"Phew—" The coachman whipped his horse and pulled his horse, and the two sturdy horses stopped at the same time.

Yuwen Zhihong and the others dismounted, and someone immediately came up to take away the horses, "Aunt Bai, Shu'er, we have arrived at the house." Yuwen Zhihong stood respectfully beside the carriage.

Yan Shu only pulled the curtain with one hand, looked up, the first thing that caught his eye was several wide and wide steps, each step was as long as three battles, a high threshold at the end of the steps, the vermilion gate was opened, a cluster of evergreen bamboo lush and faintly visible the shadow of the eaves and trees inside, and the plaque on the vermilion and gold edge - the general's mansion, two rows of families stood on both sides with their heads held high. On both sides of the steps, there is a stone lion, fangs and claws, hideous and fierce, the stone ball in the mouth is polished round and not slippery, eight soldiers carrying long swords are mighty and guarding the outside of the carriage, and the people who come and go look at the carriage with envious eyes.

"Brother, this is the General's Mansion, it's really magnificent. Yuwen Yanshu helped Yuwen Zhihong get out of the car, and then saw the high courtyard wall extending straight past, occupying half of the street, and some branches and branches poked out of the courtyard and nodded, which made people have infinite associations with the scenery inside.

Yuwen Zhihong smiled dotingly: "This is nothing, in the future, there are more magnificent ones than this, you will see them, I am afraid that you will be annoyed." "It's been nine years, it's been so many years since I left Beijing, and I'm finally back, there is no flickering cold light of swords and halberds here, there are no rugged men who are arrogant, and some are just intrigues and intrigues in the eyebrows and laughter.

The main hall of the General's Palace.

Yuwen Zhihong sat on the left main seat, Bai Shi stood on the outside of the right main chair, a few traces of jealousy and unwillingness flashed from time to time on his face that was pretending to be gentle and respectful, followed by her two maids Mei Fang and Mei Xiang. On the first seat on the left of Yuwen Yanshu, between the brothers and sisters are standing twin sisters and brothers Ah Qi and Ah ?.

The old housekeeper Qin Xiu took a group of male and female servants and knelt down tremblingly to fill the room. The sweat that kept oozing from Qin Xiu's face was indistinct: "Miss, this"

Yuwen Yanshu's eyes swept lightly, Qin Xiu's next words were stiffly choked back into his stomach, and he had to look at Yuwen Zhihong pleadingly, Yuwen Zhihong tasted the tea he had just served and pretended not to see anything.

"Miss, you see that Steward Qin is also old, and it has not been a year or two in the General's Mansion, so it is not appropriate for him to kneel, let him get up." Ah Qi hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her, she has been with Yan Shu for five years, and she knows that Yan Shu is sincerely punishing him for setting up a prestige, and others will give him a step.

Yuwen Yanshu knocked on the table with his index finger, and his childish face had a maturity and stability that did not match his age, "Since Sister Aqi said, then Steward Qin, you should get up first, but" The words changed, and suddenly became cold: "Our Yuwen family has its own Yuwen family in charge, not to mention a concubine given to my father by Concubine Liu Xian, even if she Liu Xinyun came in person, it is not her turn to interfere in the affairs of our family, understand?"

The young lady has unceremoniously expressed her hostility towards Concubine Xian, and then continues to pretend to be stupid and intent to support the Bai family, then he Qin Xiu has lived in vain for so many years, and he only agrees to understand at the moment.

"Steward Qin. Yuwen Zhihong put down the teacup and said with a slight smile: "Shu'er is tired of traveling on the road, and his temper will inevitably get worse, don't take it to heart, what should be done and said, you also have a number in your own heart, as for Aunt Bai's residence, since Aunt Bai's original Liyuan Pavilion is in disrepair, let's move to the Water Purification Courtyard first, and just dial two more people over." After saying this, before Qin Xiu could react, he saw him smile again and said to Yuwen Yanshu: "Shu'er, what do you think?"

Yuwen Yanshu smiled happily: "

Yuwen Zhihong smiled helplessly and loved pets, and whispered a few words to Ah Qi.

Ah Qi nodded, stepped forward and said: "The young master said, thank you for helping to take care of the family house over the years, I don't know how to thank you, everyone will go to the account room for a while, and each person will receive two taels of silver, in order to show the gratitude of the young master and the young lady, now everyone is scattered, many things in this Yuwen Mansion are still inseparable from you." With a playful smile, the twelve-year-old Aqi is already a Peugeot's little beauty, this smile made everyone's eyes brighten, and the mood became happy, sweeping away the previous depression and dullness, and everyone thanked each other and exited the hall.

Qin Xiu leaned on the railing of the cloister, let out a long sigh, and wiped away the cold sweat from his forehead. The one just now made his heart a little cold, this young lady who had never met before, although she was similar to Yuwen Yi's wife Dugu Rong, her temperament was 108,000 miles apart.

Sixteen years ago, Liu Xinyun and Dugu Rong were called "Jinghua Shuangshu", not only better than the sinking fish and geese, but also poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are proficient, even the children of wealthy families are proud to see them, at that time there were such ballads in the neighborhood "Dugu gives a woman, the Liu family also pushes the clouds, Jinghua intends to be a double shu, who has to share it?" Liu Xinyun has many brothers, but no sisters, the family will inevitably prefer more, so he has been arrogant since he was a child;

Later, Yu Wenyi and Liu Xinyun met at the Hairpin Club and fell in love at first sight, but the Yuwen family and the Liu family have always been at odds, and Yu Wenyi's mother Dugu Ci is more inclined to her niece Dugu Rong. After Liu Xinyun entered the palace, Mrs. Dugu strongly urged Yuwenyi to marry Dugu Rong, Yuwenyi was unwilling, and moved out of the Taiwei Mansion soon after the marriage, and has not set foot in the Taiwei Mansion for 16 years. When Yuwen Zhihong was born, Liu Xinyun was already a concubine, and at that time she sent three women who looked two or three points similar to her to celebrate, and when Yuwen Yi performed the crown ceremony, she sent two more similar ones.

In fact, Qin Xiu turned out to be a servant of the Liu family, but later committed some things and was kicked out by the Liu family. Liu Xinyun privately sent someone to let him go to Yuwen Mansion to work, when he arrived at Yuwen Mansion, Yuwen Zhihong had just babbled, at that time Yuwen Yi was the Shaoqing in the palace, just when the Northern Turks came to invade and Hu and Han fought against the army, he rarely returned to the house, and even if he came back, most of them spent the night in those concubines' rooms. Those concubines are more rampant, not only are they not polite when they see Dugu Rong, but they are often sneering, Dugu Rong is a weak woman in the deep pavilion who is unable to parry, so she has to often cry secretly, Qin Xiu often sees her sitting alone in the Shenyin Courtyard with Yuwen Zhihong in her arms, and tears keep falling. Ling'er, one of the four girls she brought from her mother's house, was smart and clever, and she often fought for her master, so she was fed dumb medicine by them and driven out of Yuwen Mansion.

This situation lasted for about another four years, and for some reason, three of the five concubines died of violent illness one after another, and two disappeared for no reason, and Qin Xiu privately speculated that they were poisoned. Liu Concubine did not continue to send beauties, a flash is five or six years, when everyone thought she would settle things, Yu Wenyi received the intention to replace his eldest brother Yu Wenzhao to guard the northern frontier, so Yu Wenyi took his wife who was four months pregnant and his twelve-year-old son to the north, just a month before leaving and received a message from Liu Xinyun, who was already Zhaoyi, Liu Xinyun's second brother has an only son, seven years old, if Dugu Rong is a man in this life, he is a brother, if he gives birth to a daughter, he will become a family, the messenger brought a token, and there is a woman who looks more like Liu Xinyun than the first five daughters Bai Rouxin Bai。

But today's young lady, when he thought of this young lady, a chill crept up on Qin Xiu's back, is this the daughter of that gentle and weak woman? The innocent smile, sharp and sharp words, and resolute methods all made people's hearts stand up. There is also the young master, although he was also a teenager and an old man in the past, but he was not as strong as he is today, and there was an invisible fierce aura in his speech and demeanor, which made people breathless. Suddenly remembering the things he had done before, Qin Xiu suddenly felt a chill on his spine, as if there were countless eyes around him looking at him, his heart was suddenly startled, he shook his head vigorously, and walked towards the Water Purification Courtyard with a quick step.

Not far behind him, Ah Jian stood behind Yuwen Yanshu, looked at the back of the old housekeeper who left in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Shu'er, you are really like a god." ”

Yuwen Yanshu shrugged his shoulders and said with regret: "This is called a thousand precautions, and it is difficult to prevent thieves." ”

Ah bent down and joked: "Yes, it's hard to guard against thieves, so should I, a thief, guard against it." There was a playful look on his handsome face.

"Yes, of course," said confidently, and the joy on his little face that could not be hidden, like a sudden burst of fireworks, was beautiful: "What if you go out to steal?"

Ah, laughing, it was no surprise to say something to her, and the laughter shook the birds in the trees and flew away, patting the green leaves on the ground, and laughing: "You are so unconfident in yourself?"

Yuwen Yanshu glared at him unconvinced, and just wanted to refute, but saw that his elegant and handsome face was barely an inch away from her face, and a pair of inky eyes as jade overflowed, and suddenly his heart swelled, as if he was uncontrollable, stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the lips, and instantly seemed to be stung by something, and quickly took a few steps back.

pinched the corners of his clothes uneasily, Yuwen Yanshu's low face turned red, as if he had just drunk a knife outside the plug: "Ah, brother, I, I"

Although he was a few years older, he had never encountered such a thing, he lowered his head in embarrassment and stroked the sword spike, listening to her inexplicably say that he was getting shorter and shorter, and suddenly mustered up his courage, raised his head, and said, "Actually, actually, I was thinking about me just now, and I was thinking about me."

Yuwen Yanshu was so ashamed that he had nowhere to hide, turned his head and ran away, like a butterfly wearing flowers, leaving only Ah Zhi to stay where he was.