"Manor?" Bao Ning looked at him in surprise, "Where did you get so much money?"

"In the past few months, I have been doing some small business." Ji Yan frowned, trying to find the right words to express herself, and simply stopped talking, "Sister, don't worry, they are all legitimate small transactions, there is nothing that can't be done."

Bao Ning still found it unbelievable: "How old are you? How much money have you made to buy a manor?"

"I am working with my second brother-in-law. He pays and I work hard to encourage some business on the land deeds." Ji Yan refused to say more and fooled her, "Sister, ambition is not limited by age."

The second brother-in-law is the illegitimate son of Chongyuan Marquis's Mansion, named Jia Xian, Baoning had met him once before. He was a very cultured and elegant man. After hearing Ji Yan's explanation, she felt it was much more reasonable. Although she still had doubts, she didn't ask too many questions. Ji Yan was a man with his own opinions. Besides, he should be trained slowly.

"Just one rule, you are not allowed to gamble or get involved with those women who play girls. Also, you are not allowed to commit corruption, break the law, or hurt people's lives." Baoning threatened him, "If you don't, tell your aunt to break your legs!" Ji

Yan understood what women who play girls meant. A place like Yingchun Building. Baoning was embarrassed to say it, so he used this word to cover it up.

Ji Yan agreed with a smile, staring at Baoning's expression with some inquiry. He thought to himself, maybe his sister doesn't know about the business that Pei Yuan did when he was young?

After being with Jia Xian for a long time, Ji Lin heard a lot of unofficial history of the royal family and nobles, and had heard about Pei Yuan's past. Let's not talk about his temperament, he is notorious and known to everyone. He is strong in martial arts, and has fought on the battlefield for many years with the generals of the Protectorate, and has some military exploits. In addition, Pei Yuan is very rich.

Ji Lin didn't know why Pei Yuan had fallen into such a state when he first met him, but according to what he knew, Pei Yuan's wealth was far more than that.

He was stationed in the northern border all year round, and occasionally returned to Beijing. He liked to have fun, and seemed to be very good at doing those shady businesses. He had been involved in all the things that Baoning hated, and he even did some of them very well.

Just from the tone of voice, his silly sister seemed to be unaware of this.

Ji Ran stroked the handle of the teacup with his fingers, lowered his eyes for a moment, and looked at Bao Ning again.

She was indeed heartless. She no longer mentioned the matter of his money. She was looking at the river bank with her chin in her hand, watching a few children running and flying kites. There were several pleasure boats in the river. She was in the mood and invited Ji Ran to go and see the scenery together later.

"Brother-in-law will be unhappy." Ji Yan shook her head, "I just came to see you and give you the land deed. I feel relieved to see that you are doing well. I will leave soon."

"Just stay for a while." Bao Ning was a little disappointed. She turned her head to look for Pei Yuan, but couldn't find him. She turned to look at Ji Yan, "Don't you even want to eat?"

"No." Ji Yan pursed her lips, hesitated, and finally spoke, "Sister, I hope you can live a happier life."

Bao Ning smiled, "Of course I know, I am doing well now."

"But you must be on guard against others." Ji Yan said seriously, "Don't be so stupid all the time, believe everyone, leave yourself a way out, some people can only be seen from the outside."

Bao Ning was a little confused.

Ji Yan realized that she had said something too harsh, so she stopped talking about it. He exhaled lightly, took out a paper envelope from his sleeve, slid it across the table and handed it to Baoning: "The above is the location of the manor, remember it. There are always servants inside, if you want to relax, just go."

Baoning looked at the envelope in his hand from left to right, and was very happy. He glanced at Ji Yan and said with a smile: "My brother has grown up and has a promising future."

"Look at you, are you stupid?" Ji Yan chuckled, Baoning glared at him, and asked him about Xu's recent situation. Hearing that she was fine, he felt relieved.

It's just that there has been some chaos in the Duke's Mansion recently. Tao is about to get married, and Ji Jiaying is also going to get married.

She is the prince's concubine, although she is a concubine, but she is also noble. The most important thing is that the national teacher has calculated that Ji Jiaying and Pei Xiao's horoscopes are very compatible, which is also beneficial to the country's fortune. The emperor was very happy and granted the grace of a grand banquet, saying that many distinguished guests would be invited to the dinner, and the women of the Ji family would also attend.

The brother and sister reunited and talked a lot. After talking for a quarter of an hour, there was still no sign of Pei Yuan. He would not come back.

Ji Yan stood up and said with a smile, "Sister, I'm leaving first. If I stay any longer, even if it's dark, my brother-in-law won't come back." Bao

Ning suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. Ji Yan patted her shoulder to comfort her, hugged her again, turned around and left.

Bao Ning looked at Ji Yan's back from a distance. He was still a little thin, not as strong as Pei Yuan, but his back was upright and had the heroic spirit of a young man. Seeing him turn around and dive into the crowd, Bao Ning was reluctant to lower her head when she could no longer see him. Her eyes were a little wet.

"He's gone?" Pei Yuan came back at some point and sat beside her. Seeing her red eyes, he frowned and reached out to wipe her tears. "You were so happy just now, but now you're crying again." "

What do you know? He's my brother. I just miss him. What's wrong?" Bao Ning pushed his hand away, deliberately trying to anger him.

Pei Yuan's face really darkened. He didn't like Bao Ning to share her heart with others, especially with a man. Not with her brother, not with her father.

"What were you doing just now? It took you so long to go to the bathroom." Bao Ning looked into his eyes. She noticed Pei Yuan's mood, but did not intend to coax him. She continued to ask, a little aggressively, "Are you deliberately avoiding us?"

Pei Yuan turned his eyes away: "No."

Bao Ning felt aggrieved and her tone of voice was not very good: "Pei Yuan, I think there is something wrong with your attitude towards my family."

"Okay, Ningning." Pei Yuan was the first to give in. He pinched Bao Ning's neck like coaxing a cat, "I know you care about your family. In a few days, I'll buy some gifts and take you to visit your aunt, okay?"

Bao Ning did not intend to stalemate with him over this. She thought to herself, maybe Pei Yuan lost his mother when he was young, and he was away from home for many years, so he even lacked the love of his father. He also had such a scheming brother, so it was understandable that he had a weak sense of family ties and did not take his family seriously. These were not things she could correct in a short time, so she could only do it slowly.

Pei Yuan saw that her face was a little relieved, and he took out a string of oil paper packages from his sleeve and teased her: "Look, what did I buy for you?"

Bao Ning took it and opened it. It was a string of big, shiny red sugar-coated haws, sprinkled with white sesame seeds, exuding a sour and sweet taste.

"You're still kind-hearted." Bao Ning bit his mouth in anger, stood up and walked out, "How is your confession prepared?"

"I have it in mind." Pei Yuan held Bao Ning. He learned to play the role of pity, knowing that Bao Ning was most concerned about his legs, and used this to gain sympathy, "My legs hurt, go slowly, wait for me."

Bao Ning's heart shrank, and she hurriedly looked at Pei Yuan. Seeing his painful expression, she hurried to help him: "Does it hurt a lot? How about we go back now?"

"It's nothing serious, just this confession..." Pei Yuan glanced at her. Bao Ning caught the calculation in his eyes, and after a little thought, she realized that Pei Yuan was deceiving her.

"You are so childish, joking about such a thing!" Baoning angrily pushed him away, bit a piece of candied haws into her mouth, chewing the candy skin in her mouth with a crunching sound, "I won't believe you anymore."

"No, I'll read it to you, isn't it okay to read it to you?" Pei Yuan coaxed her, his arm across Baoning's chest, his nose rubbing against her neck, "I'll read it to you now."

This action was too intimate, and many passers-by looked over and whispered to them.

Baoning was embarrassed and angry, and stepped on him. Pei Yuan changed his posture and pulled her wrist. They really found a remote place with few people, which was a broken bridge.

There were stone piers on both sides of the bridge, and a ship was docked not far away, with the sails hoisted high, as if preparing to travel far.

Pei Yuan asked Bao Ning to sit on a stone pier. He put his hands behind his back and turned around in front of her. He looked very embarrassed and his face turned black. After a long while, he managed to utter the first sentence: "My name is Pei Yuan."

Bao Ning smiled.

"I solemnly apologize to Ji Bao Ning for my impulsive words and deeds that day." Pei Yuan turned around several times again and couldn't say the next sentence.

Bao Ning ate up the candied haws, holding a long stick in her hand, and looked at him with a smile: "Then what?"

"This will never happen again in the future. Otherwise..." Bao Ning waited for his next sentence. Pei Yuan gritted his teeth and said cruelly, "I will imitate the dog's barking three times!"

Bao Ning said: "Fifty words in total, you still owe me four hundred and fifty."

Pei Yuan was stunned.

The wind blew over, and a leaf fell on his shoulder. Bao Ning stood up and picked it up for him. She put the leaf in her palm, puffed her cheeks and blew a breath, watching the leaf fall into the water.

She had had enough fun, looked at Pei Yuan, and saw that he was still standing there in a daze. She hugged her chest and said, "We agreed on 500 words, not a single one less."

"Don't force me." Pei Yuan narrowed his eyes.

"Then I'll say it, you count it." He pressed Bao Ning's shoulders with both hands, took a breath, almost like a roar, "I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

Bao Ning was completely confused.

...

"Your Highness, what do you think the Fourth Prince and his wife are talking about?"

Chang An, the eunuch standing in front of Pei Xiao, followed his gaze towards the broken bridge. There was a pair of figures standing together in an intimate posture, as if they were arguing.

Pei Xiao put his fist to his lips and coughed twice: "I don't know."

"They seem to have a good relationship." Chang An sighed a little. He remembered something and sighed, "If I had known this earlier, I should have killed him ruthlessly when I was in the villa outside the capital. Who would have thought that after being poisoned like that, he could still stand up, and now he seems to be no different from a good person."

"Don't worry, he will die soon." Pei Xiao's expression gradually turned cold. "You guessed wrong. The reason I didn't kill him at first was not because I couldn't bear to do it, but because some time ago, Wei Meng of the Wolf Army was in the capital. Pei Yuan still has a beacon in his hand. If he is touched rashly, the beacon will rise, Wei Meng will know, and it may cause a backlash."

Chang An thought for a while and asked, "What is beacon?"

Pei Xiao said, "It's a way of communicating within the Wolf Army, a kind of signal smoke. The smoke will not dissipate for a long time after it rises, so that all nearby troops can be entangled in times of danger. The color of their smoke is different from others, it is yellow."

Chang An suddenly realized. He shook his head: "I heard that Wei Meng was originally a bandit leader in the Qilian Mountains. How come he suddenly joined the army and got together with the fourth prince?"

"Birds of a feather flock together." Pei Xiao lowered his eyes and sipped his tea. "Crazy people also like to make friends with crazy people."

He didn't say anything else, just focused on drinking tea. After a long time, he raised his head. The two figures over there had disappeared. Pei Xiao's eyes were fixed on the stone pier where Bao Ning had stayed.

Pei Xiao suddenly remembered the look of Bao Ning when she blew leaves into the water. Her eyebrows were very smart, cute, and she felt very relaxed and happy. It was the kind of relaxation he had never experienced before.