The sun shined quietly on the hill outside the second gate of Luojingdong, and the two brothers holding the parting wine bluntly seemed to be unable to find the slightest warmth on the topic.

Twenty days ago, the crown prince Xiao Ze sent away a few brothers from Jiangnan, but today he is sending his fourth brother Xiao Zhan, who is going east, on behalf of his father.

Under the protection of the crown prince Xiao Ze, Xiao Zhan, the king of Dongping County, who was demoted to the king for his crimes, was sent to Jeju and other places in eastern Jiangbei to make meritorious contributions.

Xiao Zhan didn't think it was a good errand, so when he drank the farewell wine, he still had the look of a frustrated person. The soldiers brought out by his subordinates will be exchanged for Xiao Tan and taken to Jiangnan, and he is going to Jeju and other places, which is the most murderous place where the third brother Xiao Yuan killed prisoners and slaughtered the city.

Although it is said that a general who rebels at every turn can create an opportunity to improve his military exploits, at the same time, as long as someone rebels, the sin may also be counted on his head.

"Xiao Zhan, do you think your second brother will win the first time he leads Jiangnan to the army?" , Xiao Ze, who was wearing a gold-crowned brocade robe, coldly mentioned another brother who was thousands of miles away as soon as he put down the wine bottle.

"Why won't you win?" , Xiao Zhan narrowed his slender eyes and said: "My father and the emperor have been in Jiangnan since the early years, and the Jianyang Imperial Court is also in trouble both internally and externally...... Although the second brother doesn't know how to fight, he is the most elegant and upright of the brothers, and he is easy to please the doctor. According to his personality, he will rely on the third brother Xiaoliu in the military, and as long as he wins a city uprightly, he will win the hearts of the people of a city. The time and place are favorable, and they all help him to take it all, and if he can't win, he will be embarrassed. ”

"If you don't make a mistake, you will be the coach who goes to Jiangnan. Among the brothers, it is indeed you and Xiao Tan who are the best handsome, and Xiaoliu can also be regarded as ......", Xiao Ze paused for a while and said with a smile: "You go to Jeju and other places, and what Xiao Tan wants to do is not much different." He can win. Will you lose? ”

Xiao Zhan gritted his teeth in hatred. It is a shame for him to miscalculate on a group of women who can't achieve great things, and it makes him a little embarrassed to win or lose.

"The children of the Xiao family went out to practice when they were young, and you took the most risks to the west. Now, it is appropriate for you to go to Jeju and other places to preach and punish. The eastern states have the benefits of salt and iron, and there are also heirlooms of poetry and books. Of course, there is also a group of generals who have not yet satisfied their appetites...... How to use them for your best interest, do you want me to teach you by hand? ”

"No!" , Xiao Zhan replied in a low voice, slightly raised eyebrows with disdain. When it comes to trading, relative to him, the prince in front of him is a serious one on paper.

"It's good if you don't have to! Let's go! Xiao Ze turned around coldly, in the posture of sending a beggar, and a string of Bodhi Buddha beads in his hand hung down his cuffs.

"His Royal Highness the Prince!". Xiao Zhan, who had been responding passively just now, saw his eldest brother turn around, and suddenly called again, seeing Xiao Ze half-turn his head, he asked with some arrogance: "This time, can you not point fingers behind you?" ”

"It's up to you! It's good to have something to report to the father of the emperor! Xiao Ze lowered his head and smiled, brushed his sleeves and turned around.

"Maybe, if I go to Jeju, I'll cut off a few heads first!"

"Kill it! A family is rich and has a thousand grievances. Half a lifetime of fame and a hundred generations of sorrow ......"

Xiao Zhanmo sent the eldest brother's back to leap away, and his heart was in a trance. The sound of the response in the wind just now suddenly made him feel that Xiao Ze had become very unfamiliar......

The horse team that entered the city gate from the east saw the palace from a distance when it saw a caravan of chariots and horses heading west along the Jinshui River.

The eldest princess drove the car, but she came out of the Yanwang Mansion, looking at the vehicle regulations and the entourage, the people who traveled should have Zhou Manyun, who has been hiding in the mansion and never going out at all?

Shozer restrained his horse. He whispered to one of the guards beside him and said, "Let people follow and see!" Be careful......"

On that day, Zhou Manyun wanted to find a house outside and Wen Po's request, Xiao Wan understood the meaning by chewing it carefully.

There is still a big difference between being a wife and being a daughter. Even now, Empress Xu still doesn't look down on her eldest daughter, but Xiao Ze helped take the book and leave it, and the emperor gave her a robe. At most, she is lazy to call her into the palace, out of sight and out of mind.

But if when Manyun gave birth, the queen deliberately sent a female official and a midwife's mother to take care of her, but anything would happen.

Xiaoliu's temporary care should also be based on this, otherwise the dignified royal daughter-in-law lives in the palace to stretch out her hand, and why do you need special care when she opens her mouth when she eats.

Xiao Wan felt pity in her heart, and dragged Man Yun's hand and seriously promised that she would do her best.

So in just three or five days, taking advantage of the good weather and arranging the carriage and horses to travel, Xiao Wan took Man Yun to see the Luoxia Mountain Meiwu that she wanted to recommend to her.

The western suburbs of the palace that the emperor of the Chen Dynasty had given to the Jingguo Mansion were divided into several places by the Jing Emperor Xiao Rui after the beginning of the Jing Dynasty, and most of the Golden Harvest Garden was kept first, and the area around Luoxia Mountain properly became the private property of Xiao Wan, the eldest princess.

As early as when the two couples entered Beijing again, Xiao Wan wanted to invite them to live in the house, but at that time, Xu Ne was interrupted and missed. Xiao Wan was abducted back to the Golden Harvest Garden, and when Jingge Chen Ding, she also wanted to facilitate the princess's mansion in the city, so she didn't live here anymore.

In August, the osmanthus is fragrant, and the Luoxia Mountain, which is planted with plum trees, is naturally less snow-capped with the charm of brocade and red, and there is a faint coldness in the green of the mountain.

The mountain road is a smooth stone road that was re-repaired at the beginning of the year, and in order to take care of Xiao Wan's active mind and legs with dark injuries, the occasional steps are also repaired very slowly. The carriage and horse marched up the col and climbed up the slope at all, but it was not necessary to use any effort.

A gable wall appeared in the shadow of the plum forest, which was different from the solemn and solemn straight hanging eaves in Luojing City, but undulating like a wave, continuous and graceful.

Man Yun, who was helped out of the car by Xiao Wan, was stunned for a moment, his eyes looked ahead with dull eyes, and his plump lips stretched into a tight straight line.

"It is said that when my great-grandfather was repairing, he imitated the saddle wall in Jiangnan, and Man Yun looked familiar, right?" , Xiao Wan asked with a sideways smile, bright and moving.

Man Yun also pulled the corners of his mouth and nodded, and the hand that grabbed Xiao Wan's arm increased his strength.

To be precise, this way of building walls is only a characteristic of Mingzhou, but there is no such wall in his hometown Huocheng in Hezhou. But in the last few months of his previous life, Zhou Manyun, who had been imprisoned for a long time, was already very familiar with the appearance of a cage.

"Don't look at the blue tiles and white walls, but there's a lot going on inside. If you want to talk about comfort, maybe there is no stronger ...... than it in the whole Luojing", a small courtyard. For Xiao Wan, it is the only place where Luo Jing can miss her youth, and after introducing Man Yun into the door, she is boasting about herself and not stingy in praise.

Not an elephant, but simply that!

Zhou Manyun, under Xiao Wan's support, walked a few steps in the courtyard like a wandering spirit that had only come from another world. I decided that I had repeatedly missed the place in my life.

The door of the main house opened, and there was a clean and refreshing atmosphere.

"I didn't like flowers and grass in the first place. So there hasn't been any spice in this house, and my sister has always kept someone here to sweep it every day, if you can see it, you can arrange it! ”

Zhou Manyun reluctantly smiled and crossed the threshold, and the blood that came from the air had rushed to the tip of her nose.

Step by step, blood stains step by step, Jiang Juying and others who had died for her and the child appeared in front of her one by one.

"And this couch is also the ...... I personally picked at the beginning", Xiao Wan lovingly stroked the intricate carved wooden plank.

Sturdy indeed. Sturdy and comfortable! She had a baby here, and she gave birth to a child here. He also died here......

Zhou Manyun's ears buzzed, and he couldn't listen to anything, so he directly pushed away Xiao Man, who was holding her in a hurry when he saw that something was wrong, and rushed into a small house next to him with a familiar car, retching incessantly at a red paint bucket.

Xiao Man stroked her back again and again with pity, and coaxed lightly in his mouth.

"Manyun!" , Xiao Wan also hurriedly followed. Anxiously with guilt, he said: "I'm afraid that if it's a long way, it will still make you uncomfortable." ”

Zhou Manyun, who was pale, stood up half-straight. Shook his hand with difficulty.

It's no wonder if you don't know, she herself didn't expect Xiao Wan to bring her to this place at all.

It was easy for Zhou Manyun to stabilize his mind, and he drank a few sips of warm water on Xiao Man's hand, and Zhou Manyun asked with trembling bloody lips: "Is this very close to the Buddhist temple?" ”

"If you guess, you can see the Great Mercy and Grace Temple when you climb over the mountain. On weekdays, you can still hear the ringing of the temple bell here. ”。 Xiao Wan said with some annoyance: "I also thought it was safe and quiet, but I forgot to stay away from the city." ”

"Eldest Princess! The slave felt that there was no one here, and it was quiet, and it was a little inappropriate when it came to safety. Xiaoman lowered his voice. directly found fault with the yard with her eyes. If there is an enemy attacking, it is not good to get Austrian aid here, as long as the fire goes down, everyone will be destroyed.

"That's all I could think about at the moment! Look at ......", Xiao Wan sighed, and touched a part of the house wall with her hand, and a black hole immediately appeared in front of her.

The entrance of the cave is filled with wind, and it is quite big. Xiao Man took a step forward and blocked Zhou Manyun behind her, lest she was afraid of blowing.

"Is it a living way? Where does it go? ”

"Hmmm! Originally, it was a cave through the mountain, which was hidden in the courtyard built by my great-grandfather, and later my father changed it secretly. There are three ...... for export The last one can be reached near the Seven Treasures Floating Buddha Pagoda of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple. There is a holy hair of the Empress Dowager Kao Ciren, and it is easy for no one to trespass. ...... year I also walked this secret path when I brought my younger brother back from the Great Mercy and Grace Temple. ”

The so-called year should be the fifteenth year of Yongde. Man Yun caught a glimpse of the more obvious shame on Xiao Wan's face, and leaned forward to grab her slightly cold hands.

How stupid Zhou Manyun was in his previous life, Zhou Manyun understood it. Whether she is pregnant in the womb or giving birth to a child, if she can listen to the words, or if she can take on more responsibilities as a mother, why would she die.

"If there were other secret passages, this would be a good place!" , Xiao Man, who didn't like this place very much at first, looked around again, and his face showed a bit of approval. If there is really something, first move the eldest princess Xiao Wan to sit on her private property, and carry it if you can, if you can, you can't do it, there is still a way back, a few exits, even if you want to leave Beijing, it is very fast.

In his heart, Man Yun had already directly excluded this past life, but it was not good to deny it directly, so he only asked softly: "Sister! How many people know about the secret way? ”

A wisp of unrelenting sadness slipped through Xiao Wan's eyes, and she replied in a deep voice: "That year, Qi Yan and his grandfather secretly entered Beijing to treat my legs, and they also came from this secret passage. Now, they're all ...... Then, there is my father, and I have two younger brothers. Mother...... I don't know. ”

In the last sentence, Xiao Wan's voice was as low as a gnat, as if she was afraid of being heard. When she thought of her brother-in-law's strict defense, she ran before and after, all to deal with her mother-in-law, and she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

In his previous life, Xiao Hong would arrange himself here because there were fewer people in the know, right? At that time, in the Yanwang Mansion, it seemed that I had vaguely heard that the dead eldest princess Xiao Wan had given Xiao Hong several inheritances, and I thought that coming to Meiwu was also one of them.

And in this life, Xiao Wan is alive, and Xiao Ze, who has become eccentric, is also alive......

Man Yun calmed down and thought again and again.

Guanshan is far away, and people can't calculate the return date 100% on the journey, not to mention the ever-changing battle situation. If Xiao Hong promised to return before the delivery date, she would listen and believe it, but she would also be prepared that he would not be able to come back at all.

Mixed into his own people's Yanwang Mansion, Luojing City in the market street house, outside the city there is the eldest princess to rely on the small courtyard...... It doesn't hurt to spread a little more.

Zhou Manyun, who had thought clearly, pinched Xiao Wan's hand and thanked sincerely: "Sister! This yard is very good, I like it very much, and I asked my sister to help me decorate it! ”

"If you like it!" , Xiao Wan, who had been worried since Manyun retched just now, breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed her brother-in-law's hand with great joy and said, "Then I have secretly selected the midwife and reliable subordinates to come and wait for them from next month." ”

Xiao Wan deserved to be happy, but when she followed Man Yun out of the Meiwu courtyard, she invariably had the same thoughts as Man Yun, "This courtyard should never be used, it's good!" ”

The horse's hooves and the squeak of the axle knocked out a series of sounds on the bluestone road, and gradually turned into the loess gallop road back to Luojing...... (To be continued......)