Tan Hua Floating Dream

Chapter 14

Hearing that Tang Tan was going to go out with Gu Zhongyan, the first person to react was not Mrs. Tang or Tang Xiu, but the little bun Tang Yao, and immediately ran to Tang Tan's side with tears in his eyes to cling to him.

Although the Second Mrs. Tang was rescued back then, she suffered a heart and lung injury. Even in the Changshenghou Mansion, which claims to have all the medicines in the world, she still only lasted for more than a year before leaving, leaving behind the naive Tang Yao.

Before leaving, the stepwife only begged Tang Tan to treat Tang Yao well. Although she was a little annoyed when she learned that Tang Tan returned, because she knew why she became the successor of the Marquis of Longevity in the first place, but once she was hit by reality See clearly, knowing that her child has no chance, she is more worried about her child's future.

She does not ask her children to inherit the Tang family and obtain the title of Marquis of Longevity. If she is gone, the old lady does not know how long she will live, and her husband, who is lying on the bed due to poisonous injuries, will also have no way to continue to protect their children. weak child.In fact, she also knew that Gu Zhongyan was the only one who could really protect the entire Houfu in this huge Houfu, but what she didn't know was whether Gu Zhongyan was willing to protect her son.

She could see very clearly that Gu Zhongyan liked this nominal eldest son very much, and those gentle caresses were really true.Although Gu Zhongyan is a servant of the Tang family, he has a lot of pride. He is loyal to the Hou family but never flatters him. He is strict with himself. It is impossible for him to do such a thing as respecting Tang Tan and coercing the emperor to make the princes .

Also because of this, with such an eldest son around, her children seem insignificant. She doesn't know how the young children will gain a foothold in this family after losing her aunt, and whether they will follow in her footsteps after a few years Set foot on Huangquan Road.

However, these worries at the time were finally dissipated because of Tang Tan's words.

Tang Tan's words were very simple. He told the young stepmother: "I will never marry a wife and have children in my life."

A few simple words explained everything. If he did not marry a wife and have children, it meant that he would have no descendants. The heir would still be his only younger brother, Tang Yao, so let her leave peacefully.

Since then, Tang Yao can only rely on his grandmother and brother Tang Tan, and Tang Tan also likes Tang Yao who is white and soft and looks easy to pinch.What he likes to do the most is to grab people into his arms with a smile, and take a bite of the white bun's cheek, which is soft and tender, with a little child's frankincense, which makes Tang Yao howl and laugh.

Everyone can feel that the brothers get along well, and they can also feel that Tang Tan's return seems to have brought spring-like vitality to the mansion that has been plagued by misfortunes and dullness over the years.

After the second Mrs. Tang passed away, Tang Yao, who was in a low mood, had been clinging to Tang Tan all the time, and even let Gu Zhongyan enjoy it for a while. Tang Tan even laughed and said why bother, treating this child as the two of them... nothing wrong good.

After Tang Tan took over the responsibility of educating Tang Yao, he played the role of a "loving mother" in a certain way, and Gu Zhongyan did his part to play the black face.

Learning, etiquette, etc., as well as practicing martial arts, are all strictly supervised by Gu Zhongyan. Sometimes Tang Tan feels that in modern times, Tang Yao is a primary school student who is forced by his parents to take various talent classes. Hard.

At this time, he would silently rejoice that this body was already an adult when he crossed over, and there would never be any protagonist's power on his body, and he would suddenly obtain some amazing feats one day.

He thinks that this body has the status of a prince, and it is considered cheating, rich and powerful.Too many hacks are usually not good, because it means that the protagonist's halo is bigger, which is not good.There is not a saying that the greater the ability, the heavier the responsibility. He never felt that he was a person who could take on heavy responsibilities. He was very happy to be able to live his life in a mediocre way.

Also because he and Gu Zhongyan were playing a white face and a bad face, Tang Xiao Baozi naturally became more and more sticky to Tang Tan.

"No, Xiao Bao stays with grandma at home." Tang Tan smiled and pinched Tang Yao's soft cheeks.

Tang Yao is actually not a round and chubby kid, but his face is soft and elastic like a steamed stuffed bun. As a result, Tang Tan gave him the nickname "Tang Xiaobao".

Especially when Tang Xiaobao looked like a steamed bun when he frowned and wanted to cry, Tang Tan would feel that the evil part in his heart was stronger, and would want to bully him.

It's not that Tang Tan didn't want to take Tang Yao out, but they didn't want to play. Selfishly asking Gu Zhongyan to take him to a place where the political situation is not stable is already dangerous. Gu Zhongyan wants to protect him, no matter how many people he has no ability to protect himself Child... Besides, Tang Tan doesn't want Tang Yao to face the trauma like his mother being chopped up again.

Another reason is that all members of the Tang family cannot be allowed to go out, at least one person must be kept. Mrs. Tang is old and cannot bear too many blows.

"Xiao Bao, my brother will bring you something back."

Tang Tan didn't agree to him, which made him feel uncomfortable and had a cold war with Tang Tan, and they still didn't look at Tang Tan in silence until they went out.

Sigh... Xiao Baozi was very angry, but even so, Tang Tan would not take him there because of this, after all, he was not the one who really made the decision!He didn't have the ability to say boldly that he could take care of Tang Yao.

"Tan'er...be careful in everything." Mrs. Tang knew better than anyone the reason why Tang Tan went out with Gu Zhongyan, thousands of words were finally turned into four words of exhortation.

Tang Tan nodded, without further words, he and Gu Zhongyan got on their respective horses and set off.

Speaking of riding a horse, Tang Tan returned to the Tang family after a lot of hard work. After all, he was not a real young master of the Tang family, let alone an ancient man. , It took him nearly three months to ride a horse and gallop normally.

Looking at the man beside him who was only half a horse ahead of him, Tang Tan's mouth twitched.

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Not long after Tang Tan returned to the Tang family, he changed his name on the Tang family tree to Tang Tan, with the word Yunlan, officially turning Tang Fu into the past.And Mrs. Tang would agree with him to do so, mainly because she tried to erase the traces of Tang Fu being equal to Wen Qiufu as much as possible.

He would do this, not to completely erase the traces of Tang Fu's existence in the past, but he felt that Tang Fu's use of a pseudonym was not thorough enough, and he used his mother's surname and a character in his real name. Think of it immediately after making associations.Changing a name and word, at least there will be no immediate association, at most there will be the idea of ​​"these two look alike".

The two traveled all the way south, because they were looking for medicine instead of traveling, and they didn't dare to waste too much time stopping and admiring the scenery along the way. After all, it is not very easy to raise a horse, especially a good horse is rare.

"Are you ok?"

When Gu Zhongyan sat down to rest with him, he looked at the tired face with some distress, and felt that the person who had taken care of him for the past two years to make him supple and supple, because the food and sleep in the past few days seemed to be He looked a little haggard, with a little dust on the ends of his slightly messy hair, and the blue-colored coarse cloth that the two of them deliberately changed into, made him even more downcast.

"It's okay, you're too worried, but I'm a little hungry." Tang Tan smiled back, and turned to call the waiter in the tea shop, ordered a pot of coarse tea and white steamed buns, and gnawed on them with relish.

Seeing that Tang Tan didn't have any problems, it was just because they hadn't gone to the city to find an inn for the night during the four or five days of rushing, let alone cleanse and change clothes.

Originally, Gu Zhongyan was also worried that he would not be able to adapt, but it seemed that Tang Tan could adapt to this kind of life better than he imagined, and he was not the kind of son who couldn't bear the hardship at all, so he was relieved.

Tang Tan knew what Gu Zhongyan was worried about. In fact, he still liked to be clean. Who doesn't like to be refreshed every day?It's just that he also knows how to be patient and bear it. Anyway, he has no cleanliness. It's okay for a man not to take a shower for a few days. Of course, he can't stand it if he only washes once a year like some people in remote areas.

Seeing that he didn't look like he couldn't eat at all, Gu Zhongyan shook his head with a little pampering and helplessness, then turned his head and asked the waiter to wrap six steamed buns in oiled paper, so that he could take them as dry food on the road, and at the same time, he was determined to The idea is that no matter how fast he travels, the next town is to go to the city to let his lover have a good rest, so embarrassing makes him feel sad.

Gu Ye, who wholeheartedly wanted to serve his young master well, completely forgot that his young master also spent a lot of days as a farmer and boy in peace, and those days were also commonplace, and white steamed buns were really not considered to him What.

After resting for a while, the two hurried on the road. In the evening, they built a small campfire on the bank of a small stream, and fell asleep with Gu Zhongyan's black cloak spread on the ground.Gu Zhongyan thought for a while, and threw a pill into the fire. After burning for a while, a smell of medicinal herbs permeated the air, and then he lay down beside Tang Tan, and then took the person into his arms.

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The next morning, when the sky was dim and light, Gu Zhongyan woke Tang Tan up and asked him to eat white steamed buns with the water from the tea shop yesterday.But when he was about to support Tang Tan to get him on the horse, his hands suddenly stopped, and he turned his head to look in a certain direction and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Zhongyan? What's the matter?" I don't know why Gu Zhongyan stopped suddenly. He followed Gu Zhongyan's gaze and found nothing. He didn't hear anything except the chirping of insects and birds. He didn't know Gu Zhongyan at all. What is Yan looking at.

"...Nothing, let's go!"

Gu Zhongyan pulled his gaze back, intending to let Tang Tan get on his horse, and when he turned around and was about to get on his own horse, the sound of hooves from far to near gradually became clearer. Tang Tan looked at Gu Zhongyan in surprise as the transmission came from the direction he was looking at just now.

From how far did he hear the hoofbeats?

It's just that before he could ask, Gu Zhongyan drove his horse in front of him and squinted at the source of the voice.

The first thing that appeared in their sights was a tall white horse, but they were both taken aback when they saw the horse, because the white horse's back was obviously bright red, which was not because it was injured, but because the white horse was injured. horse owner.He was holding on to the rein tightly with one hand, his body was covered in blood and his mind didn't seem to be clear anymore, he just held on to prevent himself from falling down.

"Ah, Zhongyan...that..." As the horse got closer and closer to them, Tang Tan looked at Gu Zhongyan nervously. To be honest, he really didn't know whether to save the man.

Although he told Gu Zhongyan not to save people indiscriminately before he set off, and then bring someone back home who promised to repay his kindness with his body, but if he saw such an injured person, should he help... To be honest He really doesn't know.

After all, he is not hard-hearted, and he can't do nothing but ignore death, but...

The white horse carrying the wounded came running not far in front of them, raised its forefoot slightly, and then gradually stopped in front of them. At the same time, the wounded came from a different direction from far away. There was a sound of hoofbeats near the ground, but this time the messy hoofbeats could be heard to be more than just a horse.

"Please pay attention to your own safety." Gu Zhongyan warned in a low voice, and at this time the uninvited guests who were chasing also showed their figures.

Five horses, each carrying a masked man in black, holding various weapons in his hands.When the five people saw Tang Tan and Gu Zhongyan, they reined in their horses and stopped at a distance to look at their master and servant.

"Young man, don't mind your own business." The leader of the man in black warned them in a hoarse voice, staring at the dying man on the white horse unkindly.Their task could be completed with one move away, but two strangers suddenly appeared in front of them... He squinted his eyes, revealing a murderous intent.

"Even if I don't intervene, you can't let us go." Gu Zhongyan looked at the five masked men and replied coldly.

These people will not let go of him and Tang Tan, the two witnesses, even if all this has nothing to do with them.

"You're smart." The leading man in black didn't even finish his sentence, he jumped up from his horse, stepped on his light work and charged straight at him, the saber in his hand drew a circular arc and slashed down towards Gu Zhongyan.

The man's movements were so smooth and quick that Tang Tan couldn't see clearly, it felt like the man appeared in the air above Gu Zhongyan in just a blink of an eye, and the knife raised and fell straight to the front.

He didn't even have time to scream, he just felt a commotion in his throat and wanted to rush out but couldn't get out in time.

But seeing that Gu Zhongyan took the slash with one hand in a calm and expressionless manner, pinching the blade so that the man in black couldn't slash no matter how hard he slashed, the original attitude of the old god became cautious, and he He knew that he had met an opponent at this moment.

"kill!"

As soon as the leader of the man in black drank, the four assassins who followed him also jumped up immediately, and without words they divided into two groups to attack in a tacit understanding. Go straight to Tang Tan.

Gu Zhongyan saw that those people were intending to attack Tang Tan, his eyes darkened, and with a little effort in his hand, he twisted the man in black's saber and pulled it out of the opponent's palm. Hold him firmly.

Without letting the other party recover from their astonishment, Gu Zhongyan drew a figure 8 horizontally in their direction with the saber in his hand, and the powerful saber energy struck them like swords, so that the few people who were caught off guard could barely avoid it Crucially, he fell to the ground in embarrassment.

Although they quickly got up from the ground, they looked at Gu Zhongyan more cautiously than before. Gu Zhongyan's expression of looking down on the horse inexplicably showed a kind of tallness in their hearts. Feel.

Especially the leader of the man in black, he never expected that this gentle-looking man could easily take over the slashing with five points of his strength, and even use all his strength to snatch his saber, without even using it. Use obstacles, look at the other party's ability to use it freely... The wound on his chest reminded him of the consequences of being too careless.

The leader of the man in black gritted his teeth, pulled out two metal knives that looked like small knives from his arms, and flicked them between his hands. The knives instantly turned into a metal thorn ring, and with another flick, the thorn ring quickly rotated on the index finger. It looks like a circular chainsaw.

They attacked the two of them again, this time they didn't dare to keep it carelessly, this man has great strength, if they take it lightly, they will be the ones who will confess here today.But they never expected that even with all their strength, they would not be able to defeat this young man who didn't look much older than them.

When Gu Zhongyan wielded the opponent's horse-chopping knife to spread the sword flowers all over the sky, using the vigor drawn from the blade without delay, the heads fell one by one, like a scythe harvesting, easily ending the lives of those people.

That was just in the blink of an eye, Tang Tan stared straight behind him without daring to take a breath, and blinked vigorously, and found that Gu Zhongyan took five lives in an instant and still did not change his face. mixed feelings.

Nima——If this man were an enemy, he would be terrifying. With the head of a profiteer and strong martial arts, he is just like a hero in a martial arts novel. He is enough to dominate the martial arts world and become a martial arts leader!

Tang Tan once again felt terrified of having such a big killer in his hands, but he didn't have any fear.

He didn't have any Madonna complex to accuse Gu Zhongyan of killing without blinking an eye, because he knew very well that in this situation, either they were killed or these people were killed.

Before being accused by the Holy Mother, he must first have the ability to protect himself, instead of acting like a good boy when he gets an advantage.He relied on Gu Zhongyan's martial arts to save his life today, without Gu Zhongyan, he would have turned into a handful of loess here today.

And he Tang Xiaohou didn't have the idea of ​​sacrificing his ego to complete these people's ego, and these people came to trouble them by themselves, so Tang Tan didn't have any sympathy or sympathy for them dying at the hands of Gu Zhongyan. Guilt and anxiety.

That kind of thing can't save them at a time like this.

"Zhongyan... that person..." Looking at the man on the white horse, and the mane of the white horse has been dyed bright red, Tang Tan hesitated to speak.

They...do they want to save this man?Although he didn't like to meddle in other people's business, but he would not save him if he died...it seemed against human nature, but saving this person...was it good or bad?What if the wounded patient is actually a bad person, and what should he do if he will repay his kindness with revenge?A lot of stereotyped plots flashed through Tang Tan's heart.

Gu Zhongyan pulled the reins and came to the white horse. Although the white horse scratched and raked the ground with its hooves nervously, it didn't resist and accepted their approach naturally.

Seeing this, Gu Zhongyan stretched out his hand, grabbed the wounded man's hair unceremoniously or gently, and lifted the other's head. Seeing the blood-stained face, he was slightly taken aback, and his eyebrows were vaguely raised.It's just that Tang Tan didn't see his expression, and quickly returned to his usual expressionless and calm appearance. After looking at the other's wound for a while, he turned to look at Tang Tan.

"Do you want to help?"

Gu Zhongyan asked Tang Tan back, which made him stunned for a moment, and carefully looked at the bloody man... Well, it was the first time he saw such blood.Those men in black who had lost their heads couldn't see so clearly from a certain distance, and he didn't feel it yet, but this one with his flesh and blood... He might not dare to eat meat for several days.

"...Is he still saved?" Tang Tan looked away after a few glances, and thought to himself, this person is not a woman, and she looks quite masculine, although those who are now given by the desolate and miserable appearance Covered it up, but you don't want to make a promise to Gu Zhongyan, do you?

"There is still breath, use internal strength to protect his heart veins, if he can be cured within half an hour, it may be possible." Gu Zhongyan replied after pinching the man's pulse for a while.

After listening, Tang Tan nodded in understanding.

"Then let's see where there are towns nearby... It's not easy to see death without saving him. If he doesn't die, he will be considered lucky."

Tang Tan really didn't want to be a good person. It's one thing for a bad person who has done a lot of evil to be hacked to death, but it would still disturb his conscience. In order to prevent himself from having nightmares in the middle of the night, it's better to pick up this person and show him to the doctor.

Gu Zhongyan didn't object, turned over and jumped onto the white horse. After the man stuffed a pill in his mouth, he put one hand behind the man's heart and took the reins of the white horse with the other.Tang Tan knew that he was protecting the opponent's heart according to the luck he just said, but seeing that inexplicably intimate gesture, he was still petty and jealous.

"Ah Tan, you ride Xunhua and follow me, and Cang Kong will follow us by himself." Gu Zhongyan told him, and seeing Tang Tan nod his head to express his understanding, he drove his horse to the official road, and Tang Tan also followed. Don't hesitate to follow immediately.

Just kidding, he doesn't know the way!It would be bad if he got lost with Gu Zhongyan in this kind of place.

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It took them half an hour longer than expected to arrive at the neighboring town, and they were almost stopped when they rushed into the city. It was Tang Tan who followed behind to deal with it and cleared the two The documents were handed over to the urban management for inspection, and they explained that they met the injured person who was robbed by robbers on the road, and rushed him here for treatment.

At first, the city management guards were a bit hesitant, but when they saw the name of the person written on the customs clearance document Tang Tan took out and the purple fish bag attached, they immediately lifted it up to the throat and couldn't get it down. , quickly asked Tang Tan to follow into the city, and then stared blankly at Tang Tan's disappearing back.

"Boss Chen, what did you see just now, it's like a ghost." Another young soldier poked the senior who was in charge of checking the customs clearance documents, and asked curiously.

"...Purple gold fish bag... This is the first time I've seen it in my life..." The city management guard muttered to himself, suddenly realized that he didn't pay attention to the two people and their injuries just now!It shouldn't be a big problem, right?

"Purple gold fish bag?" Xiao Bing obviously didn't understand the difference between that purple gold fish bag, and he looked silly.

"Stupid, that's an official of the third rank or above!" After the urban management scolded, he thought with emotion, the young man just now looked younger than him, and he was actually a third-rank official?

After Tang Tan entered the city, he randomly grabbed a passerby and asked him. After knowing that there was a medical center in the east of the city, he led his horse and walked towards the east of the city.

It's not that he doesn't want to ride a horse, but that riding a horse in the city is a bit too conspicuous, just like riding a heavy machine on the streets of the 21st century, you can go on the road, but the speed is limited and it is too conspicuous.It's also safer to lead. He felt that with his riding skills, if someone rushed out suddenly, he couldn't guarantee that he could stop in time.

But one person holding two horses still attracted a little attention, but most people only took a look or two, and looked away when they saw Tang Tan's plain clothes.

Not long after Tang Tan left, he saw the blood-stained white horse parked outside the medical hall, and there was a horizontal plaque of "Longevity Hall" hanging at the door of the medical hall, which made him silent for a while.

He patted the two horses, and after they grunted twice as if they could understand human speech, Tang Tan turned and walked into the medical hall. There were still bloodstains all over the ground, which made Tang Tan silently sigh in his heart and hope that the My dear friend, don’t lose too much blood and die. According to the amount of blood lost... There was no such thing as blood transfusion in ancient times.

"Is, what's the matter with this young master?" A sweaty, about thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who is still in the developmental stage hurried forward to ask.

"My friend brought an injured person here just now, are you still there?" Tang Tan asked the other party, but the young man was obviously taken aback, with hesitation and scrutiny on his face that is not very good at lying, probably because he was worried that he was the one who was chasing soldiers It made Tang Tan show a somewhat funny expression.

"If you find it inconvenient to answer, that's fine. I'll wait for him here!" Tang Tan didn't bother to explain anything, so he sat down on the bench next to him and took a deep breath.

Seeing that Tang Tan didn't seem to be what he suspected, the young man poured him a glass of water, stood beside him and looked at him cautiously. Tang Tan didn't care much about his scrutiny, and just leisurely looked at the simple and quiet medical hall.

The scale here is relatively small, but judging from the moving lines and furnishings, it should be their family's medical clinic. This made him sigh once again that the Tang family's family is big and successful, as if he wanted to prove something he had heard back then. ad lines.

Everything is available, everything is sold, and nothing is surprising.

He didn't wait long, when he saw Gu Zhongyan hurried out from the back hall, and he was visibly relieved when he saw Tang Tanshi who was sitting leisurely in the front hall.

"Guye, this..." The young man wanted to say that this young master was his friend, but before he could speak, he saw Gu Zhongyan walking up to Tang Tan without hesitation, grabbing him like a friend. Check the other party for any abnormalities.

"I'm fine, how is that person? Is he okay?" Tang Tan patted the other's hand touching his cheek, reminding him that this place is still considered public.

Although he didn't want to whitewash the relationship between the two, it's better to keep a low profile.

"...The doctor is still saving, some of the wounds are too deep..." Gu Zhongyan shook his head, with an unspeakable worry in his tone, which made Tang Tan look at his expression a few more times, and finally affirmed one thing.

"Do you know that person?" Although it is a question, it is actually affirmative.

Seeing that Gu Zhongyan's already extremely paralyzed face was obviously stiff, showing a troubled and headache expression.

"...It's sort of... no friendship, just a few words." Gu Zhongyan obviously didn't want to talk about this person in depth, so he just said a few words lightly.

Seeing this, although Tang Tan was a little curious, he wasn't someone who didn't know how to read people's faces, so he didn't ask any more questions right now.He believed that Gu Zhongyan would avoid him from doing bad things, if he didn't need to know, then forget it!

"Go and change your clothes first, it's all bloodstained..." Tang Tan looked down at the dark blood stains on his body and the blood on his hands, feeling a little uncomfortable.Although it wasn't Gu Zhongyan's blood, it always felt like it showed the passage of life, reminding him of how Meng Chaoyin lost his vitality bit by bit, very uncomfortable.

Tang Tan handed him the bundle of clothes, and thought about going to buy another one for Gu Zhongyan later. Even if such bloody clothes were washed clean, it would still make people feel uncomfortable, and the change of clothes they brought with them when they went out was nothing. There is only one set of each, and anyway, they are not washed every day, and the other set is washed and dried by the way when changing one set.

Gu Zhongyan didn't object to his proposal, and felt that both of them needed to take a good bath and cleanse now, so he turned to ask the young man to help them prepare four buckets of hot water for the bathroom in the back compartment, after all, the two of them hadn't bathed for many days ...It still needs to be thoroughly cleaned.

The young man nodded respectfully, his eyes full of curiosity kept scanning Tang Tan's body, and he was extremely curious about Tang Tan's identity.After all, it was the first time he saw someone who could talk to Gu Ye with such a normal expression, instead of being respectful like them.

When Tang Tan also washed and changed into clean clothes, he was a little surprised to see Gu Zhongyan releasing a carrier pigeon, and he was even more convinced that the person probably had a lot of status, which made Gu Zhongyan react a little abnormally.

He pouted, no matter what, as long as he wasn't his rival in love, he didn't care.