Xiao Shiji really wanted to see Du Hengshuang, but remembered that Aunt Du had only given birth two months ago, so he hurriedly said: "I haven't seen Aunt Du for a long time, should I go to see Aunt Du and say hello?" ”

Fang Yuniang gave birth to her second child two months ago, and she was still a daughter, which disappointed her very much.

Du Xiancheng was very happy, and immediately named him Du Hengxue, and asked four nurses to take turns to take care of her, so that Fang Yuniang could barely smile.

Du Hengxue's full moon ceremony, Long Xiangye said that the second son Xiao Taiji was sick and it was not good to bring it to Du's house as a guest, and even the eldest son Xiao Shiji was detained at home by her, and he said that he was a little uncomfortable. Only Xiao Xiangsheng went to the Du family with a gift to add color to the full moon gift of Du Hengxue, the second lady of the Du family.

Because of this incident, Xiao Xiangsheng went to live in the study of the outer courtyard for another month, and he did not move back to the inner courtyard until Emperor Dezhen's conscription order came out. But the attitude towards Long Xiangye is also much lighter, although Long Xiangye admitted his mistake, but there are a few more thorns in his heart for the other party's concubine.

Xiao Xiangsheng was good friends with Du Xiancheng, and Long Xiangye had nothing to say. She knew that the two of them were fatal friendships cultivated on the battlefield, which could not be compared with ordinary people.

But why do you want her to make friends with Fang Yuniang, a person who doesn't know a few words in a big basket? She didn't know her well......

The people of the Du family are calculating, and even her eldest son has been calculated.

Zhilu Dao Fang gave birth to a daughter in her second child, and Long Xiangye really had to laugh in her sleep. But soon she couldn't laugh, because she looked at her second son and was very worried that the Du family would calculate her second son again.

For this reason, Long Xiangye secretly tested Xiao Xiangsheng several times.

Xiao Xiangsheng saw through her thoughts, and said with a sneer: "Your own son is a treasure, and other people's daughters are grass." You don't want to think about whether people look up to your son and bear this kind of unnecessary heart here! "It is said that Long Xiangye really committed angina pectoris, and almost lost his breath.

Seeing that Xiao Xiangsheng was becoming more and more estranged from him, Long Xiangye had no choice but to hold his two sons in his hands more tightly.

It doesn't matter if there is no man, the most important thing for a woman is always the son, not the man. As long as the son is grasped, the man will let him die......

Seeing Xiao Xiangsheng's cold expression, Long Xiangye sometimes couldn't help but think like this.

This time the conscription order was issued, Xiao Xiangsheng hurriedly took Xiao Shihe to the Du family to discuss, and he also hid it from Long Xiangye.

Xiao Shiji's question made Du Xiancheng a little embarrassed, and said with a haha: "Your Aunt Du is still in confinement, let's wait for her to be out of confinement." ”

Fang Yuniang gave birth to another daughter because of her second child, and she was not in a good mood, so she sat for two months. Counting it, it's almost confinement.

Xiao Shiji had no choice but to give up and follow his subordinates to the racecourse to see Du Hengshuang.

In the wide racecourse of the Du family, a snow-white Persian pony ran bumping on the racecourse. On the pony sat a little girl in a bright red riding costume, and the laughter of silver bells echoed under the clear blue sky as the horses jolted.

This scene was deeply imprinted in Xiao Shiji's mind.

Many years later, whenever he remembered this scene, he couldn't help but soften......

"My brother is here!" Du Hengshuang held the reins and saw Xiao Shiji standing on the edge of the racecourse from the horse, looking at himself with a smile.

Xiao Shiji waved his hand, "Shuang'er is really powerful, and she rides a horse very well." ”

"And brother!" Du Hengshuang shouted, unexpectedly let go of the reins, and rushed directly from the horse to Xiao Shiji.

The red cloak on his body was waving in the wind, like a red cloud falling to the ground.

"Frost!" When Xiao Shiji saw this scene, he was so frightened that he rushed forward desperately, wanting to catch Du Hengshuang.

But Du Hengshuang pounced too fast, and Xiao Shiji was too far away to reach it at all.

"Miss be careful!" A gray figure rushed out of the oblique stab, and finally caught Du Hengshuang before she landed.

Xiao Shiji rushed over quickly, his face turned pale with fright, "Shuang'er, Shuang'er, you're okay, right?" ”

The one who caught Du Hengshuang was the Du family's nursing home Qian Bo.

Xiao Shiji also knew him, and hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Uncle! Thank you Chamber! ”

Chambers was an old man in his fifties, and he looked old on weekdays, older than he really was. But at the critical moment, it can be seen that his kung fu is simply hidden.

Qian Bo smiled and put Du Hengshuang on the ground, shook his head at her and said, "Miss, you can't do this again in the future." My old money won't always follow the eldest lady. If there is such a thing again, the old money will not be able to save the eldest lady. ”

Du Hengshuang also had palpitations. She didn't know what was going on with her, and as soon as she saw Xiao Shiji, she actually threw the reins of the pony directly.

Daddy once told her a thousand times and told her not to let go of the reins, why did she forget it?

Du Hengshuang was annoyed for a while, nodded again and again, and finally said softly: "Uncle Qian, don't let my father know about this matter, okay?" "Soft words begging each other, glutinous children's voices, can influence the heart of stone.

Qian Bo smiled and touched her head," Qian Bo said. Miss, don't be naughty in the future. As he spoke, he nodded to Xiao Shiji, bent his waist, and went back to his position in the nursing home.

Xiao Shiji took Du Hengshuang's hand and sent her back to the backyard.

“…… The mother gave birth to a little sister and kept hiding in the house and crying. - And brother, why does my mother cry for her? My little sister is so good, she is not sick? Du Hengshuang asked suspiciously, in her heart, only when she was sick would her mother cry. Maybe now, add a little sister.

Xiao Shiji smiled. He is more than six years old and is a sensible big child.

"Shuang'er, your mother gave birth to a little sister, are you unhappy?" Xiao Shiji took Du Hengshuang's hand and walked slowly on the sheep intestine stone path leading to the backyard of the Du family.

Du Hengshuang thought this question was funny, and giggled: "My mother gave birth to a younger sister, it's too late for me to be happy, how can I be unhappy?" And my brother asked really strangely. Then he asked Xiao Shiji, "When his brother's younger brother Tai'er was born, was he not happy with his brother?" ”

Xiao Shiji was speechless by Du Hengshuang's question, and looked at her carefully.

Du Hengshuang's eyes were pure, not stained with dust, and he looked at him fixedly.

Xiao Shihe pursed his lips and smiled, "What Shuang'er said is right, it is my brother who asked the wrong question." You are a sister, remember to take care of your sister, but don't wronged yourself, do you know the way? If you need to wronged yourself, my sister will be happy. Then this kind of sister, you don't want it. ”

Du Hengshuang was confused, but still nodded, "Shuang'er remembers." ”

The two of them were talking and came to the house where Du Hengshuang lived.

Du Hengshuang originally lived in the courtyard of Du Xiancheng and Fang Yuniang.

Later, because Fang Yuniang was going to give birth to a second child, she originally thought it was her son, so she specially moved Du Hengshuang out of Lu to make room for her son to live.

As a result, she did not give birth to a son, but gave birth to a daughter.

But Du Hengshuang lived in his yard. Anyway, she has a European mother, a wet nurse, a maid, and a mother-in-law, so she doesn't have to worry about no one to take care of her.

Ou Yangniang was very happy to see Du Hengshuang and Xiao Shihe come back together, and prepared snacks for them, freshly baked fragrant flax cakes, Du Hengshuang and Xiao Shihe's favorite food.

Here, Xiao Xiangsheng talked to Du Xiancheng about Emperor Dezhen's conscription order.

"You say, what does the emperor mean?" Xiao Xiangsheng walked around the house with his hands behind his back, with an ugly look on his face.

Du Xiancheng looked at the conscription order with an expressionless face, touched the mustache that had just grown under his chin, and muttered: "It seems that the emperor is actually very resentful of Goguryeo. ”

"The emperor is the best at dressing. In order to get the favor of the Queen Mother, he was able to pretend for more than ten years, and there was only one woman, the Queen Mother. Now once he becomes the emperor, he will immediately appear in his original form, seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courtyards, how many women do you see he has accepted? - Looking at it this way, the longer he endured, the more explosive he would now be. Goguryeo this time, it's really unpredictable. Xiao Xiangsheng sat back opposite Du Xiancheng, picked up the teacup, blew it, and put it down again.

"According to what the eldest brother said, this time, it seems to be even larger than the scale of the first emperor." Du Xiancheng said slowly, "If you win, everything is easy to say." If it fails, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

Xiao Xiangsheng nodded heavily, "I'm just worried about this." ”

In fact, as far as the conscription order itself is concerned, it is no longer in line with them. Because they are no longer ordinary merchants, but officials, they are no longer in the category of ordinary commoners. They were not recruited for the time being.

However, since they want to use troops against Goguryeo, they are big merchants, and bleeding is inevitable. As long as they can break the wealth and avoid disaster, they will admit it.

"Then let's wait and see what happens." Xiao Xiangsheng took the idea, and Du Xiancheng certainly agreed.

The Great Zhou Changye was conscripted in October of the third year, and in March of the fourth year of the Great Zhou Changye, 100,000 troops and 500,000 people were gathered.

In April of the fourth year of the Great Zhou Changye, when the spring flowers were blooming, the Great Zhou once again used troops against Goguryeo.

Zhang Zhonghui, the general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, served as the commander-in-chief, and with an army of 100,000, he marched to Goguryeo in the north.

This expedition to Goguryeo brought greater expectations and confidence from all over the country.

Unfortunately, it backfired, and at the end of the year, news began to come that the Chinese military tent led by Zuo Yiwei's general Zhang Zhonghui was attacked by Goguryeo general Park Guang. Zhang Zhonghui would rather die than surrender, and killed himself in the Chinese military tent.

The commander died, and the Great Zhou army was in chaos.

The army of 100,000 was once again killed by the Goguryeo people.

The news that 100,000 troops were killed officially reached Chang'an City, which was the fourth year of the Great Zhou Changye.

In the month of this year, Xiao Shihe was seven and a half years old, and Du Hengshuang was only four and a half years old.

100,000 sturdy sons of good families were wiped out overnight, and the national strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty was suddenly greatly impacted.

This winter, the weather has been warm as spring. Luoyang peony blooms in the wax moon, but no one dares to say that this is "auspicious", and no one dares to report to the court to receive a reward.