The winter morning light sprinkled all over Xiaojiazhuang, dispelling the white mist, two carriages were parked outside the Xiao family's ancestral house, and Xiao Ting, who had not woken up, was dragged up by the maid, stuffed into the carriage and continued to fall asleep.

Xiao Ting was going to Jinling to attend a poetry meeting, and Xiao Qi and Xu Buling were also going to Hangzhou to attend King Wu's birthday banquet, so they simply left together.

In the temporary residence, the girls had just gotten up and washed, and Mrs. Lu was already dressed neatly, directing the maids to send all kinds of objects to the boat at the Huai River ferry. I have already returned to Jiangnan, and my mother's home is in Jinling, three hundred miles away, and I just happened to stop by, so I went back to see it together.

In the wing room of the back house, Xu Buling was wearing a robe in front of the bronze mirror, with a little smile on the corner of his mouth.

Xiang'er's face was slightly red, a little unable to get up, shrunk in the futon and held a small sign, carefully carved the next 'one', and then put the sign under the pillow and raised her eyes:

"Come back early, waiting for you to pay off your debts."

Xu Buling nodded, turned around and kissed Xiang'er on the forehead, and covered the quilt tightly: "Sleep for a while, I'll be back in a few days, if you are hungry, ......" raised her hand and picked up the golden quail eggs made by the baby and put them in her hand: "Comfort yourself, I don't mind." ”

"Whew—you're greedy, you think I'm Hongluan?"

Xiao Xiang'er threw the quail eggs aside with a little disgust, turned her back and ignored them.

Xu Buling blinked: "What else does Aunt Lu have to herself?" ”

"How do I know, you ask her yourself."

"How can I ask ......?"

Xu Buling shook his head, turned around and walked out of the room, and after cleaning up a little, he led the wind chasing horse to the door of the mansion.

It is estimated that it will take a month to go back and forth to Hangzhou, and you can't take all the girls with you to the birthday banquet of King Wu, only Mrs. Lu and Xiao Qi will go together.

Hearing that Xu Buling was going to go out, Zhu Manzhi was very reluctant, ran over to Xu Buling, and said softly:

"Xu Gongzi, you go early and come back early, I'm still waiting to go back to Suzhou with you to see the sea of flowers, if you delay too long, go back next summer."

Xu Buling raised his hand and rubbed it on the branches: "Come back soon, I have been walking around Huainan with Yufu at night for the past few days, and I will write down any good places and wait for me to come back and go together." ”

"Oh......"

Zhu Manzhi actually wanted to follow, but it was obviously not possible to take her alone, and it was inconvenient to take them all to the birthday banquet, so it was also understandable and didn't need to say much.

Ning Qingye came out to see him off, his expression was still cold, his eyes were elsewhere, and he didn't seem to have anything to say.

Song Yufu was a little embarrassed, she hadn't recovered from the last incident, and kept her head down and didn't speak. Seeing Xu Buling and Ning Qingye greeting and saying goodbye, and Ning Qingye's lukewarm response, she also muttered secretly in her heart: Pretending to be true, they all slept together......

Ning Qingye naturally didn't know anything about this, stood in front of Xu Buling, frowned, and said, "Xu Buling, did you make Master angry?" In the past two days, Master has gone to the Taoist temple, and he refuses to see me......"

Xu Buling led the chasing horse, feeling a little embarrassed, and said softly: "Don't think about it, there are many people in the house, and the master is not suitable for a few days of Qing cultivation." ”

Ning Qingye is now Xu Buling's senior sister, and she didn't say much, but after saying: "Be careful on the road", she looked away.

Xu Buling walked in front of Song Yufu and thought about it, but Song Yufu's face was red, and she hurriedly lowered her head, and let out a faint "hum~".

Xu Buling was helpless, so he leaned into his ear and whispered: "Don't talk nonsense about what happened last time." ”

"Cut ......"

Song Yufu leaned back slightly to dodge, not knowing what it meant.

Xu Buling was a little uneasy, afraid that Fu Bao would light the back house with a torch, and wanted to tell a few words, Mrs. Lu, who was waiting by the carriage, couldn't stand it anymore.

It's okay to say goodbye to the girl, why do you still lean into someone's ear, there are still maids and coachmen around......

Mrs. Lu folded her hands on her waist, looked very dignified, and said softly:

"Ling'er, let's go."

Seeing this, Xu Buling had no choice but to give up, turned on his horse, and escorted the carriage away with the nightingale.

In front of the stone lion outside the gate of the mansion, Zhu Manzhi watched the white-clothed fierce horse go away, a little reluctant, and sighed softly:

"Xiao Ning, Xu Gongzi doesn't want you to go to the rivers and lakes alone, aren't you very unhappy?"

Ning Qingye was inexplicable, walked beside Man Zhi, frowned, and said, "What am I not happy about?" ”

"In case Xu Gongzi meets a girl who is better looking than you outside......"

Ning Qingye tilted her head slightly, raised her hand and touched her cheek, Qing Shui's eyes showed a bit of pride, obviously thinking that there could be a girl in the world who was better looking than her.

“……”

Zhu Manzhi didn't want to talk to Ning Qingye anymore, and turned his eyes to look at Song Yufu, who was still behind and refused to leave, and said suspiciously:

"Miss Song, are you okay?"

Song Yufu's face was a little strange, she thought about it, and walked behind the two with a smile on her face, her eyes kept on Ning Qingye's buttocks:

"It's nothing, I'm a little tired after a day of shopping last time......"

Zhu Manzhi naturally didn't doubt it, and said with a grin: "Then you have to practice, your daughter's family still has to know some martial arts......"

Ning Qingye's martial arts are very high, and her six senses are quite keen, and she noticed that Song Yufu has often been secretly staring at her in the past two days, and her eyes are still very strange, so she turned around and said softly:

"Miss Song, why do you keep looking at me?"

"Uh......"

Song Yufu's face turned slightly red, and she looked at Ning Qingye quietly—her expression was quiet and a little doubtful, not the slightest bit unusual.

It's really pretending to be like it, huh......

Song Yufu didn't say anything, just smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just think Miss Ning is good-looking, and I'm very envious." ”

Ning Qingye tilted his head slightly, looked at his figure a few times, and bowed his head slightly:

"Miss Song is not bad."

Song Yufu smiled shyly and did not answer......

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The sun rises in the east, the sun shines on the Huai River ferry, and the moored ships set sail one after another.

The guards escorted all kinds of things onto the Xiao family's ship, and Mrs. Lu and Xiao Qi walked side by side on the deck, talking about the shortcomings of the family.

Xu Buling followed behind, his expression was calm and unsmiling, while Xiao Ting next to him was sleepy-eyed, complaining that it was still early.

Huainan is a big city, and is in the throat of Zhongzhou, shipping and land transportation are very developed, nearly 100 large and small ships are moored on the wharf, and there is no end in sight.

On the west side of the port, which is very far away from the Xiao family's ships, Wang Ruiyang, the sister-in-law of the Wang family in Hangzhou, also boarded his own ship with his entourage, followed by a group of students from Shungeng Academy, all of whom went to Jinling to participate in the Jiangnan Cultural Conference at the end of the year.

Wang Ruiyang, as the concubine of the gate valve, is not as ambitious as Xiao Ting, and has no interest in poetry and songs.

Seeing that the Xiao family's ship began to set sail, Wang Ruiyang also raised his hand and let the boatman set off.

Before he put away the pedals, Wang Ruiyang's guard walked over, holding a letter in his hand, pointed to the middle-aged Jianghu guest in a Taoist robe standing under the boat, and whispered a few words.

Wang Ruiyang raised his hand to take the envelope, turned around and opened it to look at it, and it simply wrote: 'Try to make friends, take jade as a birthday gift.' ’

The meaning is simple, find a way to make friends with Xu Buling, and instigate Xu Buling to offer jade as a birthday gift to King Wu.

After Wang Ruiyang glanced at it, he put away the letter paper and went back to the cabin to find a strategist to discuss.

The ship slowly left the shore, and the middle-aged Taoist priest who came to deliver the letter did not pay attention to Wang Ruiyang, but stayed on the painting boat of the Xiao family in the distance, looking at the white-clothed man standing with Xiao Ting, frowning slightly.

The Taoist priest was Wu Wei, a wild Taoist who had just returned from Northern Qi.

sent Xiao Peach Blossom to the capital of Northern Qi to worship the national teacher Zuo Qingqiu as a teacher, and after settling down, Wu Wei returned to Jiangnan and continued to work for the Eagle Tower.

There are many masters in the Eagle Tower, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and famous swordsmen like Chang Shijian can only run around with newcomers.

handed over the letter to Wang Ruiyang, the task was completed, and now there is no need to worry about the safety of his brothers, wives and daughters......

Wu Wei looked at Xu Buling's figure, stood at the ferry and hesitated for a moment, and finally turned around and walked towards a ferry to Jinling......

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Today's first two changes, the back has not been written, and it will be sent during the day after writing, and it will be tomorrow if it is not finished......