Chapter 79: Liu Yingjie
Xiao Changqing's marriage was put on hold for the time being, and in the following months, Wei Huahao became a frequent visitor to the General's Mansion, often meeting him to follow Xiao Boyuan back to the General's Mansion.
Occasionally, he would have dinner in the general's mansion before leaving, and he gradually found a topic, so that Xiao Changqing was willing to talk to him, which was already very satisfying for him.
Tao Bingrui's case was closed with an accidental death, and the queen ordered that no one should mention it again.
There was a heavy rain at noon today, which made the already cold Xuguo even more like entering the bitter cold, but fortunately, the early dynasty went down early because of the king's poor health.
Otherwise, if it drags on for a long time, the ministers who rush home will definitely get drenched in the rain, and it is not excluded that some ministers who are sitting in a sedan chair will feel sorry for those who carry the sedan chair.
Wei Huahao, who didn't want to have lunch in the General's Mansion, was left by Xiao Boyuan for lunch because of this heavy rain.
Wei Huahao habitually walked towards the martial arts training ground, Xiao Boyuan looked at him with such a natural pace, and couldn't help but feel that it was a good thing to know him, at least his youngest daughter had a friend in Xuguo.
In the martial arts training ground, because of the sudden heavy rain, Xiao Changqing's body was drenched for most of his body, and when he ran under the corridor, he happened to crash into Wei Huahao's arms.
"You're going to catch the cold like this, go and change out of this outfit quickly." Wei Huahao reacted very quickly, and after gently pushing Xiao Changqing away from him, he took out a handkerchief from his cuff and could barely wipe the rain off Xiao Changqing's forehead.
"Thanks, I'll go back to my room first." Xiao Changqing, who has known Wei Huahao for several months, has not rejected him much so far, and he has never done anything out of the ordinary.
The two of them were like friends, talking about topics that interested each other, and Xiao Changqing liked this feeling.
In a sense, Wei Huahao is her Xiao Changqing's first friend, she only knows her master and sister in Li Kingdom, and... The man and the tall guards around him.
She doesn't want to contact other people, in the final analysis, she is from Xuguo, and too much contact with other people in Li Guo is not good for her, just like she just came back to Xuguo and was invited into the palace to torture to extract confessions...
Because she didn't use the ointment given to her by the secret guard, there was already a scar on her wrist, although no one could notice the scar if she didn't look closely, but every time Xiao Changqing saw these two scars, there was always an indescribable grievance in her heart.
She wanted to find someone to talk to, but looking back, no one could make her tell all these grievances.
After returning to the room to change her clothes, Hitomi's voice sounded outside the door, reminding her that it was time to go to the side hall for lunch, and everyone was waiting for her.
For today's lunch, the eldest lady specially instructed the kitchen to cook some of Wei Huahao's favorite dishes, and in the past few months, the three ladies have almost regarded Wei Huahao as their godson.
"Changqing, soon it will be Chinese New Year's Eve, Hua Hao will come to our General's Mansion every day as a guest, and the old man wants to visit Hua Hao's family in the Wei Mansion in two days." The biological mother of the third lady, Xiao Changqing, said with a tentative face.
Wei Huahao put down the dishes and chopsticks a little nervously, and glanced at Xiao Changqing beside him, would she agree to go together, or...
"I'll visit with my daddy." Xiao Changqing sees Wei Huahao as just a friend, and she will go to Wei Mansion because what her mother said is very right.
You can't always let people come to your own house as guests, and you are indifferent, and it is a traditional virtue to exchange courtesies.
Unfortunately, two days later, there were two homicides in the imperial city, this time the deceased was Tao Bingrui's friend, and the other was the criminal department squire who had a little verbal dispute with Tao Bingrui.
Both men died of severed tongues and major arteries in their necks, bleeding profusely, at midnight last night, in the courtyard of their respective homes.
This matter has been so serious that Wang Shang personally intervened, and Wei Huahao, as the person appointed to investigate Tao Bingrui's case, naturally did the same this time, accompanying Wang Shang to investigate the case together.
When such a thing happened, Xiao Boyuan didn't have the heart to take Xiao Changqing to visit the Wei Mansion, so let's stay at home honestly, it has become more and more unpeaceful recently.
The two cases here have not yet been investigated, and on the fifth day, two high-ranking officials were killed again.
Obviously, the whole imperial city was already on alert, but the murderer still slipped into the imperial city out of nowhere, and there was no trace of it.
King Xu was so angry by this incident that he didn't even go to the early court, so he directly called Xiao Boyuan to him and asked him to patrol along the imperial city with all the guards in the palace from today on.
At a certain time, Wei Huahao will hand over to Xiao Boyuan.
"Your Majesty, the minister wants to hand over the position of general to my youngest daughter who returned from studying in the country of Li to inherit, ten years ago, you let her go to the country of Li alone to learn from General Zheng Yuan, and now that she is back, the minister thinks, the minister should also rest."
This was a very good time, Xiao Boyuan's proposal, after the king thought about it again, and on the morning of the third day, he announced his will, and Xiao Boyuan's position as general was inherited by his fifth daughter, Xiao Changqing.
From today on, Xiao Changqing, a fifteen-year-old girl, officially inherited her father's mantle, and this matter spread to Qi Guo and Li Guo at the same time.
King Qi thought that it was destined by heaven, and they started the country to annex the kingdom of Xu, laughed at the innocence of King Xu, and made a woman who was only fifteen years old the general of their kingdom of Xu, which was simply the funniest joke he had ever heard in this year.
Li Guo School, when Lu Chengye received the news, he was competing with a soldier, and today is a temporary idea, to come to the school to test the skills of the soldiers.
"Your Majesty, the spy Feige in Xuguo sent a message to report, and King Xu let Xiao Changqing, the daughter of General Xiao, inherit his position as general." At the moment when Lu Chengye was about to swing his sword, a guard hurriedly ran over and knelt on one knee with both hands in fists.
The sword paused in mid-air, and it seemed like he hadn't heard from her for a long, long time, actually... It's that he subconsciously doesn't want to listen, he doesn't want to listen.
The guard was still kneeling on the ground, waiting for Lu Chengye to reply, but he didn't expect that he would be ignored, and their emperor suddenly launched an attack on the soldiers who were going to fight him.
Thanks to this soldier's quick reaction and took this blow, the emperor is not holding a wooden sword for practice!
Lu Chengye has not spoken, the guards must always kneel there, this is a common thing for the guards, kneeling for a day or two, he can be fine, provided that it doesn't rain.
After the discussion, Lu Chengye put the sword back into its scabbard, and when he passed by the guard's side, he stood up and said, "Get up, this kind of thing in the future, when I am in the palace, I will report it again." ”
It took nearly an hour to return to the palace from the schoolyard, Lu Chengye rode a white horse, and Gao Lang rode a brown-red horse with him, following Lu Chengye.
The two of them were silent all the way, and when they returned to the palace, Queen Chu Qin was waiting in the imperial study early, and Gonggong Li was still standing beside him.