Xu Xiao, the king of Xiliang, stayed at the post station, and the general Xiahou Xiangyang, accompanied by Hong Xinjia, went to the military department every day, and the capital has been calm.

The general is okay, his temperament is calm, his practice is steady, and he still has a copy of "Spring and Autumn" on his waist, as well as the first ten chapters of "The Stone Record" that can be used to read from time to time, and he never gets tired of reading it.

Xu Xiao, the king of Xiliang, has a bold temperament, and it is okay to stay at the post station for a day or two, and he does not worry about three or four days, but after a long time, Xu Xiao's irritable temper came up, pacing back and forth in and out of the house, coupled with the hot and dry weather in the early summer of the capital, the king of Xiliang finally couldn't help it, walked, and went out for a walk.

Where to? This is a big problem. After obtaining the holy decree of hereditary replacement, Xu Xiao didn't bother to go to the homes of the officials of the three provinces and six ministries to "eat", and wanted to go to the homes of the thirteen Taibao brothers to have a look, but after thinking about it carefully, he sighed, and forgot it.

As a result, the only place that can go to the entire capital is the Lin family's courtyard.

Xu Xiao put on his shoulder the cool knife he brought from Xiliang, cleaned himself up, set off from the post station, and stomped on the street, Xu Xiao's appearance as a rich man was too ordinary, and it was difficult to attract people's attention.

When he arrived at the Lin family's courtyard, Xu Xiao just wanted to push the door in, he was slightly stunned, and asked Wei Song behind him, "Wei Song, should I buy some gifts?" ”

Wufu Wei Song also seemed to suddenly realize: "It should be." ”

So Xu Xiao, the king of Xiliang who has been shining for thousands of years, and Wei Song, the "tiger bear" who has the first combat power of the five tigers of Xiliang, turned their heads and went to the store to buy gifts, as for what gifts to buy, Xu Xiao was entangled for a long time: "People were stupid before. I didn't know the use of the silver, so I thought that it was enough to marry a daughter-in-law, but later the army was defeated and went to the military department to borrow troops. After talking for a long time, I almost knelt on the ground, and the group of high-ranking officials sat behind the screen, looking at me incorrectly. And after Fan Li went for a while, he borrowed 3,000 people from me, and then I asked him, Fan Li, what did you say. Fan Li pretended to be profound. said to use a three-inch tongue that is not rotten, spit lotus flowers in the mouth, and weigh the pros and cons. The sincerity moved the big guy. Later, after many years, I learned that this guy didn't say a word, just stuffed the silver ticket. Said a word. More after the fact. Haha, when I first arrived in Xiliang, when the local tyrants entered the palace, they would always bring a box or two of silver ingots, gold leaves or something, I didn't know what it meant at the time, or Yun Feng said that the most powerful person in the world was Brother Fang Kong. ”

Xu Xiao, who was born in a reckless background, had the greatest wish in his heart to marry a wife and farm the fields, and he never thought of being a prince. Become a hero.

Finally, I bought some pastries and fruits and vegetables. Xu Xiao stood in front of the door of the Lin family's courtyard again, paused slightly, took some gifts from Wei Song's hand, and then knocked on the door.

"Who?" Qingzhu Niang's voice sounded, she opened the door and took a look, her body stiffened slightly, and she said in a trembling voice: "Lord Wang? When he had finished speaking, he was to curtsy.

Xu Xiao smiled, "Excuse me", and asked, "Is Miss Wan'er here?" “

Qingzhu Niang turned sideways, let King Xiliang go first, one step behind, and said: "Wan'er has gone to the palace to teach, and she won't come back until later, so the prince will go into the house to rest." “

"Hmm." Xu Xiao entered the hall, put the gift in his hand, and sat down by himself.

Qingzhu Niang said goodbye and went to the kitchen to make tea.

Xu Xiao looked at the furnishings of the small courtyard boredly, and couldn't help nodding, the small courtyard coincided with some of the pictures in his memory. When Su Su was still there, it was often mentioned that after the world was settled, he must buy a small courtyard, with a few acres of thin fields, and the small courtyard should not be too big, but there must be a swing and a Trojan horse for children to play.

When she bought the small courtyard, Lin Wan'er looked at the bare courtyard and only one fish tank, slapped the table, and said naillessly: "Add a swing here, add a wooden horse there, and put a few holly." ”

The only difference from Xu Xiao's assumption was the swing and wooden horse in the Lin family's courtyard, and Lin Wan'er played a little more.

Suddenly, two children covered in ink ran out of the back room, the ink running down their heads, wetting their hair, dyeing their clothes black, and their little faces were covered with black ink, leaving only two black eyes to spin around. Baoyu and Yubao waved their little hands, but they didn't dare to open their mouths, for fear that the ink would flow into their mouths, and the taste of the ink was not so delicious.

Qingzhu Niang came to the hall with tea, saw the two little guys covered in ink, hurriedly apologized to King Xiliang, and wiped the faces of the two children with a towel: "What's wrong?" Why is it covered in ink? ”

Baoyu snorted twice, rinsed her mouth, reached out to pull out the hair in her mouth, and smiled: "I was writing in the room just now, and I accidentally knocked over the ink." ”

Qingzhu Niang has always treated her two children as her own children, and sometimes she is too qualified than Lin Wan'er. Lin Wan'er educates the children to look at the mood and the weather, proud, happy, will teach the two children to be kind, work hard, study hard, and make progress every day, if they are in a bad mood, they will teach the two children a lesson, and then let the two children go cool.

Qingzhu Niang not only doted on the two children, but also educated the two children, with both grace and power, and was relaxed, watching Baoyu lie: "You two are not small, and you can actually knock ink over your head." Hurry up and change your clothes, don't let your eldest sister see it. Wan'er is happy today, it's okay, maybe she will touch your nose and laugh at the two of you, if you are not happy, you two will be miserable. ”

The two children shrank their necks in fright, the eldest sister is sometimes too much like a child, and she can make trouble better than us, why is there no one to discipline the eldest sister when she messes around? Heaven is unfair, God is unfair.

Asking the two children not to move, Qingzhu Niang pinched her clothes and walked out of the hall, threw the dirty clothes in the basin, and then made two basins of hot water, put the two children inside, and the hot water immediately turned black.

Qingzhu Niang smiled apologetically at Xu Xiao: "Let the prince smile, I'll go get some clean clothes first." ”

Xu Xiao nodded with a smile, feeling that what happened to the Lin family was very interesting, and it was not seen in the huge Xiliang Palace, and after the little maid and the guards saw themselves, they were often too frightened to squeak, and sometimes they would deliberately take a detour, the purpose was to avoid meeting with him, the king of Xiliang.

Xu Xiao sometimes envies the current emperor, although he is the honor of the Ninety-Five, and others are also afraid, but there is always a queen who can dig out her heart, and the lonely person is not talking about the emperor, but herself.

Baoyu and Yubao, two children, were laughing in the basin and splashing water on each other, and the whole hall was almost a small lake. After washing, the two children saw the light of day again, much whiter.

When they came to the Lin family's courtyard that day, Xu Xiao and Wei Song had seen Baoyu and Yubao, but there were a lot of people that day, and it was noisy, and the two little guys ate alone in the kitchen, so they went back to sleep without taking a closer look at the two little guys.

The two little guys were washed up today, Wei Song couldn't help laughing when he saw the two children with bare butts, Xiliang Wangfu lacked nothing, just a lack of children, innocent and lively children, but seeing Baoyu with a white face, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and glanced at his father-in-law again.

After Xu Xiao got older, not only did he have a cough, but his eyes were getting worse and worse, just looking at the two children and smiling.

Baoyu washed herself, touched the jade pendant that the eldest sister gave her to hang around her neck, and shouted: "It's broken, it's broken, Yubao, you see my jade pendant is dirty." ”

Yubao took Baoyu's jade pendant and washed it in water, the ink seemed to soak into the jade pendant, and a trace of ink soaked into it along the gap of the jade pendant, which was a little dirty and became more ugly: "Baoyu, the eldest sister said that this is a piece of jade with good texture, and the book says that the jade is round, does not cause dust, and does not stain, but this jade is not like a good jade." ”

Taking the jade, Baoyu lowered her head and looked at it carefully, washed it, and said with a sad face: "I also asked the eldest sister, and the eldest sister said categorically that this jade is definitely the best jade, and let me keep it well, not to get dirty, to break it, even if I starve to death, I can't sell it." If you can't live anymore and can't even afford snacks and steamed buns, you will have to sell them for at least 100,000 taels of silver. Baoyu stretched out two small palms and gestured ten fingers.

A jade pendant of 100,000 taels of silver? Xu Xiao couldn't help laughing silently, Yun Feng once bought a piece of superb jade about three feet high from the palace, but it was only eight thousand taels, Lin Wan'er really dared to say that a jade pendant hanging around her neck wanted to sell for 100,000 taels, and anyone who knew jade would definitely not do this wrong. What's more, it's still a turbid jade with cracks and ink.

Xu Xiaole stood up, walked in front of the two little guys, squatted down, as if tabooing the two children were afraid of the cold knife on their waists, and gently untied it and handed it to Wei Song: "Come, let me see your jade pendant." ”

"You know?" Baoyu stepped back with some confusion and hid the jade pendant in his arms.

"I don't know much, but my son understands, and after a long time, he has been imperceptibly able to distinguish between good and bad jade." After saying a word, Xu Xiao was stunned, and said two idioms in one breath, which is really a bit unbelievable, look, there is another idiom, we are also cultural people.

Baoyu handed over the letter to the suspicious jade pendant.

Xu Xiao squinted and looked at it, and then put it in the sun to take a look, in an instant, the whole person was stiff, the muscles on his face began to tremble uncontrollably, a mouthful of thick phlegm poured up, and he was forced to be pressed down by this prince, and the huge shock continued to attack Xu Xiao, and pain and longing came out of his heart.

Baoyu looked at Xu Xiao and asked with some confusion, "How is it?" ”

Carefully handing the jade pendant back to Baoyu, Xu Xiao smiled, suppressed the shock in his heart with great perseverance, and said: "This jade is the best jade in the world, the best jade." Then he reached out and touched Baoyu's head, very loving.

Baoyu didn't care about Xu Xiao's actions, took the jade pendant back, and sighed and said, "But it's dirty, what should I do?" ”

Xu Xiao said: "It doesn't matter, you can buy a dozen yuan for two or three taels of silver." (To be continued......)