Qinghe walked fast, almost trotting in, so now Erbai saw the situation in the house. She touched the only remaining teacup on the table, and because she was lucky not to roll to the ground and shatter into pieces, she picked it up and rubbed it in her hand, and threw it without any defense.

Smack-

A cup suddenly brushed past Zhang Hai's fat face, bringing a trace of scorching heat after high-speed friction, and cracked into pieces on the wall. After Zhang Hai reacted, his legs and feet were weak, and he didn't sit down on the ground until he held on to the edge of the door.

I heard and heard that General Mu had an unpredictable temper, and it seemed that the rumors were true.

A large drop of sweat fell on Zhang Hai's hands, making his hands even wetter.

"Did you find something?" Erbai sat on the chair and lowered his head slightly to look at him.

The latter's back was cold, and he crawled to her feet on his knees, begging for mercy: "General, it's all my fault for being unfilial, it turns out that he hid things, and lied to me that it was hidden by Miss Xu, and I was in ......a hurry" Before he finished speaking, he knocked on the ground, begging his father to tell his grandmother, so pitiful.

But Erbai was indifferent, she just looked at Qinghe. Maybe she was tired of listening, Qing He wiped her face, picked up her steps and went to the room, she began to tidy up slowly, wanting to restore this place to its original state.

"Your son ......" Erbai said slowly, as if he was thinking about something, "that one is called Zhang Peng?" ”

"My second son, who has no prospects, changed his temper a few years ago, and he didn't do such a bad thing, it's all because my father didn't teach him well, and the general should not be like him."

Er Bai snorted coldly, such a man is still a loving father? Do you still know how to speak for your son when you can't protect yourself? It's rare, it's really rare.

She suddenly noticed a special word, a few years ago? These three words rolled in her mouth, and she remembered the things that the two siblings had mentioned, and she was a little displeased. They all know something, but hide it from her? The scars on Qingqing's face, the uneasiness of the little ghost, she wanted to know what was going on.

"A few years ago...... What's going on? She lowered her head and spoke in a low voice, while her eyes glanced into the room a few times, trying not to be heard by Qing He. She knew that this was a wound in Qingqing's heart, and she didn't want her to think about it again.

But she had to figure it out!

"It's just, it's ......" Zhang Hai couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and unconsciously lowered his voice when he was affected, "My little son is not angry, greedy for beauty, he fell in love with Miss Xu a few years ago, and often went to her noodle restaurant to eat, but Miss Xu didn't look down on him, but he became more and more concerned, and then, and then ......once, "The more he spoke, the more he stammered, and his eyes glanced everywhere.

"Say it! What at one time? ”

Zhang Hai wiped his head, "Once, Se-Gu was so bad that Miss Xu was deceived and returned to the house...... And then I plan to use strong, but it's a pity...... Miss Xu accidentally kicked the wrong kick in her defense...... "He said intermittently, and he couldn't say it anymore, Erbai already understood, and he didn't need to continue to stop."

Originally, Erbai's hand was placed on the table, but halfway through it, the corner of the table was already deeply recessed, and it was full of Erbai's fingerprints. Zhang Hai's eyes kept staring, only to be so frightened that he couldn't speak, seeing Erbai raise his hand, his eyes closed, and thought that the other party was still beating him, and he didn't feel the same for a long time, so he opened his eyes slightly, and found that Erbai raised his hand and looked at the place where the calluses had grown on his fingers, as if he saw something interesting.

"What happened a few years ago...... Erbai sighed and said a few words, and was about to stand up, but saw Zhang Hai shrink in fright, sat back with his buttocks, and stared at the boss, she felt funny, "I won't eat you again, I heard that someone is waiting in the prefect's yamen?" ”

"Fu Dongqing, Master Fu and Old Chen."

When Erbai heard this, he felt strange in his heart, what kind of person is this old man, who can be compared with Fu Dongqing. I made up my mind immediately and went to the house to find Qinghe.

"Qingqing, there is nothing at home, why don't we go out to eat?" Seeing that Qinghe was indifferent, still picking up the quilt that was thrown on the ground and shaking, Erbai took a few steps forward and said, "I heard that Old Chen is also waiting there, won't you go?" ”

Qing He's movements stopped for a long time before he spoke, but his voice was a little hoarse: "Go." ”

Then a few of them rolled up their sleeves and quickly cleaned the house a little, and then returned to the place where the prefect's yamen on East Street was located.

Before the carriage and horses arrived at the yamen, someone noticed it with sharp eyes and rushed back to report it.

"Lord Fu, Lord Fu, Lord Zhang, they are back!"

Fu Dongqing, who was originally pacing around the room with his hands behind his back, looked happy when he heard this.

"Where?"

"It's here, Master Fu, live up to the trust, live up to the trust." Zhang Hai hunched his waist, clasped his hands into fists, and Erbai behind him took Qinghe's hand and walked in, Qingyang was small, blocked by the two, and there was obvious resistance on his face to here.

"Sister, can't we go back?" Qingyang tugged at the corner of Qinghe's clothes.

Qing He rubbed his brother's head casually and smiled helplessly at him, "No, you have to come, by the way, eat a meal, is Yangyang hungry?" ”

Qingyang touched his stomach a little embarrassed and nodded when he heard it.

Since they got up in the morning, the three of them have not eaten anything, and they are all hungry.

"Green girl, I can count myself as seeing you." A person walked out of the inner hall, it was Chen Lao, he saw Qinghe for the first time, and was sucked away by Erbai at the second sight. In a short period of time, Erbai is no longer as obedient as last time, but has become much more stable, her eyes are sharp, and everyone she is staring at has a feeling of being on her back. Chen Lao was satisfied in his heart and nodded, this time he was much more presentable, but he had a bit of his mother's charm, and he didn't believe it even if he held the jade tiger in front of him in the past.

"Old Chen, are you okay?" Qinghe thought that the other party was implicated because of their affairs, so he gave the hands of the two of them, and hurriedly stepped forward to see if the other party had anything to do.

Chen Lao waved his hand, "I'm fine, but now it's not good, but I think it's the prefect." ”

"What did Elder Chen say, I'm fine." Zhang Hai sneered.

"Where's your good son?"

Zhang Hai felt a sigh in his heart when he heard this, he was flustered last night, and he didn't know if he had asked anyone to remind him to pay attention, "I'll find someone to ask." ”

"No need, I have nothing to do today, Master Fu and I have already looked for it here, no one. I said, Master Zhang, it is impossible for a big living person to disappear out of thin air. "Chen Lao is biased, and every sentence is like a thorn.

Seeing Zhang Hai retreating at his feet, Erbai stretched out his legs to block the retreat, and Zhang Hai raised his hand to forgive after encountering it: "I don't know, it's like I sent someone to notify me in the morning, why don't I go and see?" ”

"No need, I have already asked people to block the gate with the token, and I also sent someone to inform the people above, probably in a few days, the people who came to pick up General Mu will return." Old Chen sat in his seat leisurely, and a maid next to him handed him a cup of brewed tea, the temperature was just right, and he took a sip.

Just when no one was talking at this quiet time, someone ran in quickly and said a few words in Fu Dongqing's ear. As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand to make the other person stand down.

He coughed, and saw that everyone was paying attention to him and said: "Zhang Peng has been caught by us, he is hiding in that Li Er's house, and I have already asked people to escort him over." ”

"Let go of me, do you know who I am? My father is the biggest official in Kaiyang City, do you know the prefect! Damn, you let go of me, it's painful......" I heard a man's screaming voice in a sharp voice from a distance, and he didn't feel tired and panicked, and the people in the room were so annoyed that they heard it, and when he saw Zhang Hai's eyes lit up as soon as he entered the house, but as soon as this "father" came out, it was like someone choking his throat, blocking and unable to say the next words.

"Don't Xiao Zi......" Zhang Hai forced three words out of his throat, and the rest of the words were swallowed alive and not said, crying and kneeling on the ground, this time it was not Chen Lao or Fu Dongqing, he knew very well who the people here should beg. So he crawled in front of Qinghe and kowtowed, "Miss Xu, Zhang Peng, he also got the punishment he deserved for what he committed at the beginning, and there is no heir to inherit the incense for him in his life, you raise your noble hand and let him go, after this incident, I will lock him up and teach him a good lesson." ”

In fact, Zhang Peng is the son of Zhang Haizheng's wife, the eldest son was only born to a concubine, and his wife passed away after giving birth to Zhang Peng, so he carried the concubine to fill the house, so he also spoiled this son a little, so he made him lawless and reckless.

Without his wife, he would not have been able to do the position of prefect.

"Man has to learn to be responsible for what he does." Erbai stretched out her hand and pulled the hair on the side of Qinghe's cheek, revealing the faint pink scar, she couldn't help but reach out and touch it, as soon as she touched it, Qinghe shrank back. She replied, disguising her hand.

"Alright, let's go eat together, little ghost, are you hungry?" The first time Erbai took Qingyang's hand, and then Qingyang took Qinghe's hand and walked inside, Erbai's nose moved, and a smile appeared on his face, "It's so fragrant, what are you doing inside?" ”

"Whatever you want, you guys come and eat."

When the dishes were ready, Chen Lao beckoned them to eat with chopsticks in his hand.

Chrysanthemum drunken crab, typhoon shelter river shrimp, sweet and sour osmanthus fish, steamed pork slices, vinegared shredded potatoes, dry steamed pork ribs glutinous rice, and then accompanied by the moist and thirst-quenching eight-treasure lotus root soup, a table of dishes is full of flavor and fragrance, and the mouth of the hook is dripping, not to mention that these are three people who have not eaten breakfast and lunch.

"Whatever?" Erbai stretched out, found a piece of crab with fat and oil, and couldn't wait to start eating, her hand collided with Qingyang's hand of Guiyu, her eyes narrowed, and she took the initiative to let go of her hand for the first time, "Eat so anxious and choking." As a result, as soon as she finished speaking, Qingyang was so frightened that she swallowed a fish bone that was about to spit out.

"Ahem, ahem—"

Qingyang's face was flushed, Qinghe hurriedly lined his back, and Erbai stiffened his hands with a blank face, "What did I do wrong?" ”

"No, he's just not used to it." Chen Lao smiled and replied to Erbai's unconscious muttering while gnawing on the ribs, "Eat well, be careful of being robbed." ”

Zhang Hai held a large bowl and stuffed rice into his mouth, emptying half of the food in front of him at a stunned speed.

"Hey fatty, you give me about the same, Qingqing and I haven't eaten a few bites yet!"

Zhang Hai □□ his face from the bowl, forgot Erbai with a misty look that didn't wake up, and continued to eat.

After a group of people have had enough to eat, they have the energy to start thinking about something else.

Such as.

"Old man, your craftsmanship is very good."

"Whereever, just a cook."

Will the cook make the prefect respectful?

"You say." Erbai turned to Zhang Hai, the latter's cold sweat came down, and neither of the two could be offended, he smiled flatteringly, "Chen Lao said yes, he said no, no." ”

The atmosphere was deadlocked, but Fu Dongqing broke the silence, and he apologized to Qinghe, who was silent, "It's all because Wu'er is stubborn and stole that Jade Tiger, so that Miss Xu and General Mu escaped overnight, and I was also angry with those bandits, I have already taught a few lessons." ”

"No, Lord Zhang is very cool and didn't treat the three of us badly." Qinghe pulled up his younger brother Qingyang, thanked him and was about to go out, Fu Dongqing was anxious when he heard it, the implication of this is that they are not treating people well? That's not going to work.

He immediately got up and wanted to pay the full salute, but Qinghe refused to accept the salute.

"We are just ordinary people, we can't stand the courtesy of adults, the little woman just wants to live an ordinary life, only because one day I don't know Mount Tai, and accidentally injured the general, so I have today's incident, it's all my fault, I hope you don't blame you." After Qinghe said lightly, he blessed his body and saluted, Fu Dongqing avoided it, and was a little stunned.

Erbai was anxious after hearing this, and she wondered why Qingqing was very cold from the car, she originally thought that it was because she was uncomfortable and didn't sleep well, but now it seems that it is not at all, but because of her identity, she is upset!

"Qingqing, I'll go back with you, don't leave me a ......"

Erbai stretched out his hand to hug Qinghe, but was dodged by the other party.

Qingyang pulled Qinghe's sleeve, looking at Erbai's red eyes as if he was about to cry, he also felt strange and uncomfortable, as if it was his sister's fault, and couldn't help but plead for her.

"Sister, don't be angry, you know she's stupid and stupid, let's go back and punish her for carrying thorns." Qingyang still remembers that last time Erbai didn't know what he did to make his sister angry, and he was not angry anymore after carrying the thorns, so he wanted to repeat the old trick, but Lian Erbai nodded again and again, with a look of approval.

Qing He whispered something, Qing Yang was just wandering, he couldn't hear clearly, and just wanted to ask, he heard Qing He say: "No need, how dare you bother the general, there are still mundane things at home that have not been completed, take the first step." "Pull Qingyang hard and go out.

"Qingqing—"

Erbai's right hand stretched out unconsciously, and he was about to chase him out, but he was surrounded by Zhang Hai and others.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Qingyang was vigorously pulled out, and his wrist felt a little painful, and he wanted to open his mouth to let Qing He let go, but he felt the hot liquid on his hand as if it was going to burn him.

Sister crying?

He remembered the white and red eyes and the hot liquid on his hands just now, and he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in his heart, and he didn't understand what was going on, so he could only be silent, obediently not speaking and following Qinghe's steps.

The next day, and even the third day, as if deliberately avoiding something, Qinghe got up early in the morning and went to the market to buy something, and it was a morning when he bought it, but when he came back, he didn't mention much in his hand, and after asking her, he realized that he had bought it and forgot to take it back, looking depressed. After lunch, I went back to Xu Ji Noodle Restaurant, but the guests waited there a lot, but Qinghe, who was usually very efficient, didn't bring out a few portions of noodles, so he had to close the door early, and for two days in a row, Qingyang didn't even see Erbai.

On the fourth day, there were a lot fewer people on the street, and there were few people, and Qinghe, who was about to go to the store, grabbed a big brother and asked, "What happened today?" ”

The man said strangely: "Sister, don't you know, yesterday a team of officers and soldiers came from the city, came in from the north gate, dressed that brightly, not like the garrison in our city, no, how long has it been, today the prefect of the East Street has been blocked, we have to hide at home, so as not to cause trouble, estimate what the prefect did was known by the above, retribution......" After speaking, he shook his head and left, saying something 'karma' while walking, Qinghe even forgot to say thank you.

"It's coming so fast."

"Sister, what did you say?"

Qing He smiled reluctantly, "It's nothing, what does Yangyang want to eat today?" My sister makes it for you to eat. ”

"Sister, don't go to the store, take a good rest, your face is not very good, why don't we go to the doctor to take a look?" Qingyang remembered the advice that the doctor had given him, but he forgot what it was, and only remembered that he didn't seem to pay attention to it at all.

"It's okay, your sister and I are fine."

・

"General, your subordinates are late, please forgive the general."

Chen Kaiyang was dressed in armor, holding the scabbard with one hand, putting the other hand on his knee, and kneeling on the ground on one knee. The door of the yamen, which was originally open all the year round, was closed today, and Erbai sat in the place where Zhang Hai was originally sitting, looking worried, obviously not thinking about it at all.

According to the usual, as soon as he knelt down, the general would let himself get up, but today he didn't hear a sound for a long time, Chen Kaiyang couldn't help but look up, but saw that the general who was originally cold and strict was full of worries and softness of his daughter's family, and he was shocked in his heart.

What's going on? It's clearly the general's face, but what's the situation?

"General?"

Erbai was interrupted from his thoughts, waved his hand and said impatiently: "Get up, get up, I'm not your general, you recognize the wrong person, my home is on South Street, my surname is Xu, and my name is Bai." After speaking, he got up and was about to go out, but as soon as he heard this, Chen Kaiyang immediately knelt down again, this time he knelt on both knees, and his forehead touched the ground.

"General, have you forgotten that our 200,000 armor soldiers are waiting for you at Tang Pass? Half a year ago, you disappeared, there is no news, we can't find you, the place is like a broken bamboo, even occupy two cities of my Great Wei, and you are ashamed to ask us to cede land and pay compensation, so admit defeat! General, have you forgotten that you were once allied with us by blood?! ”

Chen Kaiyang's voice was as high as crying blood, and the onlookers who said it seemed to have seen the scene of several generals cutting blood and drinking, as if they felt empathy for the contempt of those people, and that kind of humiliation made them warm all over.

Erbai's steps paused, as if she remembered something, she turned her back to everyone, no one saw the struggle on her face, biting her lower lip tightly and almost bleeding, she still pushed open the door of the yamen with a ruthless heart.

Squeak.

The air outside the door was cold, and the originally lively streets were lined up with soldiers covered in armor, all of whom were as tall as pines, exuding the iron and bloody spirit of having been on the battlefield and killed the enemy.

As soon as they saw Erbai stepping out, they all signaled one after another, and their movements were uniform, and they sounded one after another wherever Erbai passed.

With this armor soldier, Dawei is lucky.

When he thought of this, Erbai was not surprised at all. The thought came so naturally that she couldn't resist at all, as if lurking in a corner of her mind.

"General, are you willing to give up these 200,000 iron horsemen that you have worked so hard to raise?"

"General, can you bear to be trampled on by the Great Wei Mountains and Rivers?"

Chen Kaiyang has had a difficult time in the past six months, and the emperor sent a general from the capital to take over, but the Huwei armor army refused to listen to their deployment at all. The main reason is that the generals do not obey the discipline, and only recognize Mu Gui as a general, and the deputy general Chen Kaiyang is scolded on both sides, and he is anxious every day, and the people who are sent out to find him have found the surrounding cities but still haven't found them.

At that time, he regretted his death, and if he knew this, he would never let the general go alone to investigate any enemy situation. No matter how strong her kung fu is, there will always be things that are difficult to defeat with two fists and four hands.

"I ...... No, I'm not your general. After she finished speaking with great difficulty, she was about to move forward, Chen Kaiyang wanted to step forward, but was stopped.

"Don't chase, she is determined to go back and see, you can't stop it, you can't beat it hard."

As soon as Chen Kaiyang turned around, he saw that Chen Lao's expression softened a lot, "Gonggong Chen, I didn't expect to see you here, since you said goodbye four years ago, you have retired." ”

"The emperor is gone, of course my old bones are also leaving, will it be a blockage for the new emperor to keep them?" Old Chen smiled slowly, put his hands behind his back, and walked in the direction of his small alley.

"Old Chen, you live in a place like this? It's a bit shabby. ”

"What's so shabby about this, before I entered the palace, I couldn't eat, I had to do things outside in the cold, and my life now is much better than before." Chen Lao pushed open the door, "Compared to your march, my little day is really beautiful." ”

"Old Chen, why didn't you send someone to inform us when you saw the general?" Chen Kaiyang asked after him, his tone implicitly reproachful, "If you had informed us earlier, the city would not have fallen into the hands of the Red Thief!" ”

"I left Beijing four years ago, General Mu was stationed in the army six years ago, I am dazzled, and my memory is also poor, I can't be sure, how good is it for you to run for nothing." Chen Lao said, but his hand shook.

He couldn't help but think of the shock he had when he met for the first time, the unfamiliar emotions on his familiar face. Mu Gui always liked to be coquettish to him when he was a child, but when he grew up, he would always be covered in armor, wearing swords in men's clothes, and he couldn't laugh anymore, and the posture of his daughter's family was even more ancient.

"Old Chen, you are old, it seems that this is really a very suitable place for you, so I will say goodbye first."

After hugging his fists, Chen Kaiyang left in a hurry, leaving a room to sigh.

"In a huge country, if all the women are expected to go into battle, how can we talk about a strong country......"

・

Erbai stood at the door, her left hand stretched out in the air, she wanted to knock on the door but refused to fall for a long time, she had maintained this posture for a long time, and Chen Kaiyang, who was standing around the corner, wanted to step forward and kick the door open for her.

On the night he arrived in Kaiyang City, he asked why the general refused to return to the camp for a long time, and everyone was silent, so he wanted to find the answer himself. He followed from afar, in fact, according to the vigilance of the generals in the past, he would have found out, but she didn't know what she was thinking all the way, her momentum was low, and her vigilance was extremely low, if he was an enemy, he would take advantage of the situation and hit him! The general must be seriously wounded!

Knock knock.

Erbai finally knocked on the door.

After a long time, no one came to open it, and she seemed to be in a little anxious, retracting her hand and tangling in place.

Does Qingqing hate me anymore? Why don't you open the door? What if she never sees me again?

As long as Erbai thought of such a possibility, she panicked, and when she wanted to raise her hand and knock on the door again, she heard footsteps, footsteps from the inside out.

The footsteps were soft and slow, and a look of disappointment appeared on her face as soon as she heard them.

This is Qingyang, Qingqing walks forever neatly.

"Erbai?" As soon as the door opened, Qingyang's eyes widened, "Come in, my sister has gone to the store and will be back soon." ”

As soon as he heard this, Erbai stopped his steps and wanted to go out, but was pulled back.

"Don't go, my sister has been going out late and coming back early, and she will be closed and coming back soon."

"Why?" Erbai was puzzled, Qingqing was a diligent person, she should go out early and return late.

"She seems to be restless recently, she can't sleep well, she gets up every day to buy things, and often doesn't get the things she buys back, you can persuade her quickly, I don't know what's wrong with my sister, I'm dying."

Qingyang pulled Erbai's sleeves, his eyes were red, and tears were rolling under his eyes. It is said that men don't flick when they have tears, they have been at home for so long, and Qingyang, a child who loves to pretend to be old children, has known him for half a year, she hasn't seen him cry a few times, once Qingqing is sick, and once is now.

"I, I'll wait, don't cry." Erbai stretched out her hand a little clumsily and wiped the corners of Qingyang's eyes, she obviously wanted to be gentle, but she wiped the corners of the other party's eyes red, "Let's go in and wait." ”

"Okay." Qingyang burst into tears and laughed.

Chen Kaiyang stumbled under his feet, and almost didn't fall because he kicked the bulge on the road, but fortunately he reached out and quickly supported the wall to stand firm, but his eyes were still wide open, and his mouth was not closed because of surprise.

This is their unsmiling general?

No, no, no, he didn't believe it, it must have been his eyes. Wait for him to come closer, and listen again.

But he had barely walked a few steps when he suddenly saw someone walk through the door from another direction.

Woman.

A woman with a delicate face.