They say it's sick

Chapter 11

Because of Li Gui, Li Yan hardly drank alcohol in the past, so he didn't know how enjoyable a drink is, and how painful a hangover is.

Throughout the whole night, he struggled in a state of half-dream and half-awake, and gradually fell into a deep sleep until it was slightly bright. After a while, he woke up from the heavy knocking on the door again, sat up groggyly, and immediately felt a wave of pain. With dry mouth and dizziness, I got up and poured a glass of cold water to drink, and then I got better.

After simply eating a few bites of breakfast, and climbing into the carriage under the urging of Li Liang's cold face, the feeling of dizziness has not completely dissipated. He saw a somewhat familiar figure coming out of Hou Mansion.

"Mr. Li..." Chen Jin ignored Li Liang who was standing at the gate of the mansion talking to the steward before he got on his horse, and went straight to the carriage, "There are so many trivial things in the mansion recently, and I haven't taken care of them well. I hope you can forgive me."

Li Yan rubbed his forehead and pulled himself together: "I'm not used to being so polite early in the morning."

"Basic etiquette, don't take it to heart..." Chen Jin seemed to want to say something, but he changed his mind after glancing at Li Yan's face, lifted the baggage that he had been carrying all along, and passed it along the window. Go in, "Here's to you..."

Li Yan took the bag, opened it and took a look, and found that it was a white fox fur.

"He..." After a moment of astonishment, Li Yan raised his eyes and looked at Yunfu from afar, "Young master Yun is better?"

Chen Jin snorted softly: "Then I would like to thank you for drinking with our young master last night. I fell into a coma and haven't woken up until now, and I haven't even hurt my wound."

"I'll take the things, thank him for me..." Li Yan didn't know what he thought of, smiled lightly, stroked the fox fur unconsciously, looked up at Li Liang who was already on the horse not far away, and looked away. He waved his hand, "Let's go!"

Chen Jin took a step back, watched as the curtains were lowered, the carriage started staggeringly, and slowly moved away in the morning light.

Probably because Li Liang was delayed for two more days in the Hou's Mansion, Li Liang was obviously more urgent. It took nearly two days to come, but he managed to save half of the time on the return trip, and rushed back to Pingzhou before the curfew that night.

Li's residence was still immersed in the festive atmosphere of the New Year's Eve, and the servants were busy.The so-called eldest son's return to the mansion did not cause any impact, only the steward brought some people to send some food and clothing, and passed on Li Xuan's instructions by the way - to ask Li Yan to clean up and leave for the capital early the next morning.

Why did he go to the capital, and what to do when he went there, he didn't mention a word.

Maybe Li Xuan knew that Li Yan knew about it long ago, or maybe it didn't matter to him whether Li Yan knew about it or not.

As for why Li Xuan didn't show up, it is said that Mrs. Ru, who is being favored, is about to give birth. In the past few days, Li Xuan has been with him except for one trip to the army. When Mrs. Li's natal family was gaining power.

Li Yan was not surprised by Li Xuan's decision at all, after all, this man was willing to admit that he had returned to Li's residence for that purpose.

If it wasn't delayed by Yun's funeral, he should have been sent out the second day after he entered Li's residence.

There was nothing to pack in his luggage. When he came out of the village, he only brought a small bag, not even a change of clothes, only a few dry steamed buns and the short knife that had been with him for more than ten years.

Now there is an extra piece of fox fur.

Li Yan turned his head and glanced at the bed.

The style of the fox fur was similar to that worn by Yun Zhi in the past, the fur was soft and of high quality, even an ignorant person like Li Yan could tell that it was a hard-to-find good thing.

If it was in the past, he would not accept other people's things for no reason, especially this kind of seemingly expensive ones.After all, there is no such thing as a good thing in the world, and sooner or later there will be a price to pay.

When he opened the bag this morning and saw this fox fur, he chose to accept it in a daze.

Probably thinking, anyway, the mountain is high and the road is far away, and we will never see each other again.

Li Yan shook his drowsy head, dispelled the messy thoughts in his mind, carefully folded the fox fur, put it together with the dagger into the bag, and placed it beside his pillow.

After seventeen years of ups and downs in the world, I have only accumulated so much family wealth.

Li Yan laughed at himself twice, and took off his robe casually.

Because of the hangover, he didn't fall asleep much during the journey, and he became more and more tired after the bumpy ride, and he just wanted to have a good sleep right now.

But after he washed his face indiscriminately, he was just lying on the bed, and before he had time to blow out the candle, there was a knock on the door.

A strange boy's voice came in: "Brother, can I come in?"

brother?

Li Yan looked at the figure of the young man reflected on the door and laughed silently: "This is the Li Mansion, Mr. Li can enter wherever he wants, why are you so polite?"

The young man outside the door seemed to hesitate for a moment, but finally pushed open the door: "Excuse me..."

"It's really disturbing..." Li Yan sat up, pulled off the quilt on the bed and draped it over his shoulders, covering himself completely, with only a pale face showing, "What's your order?"

Li Shao probably didn't expect to see such a scene when he opened the door, so he stared at Li Yan for a long time.

Before the door could be closed, the cold wind blew into the room, and Li Yan on the bed couldn't help but sneezed.

Li Shao glanced at the extinguished charcoal basin, frowned, and closed the door with his hands back: "I've wanted to come here since you entered the mansion, but my mother didn't agree."

"Of course madam won't agree, if I don't want my precious son to meet with a scoundrel who can't stand on stage..." Li Yan tilted his head, "So Mr. Li should go back quickly, don't be implicated by madam's discovery I."

Li Shao has grown so old that he has almost never heard anyone speak like this. He frowned and looked at Li Yan for a long time, but finally he didn't turn around. Just came back."

Li Yan stared at him for a while, then smiled: "You don't have to be so sentimental, your mother sent me the letter for you, and I came back for myself."

"What are you doing is your business..." Li Shaodao, "The holy decree is for father to send his sons to the capital to be appointed officials. It seems to be grace, but everyone knows that it is even more coercion. You go to the capital for me to risk your life. Is the truth."

Li Yan laughed when he heard this: "Then why don't you go and tell your father that you don't want me to take risks for you and decide to go to the capital by yourself?"

"I... I know I'm a bit cheap and good-looking when I come here now, no matter what you think, I just want to thank you." Li Shao took a deep breath, "I don't know about the past, but since Dad recognized you and returned to the Li family , and entered the genealogy, you are my real brother."

Brother?

Li Yan laughed: "Okay, you have the final say."

After finishing speaking, he yawned lazily, half leaned on the side of the bed and looked at the boy in front of him.

Although they are brothers in name, from facial features to body shape, the two of them really have nothing alike.

Li Shao has a pair of round eyes exactly like his mother's, but if you cover these eyes, you can see that the outline of the lower half of his face is almost exactly the same as Li Xuan's.

I don't know if it's because of following Li Xuan or because of his daily martial arts practice, but he is still young and his stature hasn't fully grown yet, but he already has a somewhat strong foundation.

As for Li Yan, not to mention that he almost completely followed his mother's face. Although he was tall enough, he was very thin. In addition to his pale complexion caused by years of frailty and illness, there was no trace of Li Xuan in his body.

No matter how close he is, he is a cheap brother after all.

"Brother..." Li Yan rubbed his eyes and raised his chin slightly, "I've been sitting down for a while, I've finished what I need to say, I have received your thank you, is there anything else?"

He obviously changed his address, but people didn't feel friendly, instead he seemed even more eccentric.

Li Shao was speechless for a while, and looked at Li Yan with a sullen face for a long time, and finally sighed: "I don't know much about the situation in the capital, so I can't help much. But I just want a bargaining chip to come to the Holy One. So as long as you live in peace, there should be no danger.

And when you get there, if you need anything, you can send me a letter. Although I am far away, I promise I will do my best! "

"That's really thankful for my brother's care..." Li Yan raised his eyes slightly, and pointed at the door, "I'm going to bed, so I don't want to see you off."

"you……"

Seeing that the other party was really sleepy, remembering that this person had been driving for a day, and he had to leave early tomorrow morning and really needed to rest early, Li Shao had no choice but to get up, and when he walked to the door, he suddenly stopped, turned his head and gave Li Yan a deep bow :"I am leaving……"

The door opened and closed, leaving only the cold night air.

Li Yan stared at the direction of the door for a while, then shook his head with a smile.

The flickering candles were slowly extinguished, and everything gradually returned to tranquility in the darkness.

Probably extremely tired, it was actually a rare good night's sleep.

Traveling in the twelfth lunar month of winter is not a good experience. Previously, the journey to Youzhou was relatively short, but all the way to the capital city is high and the road is far away. Coupled with the freezing weather, Li Jin's frail and sickly physique, it is inevitable to suffer some hardships.

Fortunately, at such a big age, he has no other skills, and he can be regarded as a master of hardships.

Even though they were going to the capital, the accompanying servants did not increase because of this, but those familiar faces who were going to Pingzhou were still in charge of Li Liang, who used to keep a straight face.

Li Xuan still did not show up.

To Li Yan's surprise, Li Shao was waiting at the door early.But I don’t know if it’s because there are people around, or because the previous meeting had already said all that can be said, or maybe Li Yan’s reticence and even eccentric attitude last time made this half-grown boy feel sad. Seeing the other party walking by with an obviously very thin luggage, he opened his mouth, but didn't even say a polite word.

Li Yan didn't have much to say to this cheap little brother, looked at the obviously immature face and smiled lightly, then turned and walked towards the carriage.

The moment they passed by, a warm object was stuffed into his hand, Li Yan lowered his head subconsciously, and found that it was a very delicate sleeve stove.

Li Shao didn't move, but said in a low voice: "Bon voyage".

The voice is not loud, but it is sincere.

Li Yan's footsteps paused slightly, he put the sleeve stove into his sleeves, and continued to walk forward without looking back.