The sun and the moon passed, and it was the end of June in the blink of an eye.

The huge convoy traveled all the way to the northwest along the Hexi Corridor, and gradually approached Suzhou City across the five states.

Suzhou has been far away from the Central Plains, the customs and landform environment are worlds apart, many places on both sides of the official road are endless yellow sand, and it is rare to encounter a forest full of greenery.

There are very few Jianghu passengers on the road, and the pedestrians are negligible, and the only thing you can meet is caravans and camel caravans, starting from Suzhou City to all parts of the Central Plains, or crossing the Hexi Corridor from all over the Central Plains to transport goods to Suzhou City.

The same is true for the merchants from the Western Regions, most of them unload and hand over when they go to Suzhou City, and there are very few merchants who can run from both ends of thousands of miles, after all, the span of time and distance is too long.

Strictly speaking, Suzhou City is not only a military fortress placed by the Central Plains Dynasty near the Western Regions, but also an above-ground port, and its daily throughput is terrifying.

King Su fed 200,000 troops, and most of the economy came from trade on both sides, and the opposite Prince Zuo, Jiang Yu, was similar, and it was still very safe for the merchants to walk here, and the horse bandits only dared to walk on the desert Gobi, and they were killed decades ago when they dared to rob the road.

Seeing the majestic male city lurking and on the earth showing its outline in the sky, the pro-army carried by the general Yang Zunyi was relieved, and the cheeks of the accompanying maids who were tired from the long journey also showed a little joy.

However, as the young master of this team and even this world, he is not in a good mood at this moment.

Since he was caught and raped in bed by Mrs. Lu that night, Xu Buling's good days have come to an end, the baby is not loved by his aunt, and even the two charming maids have run away, and they are replaced by Lao Xiao to serve Xu Buling.

The team is full of people, Xu Buling is not easy to get out of the carriage, squatting in the carriage with Lao Xiao all day long to play backgammon, Lao Xiao's big mouth chatters non-stop, and it is better to sit alone in a daze.

After that night, Mrs. Lu basically didn't show up, and ran to the back carriage with Xiao Xiang'er to stay, and the two of them ate and slept together, but they didn't talk to each other in the past, they all kept their heads stuffy and didn't speak.

Mrs. Lu didn't know what to say, it was difficult to accept the reality, looking at Xiao Xiang'er's eyes strangely, she even slept with her clothes back to back, and refused to see each other sincerely.

Xiao Xiang'er was even more uncomfortable, after all, she was hit by a good sister on the spot and broke the 'ugly thing', where is she embarrassed to face it.

It's not okay if you don't live with Mrs. Lu, if she disappears alone, Mrs. Lu will think that she and Xu Buling have gone.

Therefore, Xiao Xiang'er has been pretending to be 'I am detoxifying Xu Buling, and I don't want that kind of thing at all', and deliberately stayed with Mrs. Lu to prove her 'innocence'.

The two women are so consumed, naturally they are bitter, a month's itinerary, both miss the baby and miss the aunt, sometimes the missing tightness is cheeky and runs over, and they are chased out by the two of them, and they can't even see it, let alone others.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at his destination, Xu Buling also breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he returned to the palace, there would always be some opportunities to be alone, and this embarrassing situation should be over with coaxing on both sides.

The convoy arrived at the city of Suzhou, Chen Zhi'an, the governor of Suzhou, took the squire in the city to greet him at the city gate, Yang Zunyi and Lao Xiao stepped forward to talk, Xu Buling did not show up, and quietly entered the city gate.

Outside the city of Suzhou is thousands of miles of yellow sand, but the city is a world of difference, business travel is like a cloud, pedestrians are weaving, the street is full of restaurants and shops, there is no lack of exotic women dressed in hot clothes strolling on the street, many girls from large families are still standing on the fence of the restaurant on the side of the street whispering:

"The little prince is back......"

"I heard that in Chang'an, I became 'Zhaohong Yimei', and I am more handsome than before......"

"Alas, it would be nice if I could show up, that Yan Wang is really not a thing......"

King Xu Lie built Suzhou City brick by brick, and the big local families were basically the descendants of the followers of the year, not to mention the prestige and affinity, and only recognized the king's banner on a monolithic plate.

Although Suwangcheng is far away in the wilderness of the northwest, the population is still quite large, of course, it is certainly not as large as Chang'an and Hangzhou, which have a population of one million at every turn, and there are only more than 400,000 people at the most in autumn.

Because the city has only been built for 60 years, most of the buildings are relatively new, and the planning is not as neat as Chang'an One Hundred and Eight Squares, and it is also a 'Rank Dragon Street' that runs through the center of Suzhou City. The dragon is a dragon-shaped jade pendant with a mouth and tail, and there is a Huanfeng Street on the seaside of South Vietnam, which means the same, about the meaning of 'closed loop', but it is a pity that South Vietnam has not yet broken the country, and this ring has not been closed yet.

Xu Buling looked at the various places on the street from behind the beaded curtain of the chariot, and it was a little strange to say.

First, Xu Buling was a human being in two lives, and the memory of the past was a little blurry, and secondly, 'Xu Buling' was thrown to the border from about ten years old, and the time he stayed in Suzhou City was not a few years, and there was nothing left of his childhood memory except for the sea of flowers.

The streets of Suzhou City are densely populated, businessmen account for the majority, scholars and literati are rare, most of them are roughly dressed men, and the girls are also relatively biao, Si Swenwen holding a fan is basically invisible to the little beauty, and there are a bunch of beauties in the Western Regions with long legs and big hips, which are very pleasing to the eye.

Xu Buling looked at it with interest, just a hundred steps into the city, Yu Guang saw a woman in the window of a restaurant on the side of the street - wearing a thin shirt and red dress, a headscarf on her head, and even her face was covered with red veil, only a pair of eyes were exposed, green as a cat's eye, unusually seductive.

Xu Buling turned his gaze, and the woman had already turned and walked away.

There are a lot of green-eyed girls in the Western Regions, and most of them are dressed like this in the desert for shade, so Xu Buling didn't take it to heart and put his eyes on the side of the street again.

Compared with Xu Buling's quiet and exotic scenery, the atmosphere in the carriage at the back of the convoy was much more lively.

The four women were divided into two groups, each lying on one side of the window, curiously looking at the various places on the street.

"Madam, half of that woman's thighs are exposed, and her chest is not covered, are you ashamed......"

"yes, how did you get married......

Mrs. Lu and Yuenu grew up in Jinling since childhood, and later came to Chang'an, this kind of 'poor country' naturally never came, at this time, looking at the scenery on the side of the street compared with Zhuque Street and ten miles of Qinhuai, it was a little difficult to adapt, staring at the hotly dressed exotic girl on the street.

On the other side, Xiao Xiang'er and Qiao'e were lying at the window in the same posture, because the Xiao family had learned a lot of miscellaneous knowledge and was quite calm:

"The barbarians are like this, with open breasts and exposed breasts...... How was that building repaired, how could there be such a pattern, it's so ugly......"

"Miss, are we going to live here for the rest of our lives? Not even a rouge seller......"

When Xiao Xiang'er heard this, her eyes couldn't help but be in a trance, and she suddenly remembered the scene when she married into the capital - she hid in the carriage and peeked like this back then, just like coming out to play, but she never wanted to cross the palace gate, which was a decade of almost despair......

"Huh...... Here, it should be better than Chang'an, and I can't go back anyway......"

"Oh......"

Qiao'e pursed her lips, and saw that the young lady was not in a good mood, so she thought about it and smiled happily:

"Actually, it's also very good here, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, just like us in Huainan, I can't say that I can go to the Western Regions to wander, I heard that there are a lot of strange things there."

Xiao Xiang'er smiled lightly, noticed that there was no sound behind her, and looked back, only to see that Mrs. Lu was also looking back at her.

The two of them looked at each other, and then they both turned back, embarrassed again......

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The palace is in the east of Suzhou City, the Xu family is the prince of the northwest, the palace is equivalent to the palace of the emperor of the northwest soil, the scale is still very large, in front of the door is a white stone avenue, the willows are planted on the left and right, and in the middle is a huge octagonal archway.

Although the palace only lives in the Xu family, father and son, but the twelve states of Xiliang, no one is sure that it can't work, there are thousands of people, and there are thousands of people living in the doormen, strategists, servants, and the families of these people, and some places Xu Buling has never been to since he was a child.

Xu Buling went home, the main gate of the palace was rarely opened, because King Su was still taking the soldiers and horses to fight Yuanzhou and had not yet returned, and the chief housekeeper and military master Yue Jiulou also followed, and it was estimated that it would take half a month to come back, and the palace was currently taken care of by the housekeeper Mama Lilac.

Lilac is Princess Su's personal maid, and the princess will naturally become a marrying girl.

As the chariot arrived at the door, outside the side gate of the palace, Lilac greeted him at the door with more than a dozen guests of the palace.

The doorman is not a guard, just like Lao Xiao Laoyue, the status of the main family has always been relatively high, although the more than 30 doormen raised by the Xu family are not as exaggerated as the twelve gods of Huainan, but they are all famous figures in the rivers and lakes.

In addition, there are also the descendants of the four road generals Tu Qianchu, Yang Zunyi, Chen Jiye, and Wei Chi Zhenbei's family, the fathers of these four road generals all followed Xu Lie to fight the world back then, and grew up with Su Wang Xu You since childhood, that is, they are superiors and subordinates and brothers, and the relationship is very close.

had already arrived at the door of the house, Xu Buling didn't pretend to be so miserable, walked down by himself, and walked to the main gate with Mrs. Lu and Xiao Xiang'er, who were a little cramped.

Many doormen and Xu family friends hurriedly saluted:

"See the Son!"

They are all family members, and Xu Buling has no shelf, so he gently raises his hand to let them be exempt.

Yang Zunyi's son, Yang Guanyu, who is the same age as Xu Buling, looks like a tiger and is a little sorry for the name given by King Su, because he and Xu Buling have spent some time at the border pass, and he is the most enthusiastic at this time, so he ran up and saluted first, and then said with a smile:

"Little barbarian, you are back, I heard a few days ago that you were calculated in Chang'an, I wanted to carry a knife and my father to kill the dog in Chang'an...... Well, it's a pity that my dad won't let me go, but it's not that I'm not righteous enough......"

Xu Buling's memory is still there, and he still remembers that this friend who was dangling together at the border pass, and he didn't care about the title of 'little barbarian', and chuckled: "Two fools, I haven't seen you for a few years, and now I guess I can sit on two benches." ”

"My name is mighty, and now when the prince goes out, I ride a horse and carry the flag, and Third Uncle Tu can't resist."

Yang Guanyu is very complacent, anyway, the elders are not there, and he is still a little excited at this time:

"Back then, I was at the border pass, and I said that I would wait for the big man to grow up, and we would go to the Lanxiang kiln in the city to open meat, and I waited for you, but after I came back from the border pass, I was like a jade......

"Ahem—"

Xu Buling blinked his eyes and motioned to pay attention to his identity.

Mrs. Lu and Xiao Xiang'er's faces sank, obviously a little unhappy.

Yang Guanyu was very arrogant, and when he saw Xu Buling's style of not eating fireworks in the world, he was still a little dissatisfied:

"What's the matter? After staying in Chang'an City for two years, he has also become a sour showman? You made a bet with me that you could let go of ten Western Regions mothers-in-law in one night......"

'Xu Buling' really bragged about this cow back then, so his face was a little embarrassed, and he turned his head with a chuckle and introduced:

"This is Mrs. Lu, you should have heard of ......"

"Aunt Lu?!"

Only then did Yang Guanyu look at the two mature ladies holding hands behind her, her expression suddenly became serious, and she raised her hand and said:

"I have naturally heard that the princess is the sister of Jin Lan, a flower in the south of the Yangtze River, Xuanhe Bakui is ranked ninth, and the prince has often mentioned a generation of strange women......"

Mrs. Lu's eyes were originally quite dissatisfied, but after a few words, she became friendly, revealing the bearing of an elder, and bowed her head slightly:

"Guanyu said with a smile, I have heard the name of General Yang for a long time, and it is really a tiger father without a dog."

"Hehe, the ...... have won the prize"

Yang Guanyu saw that the situation was not good, and after giving Xu Buling a 'you know' look, he ran away.

A bunch of doormen in the palace were accustomed to this, and Lao Xiao walked in front of him with a cane, and said in a loud voice:

"Guanyu's baby has grown up and is much smarter than before......"

Xu Buling was a little helpless, feeling that his back was pinched, and he didn't know whether it was the baby pinched or the aunt's, so he walked slowly to the front door and greeted the uncles and uncles among the guests.

After returning home, the first thing is naturally to go to the ancestral hall to pay tribute to the ancestors.

Xu Buling asked Lao Xiao to settle a large number of maids and family members, and after sending Mrs. Lu and Xiao Xiang'er down, he returned to the east chamber of the palace, burned incense, bathed and changed clothes, and came to the Xu family ancestral hall behind the main hall with a four-foot long knife.

Needless to say, what kind of place the ancestral hall was, even the concubines were not allowed to enter, and the grandmother and maid stood outside and waited, and Xu Buling entered the majestic ancestral hall alone.

The people of the Xu family are not prosperous, the old general Xu Lie is a butcher, he doesn't even know what his great-grandfather's name is, and there is only one son, Xu You, and there are only four rows of tablets placed in the middle of the ancestral hall, the top is Xu Lie's grandfather and grandmother, then his parents, Xu Lie, and the bottom is the spiritual seat of Princess Su.

The six tablets are placed in the ancestral hall of Nuoda, which seems a little empty, so there are a lot of weapon racks on both sides, swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, all of which were captured by Xu Lie from his opponents when he was marching and fighting, and they are considered trophies.

Among them, there is a long lance in the front, the name of the lance is 'Water Dragon Yin', the whole body of the snow-white lance is like a silver blade, spotless protection is excellent, it is the time when Chang'an was broken, the Emperor of Daqi broke through with the pro-army and was captured by Xu Lie, the heavy weapon of the country, no less than the sword of the Son of Heaven of Song Ji, is the heaviest collection in this.

Xu Buling put the long knife 'Black Tide' back on the empty seat of the weapon rack, and then seriously put three sticks of incense in front of the spiritual seat.

Because he hadn't seen Xu Lie, although Xu Buling admired him, he didn't feel too much, but it was Princess Su's spiritual position, and when he saw it, he felt a pang in his heart, after all, he remembered the bits and pieces of his childhood.

After a moment of silence, Xu Buling bowed, closed the door of the ancestral hall, and walked out of the ancestral hall.

Standing in the middle of the palace of Nuoda, Xu Buling looked at the familiar and unfamiliar people and things in front of him, and said what it was like not to appear in his heart, but no matter what, it could be regarded as going home......