Tang Shi looked at Mu Shi, who was becoming more and more fresh, thinking about the man who suddenly disappeared just now, and asked tentatively with a flicker in his eyes: "Sister-in-law, where did the eldest brother go today?" ”

Mu Shi giggled, ran a green finger around the hair hanging down his cheek, glanced at Tang Shi with silky eyes, and said tiredly, "...... Didn't you just get out of the woods? Didn't you see him outside? ”

Tang's heart sank, "Did you just go out?" ”

"Of course. He's back...... Something urgent...... When you finish it, you will naturally leave. After speaking, he giggled again, turned around and sat down in front of the dressing table, picked up a blue and black snail Dai, traced his eyebrows carefully, and asked, "Are all the guests here?" ”

Tang secretly took a sip in his heart, stood behind Mu with his hands in his sleeves, and said with a reluctant smile: "Sister-in-law, the guests have already arrived." The crown princess, Prince Yi, Duchess Anguo, and Mrs. Zhuguo all came. Your mother's family has also arrived, and you can eat crabs at Chrysanthemum Terrace. ”

Mu nodded, "I'm tired of my brother and sister, you go and say hello to me first, and I'll change my clothes." ”

Tong stood there, trying to persuade Muhammad to come with her, when she felt something furry pass by her feet, but when she looked down, she saw nothing.

There seemed to be a strange atmosphere rippling in the room.

Tang Shi shuddered a little, didn't want to stay here anymore, and hurriedly said: "Then I'll go first, sister-in-law remember to come quickly, otherwise it will be bad for people to say that our Xu family is rude." ”

Mu nodded slightly, "Don't worry, I'll be there soon." He said. I had already taken a thin piece of rouge paste and sipped it on my lips.

Tang didn't dare to raise his head, hurriedly lowered his head, and came out of the room in a panic.

The maid who was guarding the outer room saw that Tang Shi had come out, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Second lady, has our eldest lady cleaned up?" ”

"Uh, you go in and serve, urge your wife, the guests of the Chrysanthemum Terrace are already in a hurry." Tang said hurriedly and walked out.

Come to the bottom of the porch outside. Tang stopped. Pulling a little maid, he asked, "What's wrong with you today?" Why do you fall asleep outside in broad daylight? Were you tired yesterday? ”

The little maid said with a bitter face: "Second lady, this slave can't talk about it." Anyway, it's been like this for the past few days, and the big guys say......" as he said, looking left and right. before standing on tiptoe. Leaned into Tang's ear and said, "...... Second Lady. The slave maid heard from a few sisters that there were monsters in this yard, and they made everyone feel terrified......"

Tang remembered the one who had just disappeared. A man who was born exactly like Xu Wenjing, he shivered, and suddenly covered his mouth with his hand, as if he was afraid that he would scream.

"Second lady, what's wrong with you?" The little maid looked at Tang curiously. She was young and didn't have so many taboos, so she tilted her head and said with a smile: "Second lady, you won't believe it, will you?" - This kind of nonsense, even if the slave maid is young, he does not believe it. ”

Tang squeezed out a few laughs from his throat and touched the little girl's head, "Good girl, she is a bold girl." With that, he hurriedly descended the steps and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

She walked so fast as if someone was chasing her from behind. She gritted her teeth, desperately restrained her desire to look behind, and rushed out of the courtyard door in one go.

As soon as she stepped out of this courtyard, the atmosphere that suffocated her disappeared in an instant. Her heavy heart suddenly relaxed.

Leaning against the gate of the main courtyard, Tang gasped for breath.

"Yo, isn't this the second lady? How to hide here for laziness? But if our lady doesn't go, the second lady won't be able to handle it? A coquettish voice sounded from below the steps.

Tang looked up and saw the eldest lord Xu Wenjing's concubine Chunxing standing bewitchingly at the bottom of the steps, looking up at her and smiling.

Before Xu Wenjing continued, his favorite was this concubine. The affairs of the big house, since the death of Xu Wenjing's original partner, have been taken care of by this concubine.

Originally, Xu Wenjing's age was not young, and the children were all older, no one in the Xu family thought that Xu Wenjing would continue to be a child, and they all treated Chun Xing like the wife of the big house.

Unexpectedly, ten years after Xu Wenjing's original partner passed away, he actually renewed the string again and married such a young lady who was as tender as an onion.

Tang Shi Zhilu said that since Mu entered the door, Chunxing's status has plummeted, and there is no longer the status that he used to say in Dafang.

And although Mu is young, he is an idea, and the bride-in-law and maids brought by him are all sent by Muhou Mansion, all of them are capable and strong, and they immediately control the housekeeping of the big house like an iron bucket, and others can't intervene.

When Mu first entered the door, Chun Xing heard that she was a fifteen-year-old little lady, and she didn't take her to heart, until Mu Shi packed up Xu Wenjing in a few days after entering the door, and offered her like an ancestor, Chun Xing realized that she really had a right person.

But what does she understand?

Mu is not stupid, stupid or weak, has a strong mother's family, Xu Wenjing's favor, and the support of capable mothers-in-law and maids around him, and in the entire backyard of the Xu family, he immediately gained a firm foothold.

Chunxing is just a concubine, her parents died, and she grew up with an older brother. Her brother is Xu Wenjing's subordinate. Because Chun Xing was born with a bit of color and admired power, it happened that Master Xu's original partner passed away ten years ago, and Chun Xing and her brother agreed to enter Xu's Mansion to be a concubine for Master Xu.

With such a family background, coupled with old age, falling out of favor is a natural thing.

Besides, if it weren't for Mu's own impatience to take care of things, the second lady of the Xu family's authority to manage the inner courtyard would have been taken back by Master Xu and given to her.

Step by step, Chun Xing saw that her territory was encroached upon by her stepwife who had just entered the door, and her resentment in her heart increased day by day.

Tang Shi understood that the wife and concubine of this big house were not dealing with each other, and he didn't want to be caught between them, so he hurriedly said: "I'm here to see my sister-in-law, so I'll go back." He said, "Little sister-in-law, this is not the place where you came, let's go back." ”

In the past, Chunxing was very dedicated to taking care of the housekeeping of the big house, and the Xu family called her "little sister-in-law" up and down.

Since Mu Shi entered the door, no one called Chunxing "little sister-in-law" anymore.

I heard Tang call her that. Chunxing's heart softened, she rubbed the things in her hand, nodded and said, "I know that there are people in this mansion, and only the second lady is a kind person." No one walks the tea cool. ”

Tang smiled, bowed to Chunxing, and then walked down the steps to the chrysanthemum platform.

Chun Xing stood alone at the door of the main courtyard of the Xu family's big house, and looked up at the black and oily gate. It seemed that the sky was too bright for her to open her eyes. Chunxing built a pergola with her hands and covered her forehead. The eyes narrowed into a slit. I looked at the sky in the four corners of the courtyard.

After a while, Chunxing turned and left. She did not walk on the bluestone path, but on the grass on the side of the road. The moon-white skirt fluttered and dragged among the green grass, and a few scraps of paper fell from her hand. It fell on the root of the courtyard wall.

A small white fox emerged from a small hole in the courtyard wall. A pair of dark eyes stared at Chunxing's distant back. It was Xiaobai who came with Du Hengshuang.

It sits in the grass. Inhale in the direction of Chunxing's departure, then look back at the courtyard wall behind her, and take another breath.

There is a smell that it is very familiar.

But it couldn't think of what it tasted like.

Keep your head down. Xiao Bai saw the few pieces of paper scattered in the grass, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, and the ears of the two drooping foxes were erected.

It leaned over and rubbed the scraps of paper with its shiny black nose, moving them together and stacking them together, then blew on the scraps.

It seems that in the blink of an eye, the small piece of paper flew into the air and turned into a paper man, exactly the same as Xu Wenjing, the old man!

Xiaobai grinned, as if to say, "Finally caught you!" Then he jumped up, flew towards the man, opened his mouth, and bit down the paper figure floating in mid-air, swallowing the paper figure in a few bites.

There were a lot of people from the Xu family coming and going on the path, but there was no one who saw that there was a little white fox who had just swallowed a paper figure beside them......

After Xu Wenjing left the Xu Mansion, she always felt restless, and she didn't know what was going to happen to Lu Dao.

These days, his health is getting worse and worse, and he is always short of breath, especially when he is in the house.

As long as he left the Xu Mansion, he felt better, especially when his heart was no longer like pressing a big stone, it was always heavy.

When he came to the teahouse he was accustomed to going to in the past few days, Xu Wenjing walked upstairs and sat down in the position where he usually sits.

From here, he could see the bustling scene on the streets of Chang'an City.

This sight made him look at ease, look satisfied, and feel proud and proud.

Because of such a peaceful and prosperous era, it was he Xu Wenjing who assisted Emperor Qi Boshi of Yongchang to call the world!

As one of the three heroes of the Yuanmou uprising, his current status is actually the worst among the three.

Although he is dissatisfied, he has not yet reached the point of hatred.

There are people who get drunk and scold their rivals, but he never dares to complain about Emperor Yongchang behind his back.

The tea doctor from the teahouse came over with a teapot and said with a smile: "Lord Xu is here, is it still the same today?" ”

"As usual. Serve me two more plates of snacks. Xu Wenjing said with a smile.

Soon tea and snacks were brought by the guys.

Xu Wenjing was holding a teacup alone and tasting the fragrance of the tea leaves, and when she closed her eyes and groaned, she felt that there was a person sitting opposite her.

When she opened her eyes, Xu Wenjing saw a blue-eyed and high-nosed Hu man who had just sat down in the seat opposite her.

The bearded man, with a strange hat on his head, looked at him and grinned, revealing a row of snow-white teeth.

Xu Wenjing frowned, "This is my bag, you better sit elsewhere." I don't share a table with people. ”

The man smiled, and uttered a string of muttered words.

When Xu Wenjing heard this, her eyes widened suddenly, and even her face turned white with fright.

That's not Daqi, it's Turkic!

Is this man a Turk?!

Xu Wenjing hurriedly looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he lowered his voice and said, "What's the matter with you?" How did you come to the Central Plains? - But your Khan sent you? "It's actually Turkic, too!

It's just that I haven't talked about it for a while, and I'm still a little rusty at the beginning.

The man smiled, changed to Daqi dialect, and said a little stiffly: "Lord Xu still remembers my Khan. That's easy to do. My Khan greets your lordship, and at the same time wants to remind Lord Xu, as well as your emperor master, that the time has come to pay tribute. We haven't urged us all these years, and you have pretended to forget. That's not good. We Turks ......"

Xu Wenjing's face turned from white to red in fright, she pounced on the man's mouth, lowered her voice and said in Turkic dialect: "You are so bold, you use Daqi words, you are not afraid that others will hear it, you can't get out of Chang'an alive?!" ”

The man smiled contemptuously, pushed Xu Wenjing away with one hand, then patted the table with his hand, and said, "If I was afraid, I wouldn't have come." - Anyway, today, I will find Master Xu first, give you three days, and you can discuss with your master. After the discussion, I came here and left a message for the shopkeeper, and I took the message, so I naturally went to you. - Remember, don't play tricks on me. Of course I didn't bring that thing, so I kept it at my khan's place...... Haha As he spoke, he looked up to the sky and smiled, slapped the table and stood up, supported the window lattice with his hand, jumped down from the second floor of the teahouse, and fell onto the street of Chang'an City.

There are many Hu people in Chang'an City, and there are many capable people, and the people in Chang'an City are well-informed, and they are not surprised when they see this, but they just cheer and shout good.

The man fell to the ground, and he was not surprised by the change in Chang'an's situation, nodded slightly to the person next to him, and strode away.

As soon as he left, Xu Wenjing came out of the teahouse with a pale face, bent over his waist, and seemed to be more than ten years older than when he entered the teahouse just now.

Leaving the teahouse, he stood blankly on the street for a while, watching the pedestrians come and go.

After a long time, he gritted his teeth and went in the direction of the palace.

Along the way, Xu Wenjing's heart was surging, and he thought of the time when he followed Qi Boshi, who was still the Duke of Qi of the Great Zhou Dynasty at that time, to raise the banner of righteousness in Taizhou.

At that time, they were not very prepared.

Emperor Dezhen of the Great Zhou Dynasty recruited heavy troops to conquer Goguryeo at that time, but unfortunately it ended in failure.

The Great Zhou Dynasty suddenly rose up together, chasing the Central Plains, all trying to replace Zhou.

Qi Boshi's success was not only because he had a group of arrogant soldiers who were good at fighting, but more importantly, because he had many bold and capable strategists by his side.

At that time, when the Taizhou uprising, the former dynasty and the Great Zhou were already in turmoil. Not only are there anti-thieves everywhere in China, but even Turkic people from abroad have come to intervene in an attempt to steal some benefits from the Great Zhou.

Qi Boshi raised troops in Taizhou, and faced a complex situation with Turkic cavalry in the back and Yin Shizhang in front of the Great Zhou Liang general.

It was Xu Wenjing who risked his life at that time, got rid of the Turks, and relieved the external troubles of Taizhou, so that Qi Boshi could free his hands and fight to the death with the main army of the previous Great Zhou, and the most reluctant took advantage of the opportunity of An Zichang to kill Emperor Dezhen of the previous dynasty, and quickly occupied Chang'an, so as to ascend the throne and claim the emperor.

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4,000 words for pink tickets and recommendation votes. There will be two watches in the afternoon.

…… (To be continued......)