"Miss's words are rare," Mama Chang walked out of the door with a ring ruler in her hand, her face was a little ugly, and Chun Tao swallowed her saliva silently and retreated to the side.

Butong's eyelids jumped, sure enough, the one who should come will always come, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask for the salute,

"I've seen Mama, Tong'er knows it's wrong, last night's dream was too sad, I just felt that I wanted to listen to "Mandarin Duck Building" this morning, so I went out of the house, who knew that the old gentleman who said that the teahouse said that the board play had not yet arrived, so he came back."

Mama Chang sighed, looking at Butong with wrinkled eyes, "Miss Tianzhi's proud daughter, she is smart and smart, she will naturally have a good future in the future, the old slave shouldn't say much, but this habit of going out of the house early in the morning to have fun must not be cultivated, Kyoto noblewoman, get up in the morning to serve her husband and take care of her in-laws, even if it is not so, it is good to dress up, how can you go to the teahouse to listen to the play?" ”

Bu Tong had to bow his head, after all, what they said was right, it was indeed the ladies in the city, most of them were cautious and not like themselves,

"Tong'er knows it's wrong, Mama will punish me."

Mama Chang shook her head helplessly, "I punished Miss, Miss is not convinced, and it is useless." ”

Bu Tong raised his head, his expression was not like the hippie smiling face of the past, but slowly precipitated, and he spoke with great calm,

"Mama, you have served in the palace for many years, and you naturally know more truth than Tong'er, most of the young ladies in Beijing are not as free and easy and willful as me, they are self-denying and cautious, but is it right to lose yourself like this and lose your decision?"

Mama Chang waved the ring ruler and said with a cold face, "The old slave thought that Miss knew that she was wrong, but now she doesn't know, Miss still went to copy "Female Virtue", twenty times, and after copying it, don't want to argue with me anymore." ”

After saying that, he shook his hand and left, although he still punished Bu Tong for copying the book, but Chang Mama didn't look like she was angry, and Bu Tong bowed slightly to her back and saluted.

"More mamma guidance, Tong'er will go to the room to copy."

Chun Tao dared to come forward with a big pant, and pressed her chest in shock, "Miss, this Chang Mama is getting more and more punished, twenty times "Female Virtue", I'm afraid I can't finish it today." ”

Bu Tong smiled,

"It's okay, isn't it still you."

Chun Tao's eyes widened instantly, and she cried and followed Bu Tong back to the yard.

……

Chun Tao is right, these twenty times of the book, about a whole day to write, not to mention that Bu Tong is thinking about another thing, always writing and writing.

"Miss, you better write quickly, if you are lazy and your grandmother knows, I am afraid that you will have to go to the adult's study to copy the book, how can you still eat tea, just write slowly in the house with snacks."

Bu Tong lay directly on the wooden couch back,

"If you don't do it, you won't do it, I'll go and watch my father copy the book, and I won't be able to finish it."

Chun Tao looked at the three pieces of paper under Bu Tong's hand, and wrinkled herself into a small bun face, "Miss, I'm afraid you haven't even finished transcribing half of the book, it's almost noon." ”

As soon as the words fell, Bu Tong wailed,

"I don't write, this brush is too difficult to write, and my wrist hurts badly."

Chun Tao still wanted to persuade Bu Tong to get up and copy the book, but suddenly there was a knocking sound outside the window, but it was louder than before, Chun Tao pouted, "Come on, Miss, you don't have to copy the book at all, that Lord Tang is here again." ”

Saying that, he went to open the window, but he was stunned at the moment when he saw the outsiders in the window, and Bu Tong clapped his hands and got up from the table.

"What's wrong, Chun Tao? Didn't Xuanlin bring you anything to eat today? ”

After saying that, I walked over, and then I saw that the person hanging outside the window was clearly Suzaku.

Chun Tao looked at him vigilantly, "Who are you who dare to open the window of the Nanguo Mansion?" ”

Suzaku can't salute with his hands on the eaves of the window, but he still behaves, "Suzaku has seen Miss, and my lord asked me to deliver a letter to Miss." ”

Chun Tao looked straight at Bu Tong, and saw that Bu Tong nodded slightly, so he made way for him to come in.

Suzaku was a thin and clean young man, with a sunny and gentle appearance, and if you saw him on the street, you would probably think that this was a teacher in the school, dealing with classmates and papers all day long, and would not guess that he was the head of the fan who had almost eighty percent of the sources of information in the East Factory.

Suzaku was finally able to bow his hand, "I've seen Miss, Lord Overseer asked about the private position, and asked Miss if she wanted to go over and have a look?" ”

"So fast?" Bu Tong was surprised, "Even if Xie Ting is incompetent, he naturally knows what the outcome will be once this private company is exposed to His Majesty?" ”

Suzaku nodded, "Xie Ting naturally knows, but he was taken back to Dongchang, and after sitting in the Criminal Law Hall for a while, he couldn't hold on. ”

Bu Tong smiled,

"It seems that there are masters in the Criminal Law Hall," think about it carefully, now that Xingtian has not appeared, Dongchang's punishment has no deterrent effect at all.

"It's just a noble boy with fine clothes and fine food, but he doesn't have any integrity."

Speaking of this, Suzaku, who had always been respectful, suddenly spoke, "What Miss said is Zhongdi, and most of today's sons of the family are extravagant and prodigal, and they don't have half of their ancestors. ”

Butong: ......

Suzaku knew that he had lost his words, and hurriedly asked for the guilt, "I lost my words, the godson of the Nanguo Mansion is well known, the young general of the Bu family is brave and good at fighting, and Miss Bu is also smart and intelligent, which is naturally different from those noble sons of families who do not learn and have no skills." ”

Bu Tong smiled absently,

"We don't care about this, it's just that why you seem to have a bad impression of the children of the family, but what did you have in the past?"

Suzaku was silent.

Bu Tong didn't ask anymore, just got up and brought the cloak and put it on.

"I want to go and see how in this Kyoto city, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, can raise a group of pro-soldiers without being noticed."

Chun Tao stepped forward anxiously, "Miss, you can't go out of the house again, if Mama knows, I'm afraid I'll have to sue Madame." ”

Bu Tong smiled "hehe", "Then you have to cover it up for me, copy the book quickly, and I will definitely come back before the evening." ”

Leaving Chun Tao in the same place to do a hurry, Bu Tong followed Suzaku out of the door, although Suzaku is the first time to come to the Nanguo Mansion, but the route is very familiar, with Bu Tong three turns and two turns to a remote side door, did not meet a person in the house, "Miss, the carriage of the East Factory is simple, and I hope Miss will not give up." ”

Bu Tong looked at the carriage outside the door, his eyes widened in surprise,

"You've got it all arranged? And I touched my house so thoroughly that I slipped out to listen to the play all day long, and I didn't know that there was this corner gate. ”

Suzaku lowered his head slightly, and at some point put on the wide hood again, covering most of his face, "Back to Miss, this is the order of the Overseer, the road is far, and the road is uneven, I am afraid that I will be wronged Miss, as for this corner gate...... It was originally a place where the little servants who sent meat and vegetables to the house every day walked, and the nobles would not come here, so there were naturally few people who came and went on weekdays. ”

Bu Tong smiled, "You are familiar with it, and you even know everything about the food supply in this house." ”

Suzaku lowered his head and didn't speak, just said, "Miss, sit down" and drove the carriage forward.

Along the way through the city and streets, Bu Tong only felt that the hustle and bustle outside became very small until it disappeared, then he lifted the curtain to see, did not look at it tightly, after seeing it, he was instantly stunned, if it was not for the Suzaku sitting in front of him, he would have to be frightened for a while.

Confused this way, actually out of the city into the barren mountain, look at this appearance, about five miles out of the city, the vegetation is about the same as the place where the war tiger is stationed,

"But you're near the camp of the generals again?"

Suzaku turned his head slightly, "Miss, isn't she hungry?" This is five miles north of the city, and the same general is not in the same direction, and it will be half an hour away. ”

Said and handed over a food box, although it was already cold, but when I opened it, I saw that there were some pastries and the like, delicate and cute, but it was also delicious, and Butong stuffed a piece of red bean cake,

"Where did you buy this? It tastes good. ”

Suzaku didn't look back, and the wide hood didn't even move, "It's the lord's order, and I want to prepare it for the young lady before I go out of the city." ”

Is it Tang Xuanlin?

Bu Tong sat back happily, ate three or four pieces of food box, and looked at the scene outside the window, and suddenly felt that he was very big.

The carriage was passing through a mass grave.

As far as the eye can see, there are one grave bag after another, some of which have grown three feet of weeds, and the steles and stones are crooked; Some of the new graves are set up, the prayer flags are fluttering, scattered in the barren mountains and dead trees, it is very gloomy, Bu Tong's body is trembling, fortunately it is now noon, the sun is sufficient, otherwise I am afraid of death, I can't help but interrogate,

"Suzaku, where are we going?"

A voice came from outside the curtain, "If you go back to Miss, go two miles north and you will find the Xie family's mound." ”

Izuka?

Bu Tong was stunned, "Ancestral grave?" ”

Suzaku seemed to hesitate for a moment, "Exactly." ”

Good ideas, good ideas, pushed their ancestral graves to train soldiers? In this dynasty that respects the ancestors and admires the ancestors, Bu Tong still has some admiration.

"It's really courageous."

Suzaku didn't answer, and the two arrived at their destination in silence, the Xie family's mound, which was very elegantly repaired, occupied a high head, and the wall was towering.

Bu Tong looked up at the crimson "pillar of the country" four big characters on the archway, only felt quite ridiculous, the town of the country was set in the northwest, the five sons under his body were all killed on the battlefield, famous, leaving only a young son to inherit the position of the country, now I don't know the old country Gongquan knows, how do you feel about today's scene?

"Tong'er, are you tired all the way?" Tang Xuanlin didn't know where to come out, looking at Bu Tong's eyes shining.

Suzaku asked and retreated, Bu Tong looked at his back, "You are a good leader, but you have too few words, if I guard him for two days, I will have to suffocate myself." ”

Tang Xuanlin smiled, "Suzaku has a miserable background and a bad personality, so you don't have to make fun of others." ”

Bu Tong nodded, and walked in with Tang Xuanlin,

"How can I make fun of him, I see that he hates the children of the noble family in Kyoto City very much."

Tang Xuanlin smiled and did not continue the topic,

"See those on the road...... Are you afraid? ”

Bu Tong shook his head with a look of disgust, "It's okay, but what does this town think, really training in his ancestral tomb?" Wouldn't it bury the ancestors, and not be afraid of retribution? ”

What Bu Tong said was very in line with the way of thinking of "contemporary people", but Tang Xuanlin looked at her and smiled,

"I always thought that Tong'er wouldn't think like that."