In the blink of an eye, it is winter, the heavy snow is flying and the mountain road is blocked, although Nanyang is located in the middle of nowhere, and there is no important fortress pass in the territory, but there is still an endless stream of messengers coming and going every day, and the crisp sound of horses' hooves resounded from the city gate to the gate of the Zhong family, and from the Zhong Mansion to the city gate until it disappeared.

Ji Yao has seen the flattery of the county lady in front of Mrs. Zhong several times, and she has two daughters who have reached marriageable age behind her, and she is born with a beautiful appearance but inevitably has a strong little family spirit.

Mrs. Zhong smiled and pushed how dare she be, Mrs. County's smile couldn't hold back, and she heard Mrs. Zhong say that only one was left by her side as a companion, Mrs. County's face turned from gloomy to sunny and smiled, leaving the well-behaved and docile eldest daughter, and leaving with the second daughter who was obviously playful and restless.

After sending off the guests, Mrs. Zhong stretched her body and leaned on the couch with an irrepressible smug look in her eyebrows, but the two daughters-in-law of the Zhong family glanced at each other, and looked at the girls left in the house with disdain. The slight difference is that the eldest daughter-in-law Zhu is slightly subtle and gentle with coldness, and the second daughter-in-law Qiao is naked.

The county lady is not the first official wife to recommend her daughter, from Luoyang in the east to Chang'an in the west, and close to the dignitaries around Nanyang or send someone to send a letter or personally bring their children to visit, since Ji Yao temporarily settled in Nanyang, such people have one or two groups almost every day, and they take the generous gift and say all the good things with a cheeky face There is only one purpose - that is, to have a relationship with the Zhong family.

The rebels in the capital were in turmoil, the imperial city was sacked, from the Empress Dowager Ji to the new emperor to the concubines and princesses all died in the chaos, and only the six-year-old ninth son of the imperial family and the two-year-old son of the same mother and brother survived, and their biological mother was also rescued- A concubine who was unknown and not very favored in the harem of the first emperor, born a commoner, even if the first emperor died, there was no chance to be promoted, and the Wang family and two young sons, who still had the status of beauty, lived in a remote palace, far away from the main palace of the main hall, which was also a reason for their escape from death.

At present, the two princes and Wang Meiren are sheltered by the Liang family of Jingyi Marquis, and the person who rescued them is even more unbelievable, it is actually the grandson of the late criminal minister Song Taifu, Song Shiyi Lang Song Zhang.

According to folk rumors, Empress Dowager Ji and her son plotted for the crown prince's throne, framed the loyal minister Song, forced the rebel to abolish the prince, and repeatedly deceived the sacred heart, and the early death of the first emperor was also related to them. It is also said that Song Shiyi Lang was hidden in the court, and had been hiding in Luoyang City, and when the rebels came to attack, he fought hard to save the orphans of the first emperor regardless of his personal safety, which was really a tribute to the loyalty and kindness of the Song family.

The speakers were as if they had witnessed this with their own eyes, and did not forget to mention how General Zhong led his subordinates like divine soldiers to quell the rebellion in the capital, respected the emperor's nine sons as the new emperor, and served Wang Meimei as the queen mother, escorting the few remaining members of the royal family and the officials of the six ministries to move the capital to Chang'an City, and he himself was naturally appointed as the chief secretary to handle all matters in the court.

In the whole incident, the Empress Dowager Ji's mother and son had evil retribution, Jingyi Hou sought benevolence, Song Shiyi Lang tasted his courage, General Zhong Da was like the reincarnation of Dinghai Shenzhen Liangchen, and the rebel Chen Liu'er used his own blood to pour a layer of scorched earth in the capital to cool down and atone for his sins, which was impeccable from the outside.

Ji Yao somewhat understood why Han Qi was sent to Nanyang, he would never be able to do this kind of pickled thing, the dirtiness and shame in the power struggle were far beyond the imagination of ordinary people, Han Qi's past killing in the rivers and lakes, one or two lives were nothing, and a hundred and ten lives could not be exchanged for a peaceful and prosperous era.

The world says that Ruixue is a good year, goose feathers and heavy snow are sprinkled one after another, walking outside the courtyard Ji Yao and Liang Hengli said goodbye, just took a step and was pulled by her arm, looking back at Liang Hengli's pretty smile: "A-Yao, after the New Year, we are going to Chang'an City, you are finally bitter, don't forget my benefits when the time comes." ”

Ji Yao couldn't help laughing: "What are your benefits, my benefits, those are all the benefits of the cousin of the Song family, under the guise of me to please the person you like, Sister Ah is embarrassed to say." ”

Liang Hengli sneered, shook off Ji Yao's hand but didn't let her go, and spoke in a low voice in the empty courtyard. Their personal maidservants still stayed in the capital, keeping a distance from the Zhong family, and it was far safer to talk in the courtyard away from the crowd than in the house.

"Ah Yao, Ah Niang said that after this catastrophe, she also saw it, Brother A's future depends on his own hard work, whether it is good or bad depends on the true ability of the man, and I am allowed to choose the lovely Lang Jun by myself. Even if I don't marry the elder brother of the Song family, I will never obey my aunt's arrangement again. ”

Liang Hengli's eyes flashed brightly, her eyes swept over the roof of Mrs. Zhong's main house, two sparrows looking for food flew by, and her voice was even lower: "A-Niang said that she used to know that her eldest aunt had means and acted admirably, but she didn't expect that her aunt was not comparable to ordinary people, and there were more mediocre men than her. Ah Niang said that she only had me and my brother in her heart, and she used to treat me a lot for my brother if she said something selfish, but it is conceivable that the treasures in the heart of the eldest aunt are only Ah Ying and the two Zhong cousins, in addition to the three of them, how much is the eldest aunt's kindness to me? ”

After Liang Hengli finished speaking, she patted the back of Ji Yao's hand, turned around and took the maidservants who were waiting in the distance back to the house.

Ji Yao sent the maids back, she walked alone to the outer courtyard to visit the four catties of recuperation, crossed the second gate and heard the laughter of the second lady like a silver bell, she couldn't help laughing, this girl said that she was uncomfortable and didn't want to accompany her aunt to see the guests, so she ran here to hide and relax.

"Okay, I've got you again. Ji Yao made fun of the second lady when she entered the door, put down the work in her hand and made a shapeless salute to her on the four catties on the kang with her hand, Ji Yao pressed his shoulder with her hand to prevent him from moving, glanced at the bamboo strips, hemp rope, short knife and most of the half-formed cages on the kang, and sighed: "You don't take care of your injuries well, and you follow the mother to mess around, there are seven or eight bird cages hanging in her house, and what do you have to trouble you do." ”

The second lady pursed her lips and sneered, holding her surviving baby thrush in her hand.

The bird was thrown out of the cage that night without wings and could not fly, one was swallowed into the stomach by the bobcat three times and two times, and the rest of the one was still clever and escaped by Han Qi's people, but one was blind, and one wing was torn off by the bobcat, the paws were also lame, and the hair was glowing and bald, and the second lady loved it like a treasure, and the people of the Zhong family laughed and laughed in the back, ridiculing the second lady for taking waste as a treasure.

Sijin only smiled but didn't speak, and continued to weave bird cages.

"I've seen Mrs. County eight times in ten times, and I can memorize the words when I come back to praise her son-in-law and daughter, and my aunt won't keep her daughter this time, and she will come next time. If Ah Ying is left with another helper, what do I have to be happy about, and the two cousins-in-law are not happy, who would like to see someone who is looking at his husband with all his heart. "The second lady has a small mouth.

Ji Yao couldn't help but squeeze her lightly, and warned: "I still don't care about talking so much, I forgot that I just got punished and was locked up in the house for a few days and couldn't get out." I can say okay, don't pull me on my back next time, do you think our lives are too much.

The second lady smiled, and then explained herself: "She is careful, I want to see how long my aunt can indulge her." ”

"It's been a few days, and when I get married, I won't have such a good situation. Four catties interjected coldly.

Someone helped her speak, and the second lady couldn't help but be proud, but the words were not like this, she counted four catties and said: "What do you know, hurry up, I'm still waiting to use the bird cage." It was snowing continuously, so I went back to the house and asked A-Niang to measure and make a warm cover. She looked at the bird in her hand, and looked at it much softer than at a human.

Four catties of overlapping sounds, but also almost to the end of his few ties, big palm rubbing the bamboo cage up and down to check whether there is a place to pierce the hand, back and forth several times can not bear the urging of the second lady, then handed it into her hands, raised her head and her eyes brightly waited for the second lady to praise the good words.

The birdcage is exquisitely braided, the size is only the size of a Dagong pear, and the bird can't fly or jump if it's injured anyway, so it just wants a place to live.

The second lady carefully put the thrush into the cage, saw it jump twice, and didn't look at the four catties and said thank you, the person had already held the birdcage and the thrush went straight to the backyard.

Ji Yao shook her head and opened her mouth to cover up for the second lady: "She is really crazy, she doesn't talk nonsense, and others can't live in peace." ”

Sijin's eyes are still fixed on the window, he has been in the house for nearly two months to nurse the injury, his face is white and handsome, if he really talks about his appearance, he still thinks that his little Langjun is it.

He used to be the master of clever and eloquent arguments, but he became a stuffy gourd in front of the second lady, but he smiled and didn't speak, leaving Ji Yao alone, and the four-pound cleverness came up again, smiling and selling well for Han Qi.

Ji Yao didn't know what Han Qi said when he left, so Sijin looked like he knew it in his heart, and raised his eyebrows and boasted that his family's big boss was almost blown to the sky, and the Erlang God in the sky was not as capable as Han Qi.

She thought she was a little unlucky, and she didn't want to explain anything to the four catties, so she took out a small porcelain bottle from her sleeve and put it on the edge of the kang, and explained: "The medicine sent by the capital may not be as good as the one made before, you take it on time sooner or later, and then ask for a better gentleman when you return to Chang'an after a while, at the moment our sisters can only do so much." ”

Four catties of arms supported the kang and moved his torso, reaching the medicine bottle and nodding, he didn't say any more words of thanks to Ji Yao, those words made Ji Yao embarrassed, obviously it was someone who saved their sisters, but the person who received the favor was four catties, just because of his humble status.

The injustice in the world is not limited to this, she went out and met the smiling maid of the Zhong family, knowing that there was a new trend in the house, the faces of the Zhong family were cloudy and sunny, and when it was cloudy, it was mostly a few days when Zhong Ying's temper made him small, and when it was sunny, it was probably Song Shiyilang who sent someone to deliver the letter. Everywhere we went, everyone was smiling, and there must be a bigger happy event.