Ban Tong and Ban Heng's movements paused at the same time. The two of them turned their heads to look and saw a man wearing a plain colored brocade robe and a silver crown standing a few steps away with two guards. It looked like he had just come out of the forest.
Ban Han calmly stuffed the shovel into Ban Heng's hand, stood up and patted the dirt off her robe. However, because her hands were still stained with dirt, the more she patted, the dirtier she became. She simply gave up and saluted the man as an equal. "Greetings, Cheng Anbo. My younger brother and I are playing a treasure game."
"Treasure game?" Rong Xia looked at the brother and sister covered in dirt. If it weren't for the complicated and gorgeous embroidery on their riding clothes, they wouldn't look like children of nobility.
"My younger brother is young. After reading a few stories, he wanted to learn from the seniors who did good deeds." Ban Han turned around and gave Ban Heng a look that told him to shut up. "For example, a fated person can find the silver he buried and get rid of poverty and illness."
Rong Xia's expression was a little complicated at this moment. However, he quickly smiled and took out a handkerchief and handed it to Ban Han. "Your younger brother is really kind."
"Thank you, but there's no need." Ban Han rolled up her sleeves and wiped her face. What could such a small handkerchief do? However, this Rong Xia was really good-looking. She looked so perfect up close. Shen Yu's skin wasn't as good as his, and her nose wasn't as straight as his.
Seeing that Ban Han didn't take her handkerchief, Rong Xia smiled and took it back. "Do you need our help?"
"Forget it. We can only do this secretly. If someone finds out, it won't be mysterious anymore." Ban Han kicked the two bags on the ground and said to Ban Heng, "Go tell the guards to clean this place up."
"Oh." Ban Heng saw that he could escape from this awkward atmosphere and immediately jumped up from the ground. He turned around and walked outside. Being caught doing such a stupid thing, even if he was shameless, he still felt so embarrassed that he wanted to bury his face in the hole he had just dug.
"It was unintentional to disturb Cheng'an Count's enjoyment of the scenery. I will leave now," When the guard came over to take away the two sandbags with silver in the middle, Ban Jin cupped her hands towards Rong Xia, "Goodbye."
Rong Xia bowed and apologized, "I have disturbed Miss and your younger brother's fun. Please forgive me."
"You're too polite. Then … why don't you continue?" If she was dressed up normally, Ban Han would be willing to spend more time with a handsome man like Rong Xia. But now, she was wearing a man's bun and her body was covered in dirt. It would be an insult to her appearance if she talked to others in this way.
"Miss, take care." Rong Xia saluted Ban Han as an equal. Ban Han could only return the salute. She turned around and kicked the dirt into the hole she had dug and ran away.
The forest regained its silence. Rong Xia looked at the hole in front of him and chuckled. His tone became cold, "Did you find out?"
"Lord Bo, Lord Ban and Shizi Ban really didn't mean to go up the mountain." A middle-aged man walked out from behind the grass, "It is said that this pair of brother and sister are famous playboys in the capital. They usually don't do anything serious."
"Lord Ban?" Rong Xia thought for a moment, "The one whose engagement was broken off a few days ago?"
"Yes, that's her." The middle-aged man thought, which family could raise a child who buried money for fun? In the entire capital, other than the Jingting Marquessate, there weren't many families like that.
Rong Xia walked to the side of the mountain path and looked at the pair of brother and sister who were slowly walking down the mountainside. He said in an unclear tone, "They have a good relationship with each other."
"They are brother and sister from the same father and mother. Naturally, their relationship wouldn't be bad." After the servant beside Rong Xia replied, he suddenly remembered something in the past and was scared into silence.
"Sister, your lie just now wasn't clever at all." Ban Heng snorted, "As a famous playboy in the capital, how could I do such a boring thing?"
"If you have the ability, then go." Ban Han took the handkerchief from the female guard and wiped his face, "I've never been so embarrassed in my life."
Ban Heng whispered, "But you can't let me be the scapegoat."
"Have you heard of the saying, 'Money blinds the eyes'?" Seeing Ban Heng's unhappy expression, Ban Han turned the handkerchief over and wiped the mud off his face. He whispered, "Well, I have no choice. We can't let him suspect our motives."
Ban Heng took the handkerchief and roughly wiped his face a few times, "Why did he go to the mountain forest so early in the morning? Looking at the scenery?"
"It's inevitable that elegant gentlemen like him have some eccentricities. Maybe he wants to stay on the mountain at night to look at the stars and the moon and compose poems and songs." Ban Han glared at Ban Heng, "Why do you care about him?"
Ban Heng looked around and whispered in Ban Han's ear, "You said that the new Emperor in your dream was good-looking and his surname wasn't Jiang. Could he be Cheng Anbo?"
"How could that be?" Ban Han shook his head, "This kind of elegant gentleman doesn't look like someone who would do such a thing."
"You may know a person's face but not his heart. You can't eliminate suspicion just because he is elegant," Ban Heng snorted, "Those noble consorts in the palace, which one of them isn't gentle, delicate, and charming? But as for what their true nature is, they may have even forgotten themselves."
"Who could pretend to be a gentleman for so many years? Wouldn't he go crazy from holding it in?" Ban Ti thought about it and felt that the possibility was not high. "The beauties and gentleness in the palace are just putting on an act in front of His Majesty. An Bo's literary talent is not something that can be achieved by putting on an act."
"That's true." Ban Heng nodded, "If I have to be so tense, I won't be able to take it in three days."
The siblings rode side by side. There were many people lining up at the city gate to enter the city. Nobles like Ban Han didn't need to line up like this. She rode on horseback and faintly heard the sound of a child crying.
Looking in the direction of the sound, she saw a young woman dressed in coarse cloth holding a child who was one or two years old. Her face was full of anxiety, but she couldn't calm the child. She was so anxious that tears were about to fall.
Ban Han lowered the whip that she had raised. She snorted and dismounted. Walking in front of the woman, she asked, "What's wrong with your child?"
The young woman saw that the young woman in front of her was dressed like a young man. She was wearing a brocade robe, and her boots were embroidered with phoenix patterns and embedded with pearls. She guessed that the other person was of noble status. She thought that her child was crying too loudly and had disturbed her. She apologized profusely, "I'm sorry for disturbing you. I'll calm him down right now."
Ban Han saw that the child in her arms had red cheeks and an abnormal color of his lips. She asked, "Is the child sick?"
The haggard woman nodded. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she didn't dare to fall.
Ban Han looked at the long line in front of them. She reached out and touched the child's forehead. It was frighteningly hot.
"Come with me." Ban Han saw that the woman was hesitating and didn't dare to move. She raised her voice and said, "Come quickly."
The woman didn't dare to resist. She held the child in her arms and timidly followed behind Ban Han. She had heard from the villagers that there were some noble ladies in the city who had bad tempers. If someone didn't have eyes and offended them, they would be lightly whipped or thrown into prison for a period of time.
She wasn't afraid of being punished, but what about the child?
Just as the woman was thinking nonsense, Ban Han handed her waist token to the gate guard. The guard bowed to her. He didn't look at the woman holding the child and let them pass.
"Okay, you take the child to see a doctor." Ban Han mounted the horse and patted the horse's butt. The horse trotted to catch up with Ban Heng.
The woman was stunned. She realized that she had met a kind noble. She lowered her head and looked at the crying child. She took a deep breath. Even a noble came to help. Her child must be able to survive.
"Sister, where did you go?" Ban Heng saw that she had caught up with them. She turned her head and looked back. There was nothing strange.
"I went to do good deeds." After Ban Han said this, she saw that Ban Heng looked at her with suspicion.
"What do good deeds have to do with you?" Ban Heng knew his sister very well. Her biggest hobby every day was eating, drinking, and dressing. She ate the most exquisite food and wore the most exquisite clothes. Usually, she was too busy showing off her new clothes and jewelry when she went out, so how could she have the time to do good things?
Ban Han rolled her eyes. Even if a beauty rolled her eyes, she was still beautiful. So when she did this rude action, she looked cute.
But in Shen Yu's eyes, this scene wasn't so cute. He wanted to take advantage of the time when the siblings didn't notice him to hide. But Ban Heng called out to him first.
"Shen Yu!" Ban Heng pointed at Shen Yu. "Stop right there!"
"This official greets Shizi Ban." Shen Yu looked at Ban Han on horseback. "This official greets Lord Ban."
"Oh, isn't today the day off? Why isn't Tanhua Shen on duty?" Ban Heng swung his whip and glanced at the woman beside him. He sneered, "I thought she was a beauty. Tsk."
"A woman's beauty is in her bones, not her skin. Shizi Ban and this official have different tastes. This one has nothing to say." Shen Yu took a step back. "This way, please."
Even if Ban Heng wasn't very smart, he could tell that Shen Yu was saying that his sister was only good looking. His face changed in anger.
"Slap!" A whip struck Shen Yu's body. Shen Yu groaned in pain. The woman beside him screamed in fright.
"In my life, I hate men who beat around the bush the most." Ban Jin lashed out with the whip again. Shen Yu was a scholar, so before he could react, the whip had already landed on his body. "If you were to point at this young lady and say that other than being beautiful, you have nothing good about you, I would still respect you as a man. But now you're saying some strange words. Who are you pretending to be sanctimonious for? "
"Lord Ban, this official is an official of the imperial court. You're going too far by whipping this official in the middle of the street." Shen Yu looked at the people around them. His face was a bit embarrassed.
"Humph." Ban Han lifted his chin slightly. "This Lord is this willful. What can you do to me?"
"You vixen …"
"Slap!"
Another whip landed on his body.
"Although pointing at my nose and cursing makes you look very manly, I still want to whip you. A dignified Tanhua Shen dares to insult a woman in the middle of the street. Is this the demeanor of a scholar? "
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