Chapter 41: Surprise

At the end of November, the northwest Dragon Valley City was freezing cold and snowing.

There was a brazier burning in the official hall, and there was not much warmth.

Liu Liulang had been sitting for a long time in front of the case, the ink on the table had condensed again, and the pen was still held in his hand for a long time.

"My lord, Lord Xu is here."

The voice of a soldier was heard outside the door.

Saturday Lang was suddenly startled, the pen in his hand fell to the ground, and he hurriedly reached out to fold the letters that had been unfolded on several cases, wanting to hide it but not knowing where to hide, and wanting to pick up the pen that fell on the ground first, and was in a hurry for a while.

Xu Sigen has already made great strides.

"Lord Zhou." He saluted and said, "You want to deploy ten horses?" ”

Liuliulang raised his hand and rubbed his nose, straightened his expression, and nodded.

"A heavy horses, iron hooves that can gallop on the ice." He said.

"Ten horses is too many, the lower officials should try their best to allocate eight horses to the adults." Xu Sigen said.

Saturday Lang hummed.

There was silence in the room.

"Then the official has taken his leave." Xu Sigen raised his hand and saluted.

Liuliulang snorted, watched Xu Sigen turn around and go out, clenched his hands on a few cases, and watched Xu Sigen walk out of the house, and the curtain was lowered to isolate the view.

He raised his hand and slammed a few cases.

"I'll die if I ask!" He gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.

Before he could finish speaking, the curtain was lifted again.

"That's right, sir."

Xu Sigen came in again and said.

Saturday Lang was taken aback and looked at him with a red face.

"It's about to enter the wax moon, and I'm going to give my sister a New Year's gift. What do you have to give to your sister? Xu Sigen asked.

Yes!

"I've already sent my sister's stuff." Saturday Lang Muran said.

Xu Sigen shouted at him again, turned around and left.

Saturday Lang raised his hand again and slammed the case hard, making a muffled sound.

"He'll die if he takes it!" He whispered and gritted his teeth. While turning his head to look at a few cases.

There's an old box there.

Saturday Lang took the box. Lying on the mat, he took out a small bronze mirror from it.

"This is the best in the harem of the One Piece." He muttered to himself, looking at the small bronze mirror in his hand, and retorted to his face as the daylight turned.

The small bronze mirror turned over has a different pattern from the common copper mirror, which looks simple and elegant and a little playful.

"I can't see that it's good-looking, it should be worth a lot of money anyway...."

"Money? You're not short of money...."

Saturday Lang pursed his lips and continued to talk to himself.

"Nothing is not a thing in your eyes anyway..."

After a moment of thought, he sat up again, and reached out to take the letters from the case. His brow furrowed.

"The last time Thirteen said that the Cheng family entered Beijing was a month ago, the group of people from the Cheng family has arrived, I don't know if she is in trouble?" He muttered to himself, gritted his teeth, and finally lifted the pen to dip the ink, only to find that the ink had condensed again, and he was a little angry and re-grinded.

When the ink is good, the pen is like holding a knife, and the pen is lowered with a gritted tooth.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Liulang leaning on the ground, lazily throwing the paper ball in front of him into the brazier not far away.

From time to time, a cloud of smoke rose from the brazier, and the smell of choking dispersed.

"Your Excellency. What are you playing here? He asked in surprise.

Liuliulang ignored him and continued to throw the remaining seven or eight paper balls in front of him into the brazier one by one.

The soldiers had to watch helplessly.

Anyway, after a while, adults will do some weird things.

"Your Excellency. Didn't you say that you still have to send family letters and New Year's gifts? The postmen are going to enter Beijing, so send the small ones over, right? He asked again as he thought of something.

"Didn't you send it? What else to give! Saturday Lang said angrily.

The pro-soldier touched a nose of ash.

"Didn't you say it, and asked me!" He muttered.

"My lord, my lord, General Zhong is invited." Someone shouted outside the door.

Hearing this, Saturday Lang jumped to his feet, threw the last ball of paper into the brazier, grabbed the cloak and strode along.

At this time in the capital, Qin Shisanlang, who was sitting in the warm hall, straightened up in disbelief.

"Father, what did you say?"

He asked.

"Is it because you ate the snacks she made and all the dragon fetus?"

Qin Shijiao nodded.

"There are rumors like this in the palace."

Qin Shisanlang's face sank.

"Is it her that the king of Jin'an said again?" He asked.

"The county king often mentions her from time to time." Qin Shi said.

"I knew he was uneasy and kind!" Qin Shisanlang said, and he was about to get up.

"Thirteen, then you're wrong." Qin Shijiao shook his head and frowned to stop him, and said meaningfully, "Your Majesty knows his kindness. ”

"That's also for his own kindness!" Qin Shisanlang said, saluted his father, got up and walked out.

Mrs. Qin was coming in, and the mother and son collided head-on.

"Just came back and want to go out?" Mrs. Qin said, stretching out her hand to hold her son, "Mrs. Cheng is not enough to go like this?" ”

Qin Shisanlang was amused.

"Mother, don't make trouble." He said, "There's business." ”

"Who makes trouble, how can Cheng Niangzi's matter be a joke!" Mrs. Qin said seriously.

Qin Shisanlang sneered and saluted his mother, turned around and walked away.

"What's wrong again?" Madame Qin walked into the hall and asked.

"Cheng Niangzi has a magic skill again." Qin Shi said, picking up the book.

Madame Qin sat down.

"Isn't it true that the one in the palace is pregnant, and it's her credit?" She asked.

Qin Shijiao nodded.

"Hey, that's really amazing, I don't know how many people ask to marry." Mrs. Qin said with a smile.

"Who dares to marry?" Qin Shi said without raising his head.

The evaluation in the mouth of the Queen Mother, the fallen ghost judge, the divine arm bow and stone bullet, everyone wants this kind of woman, but who dares to marry?

"Our family." Mrs. Qin said.

Qin Shi still didn't raise his head.

"Well, but people don't marry our family." He said.

These words made Mrs. Qin breathe.

"Is she really not married?" She asked. "We thirteen are really good to her. Is she really not impressed at all? ”

"No, it won't. There are rules, a promise is a thousand gold, and a gentleman will do what he says. Qin Shi talked about two things, talking to his wife on the one hand, and nodding and smiling because of the excitement in the book.

The book was snatched from his hand.

Qin Shijiao looked up at his wife, whose eyebrows were upside down.

"Then find a way!" She said, "If she really dares not to marry, Thirteen will really dare not marry!" ”

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"Gongzi Qin, are you here again?"

The maidservant who was about to go out in a big cloak said with a smile.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't come a year ago?"

"I'm not your lady. You don't have to smash a hole in the ground to say what you say, you can pick it up at any time. Qin Shisanlang said.

The maid covered her mouth and smiled, and Banqin had already opened the door of the house to give a salute.

"Did you go to King Qing's Mansion to make snacks that time?"

Qin Shisanlang asked.

Banqin, who was pouring tea, heard it, and couldn't help but glance at Qin Shisanlang, thought about it and got up and pushed the dim sum on the side.

Qin Shisanlang glanced at her and smiled.

Is he such a stingy and gluttonous person?

"Nope." Cheng Jianniang said.

Qin Shisanlang suddenly nodded with a sneer.

"Sure enough, I knew it was him again." He said, looking at Cheng Jianniang, "Do you know what he told His Majesty?" ”

Cheng Jianniang looked at him.

"He sent some snacks to His Majesty, saying that you made them." Qin Shisanlang said.

Cheng Jianniang sighed.

"Now the palace concubine is pregnant. They all said it was because they ate your snacks. Qin Shisanlang said.

Cheng Jianniang smiled slightly.

"Shouldn't I open another dim sum shop?" She said.

"It's not a joke." Qin Shisanlang said, he has always loved to laugh and there was no smile on his face.

"What else could it be if it wasn't a joke?" Cheng Jianniang, who has never smiled, said with a smile on her face. I picked up a piece of dim sum and ate it sideways with my sleeve raised.

Qin Shisanlang looked at her, the woman with her sleeves covering half of her face and slightly sideways, with a little softness, and her eyes that only appeared were a little playful.

Aware of looking at herself, she turned her eyes to look.

Do the corners of the mouth behind the sleeves hook up a smile?

Qin Shisanlang thought of it, slightly stunned.

Just for a moment, the woman lowered her sleeves and described it as upright.

Qin Shisanlang sighed softly.

"You are still less than the king of Jin'an." He said, pausing at this point, his expression slightly solemn, "This son is not right-hearted." ”

Is this son wrong?

Banqin, who was kneeling on the side and hanging her head, couldn't help but raise her head.

"He is a county king, so he should leave the capital to go to the fiefdom, but he tried his best to stay in the capital." Qin Shisanlang said.

"It's not that I can't bear to celebrate the king." Banqin couldn't help but say.

Qin Shisanlang smiled, with a little disdain.

"I can't bear to celebrate the king, so I just deceive the old, weak, women and children." He said.

deceived the old, weak, women and children, and the half celery changed slightly.

No matter how stupid she is, she knows who can let the king of Jin'an stay in the capital, so didn't Qin Shisanlang say that the emperor and the queen mother, or people like herself.

That's a bit of a rebellion.

"I'm not seen in front of the lady, don't laugh at me." Qin Shisanlang said with a smile.

"I don't laugh at you." Cheng Jianniang nodded and said.

Qin Shisanlang picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.

"If you don't give up King Qing, is there no fief in King Qing's mansion?" He continued, looking up and smiling again, "We don't say much about these royal things, but I think the lady should be more careful, don't care about nothing, and let some people wantonly hurt you because you don't care." ”

"Thank you, Childe." Cheng Jianniang said.

Qin Shisanlang drank the tea with a smile.

"I'm really gone this time, and I'll come to greet you again during the New Year." He said.

Cheng Jianniang saluted again and got up to send off.

Sending Qin Shisanlang away, Fan Jianglin just entered the door.

"Why did you come back at noon?" Huang asked with some surprise.

Because of the damage to too many divine arm bows, Fan Jianglin, who could have been easier, was even busier, coupled with the stone bullets on Li Mao's side, the catapult was transformed, and more than a dozen craftsmen from all over the country were also busy.

"Made a gadget for Bao'er to play with." Fan Jianglin said. Take out two boxes on one side.

Huang smiled and stretched out his hand.

"That's it, and you sent it back?" She laughed. "Two more."

Fan Jianglin only handed her one.

"This one belongs to my sister." He said. Hand over the other one.

"Already done?" Cheng Jianniang asked.

Fan Jianglin nodded.

After listening to these two conversations, Huang hurriedly turned around and retreated with the girl holding the child.

"Do you think it's okay? It was modified many times according to the drawings. ”

Sitting under the porch, Fan Jianglin asked.

Cheng Jianniang took it with both hands.

"Thank you, brother." She saluted, opening it.

Banqin stepped forward to take a look, and saw that it was a somewhat strange bamboo tube.

"That's it, my brother did a good job." Cheng Jianniang nodded and said with a smile.

Fan Jianglin smiled and got up to wash and change clothes.

"Banqin, bring the box that Li Mao sent last time on the shelf in the room." Cheng Jianniang said.

Banqin responded and took the box according to his words. watched Cheng Jianniang take out a long paper roll from it and put it into the bamboo tube made by Fan Jianglin.

"Lady, what is this?" She couldn't help but ask curiously.

Cheng Jianniang looked at the bamboo tube in her hand for a moment, her expression seemed to be a little stunned, and she looked up at the sky.

"This is," she said, "what? ”

What the?

Banqin looked up puzzled, seeing that Cheng Jianniang's face had changed, and her eyes were round and looking at the sky.

What the?

Banqin raised his head, the day was dim today, and it seemed that there was going to be a wind and snow in the evening.

What's there?

She looked up again and saw that Cheng Jianniang had taken a few steps forward. Still looking up at the sky, he showed a look of shock that he had never seen before.

"How can this happen?" She said.

"What's up?" Banqin asked. Look at it again.

Cheng Jianniang shook her head and didn't answer.

Banqin oh sound, is it good-looking?

She didn't know why she followed along, where to look? I can't see any difference.

"But this is not the time to be seen." Cheng Jianniang said.

"When was that?" Banqin asked.

Cheng Jianniang looked at the sky.

Be......

"Afang."

A male voice suddenly sounded at this moment.

Cheng Jianniang shuddered suddenly, looked for the sound, and saw a young man standing at the door, who was lifting his hood and revealing a smiling face.

"Your Highness." Banqin was busy giving gifts, and looked at the porter with a little displeasure.

"I opened the door, sister, didn't you hear?" The porter said aggrievedly.

Shicai is just distracted...

Banqin stopped talking, turned her head to look at Cheng Jianniang, but saw that Cheng Jianniang seemed to be stunned.

Of course, outsiders seem to be stupid many times, but she herself is clear, her lady seems to be stupid, but she is divine, but at this time her eyes are confused, so that she is dull.

"Lady?"

Banqin asked in surprise, reaching out to help, this support was even more shocking.

Shiver! The lady is shaking!

"Lady! What's wrong? Banqin shouted urgently.

This sound frightened the king of Jin'an, and he hurriedly crossed the threshold and stepped forward.

"What's wrong?" He asked, and saw that the woman's expression was different from before.

The originally fair face was even whiter, and the eyes that had always been calm and waveless flickered at this time.

Cheng Jianniang raised her sleeves to cover her face.

"Afang! You see! You see there's an extra black spot in the middle of the day! Is that too white? ”

"That's Yang Shan!

There was a clear laughter in my ears.

"Am I a star?"

"If I were a star, Afang, you would be the moon, advancing and retreating together, coexisting and coexisting."

Cheng Jianniang hid her face and laughed, tears falling from her eyes.

"Lady! Wife! ”

Banqin's voice became more and more urgent in his ears, and he was about to cry.

This is just a blink of an eye, Cheng Jiaoniang stroked her sleeve to wipe away her tears, put away her smile, and stood up straight.

"I'm fine." She said slowly, "It's just a little cold. ”

King Jin'an stood still and looked at her.

"It's the moon, it's colder, and the weather is not good today, wear more." He said, looking at Cheng Jianniang, his eyes fell on her hand, and he stepped forward with some curiosity, stretched out his finger and pointed, "What is this?" ”

Cheng Jianniang lowered her hand, and the bamboo tube was hidden in her sleeve.

"Nothing." She said, turning around and walking, and then stopped to look at the king of Jin'an County slightly.

"Also, don't call me Afang." She said again.

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PS: 4,000 words are presented~

I went out to train and study, so I can only change it, please bear with me.

In this other chapter, thank you for Gu Xizhi and Baili Wuxu~ Although they don't read it, they also want to thank you for your advice.

There is also a sub-edition of Dazhu Xiaozhu who has been pointing out and grasping the context of the full text, alas, just for the two words of this chapter, she has already flipped through the Tianguan Astrological Book. (To be continued......)