Hangzhou, West Lake.

The cold wind blows thousands of willows, and the painting boat singers are full of drinkers.

On the Jade Emperor Mountain near the lakeside, the lights in the Wu Wangfu are like day, the buildings are stacked in groups, and the armor guards between the eaves and green tiles patrol back and forth, and the luxury is a hundred times better than the Suwang Mansion in the northwest wilderness, and it may be more beautiful than the scenery of the Chang'an Imperial City.

Sparkling above the lake, Song Siming, the king of Wu, sat on the terrace with a bird's-eye view of the entire West Lake, listening to his subordinates report the news that had just arrived:

“…… The prince of Su Wang has arrived in Huainan and submitted a letter of appointment, but the Xiao family has not yet replied, and the eldest lady Xiao Qi has not revealed her words......"

Song Siming's body is emaciated, which makes the python robe and golden crown on his body look a little bigger, which was originally tailor-made, but after an accident many years ago, his body has not improved.

After Emperor Xiaozong conquered the current territory, he sealed six sons as the king to guard one side, plus the different surname Wang Xu Lie, a total of seven princes. Originally, Song Ji also added a Yan King Song Yu to guard the Youzhou area, but unfortunately Song Yu didn't go to the domain.

Among the seven vassal kings, King Su had the largest territory, but he couldn't even grow grain in the northwest wilderness, and he couldn't compare with the six Song princes. Among the six princes of the Song family, when it comes to the richness of the fiefdom, no one can catch up with King Wu who sits in the south of the Yangtze River, and Song Siming's status among the seven princes and kings can be imagined. Song Siming's father is the eldest son of Emperor Xiaozong, and he has followed Emperor Xiaozong to fight in the north and south since he was a child, and he is deeply loved by Emperor Xiaozong.

After the subordinate finished reporting the news, he respectfully stood in place and waited for instructions.

Wu Wang Song Siming was speechless and looked at several staff members next to him. A middle-aged scribe standing beside him thought for a moment and said:

"The marriage between King Su and the Huainan Xiao family is considered a good match, but it is of no practical use. Huainan is nearly 5,000 miles away from Suzhou, spanning the entire Dayue, and there is no intersection between their forces, so they can only let the Xiao family say a few more good words to King Su in the court, and it can also make the current saint dissatisfied, it seems to be a stupid trick......"

It was Wang Zou Yin, the head of the Wang family in Hangzhou, who spoke.

The Wang family in 'Xiao Lu Cui Wang Li' refers to the Taiyuan Wang family, and the Hangzhou Wang family and the Taiyuan Wang family are of the same origin, but when the dynasty changed before Jiazi, the Hangzhou Wang family obviously stood on the wrong team, and the family fell out of the first line. However, in the south of the Yangtze River, where the old door valves are gathered, the Hangzhou Wang family is only second only to Xiao Lu, and there is only one opportunity to restore the glory of the past.

Wang Zou Yin's words are also pertinent, the primary purpose of the marriage of the family is mutual benefit, and the marriage between the Xu family of King Su and the Xiao family of Huainan sounds like a strong alliance, but it is actually not very useful. Even if King Su rebelled, the Xiao family was far away at the ends of the earth, and it would take half a month to send an idea to Suzhou, so normally they would not do such a meaningless thing.

Han Xianchu, the chief staff of King Wu, pondered: "No matter what the purpose, the person has arrived. Judging from the news in the capital, Xu Buling is not a general, this move may have a deep meaning, but we can't see through it, which means that it is not deep enough. ”

Wang Zou Yin also nodded at this.

After all, the strategist is not an immortal, and it is impossible to think that the dignified prince of Su Wang would sleep with Xiao Qi, who is known as a national scholar, by mistake, and simply ran over to make up for the mistakes made in the lower half of his body.

Song Siming, the king of Wu, quietly listened to the opinions of the strategists, and said:

"Since Xu You's son has come to Jiangnan, this king, as an elder, has to do his best to be hospitable, and in the next post, during the birthday banquet, let him and Xiao Qi come over and sit together."

Wang Zou Yin and Han Xianchu both nodded when they heard this, it was better to invite Xu Buling over to take a look than to guess here, and they didn't say much at the moment......

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Night quietly fell on both sides of the Huai River, Xu Buling and Mrs. Lu were still guests in the Xiao Mansion, in addition to the banquet reception, they were also taken by Xiao Mo to walk around in the Xiao family village, to pay tribute to the various great achievements of the ancestors of the Xiao family.

Normal reception, there is nothing to say, the only episode is Xiao Ting Xiao's eldest son, suddenly ran back in a hurry, pulled out a few Taoist priests from the door of Xiao's house, and directly opened the altar outside the ancestral house of the Xiao family to burn rouge, stubborn and can't pull it like a cow, almost angry with several elders of the Xiao family.

Xu Buling knew that the baby was scared, so he naturally laughed it off.

On the other side, ten miles away in Huainan City, the streets are brightly lit, and the buildings full of the charm of the water town are located in the middle.

After Zhong Li Chuchu and Ning Qingye separated, they hurriedly returned to the inn where they lived, packed the package from the house, and rode the white camel to prepare to run away.

Zhongli Chuchu knows his master very well, not to mention the high martial arts, and all kinds of methods are endless, as long as the person she is targeting, there is nothing that cannot be found.

In fact, she guessed correctly, as soon as she rode a white camel out of the city gate of Huainan, the figure appeared on the side of the road.

Under the full moon, next to the official road where the willows are still around, Zhongli Jiujiu, who is wearing a long water blue dress, holds the trunk of the tree with his hand, and looks at the two-year-old girl on the white camel in a daze, her green eyes are as aura as when she first saw her, but she is no longer as close and eager as before.

"Chu Chu ......"

"What are you going to do?"

Chu Chu stopped the white camel and tried to calm down his emotions and not be hysterical.

She sneaked out of the cottage in South Vietnam a few years ago, and she didn't want to go back in her life, or even think about the times she used to miss and cherish, because they were all fake.

Since he met Master, Zhongli Chuchu has regarded Master as a close relative, obeyed his words, and tried his best to do everything well, just so that Master could be happier, like her more, and not leave her behind. But in the end, it was found that the master only used her as a tool to compare herself with others.

But her feelings are real, and she can't accept this fact at all, which is even more difficult to accept than dying for her master.

When they meet again, Zhongli Chuchu is very afraid of this master, who is still regarded as a close relative, and angrily asks her why she ran away and why she ruined her plan for many years; Or praise her and be complacent about her for being a Bakui.

It's too hurtful to be so real, the master in her impression is not like that, even if she's just an ugly girl, she will like her......

Zhongli Jiujiu looked at the apprentice sitting on the camel, and there was no longer that charm in his eyes, only apology and panic:

"Chu Chu, I said the wrong thing last time, I didn't mean that, you know my temperament, it's always been like that...... At that time, my tone was a little heavier, and I didn't really want to force you to ......"

Zhongli Chuchu clutched the reins tightly and said in a deep voice: "You have warmed my body since I was a child, don't teach me martial arts, learn those completely useless things, how to talk and laugh to make men tempted...... I ask you, and you admit it, but now say no? ”