Xiahou Tassel returned to the tent, and after a while, Zhou Xuan came with the De'an County Order, the County Cheng, as well as the three idiots, Chen Ji, General Qi and others, sat down in the tent, drank and talked, and ordered someone to invite Lian Chang Gongzi to the tent to drink.

Zhou Xuan asked Xiahou Tassel to sit next to him and drink two cups together, and when he saw Xiahou Tassel with a stiff expression on his face, he quietly asked, "Tassel, what's wrong with you, are you tired?" ”

Xiahou Tassel's pale cheeks floated into two clusters of redness, and his fine eyelashes were covered with him, he shook his head, raised his wine glass, and tried to calm his tone as much as possible: "Childe, Tassel toasts you a glass." ”

Zhou Xuan looked at Lian Changgongzi's expression coldly, and understood that Xiahou Tassel had told Lian Chang Gongzi what he heard last night, and thought: "Tassel doesn't dare to look at me, she should be sorry for me, will she leave tonight?" Smiled and raised his glass and touched it, and said: "I call myself talented, but last night's words and sentences are not good, using the song card of "Cave Fairy Song", and there are a few sentences here, read it to you - people have not slept, and the pillow hairpin is messy. Get up with your hands, the courtyard is silent, and you see the sparse stars and the river from time to time. How was the night? The night has been three watches, the golden wave is light, the jade rope turns low - tassels, the former Jia Island has clouds 'two sentences and three years, one chant and two tears', this remnant word does not know if it can be continued in this life! ”

Xiahou Tassel was so sad in his heart that he almost cried, and said in his heart: "Farewell tonight, is there still a time to meet?" I can no longer listen to the famous chapters and sentences of the son, even if the "Song of the Cave Immortals" is continued, I can't hear the Xiahou tassel, and I can't hear the son's own mouth singing in my ear-" Eyelashes held back tears, and said in a low voice: "The son is talented, he will definitely be able to continue well, and the tassel wishes the son great wealth and a safe life." "With that, raise a glass and drink it all.

Zhou Xuan sighed slightly in his heart, the tassel had feelings for him, but there was nothing he could do about it, and said with a smile: "I also wish the tassel a safe life, I will help you bear the difficulties if you have difficulties, remember." ”

Xiahou Tassel couldn't hold back any longer, tears rippled down, wet his clothes, and whimpered: "Childe, the tassel is grateful for your kindness for the rest of your life——"

Lian Changgongzi, who was on the other side, pretended to be choked by the wine, and coughed loudly, the more he looked at the situation, the worse it became, Xiahou Tassel, a slut, had true feelings for Zhou Xuan, and she might have to say anything after Zhou Xuan said two words!

Zhou Xuan laughed loudly: "Lian Chang's son is shallow!" "Drink it all in your glass.

The wine was dispersed, the county commander and the county magistrate said goodbye and returned to the city, saying that they would come back early tomorrow morning, Zhou Xuan and Chen Ji sent out of the tent, and even Chang Gongzi stared at Xiahou tassel sternly and went out.

Xiahou Tassel and Yu'er were packing up the cups and plates, and a sergeant came in and said, "Tassel girl, Master Hou and Mr. Lao San are playing chess in the tent over there, let you rest first, don't wait for him." A few more sergeants came in, cleaned out all the cups and plates on the case, and brought in two large buckets of water, saying that it was ordered by the Hou Ye.

After the sergeant withdrew, the tent suddenly became deserted, and Xiahou Tassel instructed Yu'er to guard by the tent curtain, not to let people in, she wanted to take a bath.

Yu'er looked at Xiahou Tassel's toned body with envy, and was about to praise a few words, when he suddenly heard Xiahou Tassel say: "Yu'er, find out my breeches." ”

Yu'er hurriedly found the crotch breeches, watched Xiahou put on the tassel, tied the belt tightly, and asked, "Does Miss want to ride a horse?" ”

Xiahou Tassel said in a low voice: "Yu'er, clean up, let's leave here immediately, don't ask too much, quickly." ”

The fish was so frightened that they panicked to clean up.

Xiahou Tassel stood by the curtain door, listened to the movement outside, walked out, and came to the tent where the three idiots lived with Chen Ji and General Qi, the two sergeants saw that it was the beautiful concubine of Hou Ye, bowed down and was about to speak, Xiahou Tassel waved his hand and said in a low voice: "I won't disturb Hou Ye playing chess, I'll take a look and go back." ”

Xiahou tassel looked into the tent from the gap in the tent, and saw Chen Ji and General Qi sitting cross-legged on the side, Zhou Xuan and the three idiots sitting opposite each other, Zhou Xuan sat with his back to her, kneeling, his waist was straight, and the posture of the and the falling son fascinated her.

"I can't even see the last side, it's really fate!" Xiahou Tassel sighed in his heart, turned back, and saw that Yu'er had already packed a baggage, which was nothing more than some clothes, and he was still holding the leaky knife in his hand, which was touched from the pillow on the couch, and said, "Miss, this is yours, take it back now." ”

Xiahou Tassel angrily snatched the leaky knife, put it back under the pillow, and then walked to the tent, she needed a horse, the weather was fine these days, the horses were tied to the stakes around the tent, the "black rose" was in the northwest corner of this tent, the legs were straight, the horse's head was lowered, and it seemed to be asleep.

"Black Rose" is Zhou Xuan's beloved mount, Xiahou Tassel couldn't bear to steal "Black Rose", walked a few steps towards a tent on the side, and suddenly stepped back, gently stroking the smooth mane of "Black Rose", the small braid of mane on the horse's neck was still braided by her, the fish and cumin before the departure the day before yesterday for the "Black Rose", and now she decided to ride away the "Black Rose", so that Zhou Xuan hated her and sent someone to catch her-

Suddenly, someone shouted: "It's on fire, it's on fire, it's on fire!" ”

Xiahou Tassel raised his eyes and saw that there were two tents not far away that were burning at the same time, the fire started so quickly, naturally someone deliberately set it on fire, who else but Lian Chang Gongzi and his two subordinates!

Xiahou Tassel knew that he could not hesitate any longer, so he quickly untied the reins of the "Black Rose", led him to the tent, flashed in and out of the saddle, quickly tied the five-sheath hole ribbon, turned his head and said to Yu'er, "Get on the horse." ”

The little maid heard the neighing of the horses outside, thinking that they were coming to catch them, so frightened that their little faces turned white, and they climbed a few times with their burdens and did not climb on the horse.

Xiahou Tassel glanced at her, and said angrily: "What are you afraid of, what is there to be afraid of!" Pedal on the horse, then leaned over and grabbed the upper arm of the fish, carried her to the front saddle, looked left and right, the two tents on fire were crowded around, were in a hurry to put out the fire, there was no one here, immediately urged the "black rose" to run west, that is the county seat of De'an, bypassing the county is the official road to Hongzhou.

A scout suddenly flashed on the side of the road, shouting, "Who? Then he saw that it was the favorite concubine of the Hou Ye, so he flashed half a step to the side and asked, "Where is the tassel girl?" ”

Xiahou Tassel said in a low voice: "Come closer, I'll tell you." When the scout approached, she slapped her palm on the scout's heavenly spirit cover, stunned him, and galloped past.

"Black Rose" is really a good horse, the horse's hooves rise and fall, light and vigorous, riding on horseback only a slight jolt, running out of half a mile, Xiahou tassel looked back, the fire is still in the dark night, the noisy voices have reached the ears, I want to hear if there is Zhou Xuan's voice, the "Black Rose" under the crotch is still running, the firelight is getting farther away, the voice is gradually disappearing, and everything is left in the boundless night.

Xiahou Tassel burst into tears, and said in his heart: "Childe, farewell!" With a tightening of the reins, the Black Rose sped southwest.

The fire in the tent was quickly extinguished, and the sergeants returned to their tents, and after a while, someone came to report: "Hou Ye, General Qi, General Chen, Gongzi Lian Chang and his two men are gone!" ”

Zhou Xuan pretended to be strange and said, "Where did Lan Lianchang go?" Shout and look around first. ”

Dozens of sergeants shouted and searched for it from all sides, Zhou Xuan led a group of people back to the tent where he lived, as expected, the people went to the tent empty, and then looked, the "Black Rose" was all ridden away, forget it, it should be given to Xiahou Tassel.

In order to hide from the sergeants, he had to act for a while, Zhou Xuan jumped like thunder and said angrily: "Where is the Xiahou tassel, find it quickly!" ”

Another group of sergeants searched around, and came back one after another, saying that they had not found Lian Chang Gongzi and Xiahou girl, and their entourage and little maid Yu'er were all gone, only the fainting scout who ran by the side was found.

The scout soon woke up and reported to Zhou Xuanyu that Xiahou Tassel had escaped with the maid.

General Qi knew the inside story, and said loudly: "Master Hou, the last general understands, that Xiahou Tassel and Gongzi Lianchang are basically in the same group, and they must have heard some secret of Hou Ye, so they escaped at night." ”

Zhou Xuan hated and said: "This cheap, I spoil her so much, she is actually a spy, General Qi, restrain her subordinates, you are not allowed to make a public announcement about tonight's affairs, and then you personally lead people to chase her, and you must catch Lan Lianchang and Xiahou Tassel." ”

Hou Ye's favorite concubine turned out to be Qingyuan's spies, and spreading it would damage Hou Ye's reputation, and the three hundred Fenghua soldiers were silent one by one, how dare they say anything, except for those who were selected by General Qi to pursue, the rest went back to the tent to rest, but they were secretly glad in their hearts, and now they don't have to trek through mountains and rivers to Qingyuan.

The mysterious soap-clothed man was Lin Dai's personal martial artist, and asked in a low voice: "Master Hou, do you want to arrest that Lian Chang Gongzi back?" It is enough to have Xiahou Tassel to return to Qingyuan to report the news. ”

Zhou Xuan said: "There is no need to arrest it, Xiahou Tassel does not have enough weight to speak in front of Chen Si'an, and Lian Chang Gongzi has to tell Chen Si'an this big secret in person." Asked: "The people sent to contact the Pan clan and the Lei clan have already set off, right?" ”

Na Wu Ben said: "I set off five days ago, I will definitely be able to rush to Qingyuan before the prince of Lianchang, Hou Ye is wise, this plan is seamless, Qingyuan Chen Si'an is not at peace." ”

General Qi led a team of men and horses to chase down to the south, pretending to chase after him.

Chen Jidao: "Brother Zhou, I have to hurry back to Jianzhou tomorrow to see what the situation in Yuan is, if Chen Si'an uses troops against Pan and Lei, my Tang Kingdom will immediately enter Qingyuan." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "You must immediately give the two surnames Pan and Lei money and material support, weapons, bows and arrows, don't be stingy, you must collect these two surnames." ”

Chen Jidao: "I understand, I am going to see Pan Yujiao and Lei Meng in person." ”

Zhou Xuan said loudly: "Serve the wine, I want to drink with Brother Chen Ji for a long night." ”

This night Zhou Xuan and Chen Ji, three idiots, Lin Dai close to Wu Ben, and two leading lieutenants drank wine all night, Zhou Xuan was drunk at dawn, and when he woke up, he found himself lying in the carriage, the carriage was hot like a steamer, opened the curtains to see, the afternoon sun was dazzling, and he slept for most of the day.

The three idiots wore a wide-brimmed bamboo hat on their heads, and rode leisurely by the carriage, and when they saw Zhou Xuan poking his head out of the window, he said: "Master, General Chen Ji has parted ways to Jianzhou, and we are now on our way back to Jiangzhou." ”

General Qi also urged the horse over and said, "Master Hou, the young general chased thirty miles and saw no trace of Lan Lianchang. ”

Zhou Xuan said: "General Chen Ji will order Jian and Ting Erzhou to strictly control the checkpoints, and they will definitely catch Lan Lianchang." ”

Zhou Xuan left for Qingyuan on the first day of June, and returned to Jiangzhou on the fourth day of June, and first went to the Duhu Mansion to see the prince Li Jian and Lin Dai. ”

Zhou Xuanxin said: "I don't like to hear this, Zhou Lang's clever plan is to settle the world, the latter sentence is to lose my wife and soldiers, I lost a beautiful concubine and a famous horse." Thinking of Xiahou tassels, I couldn't help but feel stunned.

When Lin Hanyun heard that Zhou Xuan was back, she broke into the Jingjie Hall to see Zhou Xuan, and shouted happily: "Brother Zhou Xuan." ”

Lin Dai was furious, Jiangzhou customs, after the engagement, men and women cannot meet until the wedding, otherwise it is not good for the husband's family, Lin Dai because of the eldest daughter Lin Daoyun Wangmen widow, is even more taboo, he has already told Lin Hanyun many times, but he didn't expect her to be disobedient, and he rushed forward angrily to give Lin Hanyun a few slaps.

Lin Hanyun was so frightened that he hurriedly hid behind Zhou Xuan and shouted, "Brother Zhou Xuan, save me." ”

Zhou Xuan pulled the sleeve of his uncle and father-in-law and said: "Father-in-law is angry, the son-in-law doesn't care about this, in the son-in-law's homeland, men and women are engaged to see each other without taboo, so please don't punish the father-in-law." ”

Lin Dai was completely angry by Zhou Xuan's words of "father-in-law", the two daughters only have this one son-in-law, how can they not give face, glared at Lin Hanyun, and said, "Why are you still called brother?" To be called a husband. ”

"Husband?" Lin Hanyun opened his mouth and stammered, looked at Zhou Xuan, and said with a red face: "How can this be called, I am embarrassed to death!" The little waist twisted and ran.

Lin Dai said embarrassedly: "The virtuous son-in-law is too careful, Hanyun is really too ignorant." ”

Zhou Xuan hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, the son-in-law doesn't like to be restrained, and he loves to be innocent and innocent. ”

Lin Dai invited the East Palace and Zhou Xuan to dinner, and they did not disperse until the end of the year.

Zhou Xuan habitually went to the "Nine Difficult Mountain House", and when he came back, he always wanted to meet Fairy Jingyi, and came to the gate of the "Nine Difficult Mountain House", but was told by a small maid that Fairy Jingyi had returned to Baiyun Temple the day before yesterday.

Zhou Xuan walked out of the Duhu Mansion, but saw a circle of people standing outside Chaoyang Fang, Qin Que, Sewing Needle, Xiaodi, Cumin, Lin Ning, and a few servants, all waiting for Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan hurriedly went to support the arm of the sewing needle, touched Xiaodi's head with the other hand, and said with a smile: "You know that I am back?" ”

Qin Que smiled like a flower: "I just heard that my husband is back, so we all rushed to greet my husband, what is going on?" How did you come back after going so far to Qingyuan? ”

Zhou Xuan said: "What, think I'm coming back too quickly?" I miss the two little wives at home, turned into a blue bird and flew to Qingyuan and came back. ”

Qin Que took her husband's other hand and said coquettishly: "Even the bird is not so fast, now it's not the two little wives, it's the three." ”

The sewing needle held Zhou Xuan's arm and said sweetly: "No matter what, anyway, my husband came back ahead of schedule, I'm really happy." ”

Zhou Xuan held a little wife in one hand and said with a smile: "Go home, walk back slowly, it should be cool." ”

The family grinned and returned to Jiulianfang, cumin looked left and right, and asked, "Uncle, where are the tassel girls and the fish?" ”

Cumin doesn't know the secret of Xiahou's tassel, these days get along, and she also has a good impression of Xiahou's tassel master, but she didn't see it at this time, so she naturally wanted to ask.

Zhou Xuan sighed, unwilling to say that Xiahou Tassel was sent by Qingyuan to go undercover, and said: "Tassel wants to go back to her hometown, I can't keep her, so let her go." ”

Although Qin Que had questions, he was unhappy when he saw Zhou Xuan, but it was inconvenient to ask again.

The next day, Zhou Xuan closed the door and did not come out, and devoted himself to accompanying the two little wives, Qin Que had resigned from the position of assistant teacher of the Jiangzhou Medical Department, and was ready to go to Jinling with her husband.

Zhou Xuan thought of the studious female disciple Rui Chu and asked Qin Que: "Que'er, why hasn't Rui Chu seen it all the time?" ”

Qin Que said: "The day after my husband came back, I sent someone to Miaoyin Building to summon Rui Chu, but Dao Rui Chu's aunt died of illness, and Rui Chu returned to his hometown, and Rui Chu's hometown is from Xingzi Town. ”

Zhou Xuan asked about the "Yunshang Women's Clothing" again, and said: "It's doing well, I will go to see it every day these days, mainly Mr. Abu's sixth lady Sara is running there, and the net profit is about three hundred taels per month." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Three hundred taels is good, Jiangzhou is a small place after all, and when it comes to Jinling and Guangling, the profit of 'Yunshang Women's Clothing' will be doubled several times, and the needle has to be hard, but this has to wait until Xiao Zhiruo is born." ”

Su Suzhen said diligently: "This is what Needle likes to do, so I don't feel tired, husband, do you want to go to Jinfeng Fang now to see the 'Women's Clothes and Women's Clothes'?" ”

The weather was too hot, and Zhou Xuan was afraid of heat stroke, so he said, "I'll go see it at dusk." ”

The needle asked: "Husband, we moved to Jinling, what should we do with the 'Yunshang Women's Clothing' ready-to-wear shop here?" Do you want to move to Jinling together? ”

Zhou Xuan said: "No, this ready-to-wear shop is still open, so that my mother-in-law collects cash every month, and her old man is happy and happy." ”

Qin Que carefully removed the seeds from a piece of watermelon, fed it to Zhou Xuan, and said with a smile: "The husband's heart is finer than our woman's, he is really thoughtful, and the family will have a big business in the future, but it is enough for the husband to worry about." ”

Xiaodi was already very eager to go to Jinling, and asked: "Brother-in-law, when will we go to the capital, is it tomorrow?" ”

Zhou Xuan asked Xiaodi to make a cross-eyed to show him, and then said: "It's too hot these days, your sister has a baby in her belly, I'm afraid that the heat will spoil the baby, let's go again at the end of the month, okay?" ”

Xiaodi nodded and said, "Okay, Sister Zhen'er's baby is going to call me uncle, right?" ”

Qin Que and Su Needle smiled and said in unison: "Yes, Xiaodi is going to be an uncle, are you happy?" ”

Xiaodi smiled, took a fan to fan the big belly of the needle, and said, "Xiao Zhiruo, Uncle Xiaodi will fan you." ”

Zhou Xuan laughed.

In the evening, Zhou Xuan accompanied the two little wives, and the three idiot couples to Jinfeng Fang's "Cloud Dress Women's Clothing", Abu's sixth concubine Hu Ji Sara saw Zhou Xuan and quickly knelt down to greet her, Zhou Xuan asked Qin Que to help her up, and asked: "Has Lord Abu returned to Jiangzhou recently?" Why did Lin Duo's son's wedding only see him giving a gift, but he didn't see anyone? ”

The blonde and blue-eyed orchid sara said respectfully: "Back to the Marquis of Zhou, my husband Jun Abu was originally going to rush back, but he suddenly fell ill, so he had to stay in Jinling for treatment, and wrote a letter to ask the concubine to prepare a generous gift to send to the Duhu Mansion, and specially asked the concubine to report to the Hou Ye and ask the Hou Ye to forgive him." ”

Zhou Xuan hurriedly asked: "What disease does Abu have, is it serious?" ”

Hu Ji Sara said with tears: "The concubine's body is not very clear, if it is a minor illness, my husband Abu will come to congratulate Xilin to protect the second son's wedding, but I am afraid that it is not light." ”

Zhou Xuan comforted: "Don't worry, Sala, I'm going to Jinling in a few days, and I'll help him find a famous doctor, uh-my bird is a famous doctor, and he will definitely cure Master Abu." ”

Last year, Zhou Xuan bought the four dancers who modeled for "Yunshang Women's Clothing", and when they saw Zhou Xuan, they were gossipy and coquettish: "Zhou Gongzi, Zhou Houye-" These four dancers knew that Zhou Xuan would move his family to Jinling in the near future, so he begged Zhou Xuan to take them to Jinling.

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "This is decided by Mrs. Needle, she is the big boss of 'Cloud Dress Women's Clothing', you can decide." ”

The needle smiled sweetly at Zhou Xuan and said, "Husband, you need people to open a 'women's clothes and women's clothes' in Jinling, so you think it's better to take them there." ”

The four young and beautiful dancers shouted happily, and hurriedly thanked Mrs. Zhen'er and Zhou Houye.

At this time, the two Wu Ben of the Metropolitan Protectorate came looking for him with a sweat on his head and shouted: "Marquis Zhou, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is looking for Marquis everywhere—"

Zhou Xuan hurriedly asked, "What's the urgency?" ”

Wu Ben said: "The emperor's will came from Beijing, and Marquis Xuan immediately returned to Beijing. ”