Chapter 13: The Shroud of Straw

That being said, people still have to meet. Arrived at the General's Mansion, Su Chaoxi got off the carriage, and the little guy at the door hurriedly went in to pass the word after learning about the intention, taking advantage of this gap, she looked up at the rustic mansion on the periphery, and the three simple words "General's Mansion" on the plaque hanging high on the gate were written vigorously and powerfully, and it was said that Nangong Yi wrote it by himself.

The little girl came back quickly, and greeted them into the door respectfully. "The general is discussing in the study at this time, please Miss Su go to the side hall and wait for a while."

Through the corridor of Quyuan to the side hall, there was immediately a maid to serve tea and wait, when everyone came over this way, everyone was in an orderly manner, Su Chaoxi saw it in his eyes, but felt that although the Nangong family was engaged in business and politics, it looked like a scholarly family, and there was no worldliness at all, although only Nangong Yi lived here, but it was not for nothing that the Nangong family had stood tall for so many years.

Xiao Shan stood behind her, looking at the maid in the house who was thoughtful and rarely spoken, and couldn't help but whisper: "Miss, when I look at it like this, Xiao Shan is really rude." ”

Su Chaoxi was happy: "Then you will learn more from others in the future, so as not to marry in the future." ”

Xiao Shan wanted to say something, but saw someone coming from the corridor outside the door from a distance, so she didn't say anything more. Outside, she is ignorant and illiterate, but she is a young lady's person, and it is better to be silent as much as possible.

Su Chaoxi also heard the footsteps, thinking that he was just seeing Nangong Yi, but he didn't expect to come in several people, among which there was a woman, several people came in with a smile, as if they didn't see outsiders, Su Chaoxi, who had been sitting quietly on the side, moved his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't speak first.

After they sat down one after another, everyone seemed to have just seen her, Nangong Yi sat on the upper seat and laughed loudly: "Miss Su has been waiting for a long time, right?" ”

Su Chaoxi looked at Nangong Yi, the expeditionary general who was said to be brave and invincible at the age of fourteen, he was simply wearing a plain robe like an ordinary son, and his hair was tied with jade jade and gold hairpins, looking at that handsome face did not look like he was in his twenties at all, so dignified and graceful, not like a general, but like a scholar, but the fortitude and solemnity that his eyes shone from time to time that people could not ignore.

Su Chaoxi swept everyone and smiled lightly: "The general's deliberations must be important, and the day and night are just waiting for a moment and not worrying, if the general is delayed, it is really important." ”

Nangong Yi naturally heard the slightest dissatisfaction in Su Chaoxi's words, and knew the reason for her attitude, but he didn't care, he checked this girl yesterday when he heard that the eldest daughter of General Su's Mansion was sent by the Empress Dowager to meet him, and she was not brilliant or faulty, she was just an ordinary young lady, at most it was the gossip of the previous days, but this Mo Huan ceremony is not enough to be afraid, not to mention that today is just a formality, and it is not enough to look forward to everything, so he brought others in.

Su Chaoxi thought of his thoughts, this general is good at commanding soldiers and horses, but this person has a complicated relationship, I am afraid that he has not thought of it deeply.

"Miss Su is serious." Nangong Yi said with a smile: "This is my second brother Nangong Ji, next to me is my third brother Nangong Wen, and that is Yun Qiaoyi, the third lady of Yunfu." ”

Su Chaoxi looked at the past one by one, this Nangong Ji and Nangong Wen were also full of bookish appearance, although they were both well-dressed and gentle and smiling at this time, but between their eyebrows and eyes still showed that they didn't care about her arrival, as for that Yun Qiaoyi, she was very beautiful, with bright eyes and bright teeth, double pupils and water, and she was charming, worthy of being the child of the harem overlord's family, and she really had a bit of a red face and a bad taste.

Su Chaoxi nodded slightly, and did not get up to salute, she generally has no good impression of this kind of person who has a general status but is short-sighted.

"The reason why I came today must have been known by the general, yesterday during the day, the Empress Dowager summoned me over and said a lot of things, including many of the general's marriage, I don't know if the general is interested in someone? I'm going to go back to my life. Su Chaoxi said with a smile.

Nangong Yi's eyes flashed slightly, obviously the Empress Dowager sent her to try to match the two of them, but when she came here, she became an order, looking at her face like a crown of jade and smiling Yan Yan, Nangong Yi smiled lightly: "I am still young in Xia, I should serve the court more, and the marriage is still early, so there is no need to worry." ”

It seems that there is no one in mind, Su Chaoxi cried silently, you are not early, you are young, but the empress dowager and your father are thinking of letting you marry a daughter-in-law as soon as possible, maybe one day the empress dowager will have a convulsion, regardless of the door valve, and let you marry me, then it will be me who will be unlucky? Su Chaoxi slandered, no, I must stuff someone else's top bag for you.

"The general's words are wrong, the battlefield is surging and changing rapidly, a battle down 3,000 blood and 800 soldiers, although the general is brave and good at fighting, but the parents of the children in the center of the family are terrified all day long, the general will get a family a day earlier, and it is good that the parents at home have a comfort when you are not there."

Nangong Yi didn't speak, but Nangong Wen smiled: "What do you mean is that my eldest brother may die on the battlefield at any time?" Miss Su, have you ever been a soldier? Have you ever been in a war? Have you ever seen blood flowing into a hippopotamus leather shroud? Even if what you say is reasonable, then wouldn't my eldest brother delay other girls' marriage? ”

"Miss Su is gentle and generous, but she is also a deep girl, how can she have participated in the war, don't talk nonsense." Nangong Ji seemed to help her, but in fact he agreed with his younger brother's opinion.

Nangong Wen tilted his head: "If I'm talking nonsense, isn't Miss Su too?" If it's all a joke, why can't I say it? Miss Su, do you think that's the truth? ”

"Third son, you still speak amazingly, Qiaoyi admires." Seeing this, Yun Qiaoyi also interjected.

Nangong Yi looked at them and said indispensably: "Don't make a fool of yourself, Miss Su is also kind." ”

is also well-intentioned, but it is not used in the right place, Su Chaoxi clearly accepted his meaning, and the feelings of this family are crowded with her.

If she continues to entangle, she may have a lot of work to do.

Su Chaoxi got up and smiled: "That is the case, then Chaoxi will come back tomorrow, I hope the general will change his mind at that time." ”

After saying that, he didn't expect them to send him off, turned around and left.

Nangong Yi looked at her back as she went out, and always felt that there was something suppressed behind the dignified and elegant appearance, but she couldn't say it.

"This Miss Su family is really funny, she thought she could talk about the eldest brother, and even said that she would come back tomorrow, it's really a fool's dream, second brother, you said that the Su family has no hope, not even a son, this old General Su and General Su have no successor, it's really pitiful." As soon as Nangong Wen saw that the person was gone, he immediately put away his handsome appearance and became a fool.

"Okay, don't pick on people here, you're not much better, take care of your mouth, something will happen sooner or later." Nangong Ji glared at him and looked back at Nangong Yi: "Big brother, this Empress Dowager is pressing, you should also think of countermeasures." ”

"If you want to think of any countermeasures, if you want me to say, go directly to the Miss Su family and give some laxatives, see if she can still come, hide for a few days, and then the eldest brother will go to guard the customs, and the queen mother will not be able to force people anymore." Nangong Wendao.

"You'd better shut up, there's no constructive suggestion at all." Nangong Yi glanced at him.

Nangong Wen pouted, he thought it was very useful, he had to implement it today, and see if anyone would disturb their brother tomorrow.

Su Chaoxi left the general's mansion and asked Xiaoshan to go home first, and went to the Que Tower by himself.

When he has nothing to do when he has nothing to do, he likes to sweep the floor the most, and he feels that sweeping the floor is calm and calm, and he can cultivate his self-cultivation. There happened to be nothing to do today, and she came out with a broom in the building, but she happened to see Su Chaoxi coming from a distance, just thinking that she was here to find Sun Sili, and she didn't expect someone to stop next to him at all.

"Build a building and sweep the floor? It looks like you don't have any work to do today, so go out with me. ”

The building cautiously glanced at Su Chaoxi, who was dressed dignified and generous, but smiled not at all like everyone's girlfriends, but very insidious, last time she came to him and said that she was going to yo-yo bend, but the result was to steal Wen Sheng's Baijiaji to play, and Wen Sheng didn't dare to offend Su Chaoxi after he knew about it, so he came to harass him for several days. This time, I said Yoyo Bend, who knows what it was like to steal chickens and dogs.

Su Chaoxi frowned: "It's not a friend, I usually don't help you less, what's wrong with you just accompanying me out for a walk?" Cheapskate. ”

Gai Lou weighed it and said cautiously: "Then you promise not to do things like stealing chickens and dogs, and you won't provoke Wen Sheng." ”

"That's a must."

Later that day, Nangong Wen ran back to the study from outside, looked at the eldest brother and second brother who were discussing something, and said breathlessly: "Big brother, that Miss Su is terrible." ”

He just wanted to follow her and catch two handles, and then take the opportunity to give her some laxatives or something, so that she would suffer, who knew that the girl not only did not go home, but went to the outside of the city with a tall and sturdy man, I thought it was a private lecture or something, but I didn't think that the two went straight to the notorious wild forest in the distance on the outskirts of the city, and heard that there was a new grass there, and the two people directly paid the gold and silver for the grass falling from the people. One of those who resisted was killed directly, and a certain girl personally wrapped him in a straw mat.

Thinking of that scene, Nangong Wen still had palpitations, where is this everyone's girlfriend, this is clearly a ruffian hooligan.

Nangong Yi listened to his description, and remembered that when he saw Su Chaoxi's dignified appearance before, he always felt that something was wrong, it should be here, the Empress Dowager said that she was straightforward and hearty, but she was elegant and generous during the day, and he thought that it was a discrepancy in her words, which turned out to be covering up her nature.

"Didn't you stop making trouble? Why are you still going? If you take the medicine, you will not be afraid of lowering your identity, and you will not be allowed to sleep when you go back to the wall for a while, and don't eat dinner. Nangong Yi glared at him, obviously he had reached the age of being alone, and everything else was okay, but this little child's temperament was unreasonable, it was really sad.

Early the next morning, Nangong Wen was walking in the corridor a little tired, and when he heard the footsteps, he looked up and saw that a certain girl was looking at him with a smile, leaning over slightly: "The third son is good." ”