A year ago, there was another heavy snowfall, which froze for several days. After a few days of treatment, the old lady's condition has improved greatly, she can speak, and she can walk a few steps on the ground with the support of people. An Qingxu was overjoyed in his eyes, and he was also grateful to Nangong Han, and even found a house for his family not far from the East Palace.

When he was informed, he was so anxious that he blurted out: "Young marshal, don't you go back to Jing'an?" ”

"Mr. Nangong, why are you still thinking about the broken inn in Jing'an? How good is this Luoyang City, when we seize the world, we will crown you as the imperial doctor, how good. ”

Nangong Han was anxious when he heard this, but on the surface, he coped: "The contemptible medical skills are really unbearable, but I am afraid that it will be useless in the palace and affect the young marshal." ”

"Sir, don't be modest, I have been observing Mr. for a long time, and I know that Mr. is not an idle person."

When Nangong Han heard this, he was apprehensive, and he didn't know how many meanings he had to say, so he came down the slope and got off the donkey, "It is really a blessing for three lives to meet the young marshal, if the young marshal does not dislike the ugly, only the young marshal will be the first to look forward to it in the future." ”

After saying this, he saw An Qingxu smiling happily, and there seemed to be some deep meaning hidden in the smile. This made him feel very uncertain, is that Zheng Nu reliable?

An Qingxu said: "Mr. Hard has been working hard in the palace for my aunt's illness in the past few days, today is the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, it is time to sacrifice to the prince of the stove, I will let you clean up the house, and your father-in-law and wife have also moved in." You just go back for the New Year, and if there is anything, I will send someone to look for you. ”

Nangong Han was a little grateful and said, "Thank you, young marshal...... The contemptible man took his leave first. ”

Coming out of the palace this time, Nangong Han didn't have to take a dung truck, An Qingxu found two entourages, drove a carriage out of the palace with a token, turned a few turns in the market, and stopped in a secluded place. At the end of the alley is a small courtyard, the roof and walls are covered with snow, and there is a plum blossom sticking out of the courtyard wall, and the fragrance hits people. The courtyard door was ajar, and there were two sergeants who had been following from Jing'an inside pushing the snow in the courtyard to the wall, and Ling Hu Zhao was also sweeping the snow with a broom, and when he saw Nangong Han, he hurriedly smiled and said: "The virtuous son-in-law is back!" ”

Nangong Han hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Father-in-law." ”

Linghu Zhao said: "Hurry up and enter the house!" After speaking, he patted the wind and snow on his cloak. Nangong Han turned around and bowed to the sergeant who sent him and said, "Thank you for sending a few military masters, it is better to go into the mansion that the young marshal gave to the contemptible man to drink a glass of wine to warm up your body." ”

Several sergeants hurriedly waved their hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness, we have to rush back to our lives, so we won't bother Mr." After saying that, he left the courtyard and set up the carriage and left.

Nangong Han and Ling Hu Zhao entered the house, looked at it, and blurted out: "I'm afraid which dignitary and elegant person lived in before." ”

Ling Hu Zhao deliberately said loudly: "The young marshal is really kind to us, give this house, and have a good place to go at the end of the year." ”

Nangong Han knew that he was talking about it to the snow sweeping sergeant in the courtyard, at this time, Ling Hu Yan walked out of the kitchen, wearing a headscarf and an apron, as if she had become a cook, seeing this, Nangong Han couldn't help but smile dumbly, "The body of a daughter, how can you become a chef, haha!" ”

Ling Hu Yan replied: "Mr. goes in and out of the garden, so elegant, this lady can only go down to the kitchen......"

Linghu Zhao was afraid that the two of them would say too much and leak their mouths, so he hurriedly said: "Today is the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, although we have only moved in for a short time, but the Lord of the Stove still has to be respected." Let's hurry up to the king of the stove to ......" After speaking, he signaled the two to enter the stove room, the stove room is also exquisite, the big stove made of cyan fire bricks, there are three cauldrons, and there is a fire pond, there is a Ding jar on the fire pond, the jar has no cover, there is a strong fire below, there are a few pieces of pork in the pot tumbling in the boiling water, and the soup has been white. One pot on the stove was boiling with rice porridge, and the other pot was also steaming with a lid.

Ling Huyan said: "I didn't know if you could go back today, Ya Father said that today he sacrificed to the prince of the stove, bought three pieces of pork and a chicken, stewed and was preparing to sacrifice." ”

Linghu Zhao said: "Although it is a newcomer, I can't help but snub the Lord of the Stove, tomorrow the Lord of the Stove will go to heaven to report the good and evil in the world, and I have to bribe it, so that the Lord of the Stove can say some good things." ”

Ling Huyan said: "We haven't done anything bad, what are we afraid of!" ”

Linghu Zhao replied: "This is the rule, whether you do bad things or not, God has to respect it." As he spoke, he smiled and put the meat on a plate, lifted the lid of the pot, took out the chicken and put it on the stove, cut off a section of a radish, put three sticks of incense, and burned some paper money.

Nangong Han bowed three times and said: "Lord Zao, your old man should pay more attention to the good of our family, and wait for this day next year to pay tribute!" ”

Ling Hu Yan was so anxious that she said: "It's still next year, do you really want to stay here for a year?" ”

Nangong Han smiled and said: "If you come, you will be safe, don't worry about this." Eat and go. ”

Ling Hu Zhao hurriedly said: "Please eat together with the two sergeants of Snow Sweeping." Yan'er, you go and warm a pot of good wine" After speaking, he went out of the house and invited the two sergeants into the house to drink.

The two sergeants began to give in, but when they saw Ling Huzhao's warm invitation, they shook off the snow on their bodies and entered the house.

The guest and the host humbly sat down, sifted the wine in the glass, said some auspicious words to each other, and then began to drink.

Nangong Han said: "Thanks to the young marshal, I am fortunate to be able to live in such a mansion." ”

Sergeant A flattered: "Mr. Hua Tuo is alive, the ability to hang a pot to help the world is really high, and the young marshal A-Niang is sick like that, and she can also rejuvenate her skill." ”

Nangong said modestly, "The old lady is a nobleman, and the contemptible person only occasionally touches the right one." ”

Sergeant B said: "Mr. Nangong is modest, but he is still thinking about our brother in his heart. Now that you are a celebrity around the young marshal, you will have to bring more brothers in the future! ”

When Linghu Zhao heard this, he hurriedly raised his wine glass and saluted: "Two military masters, we are all little people, my virtuous son-in-law has some medical Taoism since he was a child, and I am fortunate to be able to serve the young marshal, it is really high, the military master is the personal guard of the young marshal, and I will rely on the two military masters to take care of it in the future." We are small families, timid and afraid of doing something wrong. Come, come, the two military masters took advantage of the warmth and drank this cup. After saying that, I drank it first.

When the two sergeants heard this, they were quite proud, and they also drank the wine in the cup, and after a little bit of wine, the words began to speak a little, and Sergeant A said: "Grandpa, our brothers are all people who have licked blood from the knife edge, so if I tell you the truth, you will put your heart in your stomach." Today, with the strength of this wine, I will give you a thorough understanding, the young marshal is suspicious, let us two help you, but I am actually looking at you. You don't see the outside, you don't take charge of the army, extraordinary times, understand more. Count me out for my gaffe, forgive me. ”

Nangong Han deliberately suddenly looked nervous and angry, pointed at the two sergeants and said, "See outside!" Seeing outside, the two military masters saw the outside and fined three glasses of wine! ”

The two sergeants were also nervous at first, and suddenly understood, "Thanks to Mr. Nangong, we will punish ourselves with three cups." After drinking three glasses, the smell of wine came to his face, and his tongue was a little unstraight.

While drinking and eating, Sergeant A saw Ling Huyan who came to serve the food, stared at it for a while, and said incoherently: "Nangong...... Sir, how is your lady getting better and better? ”

This sentence caused Linghu Zhao and Nangong Han to be nervous again, and they didn't know how to respond, so after Ling Hu Yan listened to the dishes and put them on the table, she sifted a glass of wine for each of the two sergeants, and said while sifting: "Two military masters, the ugly appearance of the slave family is also seen as beautiful by the two of you, it seems that this wine is not drunk well, come!" The slave family accompanied the two military masters for a drink. After speaking, he took Nangong Han's cup of wine and drank it.

The two sergeants became excited when they saw this, and Sergeant A smiled and said, "There is this cup of wine that the fox lady salutes, come, brother, we have to drink this glass of wine." can't thin the friendship of the lady. ”

Seeing this, Ling Hu Yan sifted the wine glass again, Ling Hu Zhao hurriedly made her eyes, Nangong Han kicked her feet lightly, and Ling Hu Yan ignored it completely, and continued: "Two military masters, it is rare to say that the slave family is still a little beautiful, my father-in-law has never said that the slave family is good-looking, and he is very disgusted. Come, let's have a few more drinks. ”

The sergeant A listened, "Lian Haha, who doesn't know that Mr. Nangong loves you, I used to be in Jing'an, and I had to accompany you to the toilet in the middle of the night." Ha ha! ”

Ling Hu Zhao had no choice but to go to the kitchen under the pretext of going to the kitchen, and Nangong had no choice but to smile and say: "The military master still knows, in fact, I am a rake ear, and I am afraid of the inside." Ha ha. ”

"Sir is afraid of the inside, blessed. It's not like us who are stuffed here, the pair of women are either beating or scolding, how can they still serve like this. With that, he let out a strange laugh.

Nangong Han snatched the cup from Ling Huyan's hand and said, "Come, Master Jun, you are all true masters, I will give you a cup!" ”

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Under the persuasion of Nangong Han and Ling Huyan wave after wave, the two sergeants were finally defeated, one lay on the table, and the other got under the table. At this time, Ling Hu Zhao came out of the kitchen and said, "Just carry them to the guest room on the first floor to sleep!" ”

Ling Huyan said: "Let them do this until dawn and eat their aunt's cheapness." ”

Nangong Han said: "Don't be lazy, this is our honored guest." Don't babble. ”

Ling Hu Zhao's eyes stopped Ling Hu Yan from talking nonsense, and cast an approving look at Nangong Han, and said, "It's still a virtuous son-in-law who is sensible." ”

After speaking, the two soldiers carried the sergeant to the couch on the first floor. The three of them closed the courtyard door and went upstairs.

Nangong Han whispered to Ling Huzhao that he had something to discuss and go to the room at the end of the upstairs. signaled to Ling Hu Yan to stay in the room next to the stairs, listened to the movements of the two sergeants below, fearing that the two of them were sleeping, and took out a thin thread from the bag, and the two of them each pulled one end, pulling at the slightest movement.

Ling Hu Yan just felt that Nangong Han was making a big fuss at first, the two of them downstairs were obviously sleeping like dead pigs, snoring like thunder, how could they still go upstairs, not to mention that the door in the corridor was closed, and it was difficult for him to come in. She didn't feel at ease, she was really irritable when she heard the snoring downstairs, so she simply blocked her ears, tied the string to her fingers, and lay down on the couch to make her sleepy.

Nangong Han and Ling Hu Zhao were talking softly, telling all the details of the encounter in the palace one by one, and took out the token and said, "This token may be available to us." ”。

Ling Hu Zhao said: "I really didn't expect their organization to infiltrate everywhere. ”

"Have you ever thought about what Xi Zhong meant?"

"I've been thinking about it for a long time since I got this token, plus the surname Xue that Huangfu Dan said, and Xi Zhong is the ancestor of the surname Xue, I can only think of so much."

"I also thought about it, I thought that Xi Zhong was the god, and the power of the gods was used to trick more people into participating. You have a lot of truth when you say that. If it is really the remnants of the princess's party, the uncle is also safe. ”

"Virtuous nephew, I am old, although the princess's affairs have been stalked for decades, but seeing the rebels messing up my Tang Dynasty so much, I am indignant, the princess's affairs are internal affairs, and the rebels are foreign affairs. I can still tell the difference. ”

"What my uncle said, hard heart. If you're determined, I'll do it. ”

"What do you want?"

"Now, most of the secret agents of the imperial court in Luoyang have fled, the information channels have been chaotic, and the information cannot be transmitted, I want to borrow this line."

"But we haven't figured out the layout of their network?"

"Let me touch it slowly!"

"I think Zheng Nu, you have to be careful, be careful of falling into the trap."

"Uncle, believe me, I've also been a spy for many years, and I still have some experience. You can rest assured. ”

"I really can't help you in this regard, you think about it yourself, don't rush in."

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Ling Hu Yan was half asleep and half awake, and felt that there seemed to be one less snoring downstairs, so she immediately got up and listened carefully, there was really one less. Could it be that someone turned over and stopped snoring? But listen carefully to the stairs and there is no movement?

But if you listen to it again, there is movement on the roof, as if someone is walking on the roof...... So she thought of pulling the string right away? But what about the rope? Obviously tied to her fingers, could it be that she fell asleep and accidentally fell off, so she hurriedly touched it gently on the bed, and the footsteps on the roof of the building stepped towards that end, she was not sure if Nangong Han and Yafu could be alert? I continued to look for the thread, and I felt a lot in the dark, and finally, I pulled the thread and pulled it a few times.

Nangong Han over there and Ling Hu Zhao were engaged in talking, thinking that Ling Hu Yan would be at the door and there would be no problem, so they relaxed their vigilance. Hearing the thread pulling, he quickly stopped.

Ling Hu Zhao listened and pointed to the roof. Nangong Han was very surprised, and he didn't know if what he said just now was heard. He made a look with Linghu Zhao and made a murderous gesture.

Linghu Zhao hurriedly signaled, no. Blowing up the lamp, he yawned and muttered, "I'm so sleepy!" "Hold down Nangong Han and don't move.

After a while, the people on the roof couldn't stand the cold and began to walk gently towards the other side of the house, while Ling Hu Zhao simply snored.

Hu Yan was frightened all night, and Nangong Han didn't dare to act rashly and returned to this room.

Before dawn the next day, Nangong Han walked back to Linghu Yan's house. Ling Hu Zhao pretended to get up early and went downstairs to the kitchen to light a fire.

Sergeant B also got up early, helped Ling Huzhao light the fire, and said to Ling Huzhao in a loud voice, I drank too much last night, don't blame and so on.

Ling Hu Zhao saw it in his eyes and comforted: "The two military masters are our protectors, how dare you say that you are to blame." All eat in one pot, don't say that, don't say that. ”

And in his heart, he decided that the person on the roof was not him, but the other sergeant who was still "sleeping".