Taizhou Xiangshan goes out to sea, takes a boat to the west for two days, there is an island, the island in the middle is very wide, the mountain peaks are erected, the woods are luxuriant, there are flags swaggering in the distance, you can see a little cold light.

On the cliff on the westernmost side, a woman in a pale green dress carefully approached the edge of the cliff and watched the crushing waves that kept crashing against the cliff below.

The woman was beautiful, with a flattering look in her hands and feet, but her face was full of sorrow, and of course, only here, where no one could see, she would show this expression.

"Sister, sister." Wang Lushu shouted not far away.

Wang Cuiqiao rubbed her eyebrows, changed her expression and turned around and walked over, "What's wrong?" ”

"This month is gone again......"

"Wait, go back and say goodbye to another Guanyin statue?" Wang Cuiqiao smiled and joked, and the two sisters returned to the courtyard side by side.

Wang Lushu is a heartless person, and she is also an ordinary woman who is used to clinging to the strong, she will only think about how to stabilize her position in Xu Hai's backyard, so she tries to give Xu Hai a son.

And Wang Cuiqiao is an understanding person, so many people are held in the palm of his hand by others, if he gives birth to a son to Xu Hai, no matter what choice he makes in the future, it will be a tragedy.

Therefore, Wang Cuiqiao privately used medicine to make herself unable to conceive, not only herself, but also her sister Wang Lushu.

"Two ladies."

"Mr. Fang."

Compared with two years ago, this Mr. Fang described as thin, his beard has gradually dyed white, he is Xu Hai's military advisor, but he lives in a simple place and almost does not appear in public, and everything is discussed with Xu Hai in private.

Wang Cuiqiao drove her sister back to the house, and went straight to the study, Xu Haizheng was scratching his head and seemed to be flipping through the book, but he was actually playing with a jade pendant in his hand.

"What a beautiful jade pendant." Wang Cuiqiao entered the door with a smile, "It's for the concubine?" ”

Xu Hai laughed, "Who else can you give it to?" ”

Although Xu Hai now has four or five concubines in the backyard, Wang Cuiqiao is the most favored, and he takes care of all the correspondence, and even has a special study room for him.

"It's not just this jade pendant." Xu Hai reached out and took a scroll, "The brother below sent it." ”

Wang Cuiqiao slowly pulled it away, and her eyes lit up, "The pine and the old cypress, the falling waves and flowing springs, and the meaning of Chenghong and Xiao Se linger in the meantime, it is really a good painting!" ”

Xu Hai likes to collect celebrity calligraphy and paintings...... This thing is very ridiculed among the Japanese at sea, you don't know if you are one, what kind of cultural person you are, in fact, Wang Cuiqiao likes this thing.

His eyes fell on the payment, and Wang Cuiqiao frowned and said, "Xueju Dao people...... Well, it seems to be a painter from Matsue, and I've heard people mention it before. ”

"Matsue?" Xu Hai said casually: "It's quite evil there, Yu Dayou and Dong Bangzheng are not easy to mess with, but fortunately, the Qian family has entered Beijing, and I don't know if I can take the exam." ”

Wang Cuiqiao's eyes flickered, and he looked at it for a while and put away the scroll, "General, Mr. Fang was here just now?" ”

"Well, ran into it?" Xu Hai sighed: "Let him go out for a walk, he has to stay in the house all day long, and he is not afraid of being stuffy!" ”

"This is the general wronging Mr. Fang." Wang Cuiqiao casually made a cup of tea and brought it over, "A mastermind, can only be attached to the general, how dare to show up frequently and attract people's hearts, Zhiduoxing Wu Yong in "Water Margin", when there is no order from Song Jiang, how dare to mobilize soldiers and horses?" ”

Xu Hai was stunned for a moment, and scolded with a smile: "Scholars just think too much, the sea is full of fighting men, he can't lift his hands, he can't pick his shoulders, and he can't do it if he wants to attract people's hearts." ”

"Okay, let's not talk about him, General, who sent this painting?"

"Old Tan...... You should remember, some time ago, I also sent a sub-word, and you like it very much. ”

"Oh oh, I remember, it's Mr. Qingteng's words." Wang Cuiqiao whispered: "It's also thanks to him that he can get it, and there are some means." ”

"Lao Tan is also an old man who has been with me for several years, and he has been very lazy, but this time he ......"

Before he finished speaking, a maid reported at the door, "General, someone outside asks to see you." ”

"General, go and get busy, and the concubine will take a good look at that painting."

Xu Hai nodded and strode out, until he walked to the mountainside, pointing at Tan Wei who was smiling, "You guy is here again!" ”

"The general dislikes me?" Tan Wei kicked the box at his feet, and said with a smile: "Didn't you go to kill Liu Qisan a few days ago, and you got it back." ”

"You can be a good person, and the other brothers are going to scold your mother." Xu Hai scolded: "As soon as the wind and waves stop, we will send troops, don't make trouble for me, you old boy!" ”

"How can it?" Tan Wei said aggrievedly: "All of them were sent, and I didn't keep any of them, so I was looking forward to the general taking me to get a handful this time." ”

"Okay, okay, with you." Xu Hai had a headache, after all, there were five or six thousand people, and there were always factions, so it was a headache to manage.

"General, what do you want to prepare?" Tan Wei asked cautiously: "Two years ago in Jiaxing Mansion, there was a lack of carriages, and many good things were not taken away, do you want to prepare some carriages or boats?" ”

"What do you care so much!" Xu Hai scolded: "When the time comes, it is ...... to act according to orders Forget it, you'll be with me then. ”

"Okay, good, the general eats meat, and the small ones can also drink some soup."

Seeing the servants carry the box up the mountain, Tan Wei went down the mountain satisfied, during this time he frequently showed his head to show his performance, but his nephew Qian Yuan's plan was modified.

Qian Yuan asked Tan Wei to make more military achievements, just hoping that he could get closer to Xu Hai's core layer and contact Wang Cuiqiao by the way.

And Tan Wei felt that he had been very lazy in the past few years, and it was not good to suddenly change the old style, so he simply appeared as a lucky minister.

I don't know if I feel that there is a shortage of manpower, Xu Hai ordered the annexation of two small groups of Japanese robbers in a row, Tan Wei followed to fish, and gave all the gains to Xu Hai every time, and it also attached Xu Wei's words, Sun Kehong's paintings, and Wen Peng's engravings...... Qian Yuan is going to die of distress!

Tan Wei pondered in his heart, Xu Hai's invasion was already certain, but the specific direction was ...... A few inquiries have not been impressive.

Tan Wei was a little anxious, he had been to the island next door two days ago, Xin Wulang, the leader of the Japanese bandits, took hundreds of Japanese robbers to practice the formation, and the lethality of hundreds of Xueliang long knives was extremely amazing, but he was afraid that no one could stop the coastal officers and soldiers.

However, maybe there is some harvest today, Tan Wei looked back at the courtyard at the top of the mountain.

Wang Cuiqiao, who was in the study, looked at the box sent in, and said in surprise: "General, what is it to send here, just move it into the warehouse, and then the concubine will go to count and register later." ”

"There are several more calligraphy and paintings." Xu Hai laughed and said, "Old Tan, this guy ...... I'm pretty good at slapping horses. ”

Wang Cuiqiao flipped through it casually, opened it and threw it aside, "He sent it without looking at it?" ”

"What's wrong? Lao Tan doesn't understand these things. ”

"I can't read it at all, and the person who wrote that should be no more than eight years old." Wang Cuiqiao said while flipping it: "Speaking of collecting calligraphy and paintings...... It still depends on the fame, some people write well, and the painting is good, and if they are not famous, they can't sell silver. ”

"That's right, next time I go to Shaoxing to grab a handful, Xu Wei is quite famous."

"Mr. Qingteng sent by Lao Tan last time was Xu Wei." Wang Cuiqiao said angrily: "This one is decent, but unfortunately it doesn't even have a payment." ”

"Lao Tan is also a fool." Xu Hai hugged the calligraphy and painting, "Throw it all away and start the fire later." ”

"And the vice." Wang Cuiqiao swept her eyes casually, and her body stiffened involuntarily, "This word doesn't work, it's messy...... Forget it, burn it all. ”

Xu Hai pursed his lips and was about to let the maid come in to clean up, but Wang Lushu came in, and his eyes fell on the last pair of words and couldn't take his eyes off, "If life is only as it was when I first saw it, what is the autumn wind and sad painting fan......"

Seeing Wang Lushu with tears in her eyes, Xu Hai was a little surprised, and asked in a low voice, "This poem is very good?" ”

"It's not poetry, it's words, it's really good." Wang Cuiqiao said helplessly: "It should be written by a down-and-out senior, and they all said that they had to let her see it if it was burned, and it was touching and emotional." ”

Hearing the words of the senior, Xu Hai's face changed slightly, he knew that the two sisters were the top names on the Qinhuai River back then.

That night, Wang Cuiqiao got up early, in fact, Xu Hai hadn't spent the night here for a long time.

Lao Tan ...... Listening to Xu Haikou's anger, this person should have been a widow for a long time, and he was actually in the dark of the government...... No, it should be the man's darkness.

Wang Cuiqiao half got up and looked at the lights in the distance through the window, it was Xu Hai's concubine who was new to the moon month, coquettish and lovely, only fifteen, Xu Hai basically spent the night there this month.

Wang Cuiqiao has some sympathy for her nominal husband, the person next to him is secret, and the oldest leader under his command is also secret, who knows how many such people there are......