The next morning, Xie An got up early, not that he suddenly changed his temper, but that when Liang Qiu danced, he woke him up by the way.

If it weren't for this, Xie Anzhen didn't know that his wife would get up every day when the rooster crows and go to the school yard in the backyard to practice martial arts, and there has been almost no interruption for more than ten years except for special days.

Xie An had to admit that this woman was really working hard, and she was completely different from her lazy self.

Seeing her sweating profusely wielding a war knife and wielding all kinds of weapons in the school field, such an inspirational scene made Xie An can't help but want to move his hands and feet, so he played a set of Tai Chi.

The slow Tai Chi moves were incompatible with Liang Qiu Wu's fierce and fast moves, and she couldn't help but stop halfway through, curiously asking Xie An where he learned the Flower Boxing Embroidery Legs.

This stupid woman really doesn't know how to read the atmosphere!

Xie An's teeth itched angrily, and he deliberately pretended not to hear, and secretly said that the woman was clumsy, and she couldn't see the essence of the Tai Chi moves in his hand.

Of course, when Xie An saw the woman wrapping her hands with strips of cloth and staggering a wooden stake that two people were hugging together, he was really depressed to be honest.

Xie An really couldn't understand that his wife was only seventeen years old, where did she get such terrible strength and physical strength, she spent a passionate night with him last night, and she still had the strength to practice martial arts in the morning, which really fulfilled the old saying.

The more the ox ploughs, the thinner it gets, and the more the field ploughs, the fatter it gets; There are only tired oxen, and there is no ploughed land.

It can't go on like this, thinking of the fact that he had a hard time dealing with Liangqiu Dance alone, Xie An secretly pondered a way.

But speaking of which, I don't know if it's a drunken relationship, yesterday Xie An did fight with Liang Qiu Wu at first, and they were not up or down with each other, and their combat effectiveness improved significantly.

Does wine still have an aphrodisiac effect?

Thinking that he was secretly hiding a tiger whip, Xie An felt that he couldn't waste it, it was better to find a bottle of wine to soak, after all, the woman who needed him to work hard was not only Liang Qiuwu, but not Yiyi, when would he coax these two beauties to bed......

Tsk, the blessing of all people!

During the period when Liang Qiu Wu returned to the room to bathe and change clothes, Xie An stood alone in the courtyard in reverie, secretly looking forward to the beautiful days in the future.

After a short time, Liangqiu Dance came out neatly dressed, because today is mainly to go to the Nanguo Mansion to thank Nanguo Gong Lu Song for his help to Xie An on the day of the palace examination, therefore, Liangqiu Wu did not dress up on weekdays.

Calling the two mansion masters and bringing some gifts, Liang Qiuwu and Xie An got into the carriage and headed towards the Nanguo Mansion.

The mansion of Nanguo Gong Lu Song is in the northeastern city of Hebei Province and Dongzhimen West Street, and the speed of the carriage is about half an hour.

On the way, Liang Qiuwu asked Xie An how he met Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, but the latter's vague and secretive answer made her very dissatisfied.

When she arrived at Nanguo Gong Lu's Mansion, Liang Qiu Wu asked the two family members to hand over the prayer post, and then waited outside the mansion with Xie An, after all, according to her seniority, she had to call Nanguo Gong Lu Song an uncle.

After a while, the door of the mansion was wide open, and Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, who had met at the palace examination two days ago, personally came out to greet Liang Qiuwu and Xie An, and was very polite.

"In the Uncle's Mansion, how can Liang Qiu's niece still be so restrained? Next time, just go directly to the mansion ......" Speaking of this, Nanguo Gong Lu Song turned his head to look at Xiao An, and said with a smile, "Xiao An, don't come to harm!" ”

Seeing Lu Song calling Xie An Xiao An so closely, Liang Qiuwu was very puzzled, and subconsciously turned his head to look at his husband, but saw that his expression was a little unnatural, and hurriedly pestle him with his elbow, signaling him not to be rude.

After being reminded by Liang Qiuwu, Xie An reacted and said, "Xie An has seen Nanguo Gong!" ――The kindness of the Duke of Nanguo in the palace test and the help of the subordinates, dare to forget it for the rest of his life! ”

"You don't have to take it to heart, besides, the archival document was not prepared by the uncle, but...... If you want to thank you, Xiao An will go and thank your sister herself, for your business, your sister has no less to worry about......"

Xie An's face was even more unnatural when he heard this, and Liang Qiuwu was very puzzled in his heart.

Sister?

Didn't Ann say that he was an orphan and had no relatives?

How come there is a sister?

I've never seen him mention it......

Liang Qiu Wu wanted to ask clearly, but seeing her husband's expression, she had to reluctantly press the question in her heart.

"Look at my memory, I actually asked the guests to stand outside the door, come and come, I'll talk when I enter the house!" Saying that, Lu Song invited Liang Qiuwu and Xie An into the house.

Invited Liang Qiuwu and Xie An to the main hall of the front yard of the mansion, and asked the people in the mansion to serve fragrant tea, Lu Song said with a smile, "My niece came to my uncle's house today, and my uncle has nothing to entertain......

"Uncle Lu is serious, this time my husband and wife are here to thank Uncle Lu for the kindness of his palace, how dare they ask for anything else?"

"Couple ......" Lu Song looked at Liang Qiuwu and Xie An with some surprise, and asked with a little surprise, "You two...... Married? This was a bit of a surprise to Uncle......"

"Uncle Lu doesn't know?" A trace of doubt flashed in Liang Qiuwu's eyes, and he asked suspiciously, "My niece thinks that Uncle Lu should know about it, and at the beginning, didn't the people in Uncle Lu's Mansion spy on him outside the Donggong Mansion?" ”

Lu Song was stunned, and laughed in a somewhat joking tone, "It turns out that my niece is here to ask the ...... of Xingshi" Speaking of this, he paused, glanced at Xie An, nodded and said, "Since I can't hide it from my niece, Uncle said it bluntly, that day, Uncle heard that Xiao An was being hunted down by his niece Xiang Qing, the deputy general of the Shenwu Battalion of the Eastern Army, on the street, and said that he annoyed his niece somewhere, so he sent someone to patrol outside the Donggong Mansion, and the uncle wanted to find an opportunity to plead with his niece and ask his niece to let Xiao An go, But I don't want my uncle to come up with a way to tell my niece, but Xiao An has left the house safely, so the uncle withdrew the people in the house, as for the marriage of the two of you, the uncle really doesn't know! -- You are really, why do you want to hide such a big event as marriage? ”

Seeing that Lu Song's words were a little blameful, Liang Qiuwu hesitated, and then roughly said what the prince wanted to harm her, but omitted the fact that the prince Li Wei drugged her wine and that she was taken advantage of by Xie An to take her innocence, and only said that Xie An saw through the prince's tricks, and she married him in gratitude to Xie An.

You are the Duke of Nanguo, and Lu Song is also nearly half a hundred people, and he can hear that there is a little disguise in Liangqiu's words, otherwise the head of the Liangqiu family in the dignified Donggong Mansion, and the important minister of the second rank in the court, married Xie An and the grass people in order to be grateful, which is really a little unreasonable, but seeing Liangqiu Dance say this, Lu Song also knew that there must be something unspeakable, so he didn't ask.

"In this case, you and your wife owe me a happy drink!"

Even Liang Qiu Wu didn't feel a little shy when he heard the words, and said with his chin bowed, "When he and An officially marry and hold a wedding, I will personally serve wine to make amends to Uncle Lu!" ”

"Good!" Lu Song laughed when he heard this, and suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and asked, "Can Liang Qiu Gong know about this?" ”

Liang Qiuwu knew that Nanguo Gong Lu Song was asking her grandfather, after all, her father had died in the rebellion in Dongtang a few years ago, and everyone knew about the Jijing government and the opposition.

"This ...... I haven't mentioned it to my grandfather yet......"

When Lu Song heard this, he was even more sure in his heart, and he was sure that his niece must have something difficult, so he didn't ask anymore, and changed the topic very interestingly, and asked about Liang Qiugong's physical condition.

Seeing this, Liang Qiuwu said, "My grandfather returned to his ancestral hometown last year, saying that he planned to repair the ancestral tomb, and now he has not returned to Jijing. ”

"Haha, that's good," Nanguo Gong Lu Song nodded with a smile, and then stroked his beard and said, "The ancestral hometown of the Liangqiu family is in Anyi, Hedong, right?" ”

"Uncle Lu knows?"

"Hehe, when I was drinking with Liang Qiugong in the early years, I heard his old man mention it, and it has been four or five years in this blink of an eye...... Now that the niece has also grown up, the name of Yan Hu Ji and Uncle have been famous for a long time! ――If Keting has half of your skills, Uncle will be much more at ease! ”

Liang Qiuwu knew that the [Keting] in Lu Song's mouth was referring to his only sons, Lu Fan and Lu Keting, and said with a smile when he heard the words, "Uncle Lu said that he was joking, Brother Lu has outstanding martial arts and talent, and his niece is not as good as ......."

Lu Song smiled, shook his head and said, "My niece is too suspicious, in terms of martial arts, who is your opponent in Jijing?" Even if it is Li Mao, the fourth prince who has the honorific title of [King Xiang], Uncle feels that he is probably not your opponent, not to mention Keting's sparse skills...... Uncle really regrets it, regrets that he didn't ask Liang Qiugong to teach that fool in the first place, alas! ”

Uncle laughed...... By the way, Brother Lu is still quelling the rebellion in the Luoyang area in the west, right? ”

"Hmm," Lu Song nodded when he heard this, and stroked his beard with a relieved smile, "That fool is still a little capable, listening to the battle report a few days ago, he has successively broken through Luoyang, Mianchi, Yongning, Caoyang, and Hongnong, and now he is confronting that gang of rebel thieves in Hangu ......Pass."

Liang Qiuwu smiled, "Congratulations! -- Such a great feat, on the day of Brother Lu's triumph, he will definitely be promoted to a knighthood! ”

Seeing Liang Qiuwu praising his son, Lu Song couldn't help but show a little brightness on his face, waved his hand and said, "Where is it, that fool is just relying on the courage of my Southern Army's [trap] battalion, is it his own ability?" Speaking of this, he seemed to think of Xie An, who was silent on the side, and felt that he seemed to have left him out in the cold, and hurriedly said, "Xiao An, I heard that you have been appointed by the Son of Heaven to the position of Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple on the Fifth Grade?" Congratulations! ”

"Yes......" Xie An nodded, arched his hand and said, "This is thanks to the kindness of the Duke of Nanguo on the day of the palace examination, if it weren't for the Duke of Nanguo, I'm afraid it would be ......."

"Didn't I say that? That file was prepared for you by your sister, but she also knew that you would definitely not accept it, just like you did not accept the position of county magistrate of Qinghe County that she arranged for you...... That day, I suddenly heard that you were going to take the palace exam, and then I remembered, Xiao Anke, don't blame me for not taking it out at first, after all, Uncle didn't know if his niece and the little girl from the eldest grandson's family had also prepared one for you, so he looked forward to it, after all, two copies of the same file document must arouse suspicion......

"How dare the kid ......" Xie An said with his head down, beside him, Liang Qiuwu looked at him suspiciously, thoughtful.

"Speaking of which, aren't you going to meet your sister?"

Xie An hesitated, shook his head and said, "Next time......"

"Yes......" Lu Song sighed slightly when he heard this, looked at Xie An and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Xiao An, I really didn't know the reason at the beginning, if I had known......

"The public words of the southern country are serious, and it is useless to say more now!"

"......" Lu Song opened his mouth, then nodded slightly, and said, "In short, it is my Nangong Mansion that owes you a favor......

"If you are a favor, Nanguo Gong has paid it off in the palace examination two days ago!"

"Xiao Ann ......"

"If the Duke of Nanguo has nothing else to do, let the boy retire!" With that, Xie An stood up.

"Ann!" Liang Qiuwu frowned and glanced at Xie An, and blamed, "How can you be so rude to Uncle Lu?!" ”

"It's okay," Lu Song waved his hand, looked at Xie An and said with a wry smile, "I can understand Xiao An's mood...... Since you have something urgent, Uncle won't force you to stay, this family banquet, Uncle will send it for the two of you first......"

Seeing that Lu Song spoke politely, Liang Qiuwu felt even more guilty in his heart, glared at Xie An fiercely, and reluctantly smiled, "Uncle Lu, I'm really sorry......"

"Where is it......" Lu Song got up and sent Liang Qiuwu and Xie An out of the house.

On the way, while Xie An was not paying attention, Liang Qiuwu asked Lu Song in a low voice, "Uncle Lu, who is the sister who dares to ask An......"

Glancing at Xie An, who was walking not far in front, Lu Song smiled bitterly, lowered his voice and said, "Haven't you seen it too?" It is the daughter-in-law of the uncle, the daughter of the Su family in Guangling, Su Wan ......"

Su Wan......

Could it be Sister Wan'er in Ankou?

"This ......" Liang Qiu Wuxiu stared at each other and asked suspiciously, "Her surname is Su, and An's surname is Xie, is she really a brother and sister?" ”

Lu Song smiled bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and sighed, "It's because it's not, Uncle is ashamed of Xiao An......"

"What's going on?"

"Uncle's daughter-in-law, who was originally the daughter of the wealthy Su family in Guangling, was framed and imprisoned, causing the Su family to be scattered, not to mention, and the family was ruined, only survived Uncle Na's daughter-in-law A weak woman, she wanted to go to Jijing to file a complaint, and told some wealthy businessmen in Guangling to join local officials to persecute her Su family, at that time, Xiao An was a member of his house, and took her all the way from Guangling to Jijing, but he didn't want to enter the city, and his uncle's daughter-in-law was accidentally injured by the horse ridden by your eldest brother Lu......"

“……”

"Seeing that someone was injured, your eldest brother Lu hurriedly took the two of them back to the house, at that time, maybe it was because of covering people's eyes, uncle's daughter-in-law only said that Xiao An was her cousin, and the uncle didn't think about it, but he heard that those thieves in Guangling were so bold, so he immediately started to play to the Son of Heaven and brought those illegal thieves to justice......"

"In this way, it should be that Ann and the daughter of the Su family owe Bo Bern...... right"

"Ah, that's why! - The daughter of the Su family was grateful, and she couldn't refuse your eldest brother Lu's marriage proposal, so she committed herself to marry in desperation, which made him [sister and brother] strangers...... Xiao An originally lived in my Nangong Mansion, but after this incident, he left angrily and had no contact with my Nangong Mansion......"

“……”

"A gentleman does not take the love of others...... Alas! - Uncle only noticed the virtuous daughter of the Su family, but he did not think about the others, which led to a big mistake...... After all, it's my Lu family who owes him! ”

I see......

Liang Qiu Wu suddenly realized and nodded thoughtfully.

"Niece, your husband is a rare upright gentleman, from Guangling to Jijing, how many miles away? Although she loved the daughter of the Su family, she did not do anything arrogant, and worked hard all the way, and brought her to Jijing...... Uncle really thought that the two of them were really sisters and brothers, but he didn't want to...... Alas! - Since he doesn't want to have anything to do with my Nangong Mansion anymore, Uncle can only beg his niece to take good care of him......"

"What did Uncle Lu say, Ani is my husband, I should take care of ......"

"Okay," Lu Song nodded, and said with relief, "In this way, Uncle will be relieved......

While the two were talking, Xie An had already walked out of the mansion gate and was waiting for Liang Qiu to dance by the carriage.

Silently glanced at Xie An, looking at his unnatural look, Liang Qiu Wu really didn't know what to say, in the end, he just hugged his fist and saluted Lu Song, who had come to send them.

"Uncle Lu, then I'll leave first!"

"Farewell!" Xie An also saluted.

Lu Song nodded, watched the two of them get into the carriage, watched the carriage leave, and then let out a long sigh.

Just as he shook his head and was about to return to the house, suddenly, a sergeant came galloping on a fast horse in the distance of the street.

"Report! ――The battle of Hangu Pass has arrived! ”

"Oh? Could it be that Hangu Pass has been captured? Lu Song was slightly stunned, and then his face was overjoyed.

Although he said in front of Liang Qiu Wu that his son was useless, in fact, Lu Fan, the son of Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, was still quite talented, after all, he was one of the four towns in the future.

In terms of martial arts, in addition to Liangqiu Dance in Jijing, there are few generals who are sure to defeat him, let alone those rebels who are mostly rebellious people.

"The old man thought that it should be ...... two days" Smiling, Lu Song took the battle report from the sergeant's hand and took a rough look at it.

Suddenly, the smile on Lu Song's face froze, and then, his eyes showed a little horror and disbelief.

"How is that possible?!"

A few days later, there were many rumors in Jijing, Lu Fan and Lu Keting, the sons of Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, led tens of thousands of troops, including 20,000 southern troops to attack the Hangu Pass occupied by the rebels, but they were cut down by a thief on the battlefield.

What's even more unbelievable is that the thief general actually killed himself alone in the midst of thousands of troops and horses, sniping and killing Lu Fan, the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, this force is not inferior to Xiang Wang Li Mao and Yanhu Ji Liangqiu Wu.

The commander was killed, and the morale of the Western Expedition army plummeted, resulting in a rout on the whole front, while the rebels took the opportunity to counterattack Luoyang, and the thieves were mighty.

The government and the opposition were shaken, the Son of Heaven was furious, and immediately ordered to track down the thief, but there were also people gloating, laughing at Lu Fan, the son of Lu Song, the prince of Nanguo, who was ordered by the emperor to go on an expedition before the cave house on the wedding day, but never returned, so that the delicate beauty became a widow as soon as she was married into the Lu family......

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