Li Mao followed his mother down the mountain with confidence. The children were still shocked by how Zhang Xuan managed to be alone, and surrounded him to ask questions.

After a while, when they arrived at the pavilion halfway up the mountain, several generals were really waiting there, and they had not left yet. When they saw Li Mao finally coming down the mountain, they all smiled happily and walked out of the pavilion.

"Lord Guogong!"

"Master Li!"

Li Mao instructed his subordinates to wait outside the pavilion for a while, and helped his mother get out of the sedan chair.

These people waited from early morning to noon, they were already hungry and anxious, and this time they saw that the Xinguo Mansion not only did not avoid them, but even had the intention of entering the pavilion, and their hearts were all happy.

Li Mao entered the pavilion, saluted these generals one by one, and waited for Gu Qing to sit in the pavilion.

Mrs. Qiu was sitting, many of these generals were the old subordinates of Li Laoguogong, and wherever they dared to sit, they all greeted her old man.

"Adults have worked hard. Coming to this near the Holy Peak during the Qingming Festival, could it be that you are sweeping the graves of the deceased husband and son of the old body? Gu Qing deliberately used words to squeeze them.

They had just swept the grave, so naturally they didn't come up to burn the paper money.

The generals' faces froze.

In order to prevent them from missing Li Mao, they didn't dare to leave the place that they had to pass halfway up the mountain, let alone go to the tomb.

At this moment, they are very remorseful in their hearts, as long as one person has swept the tomb before, they can show their faces now, maybe when the old lady is happy, it is not necessary to ask her son to take care of it more!

"Huh? Didn't you all sweep the grave? So what are you doing here near the Holy Peak? Gu Qing looked at them with a puzzled expression. The Qingming holiday is so short, you should take this opportunity to worship the ancestors! ”

"Don't dare to hide it from the old lady......," a black-faced military general said ashamedly, "We have something to plead with Li Guogong." ”

"If it's a business matter, why don't you discuss it in Beijing?"

"This ...... Isn't this the reason why Li Guogong has been staying in the palace......"

"Since you know that the sons of the old body of Lu Dao are all staying in the palace, you should naturally know that this matter of Lu Dao is not wanted. Even the old son in the palace has been left behind, which means that the palace does not want you to ask for it. Gu Qing said with a serious face: "If you want a future, now if you don't fight, you will fight, the more you squeeze your head, the more you will not let you get your wish." ”

Gu Qing continued to flicker without changing his face: "The old body can understand your feelings, but the matter of the border is related to the society, you should not beg my son, but should be cautious in words and deeds, show more, and win the favor of the saint, which is right." ”

The generals who came to intercede had no power or brains. But any military general who has brains at this time will not do such an urgent thing to embarrass Li Mao. It is difficult for people who have no brains to succeed in a big way, so Gu Qing was not afraid of making them embarrassed by what he said too much, but kicked the ball to the emperor lightly.

"Everyone, please go back, this matter is not something that our Xinguo Mansion can put a beak into." Gu Qing stood up and sighed.

"I hope that next time the old body comes to Lingyun Mountain, when I meet you, you will come to sweep the tomb."

These generals are ashamed and ashamed, and they really want to dig a hole and bury themselves, as if they don't exist.

Gu Qing nodded to them, and with Li Mao's support, in addition to the pavilion, they got on the soft sedan chair, and the group went down the mountain.

"How can it be so easy?" Li Mao walked far away and couldn't keep looking back, "Obviously, I said similar things to my mother before, but they just pretended not to understand......

"If they are guilty, they will not dwell on it. It's all your father's old department, but they don't even have a glass of sake or paper money, where do they still have the face to tell you these things. Gu Qing looked behind him, "It's just that this person is going to tea and cold, and it's inevitable that it's too fast." ”

How many years has it been? The old ministry didn't go to worship at the foot of the mountain, should it be said that Li Laoguo was too successful in handing over the military power in his later years, or that people's hearts are changeable, they like the new and hate the old, and they can only see which one of them is in power?

"Grandma, we're going down the mountain like this?" Li Ming shouted in the back: "What about the paper kite?" ”

As soon as Li Ming said this, everyone looked forward to it.

Gu Qing asked the family member who was accompanying him on the side of the sedan chair, this family member was in charge of guarding the tomb of the Xinguo Mansion, and he was also familiar with the near Shengfeng. He thought for a moment and whispered back:

"If you want to play, from here to the back mountain to insert the past, less than half an hour can reach the Jiming Peak, there is an open place in the middle of the Jiming Peak, there are many peach trees planted around, and there is a pool, called the blue water pool, which is the most suitable for playing. It's just that at this time, I'm afraid that many grave sweepers have already passed, if the old lady doesn't like noisy......"

"It's okay, I like it the most. Then go to Jiming Peak. Gu Qing smiled and said to Li Ming, who ran to the sedan chair and looked at him: "Let's go, let's go to Jiming Peak, if we hurry up, we can go down the mountain before dark." ”

It's just past noon, and it's still early after half an hour, so I can still play for a few hours. Anyway, there is a Zhuangzi at the foot of the mountain, and I am not afraid that I will not be able to go back if it is late, and it is a big deal to spend another night.

"Oh! Great, grandma is the best! ”

Li Ming ran into a wind and reported to his brother.

When I arrived at Jiming Peak, the scenery was obviously better, there were all kinds of wild flowers and trees on the road, and now they are all open, and they are all open, which is fascinating, and Gu Qing also stopped a few times, got off the sedan chair and commanded the family to pick a few flowers here, and pick a few over there.

If she hadn't had a camera, she would have liked to take a picture.

Thinking about herself as an old woman now, taking pictures only adds to the sadness, and this idea only turns slightly in my head, and I am thrown out of my head.

As soon as they arrived at the lakeside wilderness of Jiming Peak, there were already many families resting inside, and in the grass, all kinds of cloth curtains were enclosed, and there were probably women waiting inside.

The children were all putting paper kites, and the men were fishing by the pool, drinking and chanting, and some were guessing boxing.

Most of the people who played on Qiyun Mountain had finished sweeping the tombs, and the descendants of these families saw that a group of people had come, and they were all assigned by the masters of the family to come up and ask what was going on.

The subordinates of the Xinguo Mansion and the subordinates of the other party breathed with each other, Gu Qing finally saw the scene of the ancient outing, and his heart was extremely excited, and he took a deep breath when he got off the sedan chair.

Inhale, exhale!

Except that there is no picnic, there is no difference between the ancient spring outing and the modern spring outing!

"Let's play, let's play. Happy today! Gu Qing waved his hand, and Da Lu said with a smile: "Take out all the guys we brought!" ”

"Yo!"

"Order!"

"Yes!"

The mansion of Xinguo was a bad old woman, and there were no girls, and the curtain was not propped up. The girls who didn't have errands to do pulled out their paper kites from the various baskets carried by the little ones in the back and unfolded them, comparing the appearance and shape of the paper kites with each other, and the men unloaded the things they brought first, so that the girls could wait for the master to wash and rest first.

They came up from the near holy peak, and after walking for a while, they were all a little tired at this time, so they could take a rest and rest a little, which was naturally good.

Gu Qing had injuries on his hands, and he couldn't play anything, so he was accompanied by Li Mao and shook around.

Li Ming, Li Rui, Li Jun and others have begun to fly kites with the help of their subordinates, and agreed that whoever is the first to fly it will release the kite for grandma.

The people who went back to report from Ji Mingfeng said that the family members of the Xinguo Mansion were playing here, and these families brought their children and nephews to visit. At this time, Li Mao was accompanying Gu Qing to watch others fishing by the pool, and when he saw someone coming to visit, he politely greeted him one by one, and some officials saw that Qiu Lao Taijun still had bandages on her hands, so they kindly invited her to sit in her own curtain and chat with the ladies to relieve her boredom.

If it was in the past, Gu Qing would definitely not want to go, but recently Mama Hua had persuaded her, and she also decided to walk around the circle of noblewomen more in the future, so that the younger generations in the family could look at each other, so she nodded in Li Mao's surprised eyes, and under Li Mao's reminder, she went to chat and rest in the curtain of a waiter's house in the military department.

Coincidentally, Zhao, the wife of this squire of the military department, and Zhao Shi, Li Rui's aunt, are sisters, and the two families are also related by marriage, and the wife of this squire is as cool as Li Rui's aunt.

"Oh, I said when I went out this morning, how did I see the magpie parked in our carriage! It turned out that a distinguished guest was coming! I knew that Mrs. Qiu would come, I wore a beautiful shirt when I went out, and I nodded my head more, so unkempt to see people, I was really ashamed! ”

Whether it was because of her in-laws, or because her husband was Li Mao's subordinate and welcomed her so warmly, it made Gu Qing's nervous mood relax a little. Especially here is the curtain full of female dependents, obviously headed by the Zhao family, as the leader of the circle made such a move first, and the rest are naturally very enthusiastic.

"Grandma Sun, if you change into more beautiful clothes and put your head on your head, won't we all stop seeing people." A woman quipped, "This is the old lady of the Xinguo Mansion, let's come and kowtow!" ”

When she saw the super-grade Duchess of the country, she really wanted to kowtow.

Gu Qing didn't like others stumbling around, so she hurriedly shouted "Excuse me", asking these ladies not to kneel. She was led by the Zhao family to sit down on the chairman, and Mama Hua, Mama Sun and Siyun waited beside her.

These ladies all followed their husbands or relatives out to sweep the tombs, and they never thought that they would meet the injured Mrs. Qiu here, and then look at the four girls around Mrs. Qiu dressed up, and couldn't help but admire.

With such a look and temperament, such a dress, the lady of an official in Beijing is nothing more than that.

How did they know that Lu Dao Siyun's words and deeds were all trained by Mama Hua in accordance with the rules of the palace, even if it was the Xinguo Mansion, the girls in other gardens could not compare with them.

Even if it is placed in the family, these girls can't make mistakes.

The big ones all came over and saluted, and then there were the juniors. Gu Qing didn't bring any rewards when she came out, and she was a little embarrassed, and Mama Hua whispered in her ear:

"It's a chance encounter, and it's nothing without a reward. And your status is so high, it is a favor to give, and it is normal not to give it. In your position, if you give something to others, they will think crookedly. You just have to be gentle, these people are not the subordinates of the family, and they don't have to be so shallow. ”

As soon as Mama Hua said this, Gu Qing felt a little relieved, and sat down to watch the little girls running up to her and kowtowing.

At this time, Gu Qing's heart suddenly had 10,000 grass and mud horses running by.

"The young lady of the slave family, please say hello to Mrs. Qiu, and wish the old lady a thousand blessings and peace."

"The little girl Wang Ruoliu, meet Mrs. Qiu, and wish the old lady an evergreen pine crane."

"Yan Niang of the slave family, meet Mrs. Qiu, and wish the old lady good health."

I wish the old lady Songhe evergreen!

Pine!

Crane!

Evergreen!

Gu Qing replied with a smile on his face, and at the same time, he had to say that he was very amiable.

"You're really good-looking, how old are you this year?"

"The young lady is fourteen years old."

"Yo, your hair is so shiny, it really makes the old body envious to death. How old is this year? ”

"Back to the old lady, the little girl is twelve this year."

"Hehe, it's only twelve years old and your hair is so long, it's really good......"

Woo woo, this is the life she should live! Dressed in bright clothes, combed with delicate hairstyles, and inserted beautiful headdresses, he followed his father and brother out on outings to fly kites, and occasionally had some sexual encounters or something......

Now I can only call myself "old body", when will such painful days come to an end!

You can't call yourself a "slave family", even if you can call it a "sprinkle family", it's better than an "old body"!

However, compared to a bunch of wives who are only in their thirties and have been promoted to become children's mothers and even grandchildren, Gu Qing prefers to talk to these girls.

can't live the life of these young girls, let's talk about the daily life of these ladies, it's not bad to have a good time.

The highest among these girls is Sun Yanniang, the daughter of the squire of the military department, that is, the daughter of the Zhao family. Her mother was born in Jiangmen, she is also very cheerful and straightforward, and she likes to laugh very much, Gu Qing likes her very much, and feels that this ten-year-old girl is very similar to those innocent little girls in later generations, and her attitude towards her is naturally more gentle.

Gu Qing is not kind, her status is high, and she has many layers of gauze wrapped around her hands, these girls couldn't let go at first, thinking that this old lady was not easy to get along with, but after a while, they found that this old lady Qiu was not only gentle and amiable, but also very funny and witty, and knew a lot, so they all surrounded her, and Mrs. Tai screamed shortly.

"Mrs. Qiu, what's the matter with the injury on your hand?" Ten-year-old Yan Niang looked at Gu Qing's palm curiously, "Will it hurt?" ”

"This?" Gu Qing waved his palm casually, "This is a flesh wound, just take care of it." The old man snatched a gangster's knife some time ago and injured his hand. ”

She squeezed her eyes, "This thing that the old body does is extremely dangerous, children should take it as a warning, don't imitate it!" ”

All of a sudden, the laughter of silver bells rang out one after another, and those who dared to ask what was going on.

Gu Qing felt that he was very proud of this, so he took his grandson to mourn, how he met the gangster, how he snatched the knife to let his grandson escape, and then how everyone in the mourning hall subdued the official, how the emperor and empress appeared, and made the official obediently bow down and confess.

When she was in the pediatric hospital, she often told stories to the children in the activity room, and it was very interesting to talk about this experience, and even the ladies next to her listened attentively with their ears pricked up, and they also admired this old lady Qiu in their hearts.

If they were robbed by gangsters, they would be so frightened that their legs would be weak, and they would dare to rush up and grab the knife. Not to mention that Mrs. Qiu is over half a hundred years old, and it is even more rare to work so hard.

These girls are interested in the little grandson in Gu Qing's mouth, what kind of appearance and behavior should a teenager who can say "You are disloyal, unfilial, and unjust" in the case of being kidnapped?

The son-in-law of the Xinguo Mansion should be very good, right?

There are even some grandmothers who are not in the family, who can listen to Mrs. Qiu's words, think of their grandmother, and silently wipe away tears.

There are also many wives of these officials who want to climb the Xinguo Mansion, some of them also have girls of the right age in their families, the men of the Xinguo Gongmen are all clean and self-conscious, and the family affairs are simple, most of the people sitting here are not from families, and the nobles and ordinary officials and eunuchs do not care what their origins and backgrounds are, so they naturally praise and sigh at Mrs. Qiu, which makes Gu Qing feel very good, and feels that the days when someone chats are really much more interesting than sitting at home.

Even Mama Hua and Mama Sun didn't expect that Mrs. Qiu would behave so well. In their opinion, the unsociable Mrs. Qiu sits there at most, occasionally echoing and echoing others' words, and at most saying kind words or something.

Who would have thought that Mrs. Qiu would be very popular among girls, and even what topics such as "too white lead powder should not hurt the skin with lead powder" or "your skin is so white that you must not get spots for a long time", it is really strange!

It's also that they haven't been with Mrs. Qiu in diplomacy for too long, forgetting that the old gentlemen in the capital are all sick, and the old ones are gradually not coming out to move around.

Old Taijun Qiu has the highest grade among the old ladies of the same age, and the only old lady of the Jin State Mansion who has been named the wife of the state like her is over seventy years old this year, and the wife of the old Jin Guogong died early, and there is no third Mrs. Guotai.

When it comes to her position, only others are desperately coaxing her to talk for fear of being cold, where is there a time when Mrs. Qiu is worried that no one will cater to her.

Not to mention that this lady in the house is used to coaxing a few grandchildren at home, and she is more patient with children than adults. Children coax people, sometimes it is more pleasant than adults to greet people, so it is not surprising that Mrs. Qiu laughs constantly.

Gu Qing chatted with this one about the troubles at home, being a "bosom grandmother", chatting with that one about interesting things in Beijing, complaining about nothing, feeling so happy and happy, I didn't want to go home when I sat down.

At this time, Li Ming's voice suddenly sounded outside the tent.

"Grandma, are you in there? My grandson has put the kite on it, so come and fly it! ”

Gu Qing heard Li Ming's voice, and said to the little girls sitting next to him with a smile:

"My little grandson is here."

Many little girls showed curious looks, and Sun Yanniang clapped her hands and said, "It's good to come, I'd like to see what this fearless little hero looks like!" ”

Because Li Ming was still young, and at this time, the defense of men and women was not as heavy as that of later generations, Gu Qing asked Mama Hua, and knew that it would not be in the way of letting him in, so he called Li Ming in.

Li Ming brought the kite all the way from a distance, it was already very hard, he was worried that the kite was entangled by other people's paper kites, and he was afraid that the string would be too tight and broken, it was really heartbreaking, as soon as he heard his grandmother call him in, he immediately asked his subordinates to open the curtain and get in.

There is a whistle on the kite in his hand, and as soon as he pulls the string, he will cry "Wuyang Wuyang", which attracts the attention of the little girls.

Li Ming didn't expect that there were so many little girls in this tent, he was thin-skinned, his face was red, and he went to his grandmother and handed the kite to her.

Gu Qing stood up and took the kite, her fingers and palms were injured and she couldn't bend them, so she held the string of the kite between her fingers and prayed silently, hoping that all the bad luck would be gone this year, and she wouldn't come to their house again. When she opened her eyes, Li Ming had already taken the small scissors from the hands of the subordinates, leaned over and asked:

"Grandma, are you done praying? I'll cut it when I'm done! ”

Gu Qing smiled and nodded.

Li Ming cut the string of the kite, and the kite fell into the distance with a crisp sound, and this bad luck was released.

Gu Qing wanted to leave Li Ming to sit here for a while, no matter how much Li Ming wanted to behave, the scalp of the female dependents who looked at this tent was numb.

His family is simple, when have he ever seen so many female elders sitting together, not to mention that all of them have a look of "Ah, so cute, come and touch me".

Li Mao quickly saluted a group of aunts and grandmothers, saying "Brother is still waiting for me under the tree over there", and hurriedly ran away in a panic.

The last time Gu Qing saw Li Ming so in a hurry, or when he was chased by a duck, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw him again.

"This little boy in the house looks really jade and cute, he must be the son of the Duke of Xinguo?"

"Yes, it is the old little grandson Li Ming."

"At a young age, he is so filial......"

A new round of praise has begun.

The little girls discussed it in private.

"That kid just now is so good-looking."

"It's good-looking, I think it's average." A reserved whisper, "It's not as good-looking as my brother at home." ”

"Did you see that? He was also wrapped in gauze around his neck, and what Mrs. Qiu said was probably true. ”

"You should be like your grandmother and tell stories all day long to fool you, how can Mrs. Qiu's identity tell any nonsense."

"Then you say, just now Mrs. Qiu said that lead powder can't be used, is it true......

"I think ......" Wang Ruoliu said faintly: "The color on Mrs. Qiu's face is not good-looking, it seems that it is not powdered." People who don't apply powder say that this kind of powder is not good, and that kind of powder is not good, which really doesn't make sense. ”

"Maybe I applied lead powder when I was young, and now the color is not good-looking, so let's not paint it?" Sun Yanniang had a very good impression of Mrs. Qiu, and retorted: "If this is the case, it is really a good word." ”

"yes, yes, maybe ......"

The girls chattered endlessly here, Li Mao had been pulled by a bunch of colleagues in the court to socialize, and the boys were playing "shooting willows" in a place where there were trees.

This folding willow was originally a relatively ancient ritual, scraping off a piece of skin on the willow branch to expose the white color, and then using a bow and arrow to shoot the third class of the willow leaves, the second class of the willow branches, and the first class of the exposed white part of the willow branches. Later, in order to increase entertainment, the nobles added a variety of color heads, a variety of ways to play, and this "willow shooting" has become a game that men like to play.

In the morning, Li Mingshen mysteriously brought out a lot of large and small boxes, just to play this "shooting willows".

After the three Li Ming brothers flew the kite, cut the rope and let go of the bad luck, they ran back to the tree to watch the family "shoot willows". Li Ming had asked his family to hang these boxes and gourds tied with ropes on the trees, but now they are all hanged.

Li Ming pointed to the gourd and box on the tree and said to the people who came around:

"These boxes and gourds are full of colored heads, silver coins, some knick-knacks, and all kinds of things that I put in them, and whoever can break the rope that ties the box will belong to it. There is only one arrow per person, and if you shoot something badly, you can only say that you are unlucky, and if you can't shoot anything, you can only blame yourself for not being good at learning! ”

As soon as Li Ming's words fell, there was a cheer behind him.

Many of the people who came this time were the generals of the Xinguo Mansion, all of whom were good at arching horses, and many of the people in the Xinguo Mansion could also bend bows and shoot arrows.

Li Ming asked his subordinates to bring over the bows and arrows that had been prepared.

The young and the old were orderly, and the longbow was given to Li Jun first.

Although Li Jun is a scholar, at this time, the "six arts of a gentleman" must be learned by anyone who has a little foundation. Although Li Jun's "shooting" is so-so, archery is still okay. He also knew his level, so he found a hanging lower gourd and shot an arrow, the rope did not hit, the gourd plug was shot down, this gourd is very large, the gourd plug is not small, the plug dropped, actually flew out of a small pigeon, puff to the sky.

The gourd hadn't fallen, and was still swaying on the tree.

Li Jun smiled and said: "I'm ashamed, I'm the one who is not good at learning." ”

"It's a jackpot anyway, and it's better to let a pigeon escape than to drop a gourd and kill the bird." Li Rui praised his cousin a few words, then lowered his head and looked at his younger brother unhappily.

"Don't put a living creature in it next time, God has the virtue of a good life, what if an arrow goes down and hits the gourd?"

"Didn't I say I was going to shoot the rope......" Li Ming puffed out his cheeks.

My brother hates it the most, and he knows how to teach people all day long!!

"If it is rumored to be 'unkind', it will be complained of 'unkindness'. Not an example! Li Rui patted his younger brother on the shoulder, took the bow and arrow in Li Jun's hand, and aimed at a porcelain box in the treetops.

"The eldest prince must be hit!"

"The eldest prince shoots high!"

Some of the generals who had followed Li Rui to Liangzhou shouted.

Li Rui clasped the bowstring with his wrench, breathed a sigh of relief, and let go of the arrow in his hand. The arrow flew swiftly to the treetops in front of it, shooting down the porcelain box.

"Good!"

"The eldest son is beautiful!"

The little dog-legged Li Ming ran to the bottom of the tree and picked up the porcelain box.

Li Rui opened it and slapped it on Li Ming's head.

"You actually tied a lipstick to the tree, we are all men, what do you want to do with this!"

Li Ming looked at his brother aggrievedly: "You don't want it, isn't it possible to send your sweetheart or something if you have a family member!" This is still a good grease I asked my mother for, and I can't buy it outside! ”

Li Rui angrily threw the lipstick to a family member behind him, and threw the bow to his younger brother.

"It's your turn, you!"

"Me? I don't want it, do I? Li Ming smiled and touched the bow, "I can't even pull the bow open!" ”

"Starting from Ming'er, I will personally urge you to learn to bow horses!"

"Don't, brother, I have a lot of homework!"

"If you don't learn now, you won't have time to learn in the future, the children in our house can't even pull the bow, do you want to be laughed at? Otherwise, if you go out in the future, don't say that you are the young master of the Xinguo Mansion! ”

"Oh, don't, brother! Don't scream! ”

Zhang Xuan and Li Jun shook their heads and watched the two brothers start fighting with each other again, and they were very envious in their hearts.

Zhang Xuanshao left home when he was young, and when he returned home, his brothers were all married, and he was very unfamiliar with him. Li Jun is because he is the eldest son, his status is embarrassing, and he has no brotherly feelings.

Li Ming threw several bows into the hands of his subordinates, and the subordinates cheered and began to draw their bows and shoot their heads.

At this moment, a familiar cry was heard.

"Yo, it's so lively, how can you miss me!"

Li Rui and Li Jun heard this familiar voice and turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound.

"Huh? Qi Shao? How are you here! ”

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Li Shuo: Someone asked who the conjuring was doing.

Li Meng: Of course it's me and my father!

Author: What are you doing?

Li Shuo: Because the female protagonist is inside, and the male protagonist is outside. Naturally, we will take the money!