Half a month has passed since the day when the Great General Monk Shangshu fought......

"The bright moonlight in front of the bed, suspected to be frost on the ground, looking up at the bright moon, a line of egrets up to the sky, two tigers running fast ......." The man's muttering voice sounded gentle and pleasant.

"Are you crazy, it seems that this palace is going to replace someone as the head of the torture hall and the secretary of the Ministry of Works." Another cool and soft voice sounded, with a little impatience.

The sluggish someone woke up in an instant, and after realizing what he had said, his face flashed with chagrin - he actually read out the ear-piercing magic sound that Si Shao sang when he was fishing.

Shuangbai immediately sat upright, looked at His Royal Highness the National Teacher and Prince of the Empire who was lying by the window, and apologized and humbled: "Your Highness, your subordinates know their mistakes, please punish them." ”

He would make such a stupid mistake as distracting in front of His Highness.

"Shuangbai, this palace is to let you study to calm the emotions of this palace, not to see your stupidity." The silver-haired woman in gorgeous clothes lying by the window supported her cheeks with one hand and held a wine glass in the other, and her charming eyes were deep with drooping lines, making it impossible to see his thoughts.

But Shuangbai has been following each other for so many years, and at a glance, he can see that under the seemingly calm appearance of His Royal Highness, there is an undercurrent surging, oh, no, the gloomy aura of His Highness's body has already been completely leaked to the point that it can freeze a palace room, so the other crane guards have gone out to avoid it.

His Royal Highness left him, but he failed His Highness's expectations, and Shuangbai was even more annoyed in his heart, so he knelt down on one knee, with a more self-reproachful and humble attitude: "It's the fault of his subordinates." ”

The National Teacher was silent for a long time, then suddenly turned over, lay on the couch, and looked at the glazed tiles on the top of the temple with mysterious and beautiful eyes: "Woman, what the hell is it?" ”

Shuangbai lowered his eyes, he thought that he must be dazzled, his wise and martial highness would never show that confused expression like a little lamb, absolutely not!

What's more, what a woman is, you don't know what a family man who has been married for more than ten years (this is a word invented by Her Majesty the Empress), how can he know?

Of course, Shuangbai would never dare to say this kind of thing, just silently listening to his master's muttering.

"It's incomprehensible that Xiaobai actually ran to sleep in the study for that kind of ugly ant!" The silver-haired beauty sighed, and there was an inexplicable resentment and ...... in her beautiful voice Dysphoria.

Shuangbai counted the days, well, from that day at the court meeting, Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth, the heir to the English Empire who led the mission to my country, suddenly performed the English hug etiquette in front of everyone, and suddenly kissed Si Shao boldly and passionately, announcing that she did not mind being the lover of Her Majesty the Empress of the Yuan Empire, even if Her Majesty the Empress and her were both women...... And on this condition to form an alliance, in exchange for the English Empire to export more superb shipbuilding and musket technology, and then before she finished speaking, she was grabbed by the head of the national teacher on the spot and gently pressed into the pillar of the main hall to decorate, ten days have passed.

In other words, the national teacher, whether it is the gentle and docile one, or the current irascible and sinister one, has been alone in the boudoir for ten days.

Whether it is a sinister and cunning method of the national teacher to threaten and lure, or the method of the gentle and simple national teacher in the past to make His Majesty Ye Bai invincible and soft-hearted, it is completely ineffective.

This is a crisis that the two have never had since they were united!

"Your Highness, maybe your subordinates should remind you that Si Shao is going to live in the study, maybe because all kinds of impeachment notes against you are piled up on the desk, and she also needs to deal with all the matters she has to negotiate with England, and even needs to prepare for war, and now all the craftsmen and merchants from England have to evacuate ......." Shuangbai felt that he needed to remind his master of some truths.

The fourth young man went to live in the study, not only because he was annoyed by His Highness's cruelty, but also because His Highness was indeed ...... Got into trouble.

"It's not the kind of thing that this palace does, even if Xiaobai wants to be snubbed and resentful, it's a stupid thing like Ah Bai, how can this palace be so unreasonable and hurt people's lives without knowing the severity?" The national teacher snorted a little unevenly.

Shuangbai: "Your Highness ......." ”

The national teacher elegantly stroked his hair and said, "Compared with such a rude thing as pressing directly on the pillar, of course, it is right to plant a lovely seed in that slut's body, and when that slut returns to China, a wonderful vine grows in his veins to tear his muscles little by little, and finally a beautiful and dazzling flower grows from his brain marrow." ”

Shuangbai: "I really know it...... Weight. ”

The national teacher seemed to think of something, and suddenly laughed: "The seeds of the newly planted small flowers in this palace will be scattered everywhere after flowering, and they will be born when they enter the flesh, and soon the whole England will be full of gorgeous "human flowers", where do you need anything to sign a contract, everything is at your fingertips, and I look forward to walking with Xiaobai in the 'human flowers' bush to enjoy the moon and flowers, hehe~." ”

Looking at the happy and expectant laughter of the National Teacher, Shuangbai thought about that kind of scene and couldn't help but tremble: "......." ”

Sure enough, His Highness was very self-aware when he said that he himself was indeed unfit to be the king of a country.

Shuangbai felt that a loyal subordinate should also remind his master of some facts at the risk of death: "Your Highness...... The subordinates feel that if you really send a 'human flower' country to the four young people, you may have to keep the empty boudoir alone...... No, it ...... to recuperate for a lifetime. ”

…… Call.......

A cold wind wafted by......

Looking at the originally excited breath of the National Teacher, it was instantly as cold as a cold winter moon, with gusts of yin wind, Shuangbai automatically silenced, and moved three steps back silently with a stool on his hips.

He still has a wish that has not been fulfilled, and he doesn't want to be killed by His Highness when he is in a bad mood.

However, his own master seems to be a little unmotivated......

The slender and gorgeous figure on the soft couch closed his eyes, and muttered to himself a little tired and helpless: "I really regret it......." ”

Shuangbai was stunned for a moment, almost suspecting that he had heard it wrong, and his Royal Highness actually spit out these two words in his mouth?

It must be another hallucination.

The national teacher turned over again, buried his beautiful and strange face in the pillow, and his voice was low and sad: "If Xiaobai had been eaten whole, would there have been no worrying emergencies...... Alas...... It's safer to eat delicious or something. ”

Double white: "=_=....... ”

What idiot said that the master and the idiot are actually more like people than he is?

Would a normal person want to eat their partner?

Shuangbai looked at His Royal Highness who was buried in the pillow, hesitated for a moment, and said stiffly: "If Your Highness had eaten the four young people at the beginning, you would ......." ”

"Huh?"

"You're probably going to stay as a Yuanyang virgin until you die?"

Commonly known as the old boy chicken.

“……。”

There was an instant silence in the air, and the crane guards who were still standing guard outside the hall disappeared in an instant.

But only a moment later, the beautiful woman's resolute and irritable voice came from the pillow: "Forget it——! ”

Shuangbai sighed secretly, sure enough, another 'cannibalistic method' was more in line with the taste of His Highness.

There are some tastes, if you have tasted them, well, to quit like those unlucky eggs who have been beaten by His Highness and made poppy cream...... It's very hard.

For example—

Soft and smooth skin, delicate and weak breathing, misty moist eyes, thin waist and ......

The gentle Lord Shangshu inexplicably began to wander out of the world, and a strange picture in his dream appeared in his mind, so his eyes were a little foggy, and his breathing was a little disordered, until he ......

"Is it possible to react to the main palace if you are dissatisfied?" A cool voice that couldn't hear the emotion suddenly sounded.

Shuangbai froze instantly, his eyes were clear, and he saw that his Royal Highness had turned over at some point, and was squinting his eyes at a certain place on his body.

Ahh——!h

At that moment, the gentle Lord Shangshu was surprised by himself, his eyes widened, and his embarrassment overflowed in his heart, he never thought that he would be more ugly than Yibai under His Highness in his life.

At this moment, Lord Shangshu just wanted to apologize for his death, but before he could stand up, he was pressed on the shoulder by a ghostly pale hand.

Shuangbai froze instantly, watching His Royal Highness slowly raise his beautiful and extremely strange face and come up, until he reached half an inch in front of the tip of his nose before stopping, a pair of dark and cold pupils staring at him.

Lord Shangshu didn't dare to move, and there was only one thought in his heart - His Highness was going to finish him off in person!

"Uh-huh......." The national teacher tilted his head slightly, narrowed his charming eyes, and seemed to be looking at where to start.

At this moment, because of his own stupidity, confusion and being shrouded by the aura of his master at this moment, Shuangbai completely fell into a desperate mood of self-abandonment, and his body trembled slightly under the completely enveloped by a powerful cold aura.

Although he still has a wish...... Finish......

But the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, and he has already dedicated his life to His Highness!

But......

"Let's try it." Shuangbai heard a low murmur, and then—

After the national teacher finished talking to himself, he suddenly pinched his chin, opened his lips slightly, and then ...... Kissed it.

Rumble——!

Shuangbai's mind instantly went blank, and all he felt was the cold touch on his lips.

The air condenses instantly!

"Hundred miles of early Ze ——!" A cold voice of gnashing teeth suddenly came from behind the two of them.

A slender figure stood outside the door of the inner sanctum at some point, clutching the crushed door panel in her hand.

How dare this insidious and ruthless big bastard take revenge on her in this way - he actually dares to climb the wall——!

The national teacher let go of the unlucky guy he was holding, raised his head to look at Her Majesty the Empress standing outside the door of the inner hall, with a grudge in his cold voice, he rudely grabbed the unlucky guy who had not returned to his senses with one hand, and opened the hem of his clothes so that Akiba Bai could see a certain place: "Shuangbai wants to rape the main palace, Xiaobai, do you still think that people of the same gender stay together, as long as one party does not respond, there is no danger?" ”

How big is the sacrifice of this palace, Xiaobai is no longer vigilant, and then sleeps in the study, how can he be worthy of the sacrifice of this palace touching the mouth of a non-Xiaobai.

"Shuangbai wants to rape Hongu~"

This strange sentence floated in the silent inner hall, and the eunuch Gong'e, who came with Her Majesty the Empress outside the hall, immediately retreated ten meters away as fast as possible.

The faces of Qiu Ye Bai and a certain Lord Shangshu with infinite scenery under his crotch froze, and at the same time showed a distorted expression, as if he had been forcibly poured ten catties of or trampled on his face by countless grass and mud horses.

Seeing that the expression on Xiaobai's face was not very good, the National Teacher took tea and rinsed his mouth, and at the same time generously compared with Lord Shangshu, who was still in a blank state of mind: "Xiaobai can take the guy who tries to rape the palace to decorate any place in the palace." ”

Master Shangshu: "......." ”

Qiu Yebai looked at someone with an expression of "You see that this palace is much more generous than Xiaobai, and I don't mind how Xiaobai disposes of the people in this palace", she held the door, trembled and trembled for a while, and finally reluctantly spewed out a mouthful of blood in her heart and the urge to bite someone to death by the way, her eyes swept over Lord Shangshu's completely soft crotch, and then floated to the side: "Shuangbai, you go down first." ”

In the previous life, Shuangbai and Yibai must have owed a lot of blood debts to a certain monster, and they have paid it back in this life.

Lord Shangshu got up slowly, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, Your Majesty retires." ”

Autumn leaves were a little surprised, Shuangbai's nerves were really tough, and they could survive to this point?

But after watching Lord Shangshu with his hands and feet, his figure suddenly spun around the inner hall, almost hitting the pillar before floating out of the door, and then there was a gurgling sound outside the door, as if there was the sound of something heavy rolling down the steps, she silently retracted her thoughts.

"Hey, Lord Shirataki, what's wrong with you, you can fall while walking, ...... Come on...... Pass on the Imperial Doctor! ”

Xiao Yanzi's stunned shouts came from the door.

In the inner hall, the national teacher who was originally crooked and tempted by his posture turned into sitting cross-legged at some point, and his face was so beautiful that it was almost bewitching...... The grievances are unbearable.

"White ...... Poor Monk ...... I didn't mean to. ”

Qiu Yebai looked at his own husband who was changing his face quickly, rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, rubbed his rigid face again, and muttered: "Because I found something wrong, I hid immediately, the beast is still a beast, is it so sensitive to the change of breath...... It's cunning....... ”

Think that's the end of it?

She glanced at the dusty and innocent beauty in front of her, and said lightly: "These days, see that you have lost a little weight, eat well." ”

Is this what his beloved wife means to forgive him?

The gentle national teacher was a little excited, and his face naturally became more and more gentle: "Bai ......." ”

Akiba Bai said casually: "Well, I will sleep in the study this month, if you are bored, you can let the crane guards come to 'rape' one by one." ”

With that, Her Majesty the Empress turned around and carried the crushed gate to Shi Shiran...... Let's go.

Let's go......

Let's go......

Let's go......

The gentle, amiable and beautiful national teacher looked at the door in a daze, with red eyes.

Half an hour later, a violent and angry current, in the form of a terrifying scream, tore over the roof of the temple.

"Ah——!h

In the courtyard of the outer hall of the temple, several white figures on duty squatted on the trees and looked at the exploding roof in the distance, and they all shook their bodies.

"That...... Your Majesty was very angry and demolished the door of the inner hall and walked away, and the roof was broken, should we go and inform someone to repair the palace, it seems that it will rain in the evening. ”

“…… Who do you say is in the inner sanctum? ”

"No matter which Highness it is, if you go in now, you're looking for death, right?"

"Let's still ...... Let's wait. ”

……

Halfway through, Autumn Leaf Bai found herself carrying a door through most of the palace, and the palace ladies who followed behind her were all trembling, and no one said anything.

She smiled a little helplessly, threw down the door in her hand, and instructed the female officials beside her: "Lishang Palace, let someone go and inform Lord Shirataki that the person he is looking for is at the foothold of the shore of Luoshui." ”

The good-looking female official was stunned: "Your Majesty, didn't you promise that Jiu Hairpin would not reveal her location?" ”

Half a month ago, the depressed Jiu Hairpin entered the palace late at night to meet His Majesty, and he didn't know what to say to His Majesty, and His Majesty secretly sent Jiu Hairpin and the little prince away that night, and promised not to leak any news about her and the little prince to Bai Long.

Qiu Yebai looked up at the sparkling lake in the distance, and shook his head: "A dissatisfied non-human creature is enough to toss chickens and dogs, and another one, I'm afraid that it will mess up." ”

Shuangbai, a humanoid creature that needs to be kicked away, originally she thought that in addition to secretly frantically looking for the news of the nine hairpins, there was no abnormality in the court, everything could be just orderly, and she also felt that the problem should not be serious, but today...... He was able to stand up to the terrorist in her house, and it was estimated that something big would happen sooner or later.

Lishang Gong was thoughtful, then nodded and immediately turned around to do so.

……

Luohe Chen County

"Mother, mother, I'm going out to play!" The young man's clear voice sounded.

Jiu Hairpin put down the hydrographic map in his hand and looked at his son, there was a strange excitement on the little guy's face, and his small eyebrows were raised high.

She smiled slightly: "Is it okay to go on a river patrol with my mother today?" ”

The excitement on Nian'er's face froze, her face drooped, and she whispered with some uneasiness: "Mother, Xiaoxi is waiting for me, we made an appointment to go to the market to buy sugar gourds." ”

"It's good for my mother to let Uncle Mammoth bring it to you, Nian'er hasn't been cruising the river with her mother for almost a month." Jiu Hairpin reached out and touched Nian'er's little brain.

Nian'er was stunned again, her eyes fluttering: "That...... It was Xiaoxi's birthday, and I promised to go to his house ....... ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt his mother's gaze fall on top of his head, and he didn't move for a long time.

Nian'er inexplicably became empty: "That...... That one...... Why don't I go talk to the creek first? ”

"No, since you have made an appointment, my mother will not block you." Jiu Hairpin touched Nian'er's head and smiled gently.

Nian'er instantly relaxed, revealing a cute and bright smile: "Mother's best mother!" ”

He turned around, picked up two small gourds, and ran merrily out the door.

Jiu Hairpin looked at his small figure running out, and then suddenly lightly ordered the people around him: "Mammoth, I won't go to patrol the river today, you let the others do their jobs, don't make trouble." ”

Mammoth nodded: "Yes, princess, don't worry." ”

The princess had long found out that something was wrong with the little prince these days, and she was mysterious, running out every day and coming back after dark.

Yesterday, the princess specially asked the little prince's friends to ask, only to find that the little prince had not played with them for almost half a month, and the princess was suspicious, but the little prince made it clear that he didn't want to tell everyone what he was doing.

This worried the princess, so she decided to follow the little prince today to see what he was doing.

"Do you need us to send more people along?"

Jiu Hairpin thought for a while and nodded: "It's okay, you let them move faster." ”

Nian'er didn't have anything to do for a month, and there was no problem with the peace Gu that Sister planted on him, so there shouldn't be any danger, but she was afraid that the kid would offend someone in the Central Plains, so she had to bring more people to rest assured.

After all, this is not Miao Jiang, not to mention that she brought Nian'er to Luoshui this time, and she also acted in secret, but she didn't want to alarm that man.

Jiu Hairpin hung up the Miao embroidery bag and weapon containing the silver ticket on his body, and immediately chased Nian'er out of the house.

The thought scurried to a sand quarry near the river, and before entering the quarry, he looked back and was sure that no one was following him, so he slipped through the low door.

The nine hairpins and his party hid behind a nearby tree, and everyone frowned as they watched Nian'er carefully enter the door of the sand quarry.

Jiu Hairpin was originally not too worried and was shrouded in a haze - what is this kid doing?

……

Nian'er didn't know what his mother was worried about, and at this moment he went into the sand quarry and greeted the big men who were doing the work familiarly.

"Oh, Nian Boy is here, it's really early today!"

"Morning, Uncle Liu, is my master here?"

"Mr. Liu is here early, and he is settling accounts in the accounting room."

"Thank you, Uncle Liu, I'll go!"

After greeting the group of big men with a smile, Nian'er went into the account room located in the corner of the sand quarry.

In the account room, a clear figure was burying his head in the accounts.

"Master, Nian'er is here." As soon as the little boy saw the figure, he immediately looked at the gentleman as if he had changed into a different person.

The man who was called Mr. Liu stopped his pen and looked up, revealing a handsome face with long eyebrows and beautiful eyes, looked at the young man and smiled: "Here, can the book be copied?" ”

Nian'er immediately nodded respectfully: "Yes." ”

Then, he took a small notebook from his pocket and handed it over.

Mr. Liu took it and said while flipping through it: "Well, although you started late and what you learned earlier was too scattered, fortunately, your qualifications are good, and this book is also written a little bit, so let's look at it." ”

Nian'er immediately shook her head and recited the Analects: "Zi said: Learn and learn from time to time, don't you also say it? Have friends come from afar, are you happy? People don't know and are not ashamed, aren't they also gentlemen? ”

The nine-hairpin group peeping in the big tree outside the window almost fell from the tree.

Jiu Hairpin looked at his son who fluently recited the chapters of the Analects, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "I invited Mr. to this stinky boy earlier, and he never worked so hard for him, and he beat Mr. away several times, what is the origin of this person...... ”

The guards on one side immediately jumped away to inquire about the news, and after a while they folded back.

"This Xiucai's surname is Liu, he is a former dynasty Xiucai who has fallen into his younger brother, although he looks young, but it is said that he is at least thirty years old, and he was born in the past, and he was down-and-out when he changed the dynasty, Xiucai Niangzi was originally a local wealthy and powerful family, and he was born to see him down, and secretly took the child back to his parents' house, and now he is making a living as a bookkeeper in this quarry, and he also follows to teach some children and change some bundles."

While listening to the report around him, Jiu Hairpin secretly looked at the teacher and saw that although the man was a little yellow and thin, he was beautiful and elegant, wearing a Xiucai soft hat, although he was wearing a half-old washed yellow and patched robe hanging loosely on his somewhat shriveled body, but it was difficult to hide his noble and righteous spirit.

She couldn't help nodding and whispered: "It's also a poor person, he has poetry and books in his belly, and this Mr. Liu is also a high-minded person at first glance, otherwise he would have defected to the imperial court, and he shouldn't be a bad person." ”

Even if the imperial examination system introduced by the new dynasty is more complete and comprehensive than that of the previous dynasty, and it is more able to select useful talents, in addition to the fact that His Majesty is a woman today, some people still feel unacceptable, and the so-called literati style also makes many talented people of the previous dynasty prefer to live in the poor countryside rather than serve the current imperial court after they are down.

However, what makes Jiu Hairpin most gratifying is that this gentleman is very capable, and he can subdue his own wild boy to study with peace of mind.

What she couldn't do in ten years as a mother, this Mr. Liu did it in half a month.

Although I don't know why Nian'er, this kid, doesn't let people know that he is studying, but the best mood of his own cub makes Jiu Hairpin quickly find a reason for Nian'er - probably to surprise her, well, it's really comforting!

"Alright, let's go." Jiu Hairpin looked at it for a while, watched his son memorize a few articles on Confucius, and wrote under the guidance of Mr. Liu, nodding in a good mood.

Mammoth was a little worried: "Do you want to take another look?" ”

Nine hairpins smiled: "No need." ”

Then the group quietly withdrew.

A quarter of an hour later, the little boy who was copying peeked out the window and lowered his voice: "Is my mother gone, sir?" ”

Liu Xiucai smiled and said gently: "I walked for a quarter of an hour." ”

Nian'er suddenly put down her pen and jumped up, threw herself into Liu Xiucai's arms, and blinked her big eyes: "Oh, Mr. didn't say it earlier, let's start practicing martial arts, you promised to teach me the inner strength of the heart today!" ”

Liu Xiucai still smiled, and gestured a finger: "First take a horse and step for an hour, didn't you say that the foundation is important, and the way of civil and martial arts is figured out, and the things you learned earlier are not systematic." ”

As soon as Nian'er heard for an hour, her little face instantly collapsed: "An hour? Master, can you do it for half an hour? ”

Liu Xiucai didn't say anything with a smile, and Nian'er had no choice but to droop her little head: "Okay, an hour is an hour." ”

As he spoke, he walked out of the door and said proudly: "Hmph, next month is Xiaoxi's birthday, and I will definitely be able to perform well." ”

Liu Xiucai asked casually as he got up, "What does Xiao Nian want to show?" ”

Nian'er proudly strutted her head and patted her own little chest at the same time: "Performing at the market, breaking a big stone on your chest, hahahaha!" ”

The shriveled Liu Xiucai stumbled and hit his knees on the desk.

……*……*……*……

It was night, and the food was fragrant in the courtyard of a quiet mansion.

A mother and son were dining at the table, and the nine hairpins sandwiched a chopsticks and eggplant stuffed meat into the gobbling Nian'er bowl, as if inadvertently said: "Nian'er, in a few days it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can invite Mr. Liu to come to our house as a guest." ”

Nian'er: "Cough, cough, cough, cough......." ”

Nine hairpins: "Drink some water and eat slowly." ”

Nian'er listened to her mother's gentle voice, and then secretly raised her two big eyes to look at her mother: "Mother...... mother." ”

Jiu Hairpin smiled and touched Nian'er's head: "Nian'er has grown up, is sensible, and can read, my mother is very happy." ”

Nian'er's eyes flickered a little: "Hmm...... Isn't my mother to blame Nian'er? ”

In addition to reading, he also practiced martial arts, but Mr. didn't let him tell his mother, so don't tell him, he didn't want Mr. to not teach him then, but it took a lot of effort for him to get Mr. to agree to teach him martial arts, and even promised to read books that were so boring that he wanted to beat people - well, he couldn't beat Mr.

What's more, his mother will not let him learn martial arts from outsiders, because the Holy Aunt's aunt has already overruled the public opinion and included him under the Gu King's door, and in the future, he will not only be the Tusi King, but also the Gu King.

Jiu Hairpin smiled and pinched the tip of his nose: "It's too late for my mother to be happy." ”

Although in the next few days, she always felt that it was a little strange for her son to read until his food increased and his body was sore, but she didn't think much about it, she just thought that Mr. Liu asked him to copy more books.

So on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when Nian'er came back from school, he brought back his husband.

Mr. Naliu could see that life was very difficult, and although he deliberately wore a shirt without patches, some places were obviously washed and discolored.

Everyone thinks that this Liu Xiucai is really a very pedantic person, because at the beginning, he refused the invitation of Princess Jiujia, because - lonely men and widows cannot be under the same roof.

Don't say that the Miao people are absolutely down, even the other local Han officials who help find it ridiculous, these years women are dissatisfied with their husbands' concubines can ask for a dowry and leave to set up a female household, and even become officials in the court, and there are still people who are taboo in melon fields and plums?

But Jiu Hairpin thinks, well, very good, this gentleman is an upright person.

However, at the invitation of Nian'er, Mr. Liu also brought a box of cheap shortbread to the door on this day, and saluted at the door before coming to the door: "In Xialiu Sanchang, come to meet Mrs. Jiu." ”

The nine hairpins deliberately cleaned up, led the maid out, and politely welcomed the person into the courtyard with the master's courtesy.

Everyone was eating and drinking in the courtyard lively, and after three rounds of drinking, the people of the nine hairpins discovered one thing - this poor sour willow who likes to quote scriptures is actually not drunk with a thousand cups.

A few famous people have always boasted of their invincible drinking, so they naturally refused to show weakness, so they took turns to fight, but at the end of the drink, almost everyone went under the table, and the pedantic gentleman was still knocking on the bowl with chopsticks, singing to the moon: "Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and the shadow becomes three...... You don't see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky, rushing to the sea and not returning, you don't see the drunk picking up the lamp to see the sword, and dreaming back to blow the horn and camp. Eight hundred miles are under the command, and the fifty strings are turned over and the sound is ....... ”

While directing the maids to move everyone away, Jiu Hairpin looked at Mr. Liu's various generosity and songs, and he actually had a proud appearance, and he thought that he had the world in mind, but it was a pity that his expression was lonely, and there was a trace of pity in his heart inexplicably...... Well, alas.

She thought about it, and in the end she was grateful to the other party for teaching her child, and only said, 'I have a relationship with this son', and she didn't even accept Shu Xiu, so she walked to Mr. Liu and sat down, and poured him a glass of wine: "Mr. is a person with great ambitions and talents, why bother to stick to the past and not serve the new king?" ”

Mr. Liu suddenly stopped the chopsticks that he almost knocked on the bowl, glanced at the nine hairpins, and hummed lightly: "Mrs. Nine is admonishing like this, isn't there a clinging to the past, and seeing Mrs. Nine is also in her prime, but she only sees a child, not a husband, isn't it stuck in the past?" ”

Seeing that he was a little drunk, Jiu Hairpin didn't take his hard attitude and abrupt words to heart, she knew that these scholars were a little arrogant, just like that person.

It's just that she listened to his words, and felt a little inexplicable melancholy in her heart, so she took a sip of wine lightly: "Also, everyone has a past that can't be let go." ”

As she had secretly inquired about, the man had frantically looked for her for some time after she left, but then saw that there was no news, and he also died down.

Her mood was complicated in an instant, both worried that he would come to the door and depressed that he would give up easily.

"Madame has a past that she can't let go, since she is a surviving person, why not start over?" Mr. Liu asked suddenly.

Jiu Hairpin paused, for some reason, on this reunion night, after the originally lively banquet dispersed, a silence suddenly came to her heart, making her want to speak: "Sir, why don't you start again, although your wife and children are not there, but your character is not so bad that you can't find a good mate, why don't you come to the door to find your wife and children." ”

She had heard Nian'er say that Mr. Liu was very popular with the girls in that town, but after settling here for more than a month, a matchmaker had already come to inquire about the news.

Although she has seen the beauty of the national teacher in the imperial capital, and she has also seen Yibai and that person and the crane guards have their own amazing talents, although this Mr. Liu is not as delicate as the crane guards, but he is also outstanding.

Liu Xiucai slowly tapped the chopsticks in his hand, looking a little sad: "My wife was born in a powerful family, and I came to the door many years ago, but I ...... it. ”

He didn't say any more, only snorted: "Kicked out." ”

Seeing his expression while drinking, Jiu Hairpin couldn't help but sigh a little: "It turned out that the local heroes stepped on the low and the high, and wanted to come to the husband and wife for a hundred days, there are really bullies and unrighteous people everywhere in this world." ”

"Exactly, he is still cunning and ruthless, abandoning his husband and abandoning his ...... Well, in the end, it's a ruthless daughter who harms people. Liu Xiucai's voice sounded a bit of gnashing of teeth.

Jiu Hairpin listened to the crisp knocking sound of the bowl, his eyes were a little confused, and he smiled bitterly: "My husband died early, there are thousands of people in this world, you and I are hard-working people." ”

She couldn't tell her story, she could only assume that the man was dead.

The two of you say a word, and I criticize the loveless men and women in the world one by one, and for a while it seems that there are endless words, chatting until late at night.

It wasn't until the maidservant came to urge that Jiu Hairpin remembered that she would have to go to work on the river embankment tomorrow as if she had just woken up from a dream, so she was ready to get up and help Liu Xiucai to the wing room to rest.

Liu Xiucai stood up slowly, seemed to have drunk too much, put down the literati shelf, and spoke unscrupulously: "The Ninth Lady is planning to waste her years so much for the people who have failed you?" ”

Jiu Hairpin was silent, laughing lowly, so that people couldn't see what she was laughing at, and then helped the lady to turn away, but when she left, the sword on her waist somehow hung Liu Xiucai's robe, tearing the already thin robe into a big gap.

Liu Xiucai insisted on not wanting the new clothes compensated by the nine hairpins on the second day, and said that he didn't eat any food, so he took a rope and tied a few bundles by himself and was about to go out of the door.

Jiu Hairpin had no choice but to leave the pedantic Mr. and personally took the needle and thread to sew clothes for the other party.

She was originally a Miao person, informal, and boasted that the needlework was not good, the crack was too big, she was afraid that the sewing would be broken, so she asked Liu Xiucai to wear ragged clothes and sew it on him.

After sewing for a while, she remembered that this show was the most taboo pedantic gentleman, but for some reason she didn't refuse her approach this time.

But Jiu Hairpin is not a delicate person, and he doesn't think much about it, he just wants to help the other party sew his clothes quickly.

It was only when she was close to that Xiucai that she smelled the good smell of the person, and she had a feeling that the person in front of her was also a man, but she was a little uncomfortable, and Liu Xiucai didn't speak, just let her sew clothes for him stitch by stitch.

But she could feel that Xiucai's gaze fell on her, and there was a strange concentration that made her face fever inexplicably.

I don't know how long it took to sew up, but she finally sewed the last stitch, looked up and said with relief: "Sir, it's okay." ”

didn't want to raise his head, and his cheek unintentionally brushed the other party's lips.

"Hmm." Liu Xiucai nodded, hummed softly, and the breath between her lips swept across her forehead.

Jiu Hairpin instantly flushed his face, immediately retreated, and secretly raised his eyes to look at Liu Xiucai, but saw that Liu Xiucai was also looking at her, his eyes had a strange heat, but in an instant, Liu Xiucai returned to his usual respectful and arrogant appearance: "Thank you Madame for bothering." ”

Then, he turned and walked away.

Jiu Hairpin looked at the back of the other party leaving a little dumbfounded, frowned slowly, didn't know what to think, and then looked at the other party's thin and shriveled figure, and shook his head again.

It can't be that person, she's so confused.

But since that day, Jiu Hairpin has been dreaming at night, and it is not a nightmare, and he always hears someone reading it in his ear every night - Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island, My Fair Lady, Gentleman is good.

Jiu Hairpin thought in his dream, there was a woman standing on the river island, and when the water rose, it would be easy to drown?

Do Han Chinese prefer courtship in dangerous places? The Han people are really strange beings......

Mr. Liu listened to the words of her mother brought by Nian'er, and sighed for a long time - the generation gap between culture and race (quotations from Her Majesty the Empress).

------Off topic------

Saying...... I don't seem to have a million changes for a long time~╮(╯▽╰)╭ I suddenly want to change the way I write, and I have a lot of inspiration~ Well, Mo Da, the red apricot chapter should be over, Ah Chu and Ah Ze are still cute.

Half a month has passed since the day when the Great General Monk Shangshu fought......

"The bright moonlight in front of the bed, suspected to be frost on the ground, looking up at the bright moon, a line of egrets up to the sky, two tigers running fast ......." The man's muttering voice sounded gentle and pleasant.

"Are you crazy, it seems that this palace is going to replace someone as the head of the torture hall and the secretary of the Ministry of Works." Another cool and soft voice sounded, with a little impatience.

The sluggish someone woke up in an instant, and after realizing what he had said, his face flashed with chagrin - he actually read out the ear-piercing magic sound that Si Shao sang when he was fishing.

Shuangbai immediately sat upright, looked at His Royal Highness the National Teacher and Prince of the Empire who was lying by the window, and apologized and humbled: "Your Highness, your subordinates know their mistakes, please punish them." ”

He would make such a stupid mistake as distracting in front of His Highness.

"Shuangbai, this palace is to let you study to calm the emotions of this palace, not to see your stupidity." The silver-haired woman in gorgeous clothes lying by the window supported her cheeks with one hand and held a wine glass in the other, and her charming eyes were deep with drooping lines, making it impossible to see his thoughts.

But Shuangbai has been following each other for so many years, and at a glance, he can see that under the seemingly calm appearance of His Royal Highness, there is an undercurrent surging, oh, no, the gloomy aura of His Highness's body has already been completely leaked to the point that it can freeze a palace room, so the other crane guards have gone out to avoid it.

His Royal Highness left him, but he failed His Highness's expectations, and Shuangbai was even more annoyed in his heart, so he knelt down on one knee, with a more self-reproachful and humble attitude: "It's the fault of his subordinates." ”

The National Teacher was silent for a long time, then suddenly turned over, lay on the couch, and looked at the glazed tiles on the top of the temple with mysterious and beautiful eyes: "Woman, what the hell is it?" ”

Shuangbai lowered his eyes, he thought that he must be dazzled, his wise and martial highness would never show that confused expression like a little lamb, absolutely not!

What's more, what a woman is, you don't know what a family man who has been married for more than ten years (this is a word invented by Her Majesty the Empress), how can he know?

Of course, Shuangbai would never dare to say this kind of thing, just silently listening to his master's muttering.

"It's incomprehensible that Xiaobai actually ran to sleep in the study for that kind of ugly ant!" The silver-haired beauty sighed, and there was an inexplicable resentment and ...... in her beautiful voice Dysphoria.

Shuangbai counted the days, well, from that day at the court meeting, Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth, the heir to the English Empire who led the mission to my country, suddenly performed the English hug etiquette in front of everyone, and suddenly kissed Si Shao boldly and passionately, announcing that she did not mind being the lover of Her Majesty the Empress of the Yuan Empire, even if Her Majesty the Empress and her were both women...... And on this condition to form an alliance, in exchange for the English Empire to export more superb shipbuilding and musket technology, and then before she finished speaking, she was grabbed by the head of the national teacher on the spot and gently pressed into the pillar of the main hall to decorate, ten days have passed.

In other words, the national teacher, whether it is the gentle and docile one, or the current irascible and sinister one, has been alone in the boudoir for ten days.

Whether it is a sinister and cunning method of the national teacher to threaten and lure, or the method of the gentle and simple national teacher in the past to make His Majesty Ye Bai invincible and soft-hearted, it is completely ineffective.

This is a crisis that the two have never had since they were united!

"Your Highness, maybe your subordinates should remind you that Si Shao is going to live in the study, maybe because all kinds of impeachment notes against you are piled up on the desk, and she also needs to deal with all the matters she has to negotiate with England, and even needs to prepare for war, and now all the craftsmen and merchants from England have to evacuate ......." Shuangbai felt that he needed to remind his master of some truths.

The fourth young man went to live in the study, not only because he was annoyed by His Highness's cruelty, but also because His Highness was indeed ...... Got into trouble.

"It's not the kind of thing that this palace does, even if Xiaobai wants to be snubbed and resentful, it's a stupid thing like Ah Bai, how can this palace be so unreasonable and hurt people's lives without knowing the severity?" The national teacher snorted a little unevenly.

Shuangbai: "Your Highness ......." ”

The national teacher elegantly stroked his hair and said, "Compared with such a rude thing as pressing directly on the pillar, of course, it is right to plant a lovely seed in that slut's body, and when that slut returns to China, a wonderful vine grows in his veins to tear his muscles little by little, and finally a beautiful and dazzling flower grows from his brain marrow." ”

Shuangbai: "I really know it...... Weight. ”

The national teacher seemed to think of something, and suddenly laughed: "The seeds of the newly planted small flowers in this palace will be scattered everywhere after flowering, and they will be born when they enter the flesh, and soon the whole England will be full of gorgeous "human flowers", where do you need anything to sign a contract, everything is at your fingertips, and I look forward to walking with Xiaobai in the 'human flowers' bush to enjoy the moon and flowers, hehe~." ”

Looking at the happy and expectant laughter of the National Teacher, Shuangbai thought about that kind of scene and couldn't help but tremble: "......." ”

Sure enough, His Highness was very self-aware when he said that he himself was indeed unfit to be the king of a country.

Shuangbai felt that a loyal subordinate should also remind his master of some facts at the risk of death: "Your Highness...... The subordinates feel that if you really send a 'human flower' country to the four young people, you may have to keep the empty boudoir alone...... No, it ...... to recuperate for a lifetime. ”

…… Call.......

A cold wind wafted by......

Looking at the originally excited breath of the National Teacher, it was instantly as cold as a cold winter moon, with gusts of yin wind, Shuangbai automatically silenced, and moved three steps back silently with a stool on his hips.

He still has a wish that has not been fulfilled, and he doesn't want to be killed by His Highness when he is in a bad mood.

However, his own master seems to be a little unmotivated......

The slender and gorgeous figure on the soft couch closed his eyes, and muttered to himself a little tired and helpless: "I really regret it......." ”

Shuangbai was stunned for a moment, almost suspecting that he had heard it wrong, and his Royal Highness actually spit out these two words in his mouth?

It must be another hallucination.

The national teacher turned over again, buried his beautiful and strange face in the pillow, and his voice was low and sad: "If Xiaobai had been eaten whole, would there have been no worrying emergencies...... Alas...... It's safer to eat delicious or something. ”

Double white: "=_=....... ”

What idiot said that the master and the idiot are actually more like people than he is?

Would a normal person want to eat their partner?

Shuangbai looked at His Royal Highness who was buried in the pillow, hesitated for a moment, and said stiffly: "If Your Highness had eaten the four young people at the beginning, you would ......." ”

"Huh?"

"You're probably going to stay as a Yuanyang virgin until you die?"

Commonly known as the old boy chicken.

“……。”

There was an instant silence in the air, and the crane guards who were still standing guard outside the hall disappeared in an instant.

But only a moment later, the beautiful woman's resolute and irritable voice came from the pillow: "Forget it——! ”

Shuangbai sighed secretly, sure enough, another 'cannibalistic method' was more in line with the taste of His Highness.

There are some tastes, if you have tasted them, well, to quit like those unlucky eggs who have been beaten by His Highness and made poppy cream...... It's very hard.

For example—

Soft and smooth skin, delicate and weak breathing, misty moist eyes, thin waist and ......

The gentle Lord Shangshu inexplicably began to wander out of the world, and a strange picture in his dream appeared in his mind, so his eyes were a little foggy, and his breathing was a little disordered, until he ......

"Is it possible to react to the main palace if you are dissatisfied?" A cool voice that couldn't hear the emotion suddenly sounded.

Shuangbai froze instantly, his eyes were clear, and he saw that his Royal Highness had turned over at some point, and was squinting his eyes at a certain place on his body.

Ahh——!h

At that moment, the gentle Lord Shangshu was surprised by himself, his eyes widened, and his embarrassment overflowed in his heart, he never thought that he would be more ugly than Yibai under His Highness in his life.

At this moment, Lord Shangshu just wanted to apologize for his death, but before he could stand up, he was pressed on the shoulder by a ghostly pale hand.

Shuangbai froze instantly, watching His Royal Highness slowly raise his beautiful and extremely strange face and come up, until he reached half an inch in front of the tip of his nose before stopping, a pair of dark and cold pupils staring at him.

Lord Shangshu didn't dare to move, and there was only one thought in his heart - His Highness was going to finish him off in person!

"Uh-huh......." The national teacher tilted his head slightly, narrowed his charming eyes, and seemed to be looking at where to start.

At this moment, because of his own stupidity, confusion and being shrouded by the aura of his master at this moment, Shuangbai completely fell into a desperate mood of self-abandonment, and his body trembled slightly under the completely enveloped by a powerful cold aura.

Although he still has a wish...... Finish......

But the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, and he has already dedicated his life to His Highness!

But......

"Let's try it." Shuangbai heard a low murmur, and then—

After the national teacher finished talking to himself, he suddenly pinched his chin, opened his lips slightly, and then ...... Kissed it.

Rumble——!

Shuangbai's mind instantly went blank, and all he felt was the cold touch on his lips.

The air condenses instantly!

"Hundred miles of early Ze ——!" A cold voice of gnashing teeth suddenly came from behind the two of them.

A slender figure stood outside the door of the inner sanctum at some point, clutching the crushed door panel in her hand.

How dare this insidious and ruthless big bastard take revenge on her in this way - he actually dares to climb the wall——!

The national teacher let go of the unlucky guy he was holding, raised his head to look at Her Majesty the Empress standing outside the door of the inner hall, with a grudge in his cold voice, he rudely grabbed the unlucky guy who had not returned to his senses with one hand, and opened the hem of his clothes so that Akiba Bai could see a certain place: "Shuangbai wants to rape the main palace, Xiaobai, do you still think that people of the same gender stay together, as long as one party does not respond, there is no danger?" ”

How big is the sacrifice of this palace, Xiaobai is no longer vigilant, and then sleeps in the study, how can he be worthy of the sacrifice of this palace touching the mouth of a non-Xiaobai.

"Shuangbai wants to rape Hongu~"

This strange sentence floated in the silent inner hall, and the eunuch Gong'e, who came with Her Majesty the Empress outside the hall, immediately retreated ten meters away as fast as possible.

The faces of Qiu Ye Bai and a certain Lord Shangshu with infinite scenery under his crotch froze, and at the same time showed a distorted expression, as if he had been forcibly poured ten catties of or trampled on his face by countless grass and mud horses.

Seeing that the expression on Xiaobai's face was not very good, the National Teacher took tea and rinsed his mouth, and at the same time generously compared with Lord Shangshu, who was still in a blank state of mind: "Xiaobai can take the guy who tries to rape the palace to decorate any place in the palace." ”

Master Shangshu: "......." ”

Qiu Yebai looked at someone with an expression of "You see that this palace is much more generous than Xiaobai, and I don't mind how Xiaobai disposes of the people in this palace", she held the door, trembled and trembled for a while, and finally reluctantly spewed out a mouthful of blood in her heart and the urge to bite someone to death by the way, her eyes swept over Lord Shangshu's completely soft crotch, and then floated to the side: "Shuangbai, you go down first." ”

In the previous life, Shuangbai and Yibai must have owed a lot of blood debts to a certain monster, and they have paid it back in this life.

Lord Shangshu got up slowly, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, Your Majesty retires." ”

Autumn leaves were a little surprised, Shuangbai's nerves were really tough, and they could survive to this point?

But after watching Lord Shangshu with his hands and feet, his figure suddenly spun around the inner hall, almost hitting the pillar before floating out of the door, and then there was a gurgling sound outside the door, as if there was the sound of something heavy rolling down the steps, she silently retracted her thoughts.

"Hey, Lord Shirataki, what's wrong with you, you can fall while walking, ...... Come on...... Pass on the Imperial Doctor! ”

Xiao Yanzi's stunned shouts came from the door.

In the inner hall, the national teacher who was originally crooked and tempted by his posture turned into sitting cross-legged at some point, and his face was so beautiful that it was almost bewitching...... The grievances are unbearable.

"White ...... Poor Monk ...... I didn't mean to. ”

Qiu Yebai looked at his own husband who was changing his face quickly, rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, rubbed his rigid face again, and muttered: "Because I found something wrong, I hid immediately, the beast is still a beast, is it so sensitive to the change of breath...... It's cunning....... ”

Think that's the end of it?

She glanced at the dusty and innocent beauty in front of her, and said lightly: "These days, see that you have lost a little weight, eat well." ”

Is this what his beloved wife means to forgive him?

The gentle national teacher was a little excited, and his face naturally became more and more gentle: "Bai ......." ”

Akiba Bai said casually: "Well, I will sleep in the study this month, if you are bored, you can let the crane guards come to 'rape' one by one." ”

With that, Her Majesty the Empress turned around and carried the crushed gate to Shi Shiran...... Let's go.

Let's go......

Let's go......

Let's go......

The gentle, amiable and beautiful national teacher looked at the door in a daze, with red eyes.

Half an hour later, a violent and angry current, in the form of a terrifying scream, tore over the roof of the temple.

"Ah——!h

In the courtyard of the outer hall of the temple, several white figures on duty squatted on the trees and looked at the exploding roof in the distance, and they all shook their bodies.

"That...... Your Majesty was very angry and demolished the door of the inner hall and walked away, and the roof was broken, should we go and inform someone to repair the palace, it seems that it will rain in the evening. ”

“…… Who do you say is in the inner sanctum? ”

"No matter which Highness it is, if you go in now, you're looking for death, right?"

"Let's still ...... Let's wait. ”

……

Halfway through, Autumn Leaf Bai found herself carrying a door through most of the palace, and the palace ladies who followed behind her were all trembling, and no one said anything.

She smiled a little helplessly, threw down the door in her hand, and instructed the female officials beside her: "Lishang Palace, let someone go and inform Lord Shirataki that the person he is looking for is at the foothold of the shore of Luoshui." ”

The good-looking female official was stunned: "Your Majesty, didn't you promise that Jiu Hairpin would not reveal her location?" ”

Half a month ago, the depressed Jiu Hairpin entered the palace late at night to meet His Majesty, and he didn't know what to say to His Majesty, and His Majesty secretly sent Jiu Hairpin and the little prince away that night, and promised not to leak any news about her and the little prince to Bai Long.

Qiu Yebai looked up at the sparkling lake in the distance, and shook his head: "A dissatisfied non-human creature is enough to toss chickens and dogs, and another one, I'm afraid that it will mess up." ”

Shuangbai, a humanoid creature that needs to be kicked away, originally she thought that in addition to secretly frantically looking for the news of the nine hairpins, there was no abnormality in the court, everything could be just orderly, and she also felt that the problem should not be serious, but today...... He was able to stand up to the terrorist in her house, and it was estimated that something big would happen sooner or later.

Lishang Gong was thoughtful, then nodded and immediately turned around to do so.

……

Luohe Chen County

"Mother, mother, I'm going out to play!" The young man's clear voice sounded.

Jiu Hairpin put down the hydrographic map in his hand and looked at his son, there was a strange excitement on the little guy's face, and his small eyebrows were raised high.

She smiled slightly: "Is it okay to go on a river patrol with my mother today?" ”

The excitement on Nian'er's face froze, her face drooped, and she whispered with some uneasiness: "Mother, Xiaoxi is waiting for me, we made an appointment to go to the market to buy sugar gourds." ”

"It's good for my mother to let Uncle Mammoth bring it to you, Nian'er hasn't been cruising the river with her mother for almost a month." Jiu Hairpin reached out and touched Nian'er's little brain.

Nian'er was stunned again, her eyes fluttering: "That...... It was Xiaoxi's birthday, and I promised to go to his house ....... ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt his mother's gaze fall on top of his head, and he didn't move for a long time.

Nian'er inexplicably became empty: "That...... That one...... Why don't I go talk to the creek first? ”

"No, since you have made an appointment, my mother will not block you." Jiu Hairpin touched Nian'er's head and smiled gently.

Nian'er instantly relaxed, revealing a cute and bright smile: "Mother's best mother!" ”

He turned around, picked up two small gourds, and ran merrily out the door.

Jiu Hairpin looked at his small figure running out, and then suddenly lightly ordered the people around him: "Mammoth, I won't go to patrol the river today, you let the others do their jobs, don't make trouble." ”

Mammoth nodded: "Yes, princess, don't worry." ”

The princess had long found out that something was wrong with the little prince these days, and she was mysterious, running out every day and coming back after dark.

Yesterday, the princess specially asked the little prince's friends to ask, only to find that the little prince had not played with them for almost half a month, and the princess was suspicious, but the little prince made it clear that he didn't want to tell everyone what he was doing.

This worried the princess, so she decided to follow the little prince today to see what he was doing.

"Do you need us to send more people along?"

Jiu Hairpin thought for a while and nodded: "It's okay, you let them move faster." ”

Nian'er didn't have anything to do for a month, and there was no problem with the peace Gu that Sister planted on him, so there shouldn't be any danger, but she was afraid that the kid would offend someone in the Central Plains, so she had to bring more people to rest assured.

After all, this is not Miao Jiang, not to mention that she brought Nian'er to Luoshui this time, and she also acted in secret, but she didn't want to alarm that man.

Jiu Hairpin hung up the Miao embroidery bag and weapon containing the silver ticket on his body, and immediately chased Nian'er out of the house.

The thought scurried to a sand quarry near the river, and before entering the quarry, he looked back and was sure that no one was following him, so he slipped through the low door.

The nine hairpins and his party hid behind a nearby tree, and everyone frowned as they watched Nian'er carefully enter the door of the sand quarry.

Jiu Hairpin was originally not too worried and was shrouded in a haze - what is this kid doing?

……

Nian'er didn't know what his mother was worried about, and at this moment he went into the sand quarry and greeted the big men who were doing the work familiarly.

"Oh, Nian Boy is here, it's really early today!"

"Morning, Uncle Liu, is my master here?"

"Mr. Liu is here early, and he is settling accounts in the accounting room."

"Thank you, Uncle Liu, I'll go!"

After greeting the group of big men with a smile, Nian'er went into the account room located in the corner of the sand quarry.

In the account room, a clear figure was burying his head in the accounts.

"Master, Nian'er is here." As soon as the little boy saw the figure, he immediately looked at the gentleman as if he had changed into a different person.

The man who was called Mr. Liu stopped his pen and looked up, revealing a handsome face with long eyebrows and beautiful eyes, looked at the young man and smiled: "Here, can the book be copied?" ”

Nian'er immediately nodded respectfully: "Yes." ”

Then, he took a small notebook from his pocket and handed it over.

Mr. Liu took it and said while flipping through it: "Well, although you started late and what you learned earlier was too scattered, fortunately, your qualifications are good, and this book is also written a little bit, so let's look at it." ”

Nian'er immediately shook her head and recited the Analects: "Zi said: Learn and learn from time to time, don't you also say it? Have friends come from afar, are you happy? People don't know and are not ashamed, aren't they also gentlemen? ”

The nine-hairpin group peeping in the big tree outside the window almost fell from the tree.

Jiu Hairpin looked at his son who fluently recited the chapters of the Analects, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "I invited Mr. to this stinky boy earlier, and he never worked so hard for him, and he beat Mr. away several times, what is the origin of this person...... ”

The guards on one side immediately jumped away to inquire about the news, and after a while they folded back.

"This Xiucai's surname is Liu, he is a former dynasty Xiucai who has fallen into his younger brother, although he looks young, but it is said that he is at least thirty years old, and he was born in the past, and he was down-and-out when he changed the dynasty, Xiucai Niangzi was originally a local wealthy and powerful family, and he was born to see him down, and secretly took the child back to his parents' house, and now he is making a living as a bookkeeper in this quarry, and he also follows to teach some children and change some bundles."

While listening to the report around him, Jiu Hairpin secretly looked at the teacher and saw that although the man was a little yellow and thin, he was beautiful and elegant, wearing a Xiucai soft hat, although he was wearing a half-old washed yellow and patched robe hanging loosely on his somewhat shriveled body, but it was difficult to hide his noble and righteous spirit.

She couldn't help nodding and whispered: "It's also a poor person, he has poetry and books in his belly, and this Mr. Liu is also a high-minded person at first glance, otherwise he would have defected to the imperial court, and he shouldn't be a bad person." ”

Even if the imperial examination system introduced by the new dynasty is more complete and comprehensive than that of the previous dynasty, and it is more able to select useful talents, in addition to the fact that His Majesty is a woman today, some people still feel unacceptable, and the so-called literati style also makes many talented people of the previous dynasty prefer to live in the poor countryside rather than serve the current imperial court after they are down.

However, what makes Jiu Hairpin most gratifying is that this gentleman is very capable, and he can subdue his own wild boy to study with peace of mind.

What she couldn't do in ten years as a mother, this Mr. Liu did it in half a month.

Although I don't know why Nian'er, this kid, doesn't let people know that he is studying, but the best mood of his own cub makes Jiu Hairpin quickly find a reason for Nian'er - probably to surprise her, well, it's really comforting!

"Alright, let's go." Jiu Hairpin looked at it for a while, watched his son memorize a few articles on Confucius, and wrote under the guidance of Mr. Liu, nodding in a good mood.

Mammoth was a little worried: "Do you want to take another look?" ”

Nine hairpins smiled: "No need." ”

Then the group quietly withdrew.

A quarter of an hour later, the little boy who was copying peeked out the window and lowered his voice: "Is my mother gone, sir?" ”

Liu Xiucai smiled and said gently: "I walked for a quarter of an hour." ”

Nian'er suddenly put down her pen and jumped up, threw herself into Liu Xiucai's arms, and blinked her big eyes: "Oh, Mr. didn't say it earlier, let's start practicing martial arts, you promised to teach me the inner strength of the heart today!" ”

Liu Xiucai still smiled, and gestured a finger: "First take a horse and step for an hour, didn't you say that the foundation is important, and the way of civil and martial arts is figured out, and the things you learned earlier are not systematic." ”

As soon as Nian'er heard for an hour, her little face instantly collapsed: "An hour? Master, can you do it for half an hour? ”

Liu Xiucai didn't say anything with a smile, and Nian'er had no choice but to droop her little head: "Okay, an hour is an hour." ”

As he spoke, he walked out of the door and said proudly: "Hmph, next month is Xiaoxi's birthday, and I will definitely be able to perform well." ”

Liu Xiucai asked casually as he got up, "What does Xiao Nian want to show?" ”

Nian'er proudly strutted her head and patted her own little chest at the same time: "Performing at the market, breaking a big stone on your chest, hahahaha!" ”

The shriveled Liu Xiucai stumbled and hit his knees on the desk.

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It was night, and the food was fragrant in the courtyard of a quiet mansion.

A mother and son were dining at the table, and the nine hairpins sandwiched a chopsticks and eggplant stuffed meat into the gobbling Nian'er bowl, as if inadvertently said: "Nian'er, in a few days it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can invite Mr. Liu to come to our house as a guest." ”

Nian'er: "Cough, cough, cough, cough......." ”

Nine hairpins: "Drink some water and eat slowly." ”

Nian'er listened to her mother's gentle voice, and then secretly raised her two big eyes to look at her mother: "Mother...... mother." ”

Jiu Hairpin smiled and touched Nian'er's head: "Nian'er has grown up, is sensible, and can read, my mother is very happy." ”

Nian'er's eyes flickered a little: "Hmm...... Isn't my mother to blame Nian'er? ”

In addition to reading, he also practiced martial arts, but Mr. didn't let him tell his mother, so don't tell him, he didn't want Mr. to not teach him then, but it took a lot of effort for him to get Mr. to agree to teach him martial arts, and even promised to read books that were so boring that he wanted to beat people - well, he couldn't beat Mr.

What's more, his mother will not let him learn martial arts from outsiders, because the Holy Aunt's aunt has already overruled the public opinion and included him under the Gu King's door, and in the future, he will not only be the Tusi King, but also the Gu King.

Jiu Hairpin smiled and pinched the tip of his nose: "It's too late for my mother to be happy." ”

Although in the next few days, she always felt that it was a little strange for her son to read until his food increased and his body was sore, but she didn't think much about it, she just thought that Mr. Liu asked him to copy more books.

So on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when Nian'er came back from school, he brought back his husband.

Mr. Naliu could see that life was very difficult, and although he deliberately wore a shirt without patches, some places were obviously washed and discolored.

Everyone thinks that this Liu Xiucai is really a very pedantic person, because at the beginning, he refused the invitation of Princess Jiujia, because - lonely men and widows cannot be under the same roof.

Don't say that the Miao people are absolutely down, even the other local Han officials who help find it ridiculous, these years women are dissatisfied with their husbands' concubines can ask for a dowry and leave to set up a female household, and even become officials in the court, and there are still people who are taboo in melon fields and plums?

But Jiu Hairpin thinks, well, very good, this gentleman is an upright person.

However, at the invitation of Nian'er, Mr. Liu also brought a box of cheap shortbread to the door on this day, and saluted at the door before coming to the door: "In Xialiu Sanchang, come to meet Mrs. Jiu." ”

The nine hairpins deliberately cleaned up, led the maid out, and politely welcomed the person into the courtyard with the master's courtesy.

Everyone was eating and drinking in the courtyard lively, and after three rounds of drinking, the people of the nine hairpins discovered one thing - this poor sour willow who likes to quote scriptures is actually not drunk with a thousand cups.

A few famous people have always boasted of their invincible drinking, so they naturally refused to show weakness, so they took turns to fight, but at the end of the drink, almost everyone went under the table, and the pedantic gentleman was still knocking on the bowl with chopsticks, singing to the moon: "Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and the shadow becomes three...... You don't see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky, rushing to the sea and not returning, you don't see the drunk picking up the lamp to see the sword, and dreaming back to blow the horn and camp. Eight hundred miles are under the command, and the fifty strings are turned over and the sound is ....... ”

While directing the maids to move everyone away, Jiu Hairpin looked at Mr. Liu's various generosity and songs, and he actually had a proud appearance, and he thought that he had the world in mind, but it was a pity that his expression was lonely, and there was a trace of pity in his heart inexplicably...... Well, alas.

She thought about it, and in the end she was grateful to the other party for teaching her child, and only said, 'I have a relationship with this son', and she didn't even accept Shu Xiu, so she walked to Mr. Liu and sat down, and poured him a glass of wine: "Mr. is a person with great ambitions and talents, why bother to stick to the past and not serve the new king?" ”

Mr. Liu suddenly stopped the chopsticks that he almost knocked on the bowl, glanced at the nine hairpins, and hummed lightly: "Mrs. Nine is admonishing like this, isn't there a clinging to the past, and seeing Mrs. Nine is also in her prime, but she only sees a child, not a husband, isn't it stuck in the past?" ”

Seeing that he was a little drunk, Jiu Hairpin didn't take his hard attitude and abrupt words to heart, she knew that these scholars were a little arrogant, just like that person.

It's just that she listened to his words, and felt a little inexplicable melancholy in her heart, so she took a sip of wine lightly: "Also, everyone has a past that can't be let go." ”

As she had secretly inquired about, the man had frantically looked for her for some time after she left, but then saw that there was no news, and he also died down.

Her mood was complicated in an instant, both worried that he would come to the door and depressed that he would give up easily.

"Madame has a past that she can't let go, since she is a surviving person, why not start over?" Mr. Liu asked suddenly.

Jiu Hairpin paused, for some reason, on this reunion night, after the originally lively banquet dispersed, a silence suddenly came to her heart, making her want to speak: "Sir, why don't you start again, although your wife and children are not there, but your character is not so bad that you can't find a good mate, why don't you come to the door to find your wife and children." ”

She had heard Nian'er say that Mr. Liu was very popular with the girls in that town, but after settling here for more than a month, a matchmaker had already come to inquire about the news.

Although she has seen the beauty of the national teacher in the imperial capital, and she has also seen Yibai and that person and the crane guards have their own amazing talents, although this Mr. Liu is not as delicate as the crane guards, but he is also outstanding.

Liu Xiucai slowly tapped the chopsticks in his hand, looking a little sad: "My wife was born in a powerful family, and I came to the door many years ago, but I ...... it. ”

He didn't say any more, only snorted: "Kicked out." ”

Seeing his expression while drinking, Jiu Hairpin couldn't help but sigh a little: "It turned out that the local heroes stepped on the low and the high, and wanted to come to the husband and wife for a hundred days, there are really bullies and unrighteous people everywhere in this world." ”

"Exactly, he is still cunning and ruthless, abandoning his husband and abandoning his ...... Well, in the end, it's a ruthless daughter who harms people. Liu Xiucai's voice sounded a bit of gnashing of teeth.

Jiu Hairpin listened to the crisp knocking sound of the bowl, his eyes were a little confused, and he smiled bitterly: "My husband died early, there are thousands of people in this world, you and I are hard-working people." ”

She couldn't tell her story, she could only assume that the man was dead.

The two of you say a word, and I criticize the loveless men and women in the world one by one, and for a while it seems that there are endless words, chatting until late at night.

It wasn't until the maidservant came to urge that Jiu Hairpin remembered that she would have to go to work on the river embankment tomorrow as if she had just woken up from a dream, so she was ready to get up and help Liu Xiucai to the wing room to rest.

Liu Xiucai stood up slowly, seemed to have drunk too much, put down the literati shelf, and spoke unscrupulously: "The Ninth Lady is planning to waste her years so much for the people who have failed you?" ”

Jiu Hairpin was silent, laughing lowly, so that people couldn't see what she was laughing at, and then helped the lady to turn away, but when she left, the sword on her waist somehow hung Liu Xiucai's robe, tearing the already thin robe into a big gap.

Liu Xiucai insisted on not wanting the new clothes compensated by the nine hairpins on the second day, and said that he didn't eat any food, so he took a rope and tied a few bundles by himself and was about to go out of the door.

Jiu Hairpin had no choice but to leave the pedantic Mr. and personally took the needle and thread to sew clothes for the other party.

She was originally a Miao person, informal, and boasted that the needlework was not good, the crack was too big, she was afraid that the sewing would be broken, so she asked Liu Xiucai to wear ragged clothes and sew it on him.

After sewing for a while, she remembered that this show was the most taboo pedantic gentleman, but for some reason she didn't refuse her approach this time.

But Jiu Hairpin is not a delicate person, and he doesn't think much about it, he just wants to help the other party sew his clothes quickly.

It was only when she was close to that Xiucai that she smelled the good smell of the person, and she had a feeling that the person in front of her was also a man, but she was a little uncomfortable, and Liu Xiucai didn't speak, just let her sew clothes for him stitch by stitch.

But she could feel that Xiucai's gaze fell on her, and there was a strange concentration that made her face fever inexplicably.

I don't know how long it took to sew up, but she finally sewed the last stitch, looked up and said with relief: "Sir, it's okay." ”

didn't want to raise his head, and his cheek unintentionally brushed the other party's lips.

"Hmm." Liu Xiucai nodded, hummed softly, and the breath between her lips swept across her forehead.

Jiu Hairpin instantly flushed his face, immediately retreated, and secretly raised his eyes to look at Liu Xiucai, but saw that Liu Xiucai was also looking at her, his eyes had a strange heat, but in an instant, Liu Xiucai returned to his usual respectful and arrogant appearance: "Thank you Madame for bothering." ”

Then, he turned and walked away.

Jiu Hairpin looked at the back of the other party leaving a little dumbfounded, frowned slowly, didn't know what to think, and then looked at the other party's thin and shriveled figure, and shook his head again.

It can't be that person, she's so confused.

But since that day, Jiu Hairpin has been dreaming at night, and it is not a nightmare, and he always hears someone reading it in his ear every night - Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island, My Fair Lady, Gentleman is good.

Jiu Hairpin thought in his dream, there was a woman standing on the river island, and when the water rose, it would be easy to drown?

Do Han Chinese prefer courtship in dangerous places? The Han people are really strange beings......

Mr. Liu listened to the words of her mother brought by Nian'er, and sighed for a long time - the generation gap between culture and race (quotations from Her Majesty the Empress).

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Saying...... I don't seem to have a million changes for a long time~╮(╯▽╰)╭ I suddenly want to change the way I write, and I have a lot of inspiration~ Well, Mo Da, the red apricot chapter should be over, Ah Chu and Ah Ze are still cute.