The carriage drove steadily through the bustling Chang'an Avenue, separated by a thick brocade curtain, and the sound of firecrackers, laughter, vendors, and children playing outside the carriage seemed to be a little dull. This road was very familiar to her in the years from the age of five to ten, and every corner of the roadside, every shop, she seemed to be able to see and feel the bustle of the street with her eyes closed in the carriage, and at that time she actually wanted to open the curtain and look at the scenery of the street, but her mother always stopped her with her calm and graceful demeanor and eyes.

Mother - Suddenly, the shadow that had been hidden by herself for a long time jumped out like this.

A noble mother, a beautiful mother, a dignified mother, every move, every word and deed, eating and drinking, dressing and sleeping, always like the Nine Heavenly Niangniang in the Bodhisattva Temple.

Su Lingling's right hand subconsciously stroked the two small swords on her waist, her fingertips touched the sword body, and the cold feeling meandered all the way up from her fingertips, which made her heart suddenly unhappy for no reason, and she quickly withdrew her hand, curled up into a fist, and hid her fingertips in the palm of her hand, as if this way she could put aside that cold feeling, and then the memories that entangled her still couldn't be put aside.

Her mother, from birth to death, is the most perfect woman in the world, when she was young, she was famous for her intelligence and stability, and she was famous for her etiquette, and at the age of eleven, she was famous for her to hear from the heavens, and the first emperor entered the palace to read for the princess and the princesses, and the most stringent nanny in the palace could not find fault with her mother, when she was eighteen years old, the first emperor had intended to choose one of the adult princes to marry, but in the end it was the young son of the first emperor, the father who was five years younger than the mother, and was looking for death and life in the palace, so that the first emperor would point out his mother to him, The first emperor did not allow it, so he went on a hunger strike. The first emperor had no choice but to marry, but his father also lost the favor of the first emperor and moved out of the court, and the title was also demoted from the king of Dongxiang to the marquis of Dongxiang.

And after she was born, under the words and deeds of her mother, she already had a beautiful demeanor at a young age, she was five years old when the emperor died and now ascended the throne, the queen remembered that when she was the crown princess in the past, her mother had entered the palace to study, so she also ordered her to enter the palace, inherited her mother's old business, and read for the princess.

At that time, the emperor only had a princess in Xin'an, and the two were in the desert deep palace, facing the strict grandmother and the old master, helping each other, cultivating a deep sisterhood, and the most compatible, and it was from then on that the two were both cousins and became the best confidants.

The carriage stopped, and the coachman's voice came through the curtain: "Lord of the county, it's here." ”

Her memories were suddenly interrupted, and in a moment, her expression had returned to normal, she got out of the carriage, and just entered the gate of the Hou Mansion, she was greeted by a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy who rushed out with a white horse and was taking a photo with her. The young man had a long and jade body, and his eyebrows were extremely handsome, but the whole person looked childish, and he was a little fluttering.

The young man touched Su Lingling, and immediately stood still, and the expression on his face suddenly became restrained, lowered his head slightly, and shouted: "Sister." ”

This young man is Su Lingling's half-brother Su Yansheng, who is also the son of Dongxiang Hou. Su Lingling nodded, glanced at the white horse he was leading, and said lightly: "Try the horse?" ”

"Yes." Su Yansheng honestly agreed. He has been pampered since he was a child, he likes to talk about it in front of people, coquettish, and his parents can't help it, only this sister, he is neither enthusiastic nor indifferent, he is not warm and indifferent to him, he smiles faintly when he sees him, when he is a child, he sees this sister more than he sees his parents, and now she rarely goes back to the house, and meets occasionally, although she is not more afraid than every child, but when getting along is still restrained, and does not dare to go out of the atmosphere. He likes to touch the neck of the white horse, "General Lu of the Tiger Prison Pass returned to Beijing to report on his work, and gave my father this good horse, I asked my father for it, the horse farm in the house is too small, not enough for it to run, I took it out for a walk." Although his expression was restrained, there was still a hint of irrepressible smugness in his tone.

"This horse has a strong temperament, once it runs, it's not something you can control, it's better to raise it and then pull it out of the house." Su Lingling looked the horse up and down a few times, and knew that the horse had not yet been raised.

"I've ridden horses several times." The young man's gaze swept over her face very quickly, and there was some unconvincing and some doubt on her judgment.

Su Lingling nodded noncommittally, stopped talking, and walked straight into the mansion. Su Yansheng breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't wait to lead the horse and leave.

Although the Marquis of Dongxiang was demoted from the prince to the marquis by the emperor, but the regulations of the Marquis of Dongxiang are still very wide and gorgeous, not much worse than the palaces, Su Lingling asked the Marquis of Dongxiang from the mouth of the servant woman to know that the Marquis of Dongxiang is in the main hall, and now from the hall to the front of the hall, has not entered the door, has heard a woman's laughter from the thick red brocade cotton curtain came out, she paused, frowned slightly, and then stretched again, stretched out her hand to open the curtain into the hall.

The hall is full of all kinds of colorful things, most of them are used during the Spring Festival, the housekeeper lady in the house is taking a few maids to tidy up, Su Lingling didn't look at it, only greeted the Dongxiang Hou who was sitting on the left side of the table in the middle, and called: "Dad-" hesitated for a moment, and smiled at a brocade woman sitting on the right, "Erniang is also there." ”

Dongxiang Hou is about forty years old, his face is like a crown of jade, and he is extremely well maintained. nodded, motioned for Su Lingling to sit down with his hand, and asked, "The Hundred Flowers Poetry Society is dispersed so early?" ”

Su Lingling said "um", took the tea handed by the maid, opened the lid and blew the misty white air, the quiet fragrance of tea rose up, her long eyelashes seemed to be slightly stained with some moisture, and her eyes became more flexible. "That poetry will be boring, and my daughter will talk to Xin'an for a while, and then come back."

Dongxiang Hou looked at Su Lingling's eyes as bright as black and white crystal, and was thoughtful. After a while, he picked up the teacup in his hand and took a sip, "That poetry will be ......" At this point, he stopped again, groaning and bowing his head to eat tea. The brocade woman on the side observed the words, and knew in her heart that the words that Dongxiang Hou wanted to say were inconvenient in front of his subordinates - with his own presence, perhaps it was even more inconvenient, and his father and daughter were left to discuss, so she got up with a smile: "It's not too early, these things can't be sorted out for a while, so it's okay to just put them here first, I'll go and see if they have prepared the things that will be used for the evening banquet." The county lord will sit for a while and talk to your father. "She is Su Yansheng's biological mother, Dongxiang Hou's side room lady Qiu Jizhen, since Su Lingling's biological mother passed away, she has been in charge of the internal affairs of the Hou Mansion, and she is the most shrewd and exquisite.

Su Lingling saw her get up, and bowed slightly, "Erniang is good." Qiu Ji really stopped with a smile, "The county lord doesn't need to be polite. He took everyone with him and went away with a smile.

The hall was quiet for a while, only the father and daughter were silently facing each other, the two didn't know what to say at first glance, although they were father and daughter, but the estrangement seemed to be in the middle from several years ago, and they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Dongxianghou was silent for a while, finally put down the teacup, coughed lightly, and said: "Is this year's Hundred Flowers Poetry Meeting still lively?" Which sons and ladies have gone? ”

Su Lingling had an elegant smile on his lips, and he thought to himself: He finally spoke, his face did not move, and he replied one by one: "The children of Beijing officials above the fifth grade, the princes and grandsons of the appropriate age, and Miss Gongzi have all gone." After thinking about it, he calmly added, "The Lu Yan that Daddy said - Xin'an's husband, the child has also seen it." ”

"Oh?" Dongxiang Hou was worried about how to introduce the topic to the place he wanted to say, and his eyes lit up slightly when he heard this, "Have you seen that Lu Jiaerlang?" What does Ling Ling think of him? ”

"He can win the top prize, he must be brilliant, looking at his character, he can be called generous, he is a Confucian gentleman, worthy of Xin'an." Su Lingling recalled Xin'an's sweet appearance when he mentioned Lu Yan, and couldn't help but smile, and another handsome figure in Tsing Yi unexpectedly appeared in front of him, his eyes that were not in a hurry and were indifferent seemed to be staring at her, and the smile that had just appeared on his lips suddenly flickered.

Dongxianghou didn't know what the sudden haze in his daughter's eyes was for, so he just followed his own train of thought and said: "Xin'an and your handkerchief friends, since childhood, you haven't seen each other for a long time, you didn't come back when she came out of the pavilion, now that we meet, I must have pulled you to say a lot......" His eyes inadvertently fell between his daughter's eyebrows, he was in a trance, his mind was divided, and he couldn't help but say: "You are really like ......" The words came out, and he was already alert, and he hurriedly took the tea cup on the table and lowered his head to drink tea.

Su Lingling seemed to know what he had never said, so he only smiled and said: "Mother used to be a famous beauty in the capital, and her daughter is difficult to match, and others say that her daughter is more like her father, and at that time, didn't my father boast of this?"

Dongxiang Hou's hand holding the teacup shook slightly, and the warm tea splashed on the palm. When the daughter was young, the facial features and face shape were indeed more like her own, at that time, she often hugged her, and teased her in front of the bronze mirror, so that she could find out the similarities between the father and daughter, one big and one small, squeezing around in front of the mirror, the daughter giggled loudly, while vigorously pushing his head with his head, often squeezing his own three-beam crown, or squeezing off the flowers on her head, but the intimacy between father and daughter was a long, long time ago, so long ago that he almost couldn't remember, the etiquette in front of him was thoughtful, The elegant but indifferent woman is the little person who used to be so intimate that she leaned on her. Since when has she become more and more like her mother, the look between her eyebrows - that kind of unhappy, polite but indifferent look, this kind of look that once made him fanatical, once made him lonely, and finally ran away, now clearly appeared on her daughter's face!

The deliberately dusty past suddenly seemed to have a tendency to come back, Dongxiang Hou hurriedly woke up, a smile reluctantly appeared on his face, and tried his best to make his tone more affectionate and sincere: "Lingling," he called his daughter first: "Dad called you back this time, there is also a big thing I want to discuss with you, you are twenty years old this year, and you are not too young, Xin'an is younger than you, and he has already recruited a horse, and he has been a mother for a year and a half, and your family affairs have been a major event in my father's heart in recent years." Since you were a child, you wanted to do anything, Dad has never disobeyed you, you are the lord of the county, you went to Shaolin to learn art, and followed your brothers and sisters to walk the rivers and lakes, although Dad was worried, but he never said anything, but after all, you are a woman, this matter is the first priority, you can't be lazy, so Dad wants to discuss with you......"

He paused for a moment, and saw Su Lingling smiling and listening, although he was not necessarily enthusiastic, but he did not show a look of rejection, and couldn't help but perk up, and took advantage of the situation to continue: "The last time Xin'an asked me about your news, she also told me about it, but she chose someone for you first......"

Su Lingling tilted his head slightly, smiled and listened quietly, but when he heard this, his expression did not change, and the tea in the teacup he held in his hand suddenly rippled.

“…… The person Xin'an said, have you seen it in the palace today? ”

"Daddy is talking about that Sun Xian is lonely Sun Qilang." Su Lingling's tone was a little indifferent, "I saw it." ”

Dongxiang Hou was overjoyed in his heart, and couldn't help but lean forward slightly, "Although I haven't seen him, I've seen his father, Sun Longyou." Although he was born in the rivers and lakes, but this person is indeed the dragon and phoenix among the people, he made great contributions to the court at a young age, was named the king of the foreign surname, and married the daughter of a famous family. ”

Sun Longyou is also a great legend of the dynasty, no one knows his origins, only that when he was a teenager, he mixed in the fishing market, made friends with people in the rivers and lakes, and in his twenties he was already quite famous in the East China Sea. In the southeastern coastal area, there have often been pirates haunted by pirates for decades, and when they were most arrogant, they colluded with profiteers and officials in the hinterland, burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. When the officers and troops carried out a large-scale sweep, they would leave with one blow and never entangle, if they found out that the coastal defense was lax and the military equipment was lax, they would often abandon the boat and land, and the troops plundered the coastal villages and towns in several ways, and even attacked the prefectures and counties, plundering the children and jade silks, not to mention, and setting fire when leaving, disturbing the chickens and dogs in the coastal areas, the people were miserable, and the various yamen also had a great headache.

When Sun Longyou was thirty years old, the Japanese invaded the northwest frontier with troops, and the power of the court was in the northwest, and there was no time to distract from the south, so they entangled the ships, invaded in a large way, and captured several coastal cities in a row, burned and looted, and alarmed the capital. After persisting in their efforts, the officers and men fled when they heard the news.

It was at this moment that Sun Longyou stepped forward, while writing to the imperial court, saying the importance of resisting the Japanese, and voluntarily dissipating his family wealth for the great cause of resisting the Japanese. On the one hand, recruiting soldiers from the people and organizing the rebels to resist the Japanese invaders, the people in the southeast region already hated the Japanese invaders, so Sun Longyou raised his arms and shouted, and everyone responded.

Sun Longyou led the rebel army, cooperated with the official army, fought successively, defeated the invading tens of thousands of Japanese pirates, and finally forced the remaining 3,000 Japanese remnants into Hengyu Island, all of them were annihilated. Sun Longyou's name, also spread all over Kyoto overnight, the first emperor personally summoned, praised him for his loyalty and bravery, made him the king of Zhenhai County, so that he Yongzhen Sihai, decades of operation, the four seas are clear, orderly, the people in the southeast are said that Sun Longyou is the reincarnation of the Dragon King, with him, you can be Heqing Haiyan, so you are called Sun Longyou the king of the sea, Sun Xian is his only son.

Dongxiang Hou saw that half of the tea in Su Lingling's hand was already cold, so he called the maid in, withdrew the residual tea, and refilled the hot water for the two, "This tea is only excellent after two brews of water, you can taste it again." ”

Su Lingling took a sip as he said, Dongxiang Hou waved his hand to order the maid to go out, and then continued: "Today, I let you participate in the Hundred Flowers Poetry Club, it is Xin'an's kindness, and it is also the meaning of my father. He took a sip of hot tea comfortably, and smiled, "That grandson son, although he has never been to the capital, his father was ordered to enter Beijing back then, and he once met with me, and the relationship is very good, in terms of it, he is also my nephew in the next life, so I ......"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion, coming straight from the gate to the main hall, "Master Hou, Xiao Shizi fell and was injured!" "Before anyone came in, there were already people shouting. Dongxiang Hou frowned, and before he could speak, a group of people had already poured into the hall.

Su Yansheng was lying on a door panel, her face was pale, she was sweating profusely, her right hand was holding her left hand, her left leg was bent, her right leg was weakly stretched out on the door panel, and she couldn't stop crying out in pain.

The family members gently put the door panel in the hall, Dongxiang Hou saw that his son was sweating and heavy in pain, and his fingers had just touched his clothes, so he shouted in pain, so frightened that he hurriedly withdrew his hand, and he didn't know where he was injured, so he only angrily shouted to the small family members who were gathered around: "What's the matter!" The son of the world will fall like this, how do you serve! ”

Seeing that the Hou Ye was angry, the family knelt down together, and the leader hurriedly kowtowed: "Back to the Hou Ye, the prince secretly led the horse sent by General Lu out of the house to try today, the little ones have also said that this beast has not been tamed, recognize the life, prevent it from making sex, the son of the world insisted on trying, the small ones persuaded hard, so they had to follow, they were worried about it, only said that they were careful to guard, but the beast was stubborn, and as soon as the son of the world got on the horse, it let go of the four hooves and ran wildly, and we couldn't keep up, and in the end the son of the world fell down. ”

Dongxiang Hou pointed at Su Yansheng and stomped his feet with hatred, "When General Lu sent that horse, he said that this horse was notoriously fierce, and I have repeatedly told you that although it is given to you, you are not allowed to ride it without taming it in the stable." You just don't listen! ”

"Sheng'er, Sheng'er......" Qiu Jizhen rushed to hear the news, and saw that his son's beads of sweat were so painful that he couldn't help but fall down, and he was heartbroken and angry, so he hurriedly drew a handkerchief to wipe it for him, "It's always useless for these people, so many people, they can't even look at a horse - doctor, what about the doctor?" The subordinate next to him hurriedly replied: "I have already been invited, and I can come if I want." Qiu Jizhen turned to Dongxiang Hou and said dissatisfiedly: "Since the Hou Ye knows that the horse is stubborn, he shouldn't have agreed to give it to Sheng'er, it makes him itchy and unbearable, and he will get into trouble...... Seeing Su Yansheng shouting "Mother" in pain, he couldn't help but be anxious, "Why hasn't this doctor come yet!" ”

"Get out of the way." A cold voice suddenly interjected. The people surrounding hurriedly brushed and got out of the way, Qiu Jizhen was stunned, but when he saw Su Lingling coming, he rolled up his sleeves while observing Su Yansheng's arms and legs, obviously preparing to treat Su Yansheng, Qiu Jizhen saw what she meant, and was very anxious, although it was not good to stand in front of her, but he glanced at Dongxianghou.

Dongxiang Hou couldn't help but be suspicious, although he knew that his daughter had learned a lot of skills in Shaolin in the past ten years, he didn't know that she would also heal bruises, so he couldn't help but hesitate: "Lingling, or wait for the doctor to come over———

Su Lingling ignored them, first reached out to support Su Yansheng's drooping left hand, and gently pinched it on his forearm, Su Yansheng shouted: "Pain!" Qiu Jizhen was at a loss next to him, and shouted: "County Lord! He glanced at the Marquis of Dongxiang and asked him to stop Su Lingling.

Su Lingling seemed to be smiling, he didn't look at Su Yansheng's deformed handsome face, and reached out to press on his right leg, and teased lightly: "The son of Dongxiang Hou is so good?" If you dare to ride a fierce horse, you must be prepared to be thrown off. ”

Su Yansheng was stunned, looking at her sister's calm expression, and seeing the mocking smile on her lips, she secretly regretted that she had seen and made fun of her in this nest, and saw her hand pressing here and there on her injured arm and leg, so she had to grit her teeth and endure the pain, and her handsome face was red.

Su Lingling asked casually: "That white horse has a great origin, do you know why it is so fierce?" ”

"Why?" Su Yansheng loves horses the most, always envies those legendary knights who fight horses, and often fantasizes that he can one day go out freely like his sister, he has always wanted to ask Su Lingling what the rivers and lakes are like, but this sister has no temperature for him, and he can only stay away, it is rare for her to take the initiative to chat with herself, her eyes suddenly lit up, and even the pain was reduced by a few points.

"Back then, King Zhou Mu drove the horses of the Eight Dragons, patrolling the Quartet, and the Eight Horses were a Jedi, and they did not trample on the soil; two feathered and crossed the birds; Three of them ran for the night and traveled thousands of miles at night; Four supershadows, day by day; Five are more than bright, and their coats are shining; Six superlights, one shape and ten shadows; Seven people soared through the fog and ran through the clouds. Among them, Chaoguang BMW, also known as Baiyi. Zhongyun in the "Mahayana ** Sutra": Four Brahmanas, one is alone, two are full, three are clear, and four are white. Those who do not correspond to others are unique, so they do not walk together in the same way...... "She held Su Yansheng's right leg knee with one hand, held the calf with the other, glanced at the eyes under the eyelashes, saw that Su Yansheng was listening to it with relish, and suddenly became distracted, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but float a faint smile, and his subordinates worked hard, only to hear the "click", Su Yansheng screamed, cold sweat trickled down, Qiu Jizhen hurriedly rushed over, his hands trembled, and he wanted to check his right leg, but he was afraid of hurting him, so he only asked tremblingly: "Sheng'er...... You...... You're all right......" tears fell from his eyes. When I wanted to say a few words about Su Lingling, I didn't dare after all.

Su Lingling didn't look at her, only gently lowered his sleeves, and brushed his shirt casually, so he said to Su Yansheng: "Stand up and try." ”

Su Yansheng was in severe pain, listened to her, half-believed, moved his right leg lightly, and moved again, and sure enough, he found that it didn't hurt, so he wanted to get up, and the family on the side hurriedly helped him up, he walked a few steps under the help of Jia Ding, his left leg was a little sore because of the long-term curling, but the right leg that was injured by the fall was really fine, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and took a few steps back and forth from the support of Jia Ding, "The leg is fine!" He turned around with joy, but forgot that his left arm was still hanging on his own, and this time it hurt so much that he grinned his teeth, and simply held his arm in front of Su Lingling, with a flattering smile on his face: "Since my sister is a miracle doctor, one guest does not bother the two masters, so I will cure the younger brother's hand." ”

Su Lingling pouted slightly, "Your leg is dislocated, it is easy to connect, but your left arm is broken, and it won't get better for a while, wait for the doctor to come, let him treat you well." ”

Su Yansheng's face collapsed when he heard this, Dongxiang Hou and Qiu Ji really didn't believe it, gathered around him and observed his legs, you just asked him if it really hurts, Su Lingling retreated out of the crowd, looking at his father's concerned look on his face, and suddenly felt a slight pain in his heart for no reason, as if he was lightly pricked by a very small embroidery needle.

When she turned to leave, everyone did not notice the change in her expression, and the maid who was waiting outside the hall saw that the county lord's eyes were extremely gentle, and her face was slightly smiling.