I took the envelope and opened it, and inside was a letter. Lu Heng shook the letter paper, opened the letter, glanced at it roughly, smiled slightly, and put the envelope into his arms.

"Don't tell anyone about it!" Lu Heng turned around, patted Agui's shoulder, and whispered.

"Yes! Agui knows! Agui nodded and replied in a muffled voice.

"By the way, there's one more thing!" After Lu Heng thought about it, he whispered in Agui's ear, and then waved his hand to let Agui go.

After Ah Gui left, Lu Heng found out that just now, Wu Ningyuan drove everyone out of the courtyard for the convenience of talking. Now, in the empty yard, only one is left.

Ahem, it's the first time I've been here, and I don't know the way!

Lu Heng looked around blankly, looked around the neat courtyard, and was stunned to find that he couldn't even find a person.

I went out and went around in a big circle, and then I came to a courtyard. But Lu Heng was extremely speechless and found that he came and went and somehow came to the kitchen.

In this yard, a little Lori about twelve or thirteen years old, oh no, it's a little girl, is squatting in the yard, with her back to herself, holding a green apple in her hand, and she is gnawing vigorously.

The sound of Ka Sha Ka made Lu Heng couldn't help but admire this little girl's good teeth.

It's just spring, and the apple trees in the north are estimated to have just bloomed. Looking at the apple in the little girl's hand, I guess I don't know where I found it.

This little girl, wearing a shabby cloth skirt and barefoot, squatted there, oblivious to enjoying the delicious food. Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door behind her, and the little girl trembled with fright, and the apple in her hand fell to the ground with a bang, and after rolling twice on the dirt floor, it was covered with mud.

The little girl's eyes widened, and she looked at the scholar at the door in horror, and then reluctantly looked at the dirty apple on the ground less than a meter away from her, and her big eyes flashed, and two bean-sized tears swirled in those eyes. With a pout, I was about to cry.

"Don't cry!" Seeing this, Lu Heng hurriedly walked into the yard and bent down to pick up the apple from the ground. Then after washing the apple in a wooden basin on the side, he rubbed it, divided the apple in two, handed it to the little girl in half, and then took a bite of it himself, swallowed the unpalatable apple in two bites, and smiled at the little girl: "It's very sweet!" ”

The little girl saw Lu Heng frowning, eating the apple bitterly and hatefully, smiled sweetly, and then stretched out her dirty little hand and handed over the half of the apple: "Here you go, eat!" ”

Looking at the little girl's skin that looked dry due to malnutrition, as well as her big clear and bright eyes, Lu Heng lowered his head and looked at the half of the apple, his heart was sour.

"Eat it!" Lu Heng smiled, stuffed the half of the apple back into the little girl's hand, and said softly.

"I, I don't dare to eat!" The little girl looked at the half of the apple with her eyes, then raised her head again, looked at the scholar, a flash of gloom in her eyes, and lowered her head and whispered.

"Why?" Lu Heng's heart twitched, and his voice trembled a little.

"Mother Luo will pinch me!" As the little girl spoke, her mouth pursed, and the tears rolling in her eyes fell like a short-term pearl.

When Lu Heng heard this, his heart suddenly sank. Reaching out, he took her hand, and pushed the hole in the sleeve up. I saw that on the thin arm, there were bruises and purples, which was shocking.

Retracting his gaze from the scar, Lu Heng saw the little girl with tears falling from her face, her heart was sour, she sighed, stretched out her hand, wiped the tears from her face for her, and stood up.

"Xiao Dapeng, come out!"

Lu Heng turned his back to the door and said lightly.

However, the trembling voice revealed how angry he was now.

"Hey, Strategist!" When the sound fell, I saw a big head pop up at the door. He smiled heavily, and after standing up, like a little daughter-in-law, he greeted Lu Heng with a smile and kind eyes.

"What's going on?" Lu Heng turned his head, pointed to the little girl beside him, trembled his voice, and stared at Xiao Dapeng.

Xiao Dapeng looked along, and when he saw the little girl squatting on the ground and shedding tears, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Hey, Xiaohong, what's wrong with you?" ”

When the little girl saw Xiao Dapeng, she was immediately overjoyed, crying and shouting, "Uncle Dapeng! ”。

"Xiaohong, don't cry, you say, who bullied you, tell Uncle Dapeng!" When Xiao Dapeng saw this little girl, he was in tears, and he was so distressed that he hurriedly ran over, picked up the little girl, and asked with concern.

"Ahh The little girl giggled, looking very happy. However, when Xiao Dapeng's hand touched her arm, the little girl suddenly screamed in pain.

Xiao Dapeng cautiously rolled up his sleeves and took a look, and when he saw the scars on the little girl's arms, his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

"Who did it?" Xiao Dapeng's eyes flickered with a cold light, and he asked in a deep voice.

The little girl seemed to be the first time she had seen Uncle Dapeng look so scary, and she saw Uncle Dapeng like a hedgehog with a black face. Suddenly frightened and didn't dare to squeak.

On the side, Lu Heng saw that the little girl was trembling with fright, so he reached out and took her from Xiao Dapeng's hand, stretched out his hand, patted the little guy's quilt, turned his head, looked at Xiao Dapeng with a sinking face, frowned and asked, "Who is Mother Luo?" ”

Luo Ma! When Xiao Dapeng heard this, his face sank like water.

Turning his head, the leopard's eyes flashed with a terrifying murderous aura, staring at the hidden kitchen door, and roaring in a deep voice: "Old bitch, you get out of here!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the kitchen door was pushed open with a bang. An old woman in her forties rushed out of the room.

After she ran over, she cried and knelt on the ground, hugged Xiao Dapeng's feet, and cried: "Xiao Ye spares his life, the slave doesn't know!" ”

With a snap, Xiao Dapeng, who was extremely angry, waved his hand directly and slapped him.

This slap was extremely powerful, and directly fanned the old woman to the ground, and two front teeth flew out.

At the same time, Lu Heng hugged Xiaohong, turned around quietly, and blocked Xiaohong's eyes with his hand.

He didn't want the clearest eyes in the world to see the bloody picture that appeared next.

"Damn, the prince asked you to treat her well, what the fuck did you do?" The more Xiao Dapeng spoke, the more angry he became, and after glancing at the place, he directly picked up a wooden stick and walked towards the old woman through gritted teeth.

"It's him, it's Xiaohong he beats, it's nothing to do with slaves!" Seeing Xiao Dapeng coming over with a black face and carrying a stick, the old woman's face changed, and suddenly, she pointed at Lu Heng and scolded madly.

Hearing this, Lu Heng smiled, turned his head, looked at the old woman, and shook his head slightly.

Oh, you can't live if you do your own evil!

Sure enough, after Xiao Dapeng heard the words of the old woman who framed the military advisor, he laughed angrily: "Haha, you are so bold, you old bitch, do you know who he is?" ”

When the old woman heard this, her face suddenly changed.

Seeing Xiao Dapeng coming over murderously, the old woman took two steps back, and suddenly, like a poisonous snake that had been gaining momentum for a long time, she rushed towards the scholar on the side.

"Strategist, be careful!" Seeing a cold light flashing in the old woman's hand, Xiao Dapeng's face was on the side, and he shouted while waving his bastard and slashing towards the old woman's waist.

Bang bang...... The old woman screamed and fell directly to the ground.

But it wasn't Xiao Dapeng's attack that worked, but the scholar's raised kick that happened to kick her in the face.

This kick, the strength and angle, are both ingenious.

It happened to kick the old woman's nose bone injury.

The old woman fell to the ground with a bloody face, covering her face and screaming.

Lu Heng withdrew his feet and smiled slightly.

Oh, there is a super master by his side, no matter how weak he is, he can learn a trick and a half. I didn't expect it to be used today.

"Fuck!" Xiao Dapeng, who had palpitations, was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly became angry, and directly picked up the stick, and rained down on the old woman.

Xiao Dapeng shot out angrily, and the attack was extremely heavy.

After a few sticks went down, the old woman already only had the breath coming out, and without the qi entering, she couldn't live now.

Lu Heng wanted to say something to stop him, and wanted to see if he could pry something useful out of the old woman's mouth. But seeing that the old woman was already half dead, she sighed regretfully, but didn't say anything.

"Come on, drag it out!" Xiao Dapeng threw the stick aside, turned around, and shouted outside the door.

After the two soldiers came in, they directly dragged the old woman out of the door.

Xiao Dapeng turned his head and saw Xiaohong hiding in Lu Heng's arms, and his heart was full of guilt.

"Xiaohong, uncle, I ......!" Xiao Dapeng wanted to speak and stopped, his eyes were full of remorse.

"Uncle, give!" Xiaohong smiled sweetly, and handed the apple that had been hidden in her arms to Xiao Dapeng, her big eyes flashing.

"I ......" Xiao Dapeng looked at the half apple in Xiaohong's hand, choked up, and two lines of hot tears rolled down his resolute cheeks.

…… Xiaohong was picked up by Xiao Dapeng from the street, because the little guy looks very similar to the Cangxue sisters many years ago, so the big men in the deep mansion like it.

It's just that this group of people usually has military affairs in their bodies, and they have no time to take care of the children, and in the end, they can only entrust the kitchen steward to take care of them, and they never thought that the old bitch would be such a ruthless bastard. He kindly entrusted Xiaohong to her, and almost hurt Xiaohong.

Speaking of these, Xiao Dapeng's eyes were full of remorse.

"Lao Tzu can't wait to pump her tendons!" Xiao Dapeng clenched his fists and thought about it, his eyes were blood-red.

"Heh......" Lu Heng heard this, smiled, thought slightly, looked at Xiao Dapeng, and said, "Pump her muscles." I guess it's impossible! However, whether you can pump the muscles of the people behind her depends on your ability! ”

"Huh?" Xiao Dapeng was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of disbelief. After thinking about it, he looked at Xiaohong, who was eating apples beautifully, he thought about it in his heart, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Strategist, you mean that the old bitch is ......"

Lu Heng nodded and said lightly: "Ten **!" ”

After thinking about it, he turned his head, looked at Xiao Dapeng and said, "You go and organize people, check one side in the mansion, see if there are any unfamiliar faces, and check if there are any secret passages in the mansion!" Estimate, you'll get a lot out of it! Remember, do it quietly, don't startle the snake! ”

"Yes, I know!" When Xiao Dapeng heard this, he clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, then turned around and left.

After Xiao Dapeng left, Lu Heng withdrew his gaze from the door, looked like a little dot, following behind him, nibbling on the apple Xiaohong, and smiled: "Xiaohong, is it okay to take my brother to the back garden?" ”

"Good!" Xiaohong nodded and said happily.

"Xiaohong is so good!" Lu Heng smiled, stretched out his hand, took Xiaohong's little hand, and walked towards the back garden of the palace.

All the way to see the spring scenery of the palace, the lush forest and bamboo, the gurgling stream, bypass the covered bridge, pass through several arches, and then arrive at the back garden of the palace, the Huainan palace in Tokyo was once the mansion given by the emperor to Wu Ningyuan, therefore, it is particularly magnificent.

Take this back garden as an example, the scale is second only to the imperial garden in the palace, in the garden, rockeries, flowing water, flowers, pavilions, everything. Moreover, the layout of these landscapes is also extraordinarily exquisite. Grass and trees, invisibly, highlight the majesty of the royal family.

There is also a rockery similar to Yan Mountain in the center of the lake, with strange rocks, which makes people can't help but shine.

Asked Xiaohong who led the way, Xiaohong was like a lark, chirping and pointing to the rockery, excitedly saying the allusions heard from Zhanxiong and others, which was specially built by the emperor in order to praise Wu Ningyuan for leading his troops to recapture Yanshan from the Turks.

It took nearly a year to build this rockery, and all the stones were taken back from Yanmen Pass in Datong Mansion. Moreover, the shape of the entire rockery is completely in accordance with the trend of Yanshan, and it is built.

Looking at the rockery in front of him, which was full of green pines and cypresses, Lu Heng nodded, smiled slightly, and secretly praised in his heart, it seems that the emperor of the year was really extremely important to Ning Yuangong.

The back garden covers a huge area, and after walking for a long time, I didn't find where Liu Qingqing was.

Although, along the way, there are warm spring landscapes lingering in front of him, but Lu Heng, whose heart is not here, does not have much interest in going to see those red and green scenery.

Out of boredom, the maid who led the way made a joke.

"Xiaohong, how old are you this year!" After talking all the way, Lu Heng asked while walking with his hands behind his back.

Xiaohong hugged the apple, Shui Ling's big eyes rolled, thought about it very hard, and said seriously: "Xiaohong is eleven this year!" ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Lu Heng nodded, smiled slightly, as if recalling something, and said lightly: "It's still young, heh, I'm about to graduate from middle school!" ”

"Huh?" Xiaohong blinked, looking at the handsome and likable scholar in front of her, her big eyes were full of incomprehension.

Middle school, what is it?

Seeing that Xiaohong's innocent big eyes were full of puzzlement, Lu Heng realized that he was talking nonsense.

"Well, the meaning of middle school is private school!" After thinking about it in his head, Lu Heng finally found a suitable explanation.

After speaking, he turned around, looked at Xiaohong, and asked with a smile, "Has Xiaohong read a book?" ”

Xiaohong shook her head and said, "No, Uncle Dapeng, they said that reading is useless!" ”

Saying that, the little girl was very sure of her attitude, looked at Lu Heng seriously, and said, "Xiaohong is very obedient and doesn't read!" ”

Hearing this, Lu Heng couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.

Fortunately, Xiao Dapeng and Zhanxiong are not here, otherwise, it is estimated that these two guys will be unlucky again.

Squatting down, stretching out his hand, and putting it on Xiaohong's shoulder, Lu Heng said to him seriously: "Don't listen to your Uncle Dapeng's nonsense, how can it be useless to study!" ”

"But, brother, what's the use of reading?" Xiaohong blinked and asked puzzled.

Belch...... This sentence stopped Lu Heng.

Lu Heng was stunned, and for a while, he really didn't know how to answer.

Study for a university and then get a good job?

What the fuck is this. Not to mention that there is no university, even if there is a university, it is estimated that women will not be allowed to enter.

Study and take the Jinshi, the champion!

Oh, this seems to be even more nonsense, there has only been one female colt in history, and she was almost beheaded by the emperor.

Read books, compose poems and lyrics!

Oh, if you just do this, you might as well not study.

In this era, in this period, is it true that women are not talented or virtuous?

I thought about the benefits of reading a lot in my head, but I found that none of them could convince me.

"Brother lies!" When Xiaohong saw this scholar's brother, she was stunned and in a daze, her mouth pursed, well, she was very contemptuous.

Belch...... Despised by this little girl, Lu Heng couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He smiled wryly.

After coughing, he looked at Xiaohong seriously, and said in a deep voice: "Brother won't lie to you, study hard, my brother promises, it will definitely be useful in the future!" ”

Well, it may be useless for Xiaohong to read those four books and five classics, but what if it is chemistry, biology, and physics.

Oh, maybe, there will be a female ancestor Chongzhi, a female Zhang Heng, and a female grandson Simiao in the Great Zhou!

Thinking of this, Lu Heng couldn't help laughing, looked at Xiaohong seriously, and said, "Don't worry, reading will definitely be useful, brother guarantees!" "Well, Little Red Letter!" Xiaohong saw the determined look in the scholar's brother's eyes, and she couldn't help but become serious. She could tell from the look in her brother's eyes that his brother didn't lie to him.

"Good boy!" After convincing this little girl, Lu Heng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and secretly said in his heart, convincing the little guy is even more difficult than fighting.

...... "Let's go, Uncle will take you to the back garden, let's see the flowers!" ”

"Uncle, do you know the road?"

"Uh, okay, I don't know, so Xiaohong can take my brother to see the flowers?"

"Good!"

The afternoon sun shone on the palace, and on the road to the back garden, the scholar walked slowly with his hands behind his back. Beside her, the little girl was like a lovely butterfly, bouncing and trembling, her pigtails shaking.

In the bright sunshine, two shadows, one long and one short, left on the mottled gravel road behind them.

(To be continued)