Jinling City, which had been noisy all night, finally quieted down in the morning light.

In the Jingjiang River passing through the city, more than a dozen painting boats, large and small, have been docked on the shore, without the blurred lights, and without the attractive slender figure.

Everything fell silent at this moment.

Suddenly, the sound of birds chirping from above the sky broke the rare silence.

A white line, from outside the city, from far to near, quickly flew towards the city, and in the blink of an eye, it reached the city, and then shot like an arrow into the imperial city in the center of the city.

Outside the imperial city, there is a high-walled compound of a family, standing on both sides of the imperial city, which are all powerful families.

The Zhenbei General's Mansion is also among them.

At this moment, in the house, the people have just gotten up and are ready to start a busy day.

In the green banana courtyard in the far corner of the backyard, the lights have been lit. A slender figure was reflected in the window, bending over to wash.

A moment later, a boy in a black suit pushed open the door.

The slightly immature face looks angular because of its thinness. It's just that looking at him who is only twelve or thirteen years old, his eyes are extraordinarily quiet, pretending to be mature and steady that does not match his age.

He looked up at the whitening sky, and then walked out of the courtyard.

As always, this is the time to practice martial arts.

On the martial arts field, there are already people.

Dressed in a simple black robe, the front hem is pinned to his waist, and he is holding a long knife in his hand.

He stood at the edge of the martial arts arena, silently looking at the figure, his eyes full of reverence!

Not long after, after General Zhenbei on the field finished playing a set of knives, he stopped, and before he could turn around, he was a boy who shook his hand, took out the long knife, and went straight to the sidelines.

When the boy saw the oncoming long knife, he was not afraid at all, but kicked it under his feet, flew forward, grabbed the long knife in his hand, twisted his waist violently, and the long knife swept towards the general Zhenbei in the field with the sound of breaking the wind and whistling.

The general's eyes were bright, the corners of his mouth were smiling, and he leaned back, easily dodging.

The boy missed, and the long knife swept back, and he captured the road again.

General Zhenbei twisted his palm and slapped the ground, his body rose into the air, and when the long knife swept under him, his body fell suddenly, and he stepped on the long knife under his feet with one kick.

Seeing this, the boy abandoned the knife and punched it. Kick under your feet and bully yourself. The fist was not big, but when it was swung out, there was a fist that broke through the air.

General Zhenbei smiled slightly, not afraid at all.

The two of you go back and forth, more than a dozen rounds later, the general made a false move, the boy was careless, was knocked down by a kick, and then, a punch followed, stopped on the front door, only a millimeter away.

The boy was defeated, and couldn't help but be a little depressed, and after getting up, he stood opposite General Zhenbei with his head down, silent.

The general laughed, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said softly, "Not bad." When your eldest brother was your age, he couldn't last ten moves under me! You are already stronger than your eldest brother, it seems that your eldest brother has not been here for the past two years, and you have not taken the opportunity to be lazy!"

At the mention of the eldest brother, the boy's face was a little more longing, he looked up at the general, and asked, "When will the eldest brother come back?"

The general thought for a while and said, "It may take a few months, and Da Yuan's side has not been very quiet recently." ”

When the boy heard this, he was a little lost.

Seeing this, the general groaned for a moment and said, "Otherwise, after a while, I will arrange for someone to send you to Qishi Valley for a period of time, and then come back with your eldest brother!"

When the boy heard this, he immediately became excited, stared at the general, and hurriedly asked, "Is what my father said serious?"

The general raised his hand and slapped it on the boy's head, and scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, when did Lao Tzu lie to you?"

The boy grinned, rubbed his head, and giggled.

At this time, the housekeeper Uncle Lian suddenly hurriedly ran towards this side from elsewhere, and the nervousness on his face was already felt before he got close.

General Zhenbei frowned suddenly, and without waiting for Uncle Lian to get closer, he asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"

Uncle Lian gasped: "In the palace...... Someone has come to the palace, urging you...... You enter the palace to face the saint! Say yes...... It's something happening at the front!"

When General Zhenbei heard this, his face immediately sank, and he didn't say a word at the moment, just pulled his legs and left.

The boy also immediately followed, and together with Uncle Lian, he followed behind his father, and asked Uncle Lian in a low voice: "The people from the palace, have you said what happened specifically?"

Uncle Lian shook his head.

Soon, the three of them were in the front yard.

The father-in-law, dressed in a red robe, stood in the courtyard, waiting a little anxiously, and when he saw the three of them coming, he immediately stepped forward and said very quickly: "General, come with our family!"

Seeing this, General Zhenbei didn't want to ask too much, so he turned his head and instructed the boy who was standing with Uncle Lian: "Don't forget to go to your mother's courtyard to say goodbye later!"

When the boy heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he pursed his lips tightly and did not speak.

When the general saw this, he let out a deep sigh.

The boy nodded and agreed, "I see." ”

General Zhenbei followed his father-in-law with confidence.

Not long after he left, news came from the backyard that the lady of Dongheyuan had gotten up.

Uncle Lian looked at the boy and persuaded softly, "Third Young Master, do you want the old slave to accompany you?"

The boy glanced at Uncle Lian, smiled bitterly, and said, "Thank you, Uncle Lian, I'll just go by myself." ”

When Uncle Lian heard this, he laughed and said, "That's right! You hurry up, the old slave asks someone to buy noodles for you, and when you come back from Dongheyuan, you can eat. With that, he stretched out his hand and beckoned a servant, and told him to go outside to Linglong Xuan to buy noodles for the boy.

The boy ran out immediately, and the boy walked silently to the backyard.

Donghe Garden, it is busy at the moment.

A bunch of maidservants were busy waiting for the lady to get up.

The boy walked near the entrance of Donghe Garden, hesitated for a moment, and then approached again.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I was about to go in, when a servant girl suddenly came out of the door, and after seeing the boy head-on, I was stunned for a moment, and then lowered my face slightly, and said, "Third young master, you can't go in." ”

The boy took a slight breath and said, "I'll come and say hello to Madame." ”

"Madame is inconvenient now, if the third young master really wants to ask for peace, then wait at the door now, let me go and report it." After that, the servant girl did not care whether the boy wanted it or not, and after calling someone to come and watch him at the door, she went inside to report it.

The boy wanted to turn around and leave several times, but after the thought turned around in his mind, he finally suppressed it again.

This maid has been gone for a long time, and the boy did not wait for the maidservant, but waited for the second young master, Shen Muye.

Shen Wei, the general of Zhenbei, has three sons and one daughter.

A daughter, Shen Mingxi, was born to the eldest lady and is now only eight years old. After a serious illness at the age of three, he was sent to the eldest lady's maiden home, and since then, he has rarely returned. However, the eldest lady's maiden home is also at the foot of this imperial city, just a separate prime minister's mansion from the general's mansion, so the eldest lady will often go back to her mother's house to visit her young daughter.

The eldest brother, Shen Muping, was born to the eldest lady and was born. Now he is twenty-three, and after joining the army five years ago, he has repeatedly made military exploits in just five years, and has been promoted again and again, and now he is a four-rank general.

The second brother is Shen Muye, who is walking towards the gate of Donghe Garden at this moment. Shen Muye was born to the Lin family of the partial house, and he was born. However, although this Shen Muye is not the eldest lady's own child, the eldest lady has always loved her. Especially in the past few years, after the eldest brother joined the army, the eldest lady hurt the second brother to the bone.

The reason for this is probably related to the fact that the Lin family was the eldest lady's dowry maid at the beginning.

It's just that this Shen Muye, who has been fond of literature and martial arts since he was a child, is loved by the eldest lady, and his father is not around to discipline him, so that he is now eighteen years old, but he has not been doing his job, and even, two or three years ago, he also became a habit of liking to visit the flower building. Recently, because his father came back from the frontier, he has been much more restrained, otherwise he would not have been seen at home.

Shen Muye was dressed in white today, with a jade belt tied to his hair, and a jade fan pinned to his waist. When he saw the boy standing at the door, he had already shouted before he could get closer: "Third brother, why are you standing outside the door? Why don't you go in?"

The boy waited for him to come a little closer, and then replied, "Madame just got up, saying that it was inconvenient, and asked me to wait outside the door." ”

Shen Muye's eyes rolled, then he laughed, and said, "What's convenient or inconvenient, it must be those maids who deliberately bullied you! Go, go in with the second brother!" After that, he reached out and pulled the boy's sleeve.

The boy moved on his feet, took half a step back, just dodged his hand, and said, "No need, I'll just wait outside the door." ”

When the second brother heard this, he pursed his lips and said, "You are always so tough! What good can you do if you are so tough?"

The boy was silent.

When the second brother saw it, he smiled helplessly, stepped over the threshold, and entered the courtyard.

The boy was left alone, still standing outside the door of Nadong Heyuan.

After a long time, someone finally came from behind the door.

The first to appear was the second brother who had gone in before, and then the maidservant girl who had asked the boy to wait outside the door before. The two walked to the door with a smile, and the second brother didn't know what to say, which made the maid laugh non-stop, and her chest was tightly wrapped in clothes, and she trembled.

The second brother's gaze stayed in that place for a long time before he reluctantly looked away.

"Green girl, is it convenient now, madam?" asked the boy, who suddenly interrupted their laughter, and looked at the maidservant with a blank face.

The handmaiden green girl's smiling face suddenly became cold, and it really changed faster than the sky in that summer.

"Madame said, she just knows that you have been here, you don't have to go in to say goodbye, go back. The Green Girl said coldly.

When the boy heard this, he didn't say a word, turned around and left.

Seeing this, the green girl snorted and scolded dissatisfiedly: "It's still so unruly, no wonder the eldest lady doesn't like him!"

The second brother on the side said at this time: "Muzhi is still a child, what are you doing with him!" As he spoke, he suddenly took out a box of rouge from his waist and handed it to the green girl, and said with a smile: "Give it to you!"

When the green girl saw the red box, her eyes suddenly lit up, and the anger on her face disappeared, replaced by a pink shyness.