Zhao Xian and the others walked into the courtyard with the young Ah Sheng, only to find that the landlord's courtyard was a few points smaller than the courtyard where they lived, and the layout of the courtyard was extremely simple, with no flowers and no trees, only a few branches on the flourishing plum tree that stretched out from the courtyard where Zhao Xian lived next door.

The branches of the trees are covered with leaves, which can be enough to hide a small part of the sun, and under the shade of the trees are placed a stone table and several stone benches, on which are placed a pot of freshly brewed tea, all of which show the light life of the owner of the yard.

There was a faint sound of conversation in the hall, and Ah Sheng said softly: "The master is a guest at this time, the two of you might as well sit on the stone bench and wait for a while." He poured two cups of tea for Zhao Xian and the others.

Zhao Yunxi nodded without mind and said, "It's okay." With that, he sat down on the stone bench first.

The sun gradually rose, and the courtyard began to slowly get hotter, and the sound of speech came faintly through the hall door on the first floor, and it was difficult to hear clearly, but with the ears of the two brothers and sisters, they could hear this conversation clearly.

"At the time of the Qianyuan Festival in April, the imperial court granted amnesty to the world, and the emperor issued an edict to the officials who returned to their hometowns, giving ten ends of silk, and the students specially selected ten horses to send them, why did Mr. return five horses?" A calm male voice came.

"One horse has two ends, and ten ends are five horses, why should Ziqiao send five more horses?" An old and cold male voice rang out.

"Mr. has continued to write, and has dedicated himself to the court many times, such a merit, even if he gives five more horses, Mr. deserves it, why should Mr. push it back."

"Since you are my student, don't you know my temperament?"

After a moment of silence, the calm male voice sounded again, but this time there was a little suppressed dissatisfaction in his voice, "What Mr. taught is that the student is reckless." ”

After seeing the layout of the courtyard before, and then hearing the words of this old gentleman, Zhao Xian's eyes showed approval, and she had a vague good impression of this old gentleman in her heart.

"That being the case, the student did not disturb the gentleman's retreat, and now he will take his leave and go back."

"Ah Sheng! Send Lord Xia out. The old man coughed lightly twice and then raised his voice.

Ah Sheng had been standing by the door for a long time, waiting for the call, and immediately opened the hall door, welcoming a middle-aged man, the man was slightly chubby, but his steps were quite powerful, his eyes were shining, and he knew that he was a shrewd person at a glance.

The middle-aged man came out of the hall, and out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a man and a woman sitting in the courtyard, his face was a little unsightly at first, and when he saw Zhao Yunxi, his face changed again, he smiled extremely reserved and gently, and arched his hand: "It turned out to be General Zhao!" ”

Zhao Yunxi replied: "Lord Xia is polite, last time I was fortunate that you borrowed the pass token to enter the city, so that the sister can easily enter the city, thank you here!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, Princess Huayi came to Xiangyang, how could she be interrogated like ordinary people?" Lord Naxia smiled and waved his hand, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Zhao Xian standing behind Zhao Yunxi, he had been in the officialdom for a long time, and he had a way of seeing people, and he vaguely guessed Zhao Xian's identity at a glance, and his face was straight, and he asked, "Is this a princess?" ”

Zhao Yunxi hurriedly introduced: "This is the sister-in-law." He turned his head to Zhao Xian and said: "Lord Xia is the governor of Xiangzhou, and he has received a lot of support from Lord Xia after his brother came to Xiangyang." ”

"Xiaguan Xia Zhu has seen the princess." Xia Zhu saluted respectfully, but his movements were more cautious.

Zhao Xian looked at what Xia Zhu did, and felt that this person's behavior seemed to be very decent, but there was a sense of hypocrisy everywhere, and she was a little unhappy in her heart, but she smiled lightly on the surface: "Thank you, Lord Xia." ”

In my heart, I felt that the name Xia Zhu was a little familiar, and I didn't know where I had heard it. He lowered his head and silently read two sentences of Xia Zhu's name, and suddenly his mind lit up, "Xia Zhu!" "It was him!

It turns out that this name is associated with Di Qing's name, and it is strange that Dao is so familiar, it turns out to be this person! Thinking of the history I had read, I felt a little disgusted with this person in my heart.

Zhao Yunxi saw her sister standing in a daze, and coughed lightly: "Sister, it's time to go in!" ”

Zhao Xian immediately came back to her senses and hurriedly followed Zhao Yunxi into the hall, where there was an old man in his sixties, dressed in a thin plain robe, looking extremely thin. Hearing footsteps at the door, he slowly turned to face the hall door.

After Zhao Yunxi entered the door, he gave a deep salute and said, "Zhao Yunxi and his sister-in-law came to visit Master Hu on the order of the official family. ”

The thin old man's face was blank, and he said lightly: "Please sit down!" ”

Zhao Xian saw that the old man's eyes were dull, and his eyes seemed to be covered with a thin layer of white mist, and his eyes did not move when he looked at people, and he felt quite strange in his heart.

"Has the boss's eye disease improved?" Cho Yoon-hee asked with concern after sitting down.

"Thank you for your concern, the old man's eyes have endured over the years, and I'm afraid they can't be better." The old man's face was calm, he groped his way to sit on the other side, and asked again, "How is the official family doing?" ”

"With the care of the boss, everything is fine with the official family." Zhao Yunxi took out a jade plaque from his bosom and put it in the old man's hand, and said: "The official family brought me to the boss, just say, the boss will know when he sees it." ”

The old man took the jade plaque, rubbed it lightly with his hand for a moment, returned it to Zhao Yunxi, sighed, and asked, "Is it finally about to start?" ”

Zhao Yunxi said with a solemn face: "The official family asked the boss if he had anything to take care of?" ”

The old man shook his head and said: "The king of Chu has been ill for a long time, and he is no longer able to take care of the Tiance Mansion, and now there is an undercurrent surging in the palace, fighting openly and secretly, if this power falls into the hands of someone with a heart, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles, and now I only hope that the general will act carefully, and don't disturb the people of Xiangyang City!" ”

Zhao Yunxi stood up again and arched his hand and said: "The boss is compassionate and compassionate, and Yunxi should obey it." ”

The old man looked at Zhao Yunxi with his dull eyes open, and asked, "When will that thing be handed over to you?" ”

Zhao Yunxi said: "Can you be at the boss now?" ”

"The old man has always been careful to keep it!" The old man nodded.

Zhao Yunxi groaned and said, "It's still in the old man's place, and it will be used soon." ”

The two were talking, and Zhao Xian, who had been sitting silently on the side, carefully looked at the old man's eyes, and felt more and more that this symptom was quite similar to a cataract, and couldn't help asking: "Can the old man's eyes have a disorder?" ”

Hearing this, the old man turned to Zhao Xian and said, "The doctor seems to have said so!" ”

"It is rumored that there was a golden needle obstacle removal technique in the Tang Dynasty, why didn't the boss try it?" Before Zhao Xian's words fell, there was another soft sound at the door of the outer courtyard, and then Ah Sheng's surprise voice came: "Second son, I haven't seen you for a long time, it's a coincidence that I came today." ”

"Today, I came to send plum wine, this is the brewing master in the house picking the freshly green plums, brewing them with a secret recipe, and I specially brought them to the old man to taste." A lazy and seductive voice sounded.

"How did he come here?" Zhao Xian's eyelids fluttered, and she was surprised in her heart. Even if you don't need to see such a special voice, Zhao Xian can hear who it is.

It's just that this person appears here and now, which is quite intriguing.

Just as he was thinking about it, the man had stepped into the hall, wearing a white shirt lined with skin like jade, and the slightly open collar revealed a sexy collarbone.