Chapter 94 A Handsome Man and a Beautiful Woman
Rowing in the green valley with clear water, the breeze is blowing and the birds are singing.
The valleys on both sides are filled with a sea of pink, white and bright red peach blossoms, which is breathtakingly beautiful.
Nan Lijun and Huo Gannian were on the same boat. They were drinking tea and talking on the deck, surrounded by dozens of the princess's guards and Huo Gang's guards.
Looking at the impenetrable wall of guards, Nan Lijun felt a little annoyed and complained:
"I only saw heads and smelled the stench of sweat, but didn't see a single peach blossom or breeze. How about you?"
Huo Gannian didn't even raise his eyelids, concentrating on skimming the tea foam from the cup, and said lightly:
"I've been doing this for years, I'm used to it. Princess, your legs are not broken. I suggest you walk to the side of the boat and enjoy the scenery."
Nan Lijun laughed dryly. Seeing so many guards and servants present, she kept smiling but squeezed out a word from between her teeth:
"Huo Gannian, be nice to me! Otherwise, I will send Xiao Yunchen to the Xuanjia Army and you won't be able to see him anymore!"
"Then I'll kill the woad." He took a sip of tea and continued leisurely:
"And Zhuang Ji, Lin Zhi, Bai Keqing. I've killed all the female officials who were most trusted by you."
Nan Lijun sneered, "Are you tired of living? Are you provoking me?"
Huo Gannian pretended to say "I dare not" and then said with a fake smile: "Aren't you going to touch Yun Chen? If you don't let me live, then no one else will live."
"Tsk tsk..." Nan Lijun rolled his eyes. "Alright, alright, alright. I know you love Guard Xiaoyun, but I'm afraid your wife will be jealous in the future."
Seeing that Huo Gannian did not respond, Nan Lijun rolled his eyes slightly, put on a very bright smile, and said:
"I have a suggestion—"
"You'd better not suggest it." Huo Gannian interrupted Nan Lijun rudely, "The last time you suggested it, I was almost roasted into a human jerky. Do you remember?"
"Haha..." Nan Lijun laughed awkwardly, and could only lower his posture even more. "Let's take a small boat and follow the big ship. That way, no one will block our view, and it will be safer. What do you think?"
Huo Gannian looked at Nan Lijun with an expression that said, "I see you're really bored," and said helplessly:
"You're the princess, so naturally you have the final say. I'm in a wheelchair anyway."
"Hehe..." Nan Lijun hurriedly ordered the guards to launch a small boat into the water, and asked the guards of the Huo Gang to lift Huo Gannian onto the boat. He did not forget to make a "ferocious" gesture of strangling Huo Gannian's neck from behind.
At this moment, Huo Gannian turned around and saw Nan Lijun's ferocious look.
The latter quickly withdrew his hand, touched his hair, and pretended nothing had happened.
This cute and naive look made the guards and escorts laugh secretly, and Buyan even smiled shyly.
After Huo Gannian got on the boat, Nan Lijun also walked towards the boat.
As she was walking, she suddenly stopped and said weakly:
"No, I have a bit of heatstroke. Songlan, please go and accompany Young Master Huo on the boat ride for me."
Everyone looked like they knew what was going on.
Song Lan said obediently, "Princess, don't worry. I will take good care of Young Master Huo." Then she lifted her skirt and stepped onto the boat.
Huo Gannian glanced at Song Lan coldly and closed his eyes to rest.
Although Ye Yan felt something was not right, he saw that there was a rope tied between the small boat and the big boat, which seemed stable. If something really happened, he could get on the small boat with just two steps of light skills.
In addition, the princess clearly wanted Song Lan and Huo Gannian to be alone, so Ye Yan did not dare to complain.
The small boat was pulled by a large ship. Huo Gannian sat under the canopy in the middle of the boat, and Song Lan sat beside him, holding an exquisitely crafted flower umbrella.
Nan Lijun looked at it from afar from the big ship and couldn't help but sigh:
"The handsome man and beautiful woman, they are like a picture scroll!"
The female official Zhuang Ji beside her laughed and said:
"This is all thanks to you, Princess. Sister Songlan is so lucky."
"Alas, if Huo Gannian hadn't been disabled and I hadn't wanted to let Song Lan down, I would have arranged for them to get married long ago. Now that Song Lan feels comfortable with it, it's the best possible outcome."
"I just don't know what Young Master Huo thinks."
Nan Lijun subconsciously raised her voice and asked, "What does Huo Gannian think? He must be happy! Song Lan is both outstanding in appearance and family background. She is my trusted female official like you. Huo Gannian should be secretly happy to marry such a virtuous wife!"
Zhuang Ji lowered her eyes and smiled, "Princess, you are absolutely right."
The two boats moved one in front and one behind, gradually reaching the middle of the valley.
The towering mountain walls on both sides blocked out the bright sun.
On the boat, Songlan could finally put down her umbrella and gently move her sore wrists.
Seeing Huo Gannian sitting in the shade of the tent, propping up his head and closing his eyes to rest, Song Lan couldn't help but say in a reproachful tone:
"You really have no mercy on women. You let me stay in the sun for so long that my wrist hurts from holding the umbrella."
Huo Gannian didn't move at all, not even saying "hmm".
Song Lan fiddled with her flower umbrella. "It'll take at least an hour to get out of the valley. What? Are you planning on not talking to me?"
Huo Gannian remained motionless.
Song Lan deliberately said, "Ah! Is Young Master Huo so shameless? Is he shy or afraid of me? So he doesn't dare to talk to me?"
Huo Gannian reacted now. He didn't move, but said in a bad tone:
"I'm so scared. After all, I rarely see people like you."
Song Lan tactfully did not ask further questions. She stretched out her jade fingers, picked up a piece of dessert on the small table, and handed it to Huo Gannian:
"Well, people like me, no matter what, know how to take care of others. Since your guards and servants are not here, I will take over."
Huo Gannian opened his eyes and looked coldly at the sweet dragon beard pastry, then the newly dyed woad nails in black, and the seven or eight intricate and bright bracelets of different thicknesses.
Looking up from her light gauze dress, her face was carefully made up, and the gorgeous pearl hairpin made her look radiant and bright.
For some reason, facing this vivid and beautiful woman, this real and tender jade, Huo Gannian felt his heart as dead and dull.
He suddenly missed that tall and sleek figure, the long ponytail with a slightly raised arc, and the Kirin-style waistband that could be held in one hand.
He never thought that one day he would completely lose interest in women and even find it tiring to admire them.
But if you say that he was "turned" into "Long Yang" because of Yun Chen, he can't have the slightest idea of getting close to any man other than Yun Chen.
He once wanted to try his hand on Hua Jue, but just with that thought, as soon as his fingers touched Hua Jue's shoulder, he felt nauseous in his stomach.
Later, when he had no choice but to flip through the picture album, he frowned deeper than a Shar-Pei dog when he saw the pictures of two naked men pressed against each other. He simply couldn't bear to look at it.
At this moment, looking at the beautiful Song Lan, he wished that it was Yun Chen who appeared in front of him.
If I could be alone on a boat with Yun Chen, sailing through the green mountains and clear waters...
Although Huo Gannian was silent, one could tell from his eyes that he was thinking many unspeakable things.
A blush appeared on Song Lan's face. She put the dragon beard pastry aside, took out a handkerchief, and wiped her fingers carefully and gently.
"Huo Gannian, be serious. Although I like you, I won't allow you to take advantage of me. If you are a gentleman, go and ask my father for marriage with three letters and six betrothal gifts."
"Propose marriage?" Huo Gannian repeated these two words. He thought to himself, yes, he and Yun Chen were about to take the final step, so what about after that?
Change the government rules, build a golden house, propose marriage, sing and dance with the clouds every night...
After the Yu family's affairs are over, he will plan everything out and promise a future with Yun Chen.
Thinking of this, Huo Gannian felt that he could not delay his work by sightseeing any longer, so he immediately changed the subject and asked Song Lan:
"How's the Yu family's armory? Is it almost done?"
Songlan was caught off guard by this sudden turn, and after a moment's reaction, he said:
"It's almost done. Now all we need is for Huo Gang to come up with a trigger. What, did you suddenly have an idea?"
Huo Gannian quickly calculated in his mind, and Song Lan also looked at him intently.
Neither of them noticed that the large ship in front of them hit a reef, causing the ship to shake violently. Nan Lijun exclaimed, attracting the attention of all the guards and escorts.
Before Ye Yan and Hua Jue rushed over to find the sound, they glanced at the small boat and saw that it was stable and Huo Gannian and Song Lan were talking together, so they didn't think much of it and didn't notice that the hook of the rope connecting the big ship and the small boat had just been shaken off.
The rope of the boat fell limply into the water, and in a gap where no one noticed, it slowly extended into a rapid.
The rope instantly tightened, pulling the boat in a sudden change of direction, causing it to sway and sway as it swam rapidly towards the fork in the valley.
Songlan suddenly fell to the ground and screamed in fright.
Ye Yan and others hurriedly turned around to look, only to see that the boat had drifted more than ten feet away.
“Save the young master!!”
"Save Indigo!!"
Ye Yan, Hua Jue, Buyan and Xun Jian, as well as four or five other guards who were good at swimming, jumped into the water almost at the same time, but unexpectedly jumped into the confluence of several rapids and undercurrents.
Several people were swept into different rapids, their bodies completely out of control, and they drifted away quickly in different directions.
Seeing that they failed to rescue Huo Gannian and Song Lan, and several Huo Gang guards and servants were defeated again, Nan Lijun was horrified and asked anxiously:
"Is there anyone else who can swim?! Hurry up and save them! Those who can swim, go!"
The guards and escorts looked at each other in confusion, and no one dared to answer.
Finally, someone whispered:
"Yun Chen...is very good at water."
Nan Lijun urgently ordered:
"Call Yun Chen quickly!"
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