In fact, Ye Qing said to his housewife Song Zhenniang early in the morning about Xiao Tang's status in the Song court, as well as raising his arms in the green forests and rivers and lakes, and he could gain the prestige of the heroes gathering to respond. With characters like Xiao Tang taking care of her daughter, Song Zhenniang also believes that she will be able to teach Qiongying to grow up more quickly and happily.

Now that her father-in-law has passed away, coupled with the attitude of the Qiu family towards their mother and daughter, Song Zhenniang has long regarded Mianshang County as a sad place. Yes, Xiao Tang first helped her knock away the Qiu relatives who came to the door to persecute her, if Song Zhenniang was following Xiao Tang to his mansion in Bianliang, Tokyo, I am afraid that outsiders would even chew the root of her tongue behind her back.

But Song Zhenniang is beautiful and beautiful, and she asks herself if she is frank, and the Qiu clan has a deep prejudice against her, so what's the use of caring about the gossip of outsiders? What's more, taking Qiong Ying out of here can also draw a clear line with other relatives of the enemy family after that, which is beneficial to Qiong Ying's growth and harmless, but Song Zhenniang's reason for calling it absolutely impossible is:

Engong, I said that the seniority was bad.

Xiao Tang, who is a high-ranking official in the Beijing Dynasty and praised as Ren Xia in the rivers and lakes, is the great benefactor of her mother and daughter, if he recognizes his daughter as a righteous sister, then how should he call Song Zhenniang, is it difficult to call her a godmother? This is inevitably unseemly.

However, the age gap between Xiao Tang and Qiong Ying is only thirteen or fourteen years at most, even if he is willing to adopt Qiong Ying as a righteous daughter, this is a little unreasonable. Song Zhenniang pondered for a moment, and had to say: "Lord Xiao's kindness, our mother and sister are grateful, but although we are willing to accept my son as a righteous daughter, it is very inconsistent with the number of generations in etiquette, and it is also a slave family!" It is to hope that Lord Xiao will take back his life. ”

Xiao Tang was slightly stunned, and said in his heart that this was his own negligence, but he didn't pay much attention to the rules of what generation, not to mention listening to Song Zhenniang's tone, she just felt embarrassed in this matter, so Xiao Tang smiled slightly, and said: "I think less about this, but as for the righteous sister and daughter, what is the relationship between the seniority?" In short, all the confidants in my mansion will also treat the mother and daughter as their own people, and they will ....... Mrs. Qiu agreed? ”

Song Zhenniang was silent for a while, and finally a rare smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and nodded.

Xiao Tang smiled, after all, now he has to go on business on Hedong Road, and he is not in a hurry to discuss how to take care of the relocation of Qiongying's mother and daughter. So Xiao Tang told Song Zhenniang to recuperate again, and then left the boudoir where she was.

When Xiao Tang came to the courtyard of Qiu's mansion, he saw Qiong Ying sitting in the pavilion and thinking about it, while Ye Qing was talking softly on the side, as if he was also appeasing his young lady.

Ye Qing suddenly saw Xiao Tang come out, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute Xiao Tang, and Xiao Qiongying's eyes lit up, and her dark eyes immediately looked at Xiao Tang. Xiao Tang saw that Qiong Ying's red little face still had crystal tears on it, and that pitiful little appearance was not only cute, but also made people feel pity and love when they saw it.

Xiao Tang walked slowly to Qiong Ying, and comforted her gently: "Your mother is no longer in trouble, so you don't have to worry about it." ”

"Thank you to Engong for helping our mother and daughter again."

Qiong Ying bowed down to Xiao Tang Yingying, but her pretty face was still sad, she sighed, and said quietly: "But I still don't understand, why do my father's brothers and nephews come to bully my mother?" My brothers and sisters in my childhood cousins rarely played with me...... The mother obviously didn't hurt anyone, but other relatives pointed fingers at her, and the mother has been silently enduring it. My father has passed away, why do they want to persecute their mothers even harder? ”

"There are always some people in the world who only eat lessons, the more they endure it, the more they talk to them about human feelings, the more rampant they become, and only by drawing a clear line with them can they live happily......"

Xiao Tang said slowly, and then he leaned down, wiped the tears from the corners of Qiong Ying's eyes, and said with a smile: "Since there are all bad people here who bully your mother and daughter, I plan to take you two to my mansion in Bianjing to live in peace, how about it, are you willing?" ”

Qiong Ying was blushing by Xiao Tang's actions, and was stunned when she heard what her father-in-law said, and only after a while, Qiong Ying blurted out again: "Big brother, you said in a humble voice: "Girl, is it true that someone still bullies you?" ”

Xiao Tangwan smiled and said: "It's true, what am I doing to you, a little girl?" ”

Ye Qing next to him was also stunned when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked Xiao Tang again: "Xiao Renxia, you said that you want to take the housewife and the young lady to move to Bianliang, Tokyo...... Did my mistress agree? ”

Xiao Tang nodded and said, "If there is no consent from Mrs. Qiu, how can I first say that I know you and Qiong Ying?" Manager Ye, I think you are also a righteous man, who has worked hard in the Qiu Mansion over the years, even if the head of the family dies, he still does not abandon him. I Xiao Tang admires you as a person, and I will never treat each other lazily with your housewife and Qiong Ying, just treat me on Hedong Road, are you willing to go to Bianjing with me? ”

Ye Qing was overjoyed when he heard this, and he bowed to Xiao Tang again: "Miss is young, and the main mother has been bullied by the Qiu clan, if Xiao Renxia takes care of her, how can the villain not be at ease?" If I let the villain and the clumsy Jing accompany all the way and take care of the housewife and the young lady to live happily, the villain will finally not live up to the grace of the master of the family to me! Today, Meng Xiao Renxia does not abandon the villain's poverty, and the villain is also willing to serve the Lord. Whip and stirrup, unchanged until death! ”

Qiong Ying was also very happy in her heart, although she was young, she also knew that if she continued to be in Mianshang County, she would only be treated coldly by other relatives of the enemy. And Qiong Ying is already very close to Xiao Tang, if her mother and herself can rely on him to take care of her, wouldn't this be the best destination?

At this time, Niu Gao and Hua Rong also walked to the courtyard of Qiufu, among which Niu Gao saw Qiong Ying, he was already very fond of this clever and lovely little girl, so Niu Gao smiled, and said to Qiong Ying: "Girl, if there are any more birds bullying your mother and daughter, you just tell me, I will stand up for you!" ”

Qiong Ying burst into tears and smiled, she nodded very obediently, and said to Niu Gao playfully: "Thank you, Uncle Hei." ”

Niu Gao was born stout, but he was also a little old, he heard Qiong Ying say that the black face like the bottom of the pot collapsed again, and Hua Rong next to him also laughed out loud. Niu Gao laughed dryly twice, scratched his head, and said to Qiong Ying: "Hehe, girl, my surname is Niu, but my surname is Hei!" ”

Qiong Ying's big black eyes blinked, she looked at Niu Gao for a moment with a smile in her eyes, and said in a childlike manner: "Oh, my uncle looks like a big black bull." ”

Hua Rong couldn't hold back any longer, he laughed: "What a smart and clever little girl, how do you know that in ordinary times, we all call him a cow sunspot?" ”

Xiao Tang couldn't help but shake his head and laugh beside him, and said in his heart: This is just like what Mrs. Qiu said, this generation is indeed a little messy, Qiong Ying, this little girl, calls me a big brother, but calls Niu Gao a black uncle, if this is counted, wouldn't I also call that Niu Heizi an uncle?

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At the same time, the stone chamber mountain is close to the left.

A large number of fierce bandits with sharp blades in their hands and fierce appearances gathered near the foot of the mountain, and the leaders of the strongmen of the thieves in Hedong, Bing, Anshilong, Qin Sheng, Heren, and Koufu were about to plunder in the area of Fenzhou and Jinzhou on the west side of the Weisheng army, and they listened to the call of Tian Hu, and each led the thieves of their headquarters to rush to the foot of Shimur Mountain not far from Mianshang County in the starry night, and the thief army gathered in one place has tens of thousands of people.

Tian Hu, who looked terrible, was sitting on a big rock at this time, and he heard a strongman spy in front of him report to him: "....... The officers and soldiers stationed in Mianshang County had already fled in all directions, and only some yamen officials guarded the city. And Xiao Tang's house... It seems that he is looking for the injuries of Lang Zhongzhi and his officers and soldiers in the county seat, and it is not yet time to withdraw to Tongqi County. ”

Hearing this, a hideous smile appeared at the corner of Tian Hu's mouth, and he looked at several strongman leaders next to him with a cold move, and said in a dark manner: "Brother Koufu, you led the people of the headquarters to guard the main road leading to Tongluo County in Mianshang, Xiao Tang is so big, do you really think that my Tian Hu doesn't have enough men and horses to attack Mianshang County now?" The rest of the officers and soldiers on Hedong Road have taught us to kill the gall, and we don't have to watch out for anything. Taking advantage of the unknown soldiers and horses on the side of Tongluo County, we are planning to get rid of the boss of that guy, and we are about to break the county pond in Mianshang, loot all the food and gold, and slaughter all the men and women in the city, especially Qiu Shen Lao'er's mansion! No matter how extravagant Xiao Tang is, he is just a mortal, how can he resist tens of thousands of soldiers and horses? At that time, the skin will be cramped, the bones will be scattered, and the ashes will be sacrificed to my second brother! ”

The strongman leader called Kou Fu heard the order, Tian Hu paused, then looked at the other thief leader, and said: "Brother Qin Sheng, Brother Heren, you are all good men from the green forest of Gaizhou, Hedong, now I have sent Fang Xuedu and Fan Yuming to the south of Hedong Road to pick up other strongmen to come and join in, you have just arrived from there with troops, everything is still going well?" ”

Qin Sheng glanced at Heren, and Qin Sheng hugged his fist at Tian Hu and said: "Good to teach the big leader of Tian to know that in the early years, when Xiao Tang was still in the Daimyo's Mansion Staying in the Division, although he was in addition to Niu Wenzhong, the most famous 'iron dragonfly' in the boundary of Gaizhou at that time, Gaizhou is a key place bordering Jinyu and other places, and there are many people in the green forest in that gang.

Fang Xuedu and Fan Yuming went there to gather and gather soldiers and horses, and they must be able to succeed...... It's just that in recent years, a few new people have emerged in the Taihang Mountain Realm, although they are also people in the green forest, and the soldiers are strong, but the few birds that are the leaders are not ordinary rivers and lakes. If the leader of Tian Da wants to recruit those people, he is afraid that it will be very tricky. ”8)