Chapter 417: Brothers Together
Qin Mo and his wife went their separate ways after Lan'er came out, Lan'er was Li Mao's concubine, and it was undoubtedly cruel for her to watch her man make love with another concubine. Qin Mo and Zhu Xiang didn't have this obstacle, after the two of them came out, they didn't go far, they hid in the flowers and trees to peep, and after Lan'er left, the two of them turned back, and the one who was not ashamed went to move the ladder, and the other went to look inside the crack of the door.
Later, because of the quarrel over the ladder, the quarrel became louder and louder, so as not to disturb a pair of mandarin ducks in the courtyard, they had to cover each other's mouths, staring at each other for a while, and suddenly they all laughed.
Zhu Xiang said: "What are we? Is it still small? Bored. β
Qin Mo said: "It's a little boring, I'll go to Hu Chuan to do a deal." β
As soon as the words came out, Qin Mo immediately regretted it, and stood opposite him is incense.
Zhu Xiangpi smiled and said, "Okay, you go, do you want me to go with you." Qin Mo felt that the situation was a little wrong, and was about to retreat, but his ear was twisted by a small iron hand. Zhu Xiang's gentle, pretty little face suddenly became hideous and terrifying: "If you have a kind of call, I want Brother Mao and your sister Qinniang to come out to comment on this theory." β
Qin Mo knew that he was at a loss, and he was suddenly short of breath, and he laughed and said that he didn't dare. Zhu Xiang is overjoyed, since he married Qin Mo, he has been bullied from time to time, hateful counterattacks but repeatedly defeated, and he can't find a way to win.
But she didn't expect this unintentional sentence to make her touch the door of this guy's life.
"In the end, men love face, as soon as I said that I wanted to find Brother Mao to judge, he immediately softened, slut, I finally found a way to control him." Zhu Xiang told Lan'er about her major discovery, 1510, and her face was red with excitement.
Lan'er was lazy and couldn't lift her spirits, for three days in a row, Li Mao was tired of being with Qin Niang all day long, and stayed there all night, which made her heart cold for most of the time.
Zhu Xiang knew where Lan'er's illness was, and persuaded: "Brother Mao is a person who values love and righteousness, and Sister Qinniang has suffered outside for so many years, and she has just come back...... Uh, it's good if the heat passes. Men like the new and hate the old, and being a groom every night is in line with their temperament. β¦β¦ Good sister, my sister is not good at talking, don't be surprised if you say something wrong. You're right listening to me. Don't say it, I have to go back, and if I don't go back, my slut will be going to slip away again. β
Zhu Xiang happily went back to toss Qin Mo.
Lan'er was stunned for a while, sat in front of the window, opened the guqin that had not been played for a long time, played with the strings with her bare hands, and only paid all the grievances to the sound of the piano.
A few courtyards away, Qin Niang, who was sitting by the window and playing chess with Li Mao, heard the sound of the piano, was stunned for a moment, and said to Li Mao: "It's Lan'er's sister's piano, it's really a wonderful person." I don't understand the elegant things of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry, swords, and wine. Li Mao said: "I don't understand either." β
Li Mao's chess skills are just average, Qin Niang is willing to let him everywhere, but he has never given him face on the chessboard, this is the third time he has fallen into an embarrassment, he is anxious to contemplate and ponder, and it is difficult to lose a son for a long time.
"She, well, is exquisite, but she is a little cautious, and ......"
Qin Niang pursed her lips and smiled: "Look at your absent-mindedness, don't go down, you go over and talk to her." β
Li Mao said: "No need, there is a blessing to accompany her." β
Qin Niang stared at Li Mao, smiled without saying a word, and used her unique gentle violence.
Li Mao had no choice but to get up and say to her: "You have a good rest, blame me for not sleeping well in the past two days." β
Qin Niang said softly: "You too, the coming day is long." "Qin Niang has been pestered by Li Mao all the time in the past few days, and her physical strength is extremely exertional, and now she is on the verge of collapse, but she has been holding back and not saying anything.
Seeing Li Mao leave, Qin Niang breathed a sigh of relief, yawned even a geometric time, and busily took off her makeup and rested.
The sound of the piano was resentful, Lan'er felt sorry for herself, a tear still fell in the end, she lay down on the piano and sobbed.
Li Mao put his hands on her weak shoulders, and when he saw that it was Li Mao, Lan'er's long-stored tears burst out of her eyes, hugging Li Mao and refusing to let go.
Li Mao smiled: "Fool, what are you crying about, for no reason." β
Lan'er said, "I'm afraid you won't come." β
Li Mao stroked her long silky hair, pulled her to sit down with her, and said to Lan'er: "Don't blame me for snubbing you in the past two days, I came from a humble background, Da Lang's kindness to me is like reconstruction, she is repaying my kindness." After many years, if I snubbed her, what would you think if I were to replace her? β
Lan'er said with tears in her eyes: "I'll strangle you." β
Li Mao said: "That's right, if you want to strangle me, why wouldn't she want to." Don't cry, I'll have a bowl of water. β
Lan'er wiped her tears with her sleeve and asked, "The two bowls of water are easy to be even, and there will be more and more water in the future, how do you serve them?" β
Li Mao said: "Girl, don't get an inch. β
Lan'er was afraid that Li Mao would be angry, so she bent down, hugged Li Mao's neck, and said in a whisper: "I don't dare, don't be angry with me." Lan'er forced a smile and flattered Li Mao in every way. Li Mao was faintly uneasy in his heart, and said that a group of beautiful concubines is a great joy in life, but he is really unblessed to endure this beautiful thing, and he is still not strong enough to deal with the two, which will ......
Li Mao didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Early in the morning of the second day, when he had breakfast with Xue Rong, the palace sent an order to Xue Rong to meet him, and it was Liu Xiguang who came to deliver the message, which shows that Li Chun attaches great importance to Xue Rong.
Xue Rong went all morning, and when he returned, he wore a purple robe, tied a jade belt, and held a treasure knife and a wooden box with red lacquer and silver edges.
Li Mao only looked at his outfit and knew that he had accepted Li Chun's dispatch and officially served as the defense envoy of the Tiande Army and the assassin of Fengzhou.
Xue Rong put down his things and sat there sullenly. Li Mao persuaded: "Although it is hard to go to Fengzhou in the border area, the promotion is also fast, and after three or five years, after staying up with enough qualifications, I will return to the capital as an official, and everything will come naturally." β
Xue Rong smiled: "Maohua, what are you talking about, why am I sullen for this black veil." β
Xue Rong sighed, in fact, he didn't say that Li Mao also knew what he was worried about, he was not afraid of Fengzhou's hard work, nor did he care about the size of his official position, but he was worried that Fengzhou was a border area, and the situation was more complicated than that of the mainland, and he didn't understand military affairs, so he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to deal with it.
How can those fierce barbarians on the grassland be compared with those pirates and bandits who are forced to make a living on the coast of Quanzhou? If one is not handled properly, it will cause a big mess.
Li Mao said with relief: "Although the status of the Fengzhou regimental training defense envoy is not as good as that of the first army, but the leader of the army is not hindered by outsiders, as long as he selects a capable staff, he can get twice the result with half the effort." β
Xue Rong said: "How come I don't know this truth. With my qualifications, it is more than enough to serve as a thorn in the mainland, and it is barely enough to serve as an observer, but guarding the border is not my forte, why do people have to drive ducks to the shelves, Maohua, haven't you thought about it? β
Li Mao said with a smile: "My brother is in Quanzhou to suppress pirates, beg for bandits, and have great military exploits, and there are people in the court who do not know the military, so it is not surprising that there is such a proposal, and Fengzhou is indeed a good place to be an official." β
Xue Rong sighed: "Maohua, have you and my brother been separated for too long, why did you also have a diaphragm, and you are so unhappy to speak." β
Li Mao's heart was hot, he and Xue Rong had been separated for too long, but there was no estrangement in his heart, the reason why he was so secretive was because he was used to saying half of a sentence and leaving half of it, he was used to mixing the truth with lies, he was used to saying some ambiguous words to protect himself, and he was used to saying a bunch of lies before telling the truth, so as to confuse the opponent.
"I know that someone wants to use my brother to beat me, Fengzhou is a place where it is easy to become an official, and it is also a place where officials do not spit out bones. Not to mention far away, let's just say that the predecessor assassin Shi Yanli is also a good person who is virtuous and capable, diligent and loves the people, and he was expected to be ranked in Jiuqing, but he didn't expect it to be an accident. β
Li Mao was able to say such things, and Xue Rong was deeply pleased. In just a few years, Li Mao has risen from a small official to a member of the three major members, the confidants of the Son of Heaven, needless to say the hardships and dangers he has gone through in the middle, Xue Rong has always believed that in a place where competition in officialdom is extremely cruel, but anyone in a high position is by no means an ordinary person, especially a person like Li Mao who is from a humble background and has no strong background, and is the dragon and phoenix among those who have no one.
What he was worried about was that Li Mao had gone too smoothly over the years, and the current environment was too comfortable, which had worn down his sharpness and sharpness, leading to an unaware calculation.
"If you think so, I'm relieved, and the foolish brother must be very careful when he goes. Don't give the villain a chance to take advantage of it. β
Untying this biggest knot, the atmosphere of the conversation was much more relaxed, and Xue Rong showed Li Mao the Sword of Heaven that Li Chun had given him. I don't know when all the generals of the court received the sword of the Son of Heaven given by Li Chun and made by the workshop in the palace - a sword made of exquisite materials, exquisite decoration, and incomparable sharpness, which can be used to collect the descendants of the heirloom and fight the battlefield to kill the enemy.
Almost all the generals of the forbidden army, and the vast majority of high-ranking officials in the border towns who entered the Hajj, were given the sword of the Son of Heaven engraved with their origins and names.
Li Mao has never been able to get such a sword, which Li Mao has always regretted, and he can't understand it.
A knife is a good knife, but it's a pity that someone else's name is engraved on the hilt.
In addition to the war knife, Li Chun also gave Xue Rong several volumes of Taoist scriptures.
Li Mao now loves to send some Buddhist classics to his cronies, he is a monk, and sending Buddhist classics fits his identity, but more importantly, these Buddhist scriptures are also unique code books.
Li Mao doesn't know whether Li Chun's book is a code book or not, even if it is different from his own.
Discussed with Xue Rong in the study until late at night, and roughly finalized the team of the Fengzhou shogunate, which is a mixed team, the staff is mainly Xue Rong's relatives and friends, Li Mao only recommended a young scribe to Xue Rong, both as his confidential book, and as his personal guard, this person was born in the team officer training center, and is one of Li Mao's protΓ©gΓ©s. The staff of the military rank was mainly Li Mao's people, with Yang Qi as the envoy of the Duzhi's soldiers and horses, Han Yi as the envoy, Mei Lianqing as the training envoy, and Huang Renfan as the envoy of the soldiers and horses. Li Mao also sent a part of Zuo Longxiang's army to Fengzhou to assist Xue Rong.
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