Because Tuoba Ao committed a big crime, the funeral was also simple, and the matter was handled by Ma Xiu, and Liu Xi also had half a day to spare.

This is what Liu Xi wants.

Naturally, it is also the thing that Cao Yun is most happy to see.

Before the siege of the army outside the city, the mother and son did not have much time to be alone, Cao Yun had thousands of words hidden in his heart, but he was always worried about Liu Xi's safety, and he did not have the opportunity to confide.

Now that I finally have free time, where can I miss it.

Obviously someone called Liu Xi over early in the morning, but why didn't there be anyone at this hour?

Cao Yun in the courtyard looked left and right, raised his white neck, and raised the toes of the three-inch Yaolian, wanting to see the familiar figure from between the open doors.

I even went back and forth to the door and looked around several times.

This kind of appearance made the maid who had followed Cao Yun's side for many years a little unbearable, and she covered her mouth and whispered at the moment, "The master still don't be anxious, Gongzi may have some things delayed, I think I am already on the way, and I will arrive soon." ”

Hearing this, Cao Yun nodded alone, suppressing most of the anxiety between his eyebrows, as if he was responding, and seemed to be talking to himself, "I'm afraid so." ”

After that, he paced to the house, looked at the carefully boiled chicken soup in the urn painted with red plum and snow on the table, and touched the wall of the urn with his fingers as thin as green onions, like willow leaves, his brows furrowed slightly, "Xiaolian, take this soup to the back kitchen and heat it again." ”

Xiaolian covered her mouth and smiled again, the master has been calm and calm all these years, so he can be a leader in the Shu business circle, and he didn't expect to have such a restless appearance today.

It was something she had never seen before.

However, Xiaolian is a little happy in her heart, over the years, following Cao Yun, I have seen her vigorous and resolute, dare to fight, but I also saw her crying in pain in the middle of the night when no one was around.

Now that the son is still here, it also makes Xiaolian, who is a maid, happy.

When Xiaolian came back with the steaming chicken soup, before she entered the house, she had already heard the long-lost laughter, and her eyes immediately showed joy, it must be that the son had arrived.

Three steps and two steps, Xiaolian walked into the house, and saw Cao Yun holding a handsome and heroic young man's hand, and his smiling face was like a mesmerizing mountain of flowers in March.

A bowl of thick white chicken soup was served, and Xiaolian put it in front of the pear blossom case in front of Liu Xi, "This soup is boiled by the master himself, and the son eats some while it's hot." ”

Liu Xi bowed his head and said softly, "I'm tired."

Xiaolian smiled, and the two pear blossom dimples at the corners of her mouth were good-looking, "Xiaolian is a slave, and the son can't break Xiaolian." ”

After serving the chicken soup, Xiaolian didn't wait for Cao Yun's orders, and moved to Xiao Wu's side, "This son, please come with me, Xiaolian will lead the son to the side hall to rest for a while." ”

Xiao Wu naturally saved the meaning of his words, Liu Xi's mother and son met, and he must not be suitable on the side, so he did not excuse himself, and walked out of the house behind Xiaolian.

"Try this chicken soup."

Hearing Cao Yun's words, Liu Xi smiled at the corner of his mouth, no longer spoken, picked up the chicken soup and put it in front of his nose and sniffed it gently, and suddenly the aroma filled his entire heart, and he couldn't help but think of Ma Xiu's words that day

"The chicken soup made by my mother is really something that only exists in heaven, and it is rare to taste it a few times in the world."

"You, how do you look like that embroidery, flamboyant."

Cao Yun said with a smile from the corner of his eyes, took out the embroidered handkerchief from his sleeve, and thought of getting up to wipe the corners of his mouth for Liu Xi, but perhaps thinking that Liu Xi was no longer a child, he handed the embroidered handkerchief over, "Look at you, your mouth is full of oil, come and wipe it." ”

Liu Xi smiled and took the handkerchief full of fragrance, wiped the corners of his mouth, and asked casually, "It is rumored that my mother has passed away in the market, and even Uncle Liu Han told the child like this, so how did my mother come to Shu?" ”

Listening to Liu Xi mention the events of that year, a trace of pain flashed between Cao Yun's eyebrows, although many years have passed, but the scene of that year often lingers in his dreams.

I woke up in the middle of the night with sweaty clothes.

Sighing slightly, Cao Yun slowly opened his mouth, "That year, too many things happened, but now that I think about it, it is the same as yesterday, which is unforgettable." ”

"At that time, the emperor was in poor health, so he thought about the relationship between me and your father earlier, so as to be happy, but suddenly your father fell ill, and then the emperor died, and your father also passed away, and all this was just three or four days."

Speaking of this, Cao Yun's weak hands clenched together, and there was a little more resentment in his gentle and gentle eyes, "It must be that Liu Si dog thief who killed his father and brother for the throne, you must know that your father is also a martial arts cultivator, how could he die of illness for no reason!" ”

Over the years, Cao Yun has cursed Liu Si countless times, if it weren't for him, he would be living a happy life in the Han Kingdom now, and his husband would be a generation of Ming Jun, the child was very smart, and as a woman, he really had nothing to ask for.

It's a pity that all this was ruined by Liu Si.

Liu Qu also used to practice martial arts?

I had never heard Liu Han mention it, and Liu Xi didn't know anything about his father, who had never met before, so when he heard Cao Yun say this, he subconsciously answered, "Father also cultivates?" ”

"Hmm."

Cao Yun bowed slightly, "Your father is not only familiar with the ways of sages, but also extremely talented in cultivation, but he doesn't show it in front of outsiders, so few people know that he is actually a master." ”

On the word master, Cao Yun bit an accent.

"Before the accident back then, his cultivation in the 'Dragon and Snake Nine Changes' was higher than Xiao Hanzi."

With this explanation, Liu Xi was secretly speechless at the moment, if this was the case, Liu Qu was not afraid of not being a genius.

"It must be those shameless scholars who colluded with Liu Si, when your father was alive, he talked to me many times about these ambitious people who interfered in the government, saying that when he ascended the throne, he would definitely eradicate these people, someone must have leaked this matter, and as a result, your father was poisoned!"

The teeth clucked.

It turned out that Liu Qu had such an ambition to expel those ancient sects from the court, which had never been realized by anyone for thousands of years, and he naturally couldn't shake these intertwined forces.

Feeling Cao Yun's mood swings, Liu Xi hurriedly picked up the small copper kettle with hot air on the side, poured a cup of tea, and handed it to Cao Yun, "Mother, it's all over." ”

Cao Yun's brows twisted up due to resentment gradually stretched, and he took the teacup with relief and put it on the table at hand, "Fortunately, God has eyes, so that my son can live safely, and let our mother and son reunite." ”

"Jiren has his own blessing, his mother is pure and kind-hearted, and God will naturally not let his mother down."

Nodding with a smile, Liu Xi wanted to ask if Cao Yun had returned to Liu Hancao's house all these years, but in an instant, the words that came to his mouth were swallowed back.

Cao Yun's father is now the third duke in Liu Han, and she is alone in Nanshu, a corner of the country, and obviously has cut off contact with the Cao family.

Therefore, Liu Xi changed his mouth to something else, "My mother has always been concerned about how my child has been doing over the years, and my child is also very concerned about how my mother has lived in Shu over the years." ”

Cao Yun's brows eased indifferently, and a slight smile rose at the corner of his mouth, "My mother has nothing to say, and if she survives, she depends on Brother Ma." ”

Big Brother Ma?

Liu Xi was a little puzzled.

Seeing Liu Xi's appearance, Cao Yun covered his mouth and smiled, "The current emperor of Shu has been traveling for a lifetime, his surname is Ma, and he is older than me, so for so many years, his mother has been calling him Brother Zhang, and he is also happy to do this." ”

It turns out that Ma Xiu's surname came from like this.

Speaking of this, Cao Yun's face showed a rare cheerful color, as if he had returned to the carefree scene of the year, and continued eloquently, "Back then, we were young and playful, and we met the Zhenxi Wang brothers and sisters of the Tang Kingdom and the Ma Brother of the Shu Kingdom in Chang'an City. ”

"Speaking of which, there were some skirmishes when I first met, but I didn't want to become friends."

Listening to it, Liu Xi couldn't help but imagine the scene when those high-spirited princes and princesses didn't know each other in Chang'an City.

"Later, that year coincided with the imperial examination of the Han Kingdom, and they actually bet on who would win the championship, and your father and uncle Liu Han also participated under pseudonyms."

"Who won the championship?"

Cao Yun took a sip of tea, "You must not have imagined that a group of men of them competed hard, but the final champion was Li Yunying, the eldest princess of the Tang Kingdom, who was disguised as a man." ”

Liu Xi, who was drinking water, smiled suddenly, and then shook his shoulders and coughed, "Ahem......"

Cao Yun stepped forward with distress and patted him lightly on the back, "Although the eldest princess of the Tang Kingdom is a daughter, she is full of scriptures and books, and she is really talented, so Xiao Han will never forget this eldest princess." If this wasn't for the daughter's body, I'm afraid that Tang Guo would not be in such a situation today, and it was this daughter's body that made their identity discovered by the imperial court. ”

"At that time, the Han State and the Tang State had been at war many times, and the champion of the Han State was still Li Yunying, who was a daughter, so His Majesty the Emperor was very angry, and the Li family brothers and sisters could only hurriedly return to the Tang Kingdom."

"Alas......"

His face was like the frost after the autumn wind, and Cao Yun sighed in a low voice.

Liu Xi understood a bit of sadness in this sigh, probably because after this incident, Chang'an City underwent great changes, and Cao Yun's life was completely different from then on, so he could only go away and hide his name in this Nanshu realm.

"After the Li brothers and sisters left, in fact, the most uncomfortable thing was Xiao Han, his heart was occupied by the eldest princess of the Tang Kingdom, but as the god of war of the Han Kingdom, he had to lead the troops to fight against the Tang Kingdom."

Speaking of his uncle Liu Han, Liu Xi couldn't help but feel a heartache in his heart.

Perhaps seeing Liu Xi's loss, Cao Yun changed the topic and continued faintly, "Later, the accident came too quickly, the first emperor died, your father died of illness, Xiao Han disappeared in Wujiang, and everything was in chaos. ”

"Later, Liu Si ascended the throne, and I just gave birth to you, and he has always wanted to get rid of our mother and son, fortunately, there is a mother's father......"

Cao Yun said this, paused, as if he was recalling something, his thoughts drifted a little, and he came back to his senses after a while, "Later, in order to protect the entire Cao family, he had to let me cheat to death, and then hand it over to Brother Ma to secretly escort him to Shu." The plan was about to be implemented, but I didn't want you to be stolen. ”

Two tears slipped from the corners of Cao Yun's eyes.

Even though he has suffered a lot, even if it has been many years since Liu Xi was snatched away, Cao Yun still has tears that cannot be suppressed when it comes to this matter.

These two tears made Liu Xi's heart suddenly have more indescribable warmth.

Thinking that he was afraid that Liu Xi would cry when he saw him, Cao Yun quickly wiped it off with his sleeve, "Later, my mother stayed in Shu, protected by Brother Ma, who took over Deng as the unification, and married Princess Yuzhu to accompany her, but it was not a hard time, and she also started trading, and she also bought some family business over the years." ”

These, Liu Xi heard Ma Xiu mention a few words before, it seems that Cao Yun's current chamber of commerce is already one of the most powerful chambers of commerce in Shu.

Among them, in addition to the care of Emperor Shu, I am afraid that there is also the reason why she is a strong woman.

Thinking of this, Liu Xi said sincerely, "Over the years, my mother has suffered. ”

In one sentence, Cao Yun's heart was like a warm March breeze blowing, and tears surged in her red eyes again, "To be able to reunite with Xi'er, my mother is not bitter." ”

Liu Xi didn't want to see Cao Yun crying anymore, so he told her some things about Tian Xun'er and them, and this prospective mother-in-law was sad when she heard it, and a happy smile appeared between her eyebrows and eyes from time to time.

It seems that she can't wait to go to Yangqu City and see her two virtuous daughters-in-law.

And Liu Xi really wanted to see Cao Yun's smiling face from the bottom of his heart, so he told the scene of Yangqu City.

This chat, time passed quickly, and soon the night fell, Cao Yun left Liu Xi to eat, and naturally he had to cook himself and cook a few dishes, which made Liu Xi and Xiao Wu eat quite well.

promised Cao Yun to come over as soon as he had free time, but the latter broke off the words of retention and reluctantly let Liu Xi go back, but he also repeatedly told him to be careful on the road.

Because he had eaten too much before, Liu Xi did not ride a horse, but walked casually with his hands in his hands, while 'Lanyue' chewed the grass that emerged from the cracks in the bricks and stones on the side of the road, and followed him leisurely.

Liu Xi was like this, and Xiao Wu also led the horse on foot.

Slowly all the way, when I returned to the City Lord's Mansion, there was already a crescent moon hanging on the treetops behind me.

Before he sat down in the house, he saw a figure hurriedly walking in.

Looking at it, it was not someone else, it was the horse embroidery with a haggard face.

"Yusheng, I've thought about it, I'm going to Panlongding."

Hearing this, Liu Xi was not the slightest surprised, although the turmoil in Shu would soon be quelled on the surface, the root cause of the turmoil had not been eliminated.

The treasures of heaven and man that came out inexplicably, and the bizarre disappearance of many masters later made all this simple and mysterious.

Only by climbing to the top of the dragon can you figure it out.

Liu Xi, who was washing his hands in the copper basin, wiped off the water stains on his fingertips and stared at Ma Xiu for a while, "Since you want to go, then let's go." ”