The air was obviously noisy, but Zhu Gaoxu felt as if it was very quiet. Probably because he didn't pay attention to the sound outside, he only noticed that Xue Niangzi was silent.

Xue Niangzi finally spoke, but her voice became smaller and smaller: "In the past, the slave family always thought that their own family would never become that kind of person. The neighbors gossip, and the slave family also has a clear conscience. But......" she suddenly took a hard breath, raised her head, and said, "The slave family is not that kind of person. ”

The burden in front of him with the rouge gouache box, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly didn't know whether to take it back or continue to push it over. He thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll give it to someone else." ”

Xue Niangzi was silent.

The atmosphere was a little awkward, so Zhu Gaoxu looked left and said with a smile, "This name is quite interesting, it should come from a sentence, 'There is heaven and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou', so it is called Tiansu." ”

Xue Niangzi asked in a low voice, "Who said that?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I can't remember. By the way, the pipa song we heard last time was from a Song song, and the literati who wrote that word also wrote words praising Suzhou and Hangzhou, and I still remember a few sentences. He thought back to the books he had read in the Rouyi Hall for a while, and said, "The southeast shape is sheng, the three Wu capitals, and Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times...... There are three autumn laurels and ten miles of lotus. Qiang tube clear, Lingge flooded the night, frolicking and fishing lotus baby. ”

Xue Niangzi seemed to be very interested in him reciting poems, and her eyes eased a lot, and she listened carefully.

Zhu Gaoxu took the embarrassing burden back, put it on the wooden case, and pretended to say lightly, "I actually didn't mean that, I didn't think much about it before, thinking that it would be difficult to meet again in the future, so I bought some gifts." He then said in a joking tone, "When I see a beautiful woman, I am inevitably a little more attentive, but it is really not an ulterior motive, Xue Niangzi really thinks too much." ”

Xue Niangzi's face was a little red, and she gently avoided her head. Zhu Gaoxu said again: "The Xue family has made a glass mirror, and you will not lack this money in the future." ”

She remained silent, and the carriage was silent again. Zhu Gaoxu didn't say much.

After a long time, the carriage approached the shop of the Xue family again, and the sound of the horseman's "call" came from the front.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly found that Xue Niangzi's eyes were also very red, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xue Niangzi turned her head and couldn't help choking as soon as she spoke, "Is it really gone?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu was suddenly a little at a loss, and he said: "It's not that I don't want to meet. The business is negotiated, but it is difficult to have a chance. ”

He paused, and said with a little feeling, "Sometimes it's like this, I always say goodbye by fate, but everyone has their own business, how easy is it to say goodbye?" Maybe you won't see it anymore when you're old. ”

Unexpectedly, when Xue Niangzi heard this, she immediately cried.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "What did I say wrong? ”

But Xue Niangzi's shoulders kept shaking, and she couldn't stop, and the more she cried, the more sad she became.

Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his hand, wanting to appease her, but suddenly hesitated. At this time, Xue Niangzi suddenly leaned on him, put her face on his shoulder and cried for a while. He reached out and stroked her back, waiting for her emotions to pass.

After a while, she finally stopped.

Only then did Zhu Gaoxu lean his face over and smell the fragrance on her body carefully, and it was really similar to the fragrance on Miaojin's body. Miaojin is right, mainly because of the smell of this fat powder.

Xue Niangzi grabbed his hand, put it on her chest, and said softly, "You're always watching, anyway, it's the last one......"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't dare to make a mistake, and was very cautious and passive.

After a while, she sat up straight, took out her mirror and handkerchief, and carefully arranged her makeup. Then she pointed to the burden and asked, "Who is Lord Hou going to give?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, and his heart definitely couldn't give it to concubines, after all, it was something that others didn't want; Shen Xu probably doesn't want someone else to choose, and she is not short of money. He muttered, "I haven't thought about it yet, but it's a pity to throw it away, and find a random woman." ”

"Then you can send me." Xue Niangzi said.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "It was originally for you, but I don't like reluctant women." ”

"Thank you, Lord Hou." Xue Niangzi picked up the baggage, got up very simply, and walked out of the carriage from behind bending over. When she lowered the curtain, she turned her head and glanced at Zhu Gaoxu again, and then walked away without looking back.

Zhu Gaoxu opened the corner of the curtain and looked at the door of the shop for a while, and then patted the wooden board in front of him. Soon the groom's shouting was heard, and the carriage began to move.

On the way back to the palace, he gradually felt that the experience of these days was a bit trance-like. He thought that he should have a lot of feelings, but he didn't expect words to be so simple.

It's like I've never seen her before.

In the days that followed, Zhu Gaoxu almost didn't have time to think of Xue Niangzi again. The end of the year is approaching, and things are becoming more and more complicated. The various sacrifices and ceremonies alone are enough for him to be busy, and he has to feast his relatives during the New Year.

This year's New Year's Festival is particularly lively, the palace is full of lights, the royal family seems to be celebrating the festival every day, and the Jingshi City is even more festive and noisy for more than half a month.

Around the time of the Shangyuan Festival, the naval fleet transporting firearms and baggage also set sail to the north one after another. At the beginning, Zhu Gaoxu personally went to the port to bid farewell to the soldiers, but he didn't care about the next few batches. However, his mind has been hanging, and he can only wait patiently for the results of the Liaodong Campaign.

……

The Liaodong Metropolitan Division is still in charge of Daning City. In order to prepare for this battle, Wang Bin's Chinese army drew guards from various guards, and there were two places where they were assembled, Daning City and Shenyang Zhongwei.

In Daning City, Sun Yonger had been waiting for several months in his small and dilapidated residence, and finally received the news.

Today's situation is a bit strange, the boss didn't send an errand runner to inform him, but Zhou Yuanzhong came in person. Zhou Yuanzhong is the chief flag officer of the Jinyi Guard, and his position is the highest among the Jinyi Guard sergeants stationed in Daning City.

Sun Yonger was in a hurry, hurriedly moved the chair to the north, and asked Zhou Zongqi to sit on it.

Zhou Zongqi shook the chair, scolded twice, turned around and sat down on Sun Yonger's messy bed.

"Master Zongqi, wait a while, I'll go boil water and make tea." Sun Yong said.

Zhou Zongqi frowned and said, "Don't toss around, sit down." ”

Sun Yonger hugged his fists and said: "The villain has to be ordered." ”

Zhou Zongqi said while taking something out of his arms: "You kid is lucky, when there is a shortage of people in Jinyiwei, you think you can do it." ”

Sun Yonger hurriedly smiled flatteringly: "If it weren't for Lord Zongqi asking for credit to the villain, who knows?" ”

Zhou Zongqi pointed to a letter of appointment and said: "You can take a look at this thing, and put it here first after reading it." ”

"Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi Little Flag Chief?" Sun Yonger barely knew some words, and he looked at them for a while, reading and guessing before he figured it out, "The size is an official." ”

Zhou Zongqi said: "You are working under me, don't tell the identity of Jinyiwei." ”

He took out another letter of appointment, "The errand you want to do is here, a general banner of the Shenyang Left Guard." This time, let's follow the army to fight the Horqin people, you have to keep an eye on the generals in the camp, and report to me if you have something. Be smart, don't be found out that you are a member of the Jinyi Guard, otherwise they will guard against you and you won't be able to see anything. ”

Sun Yonger said: "The villain understands. ”

Zhou Zongqi said: "This Zongqi family is dead, and no one is in charge." Your origin has also been compiled for you, you were originally a military household of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, and after escaping, you were captured, and when the Holy Lord gathered people and horses when he conquered Tatar, you were sent to the front of the army to rush and kill, and because of the courage of the battle, the enemy was selected to enter the Beijing camp. Now the military department has filled the vacancies in each guard and written your name on the list of the Shenyang Left Guard. Remember? ”

Sun Yonger nodded: "It's that you made a meritorious service when you beat the Tatars, and you don't need to remember anything else." ”

Zhou Zongqi took out some more silver coins, put them on the bed and counted them, "Settling-in fee, two copies." According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the new official has a settling-in allowance when he takes office, and the chief of the Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi is also an official; Recently, I had to go on the expedition, and no matter the generals and soldiers, they all had a settling-in allowance from the military department. Take it. ”

Sun Yonger hugged his fists and said, "Lord Xie Zongqi." ”

"Count." Mr. Zhou said.

Sun Yonger smiled and said, "I rely on Lord Zongqi today, can't I trust you?" ”

Zhou Zongqi nodded and said: "Greedy for life money, someone can do it, I feel hot." ”

After saying that, he patted Sun Yonger on the shoulder and stood up.

Sun Yonger hurriedly asked, "What happened to the generals in the army?" ”

Zhou Zongqi turned his head and said: "It's best if nothing happens, if you encounter a military general who plots a mutiny, disobeys military orders, or defects to the enemy, you can act at the opportunity, and if you sit down, you can cut it first and then play, or report to the peak." Do it first, and then slowly become sensible. ”

Sun Yonger asked again: "I hung up on the official position of the guard, led the troops into battle, and died, why did I die?" ”

Zhou Zongqi looked back at the room and looked at him twice: "You bare stick, you died in vain." ”

He continued: "The imperial court now has a generous pension, but it is for the family. There was a large sum of money and a house, the widow arranged for the weaving of cloth and needlework, the children were raised by the court until they were sixteen years old, the boys went to the military academy to study and practice martial arts, and the girls went to the Xianshutang to learn literacy and etiquette. They are all good places, a hundred times better than the illiterate children who grew up, and they don't have to take care of food. ”

Sun Yonger groaned: "I only said that the martial arts saint paid the sergeant, but I didn't know that there was such a good thing. ”

Zhou Zongqi said: "The saint who led the soldiers to fight will treat the soldiers well." Besides, we have money on the sage, and I heard that a lot of silver and brass were robbed in Japan, and the minting workshop of the Kyoshi was non-stop day and night. The southern city of the city also has a tight control over the merchants, and can find out the eighteen generations of people's ancestors. ”

After he finished speaking, he picked up the hat, put it on his head, and went out with a cat. Sun Yonger clasped his fists and bowed at the door, and waited for Zhou Zongqi to walk to the alley before he stood up straight.

Sun Yonger returned to the dilapidated house, he first danced on the ground for a while, and then counted the silver coins on the bed three times, and his face was full of smiles. He still recited to himself, "The ancestor is finally in charge, and if he doesn't bless the incense, he will be cut off." ”.