let alone calling him Tang Fu would make him feel awkward. Knowing that he was calling himself, he must have not responded to his calling, so it would be better to ask him to call him Tang Tan directly, which would not sound so harsh.

"Come in!" Tang Tan closed the lid, wiped away the tears that were too late to fall from his eyes, and responded with a suppressed voice.

Gu Zhongyan, who pushed the door and came in, frowned slightly when he heard Tang Tan's voice outside, and when he saw his slightly red pupils, he couldn't help but pause, his eyes turned slightly, and he saw The hastily closed wooden box still exposed a rough corner of white paper that hadn't been tidied up.

Let Wei Si observe him for such a long time, how could Gu Zhongyan not know what was on his hair, and seeing Tang Tan showing a fragile appearance because of that portrait at this time, he couldn't tell the subtlety in his heart.

He always feels that he and the current young master are like each other in a mirror. He is looking for the shadow of the young master's past in the young master, but the young master who has lost his memory is also looking for the shadow of an old friend in himself. It feels very strange .

"Is there something wrong, Mr. Gu?" Tang Tan forced a smile, and Gu Zhongyan found that although he seemed to be looking at him, his eyes were lowered to the side, not daring to look at him, as if he only wanted to look at him With just one glance, he will collapse from the strength he had propped up.

"It's getting colder and colder these days, and I'm worried that the wounds that the young master did rough work during the day will leave the roots of the disease. After a while, Hangzhou Luoxue is afraid that frostbite will be even more inappropriate, so I specially took some prepared in the shop. Bring the ointment and let the young master rub it on." Gu Zhongyan approached Tang Tan holding a pocket porcelain bottle with blue flowers on a white background.

...So, he felt that this ancient master was not a servant at all!Looking at Gu Zhongyan's words and deeds that are consistent, even before the master responds, he is not expected to be a servant. If a normal servant is so out of line, he would have been slapped or dragged down for a few big slaps. Bar?

"No need, why should a big man be so delicate? Don't the soldiers on the battlefield also have wounds on their hands? Wouldn't it be said that you want a pair of white and tender hands like a woman?" Tang Tan shook his head and declined.

But Gu Zhongyan insisted on ignoring his refusal, grabbed his hand and applied some ointment on his palm, and then massaged him carefully, so that the medicinal and moisturizing oil could penetrate.

Tang Tan was taken aback by his action, and reflexively wanted to withdraw his hand, but Gu Zhongyan held it tightly and rubbed it stubbornly, making Tang Tan blushed and his ears felt hot.

If someone else rubs the medicine on him like this, he can still maintain some rationality and calm himself down, but the person in front of him rubs the medicine on him so gently... How can he be calm?

But he doesn't act like a girl shyly saying that this is not suitable for etiquette. Wouldn't such pretentious words refute what he just said, and it's thunderous.

He was sure that even if he said he would do it by himself, this man would definitely turn a deaf ear to it and do what he thought was good for him on his own, so he could only pray that this old man would clean up quickly and let him go quickly, and don't let him He was uncomfortable.

It's just that the more he prayed for the end sooner, the more Tang Tan couldn't restrain himself from realizing that there was a layer of rough calluses between the palms and fingertips of the hands that applied the medicine for him. Every time he stroked his palm, he felt a burst of pain in his heart. Itching drilled through.

Tang Tan, you have no integrity, don't waver like this!He couldn't help shouting in his heart.

When Gu Zhongyan applied medicine to his hands that were covered with calluses and wounds like his own, he still felt that indescribable distress in his heart.This person is very afraid of pain. When he was young, he even got scratched by a tree branch, and a small wound could make him cry, but now... look at the marks left by the blisters...

"Okay! Alright, old man?"

An uncomfortable voice sounded, Gu Zhongyan looked up at him, and was surprised to find that his handsome face seemed to be flushed, he was a little unsure if it was because of the fire, or...

"In a few days, it will be winter, young master, prepare some warm clothes for you, young master? I see that you are short of clothes in your closet, young master." Looking at the rosy face, Gu Zhongyan felt that there seemed to be something in his heart. Something is touched.

"Don't take a fox fur cloak, a thick jacket is enough." Tang Tan felt that even if Gu Zhongyan brought that kind of clothes, he would not be able to wear them out, and it would be a waste to put them in the closet to breed insects. Thinking about it Not enough, added another sentence.

"It's fine to wear warm clothes, not too expensive and extravagant... It's also troublesome if it gets dirty or torn."

After all, it was impossible for him to go out wearing the kind of clothes that only rich people could afford. Who has ever seen a thug dressed luxuriously?

"I got it." Looking at Tang Tan's expression, Gu Zhongyan didn't mind him, but turned his head to think about how to use those good materials to make ordinary clothes, which don't look delicate but can make people feel comfortable My young master is comfortable.

Hearing that he called himself young again, Tang Tan felt that it was strange no matter how he heard it. After all, he was not from this era, and he was uncomfortable no matter how he heard such a humble appellation.

"Gu Ye... can you stop calling yourself 'little one'? No matter how you listen to it, you feel very uncomfortable..." Tang Tan couldn't help but said after hesitating for a while, but he didn't know if Gu Zhongyan would listen. Zhong Yanhui has a strong and slavish nature in some strange points, which makes him a headache.

Gu Zhongyan looked up at his slightly troubled expression, a trace of surprise and a smile flashed in his eyes.

"The young master has to change it first and don't call the little 'Gu Ye' anymore. It's not the master's way to call a servant like this." Gu Zhongyan also reminded his young master that he still couldn't change the title after correcting it for a month, from the bottom of his heart Somewhat helpless.

It would be no wonder if those caring people heard that a master called a servant a master instead, it wouldn't be a big mess. That's why he kept using this modest title to remind Tang Tan of their differences in status.

Hearing Gu Zhongyan this time, Tang Tan also showed a somewhat embarrassed smile. He had no choice but to be indoctrinated with a bunch of deeds of this ancient master before meeting Gu Zhongyan. He thought it would be better to say It's a nickname, and it's hard to change it once you get used to it.

But what Gu Zhongyan said is right, although he himself doesn't like the etiquette of master and servant, but what can be done?Who said that the law of this era is like this, the etiquette and dogma of the distinction between superiority and inferiority is like the Mariana Trench, and it can't be filled. Even if he is dissatisfied, he can't help it.

"...Even if it's Lord Marquis, the sons of princes and nobles are just one person's high-level slaves." Tang Tan twitched his lips helplessly, not without irony for the thousands of years of imperial rule.

Gu Zhongyan was surprised that he would say such words, and his expression froze immediately.

"Young master, you can't say such words indiscriminately." Gu Zhongyan reminded in a low voice, he doesn't mind saying this in front of him, but if someone listens to it...it will be a serious crime to punish the nine clans.

"...I know, anyway, don't talk about 'little ones' in the future, you are not younger than me...then I will call your name in the house from now on." But he said so, this man Whether it can be changed is also a question, he can only hope that Gu Zhongyan will not be so stubborn.

Hearing Tang Tan's self-willedness when he said this, coupled with his seemingly calm but slightly blushing face, Gu Zhongyan wanted to laugh for some reason, but was glared at by Tang Tan's eyes that had been downcast all the time, while talking When he said "what are you laughing at?", he realized that he was really chuckling, which surprised him.

And when he looked at Tang Tan's expression, he suddenly thought of the word "beautiful eyes like silk", and he suddenly felt a little jealous that King Xiang, who once owned his young master, and that...a man with the same appearance as himself came.

Have they...have seen such a young master before?

Gu Zhongyan's expression was slightly trembling. At this time, he also found that he had a little daydream about Tang Tan. He felt that it was ridiculous. It had never happened in the past, but... it seemed that something had changed since that moment by the riverside.

"...Young master, are you still unwilling to go back to the house?" Gu Zhongyan knew that Tang Tan didn't like to hear this, and he didn't want to hear it, but he never mentioned it in the past month. I dare to ask when I am better than usual.

"Going back... so what? At this time, I have enough food and clothing. Although I am just a helper, I am free. Those riches and honors are like a cage for me. If I want to get them, I have to pay a lifetime price." , Tang Tan shook his head. "Those are not enough to constitute the price and reason I am willing to sacrifice for it."

The cost and the... reason?

What would the young master care about and affect him... Gu Zhongyan let go of his hand, and the corner of his eyes slid across the wooden box by the table, feeling a faint movement in his heart.