Jin Niang told the truth, but this truth was not heard.

However, Xu Erlang only glanced at her meaningfully, and did not refute her words. His brain waves and Jin Niang are not on the same channel. Jin Niang is now only thinking about human life or not, but what he knows is what can be used and perfected.

For example, can you make a fuss from the words "prolong life", so that Emperor Yunwen can increase support for Hezhou's soldiers, horses, grain, grass and weapons.

People are afraid of death, even if it is a human emperor who is "long live, long live, long live, long live". Since ancient times, there have been countless emperors who have asked for immortal medicine and wanted to take advantage of this immortality. The confusion is too great, and if you tell Emperor Yunwen, then as long as you can knock down the tartars, Emperor Yunwen will answer all the requests of Hezhou.

But this matter also has to think about how to deal with the aftermath. After all, prescriptions are not something that can be found by asking, and medicinal materials are not something that can be found by looking for them. If there is no perfect way to deal with this matter, it cannot be used. Otherwise, it will not be beautiful to end up lifting a stone and hitting yourself in the foot.

Also, since Jieli Wanheng did not die at the predetermined time, the plan for the Tartars also had to be changed. Now he had to ponder whether to send someone to assassinate Jieli Wanheng, and try to make the earlier plan go as planned; Or simply postpone the plan.

If it is assassinated, I am afraid that the second person will not be selected except him; If the plan is delayed, he is afraid that he will have to go to the border again in the near future to meet Chu Zhong.

Xu Erlang pondered these many things in his mind, but even if he had a lot of thoughts in his heart, he didn't show anything on his face.

A few children were playing with lanterns, and Jinniang was busy letting the maids serve the food.

At the end of the year, it is really time to celebrate until Chinese New Year's Eve. Even though the family is not full of people this year, there are children cheering on their knees, and the atmosphere is lively and joyful.

After eating, a few children collapsed with Jinniang, took off their shoes and sat gossiping and eating snacks, and kept vigil by the way. Xu Erlang was pulled by Jin Niang, and he also took off his boots and went to the pit.

When the night was getting deeper, the triplets, who had been playing crazy, finally couldn't help but fall asleep in the arms of the grandmother. followed by Changle and Xiaoyuer. Brother Rong still wants to insist, after all, he is the eldest son in the family, and he will set up a household in the future, and the sisters are little girls who can't bear it and can go back to rest, he can't do it, he wants to stay with his father and mother.

But Brother Rong'er was lectured by Jin Niang before he said this, "There are many things that children care about. Listen to my mother's words and go back to sleep quickly. You're still young, if you're a few years older, you'll be able to accompany your parents. Now, it's right to go to bed quickly. Haven't you heard that children of your age can only grow when they sleep, you don't rest, you don't grow tall, and you won't be as tall as your sisters in the future. ”

Brother Rong is full of black lines.

He was a year older, but his mother still coaxed him like a three-year-old child.

He believes that he can only grow taller by sleeping more. But when my mother lectured the two sisters just now, she also used this set of rhetoric. He listened to it really. So how old is this "growing up", and when can he be trusted by his parents, have the right to speak, and be trusted by his parents?

Brother Rong went back to rest with his head bowed, he had really stayed up for a long time, and as soon as he came out of the flower hall, he began to yawn. Seeing this, the little guy next to him wanted to carry him away and let him sleep on his shoulder, but Brother Rong waved his hand and refused without thinking about it. He wants his parents to treat him as an adult, so he can't act as unscrupulous as a child. Only if he treats himself as an adult, his parents will not treat him as a child.

Chinese New Year's Eve passed lively, and then because Xu Erlang secretly ran to the border again, the originally planned trip to see the ice sculpture was naturally canceled.

Xiao Yu'er is a little depressed, Changle is okay, after all, she is older and knows more about the war, and now she is crazy about the word "pharmaceutical" in her head, and she still has the idea of having fun.

and Brother Rong, who also boasts of being an adult. It's not that much to play with. Besides, I've seen it before, and I don't think it's strange anymore, so I don't think much of it wants to go out and play.

Xiao Yu'er saw that her sister and brother had no one to talk to her, so she could only bring the triplets to chatter. Tell them how beautiful the ice sculptures are, how majestic the carved lions and tigers are, and the triplets who hook are ready to move, Jin Niang didn't look at them and took the little fish's hand and ran out of the door.

Jin is not angry, nor is she laughing, she nodded Xiao Yu'er's finger, "You are still a sister, and you are actually doing bad things with a few small ones." It's such a big girl's house, I should say kiss to you another day, why are you still so playful? ”

Xiao Yu'er didn't open up at all, so she didn't think there was anything embarrassing about "saying kiss". Besides, the mother just said verbally, if she really said kiss at this time, the mother was reluctant.

She knew that her mother was very depressed about her little aunt being set so early. So for her and her sister's family affairs, my mother is not in a hurry at all. She even heard her mother and father say in private that she and her sister would talk about marriage before they got married, and they would marry again when they were eighteen - given that they might not be able to make decisions on the day when the little aunt got married, they had to make all the decisions about the marriage of their niece and daughter. Besides, being an aunt and grandmother at home and marrying someone else's daughter-in-law are definitely not the same, so if you are not afraid that if you stay for a long time, others will gossip, and your mother is ready to wait for them to be more than 20 years old, and then let them get married.

Xiao Yu'er Stinger knew it, so he was not frightened by his mother's "threat" at all.

However, when Daddy is not at home, it is really not appropriate for a few of them to let their mother go out with them. It's not that I'm worried about safety, but I must have met many acquaintances when I went to see the ice sculptures. At that time, so many people will come to talk and say goodbye, and my mother will definitely be impatient.

So if you don't go, don't go, it's a big deal to wait for Daddy to come back, and then they will go to see the ice sculptures.

The winter in Hezhou is very long, and these days are cloudy and windy, and it doesn't look like the weather is going to be sunny. In this way, the ice sculpture lasts for a long time, and it can always be seen.

Time passed day by day, and it even snowed again on the 10th day of the new year.

This is the eighth snow of the year, but fortunately it didn't fall for long, but the day's work stopped. But because of the heavy snowfall, the snow on the ground also touched the neck.

Jin Niang looked at it every day, and she couldn't wait for Xu Erlang.

But it's also a matter of thought.

Although Hezhou is only two or three days away from the border, it is usually a good time to walk. Now that the roads are crushed by snow in winter, not to mention that the road is difficult, it is even more likely that a careless person may fall into the trap of a hunter if he is not careful, and it is more likely that he will fall into the pit if he is not prepared. In this way, the trip will definitely be delayed, and Xu Erlang must have seen Chu Zhong more than just the border in the past, so it is understandable that he will be away from home for a long time.

When Xu Erlang finally arrived home, it was the day of the Lantern Festival.

He came back intact, which made Jinniang very happy, and she couldn't help but smile and walk with the wind.

That is, on this day, the same prefect went to some officials in Hezhou and the mansion of the nobles of the family to post, saying that the same prefect set up a plum blossom banquet, and invited everyone to bring their families to the same prefect to attend the banquet on the specified date.

After the post was sent, I immediately received many replies, and everyone will naturally not be absent from Yunyun, and there is that clever tongue, and he is grateful to Dade in the post, saying that it is really grateful to be remembered by adults.

Changle and Xiaoyuer, who helped Jin Niang read the reply, saw such a post, and were numb by the polite words inside, and they had to shake their little bodies from time to time, as if they were going to shake the goosebumps off their bodies.

Xiao Yu'er, a narrow ghost, also deliberately read two paragraphs to Jin Niang and Changle. Helplessly, her mother and her sister were higher than her, except for laughing, they did not give Xiao Yu'er the expected reaction.

Xiao Yu'er was not satisfied, and muttered in a low voice, "It's as if I didn't know anything, hum." ”

Changle pursed his lips and smiled, Jin Niang also smiled, and said without a big deal, "You just know that you haven't seen it." Hey, you're kind of self-aware. ”

Little Fish: Depressed......

She sighed dejectedly, and then she didn't know what to think, her eyes purred, and she jumped up to Jinniang like a monkey, holding her arm and coquettishly. "I don't know much because I can't go anywhere else except at home all day. If I could go out and run all day like my sister, I would not only know this little bit in the inner house. ”

Oops, that's a lot of ideas. Jin Niang looked at the little fish with great interest.

Xiao Yu'er was encouraged, and immediately said crookedly, "So, my mother asked me to go out more in the future?" I don't ask to go out every day like my sister, so you just let me go out every once in a while, it's not too much, right? ”

Jin Niang sneered, "Heh, it's too much." Without waiting for Xiao Yu'er to continue to chatter, Jin Niang interrupted her with words, "Your sister goes out every day because she wants to go out to learn medicine and diagnose the pulse." It can't be said that you go out every day, after all, Changle is at home at least three or five days in January. And she's busy with business. As for you, I didn't care about you and didn't let you go out. But if you want to go out for a walk, but if you want to go out and walk around every now and then, don't you want to study? Didn't you do your homework? Your family also helped my mother take care of it? Hmph, you still want to run out to play every day, why don't you go to heaven? ”

Jin Niang didn't take a break and slammed the little fish back.

Bear child, seeing that the war broke out on the border, the foreign enemy has not yet driven away, and there are silverfish inside. Those families can even do things that betray the country, so if they kidnap her little girl and threaten Xu Erlang or something, it is not impossible. So for the sake of the family, let's stop in the house.

It's not necessarily safe to stay in the house, but anyway, it's safer than wandering the streets, right?

Xiao Yu'er was pressed back by her mother's words, and she was very aggrieved. On the way back to Shuiyunju, she bit her ears with Changle, "I think my mother's menopause has arrived." ”

The word "menopause" was also heard by the sisters from Jinniang. Their mother/aunt always confides in some very ...... when they are in a relaxed state of mind Subtle words. Although after the words are spoken, the mother/aunt will be annoyed, and will purse her lips with a look of regret, as if she said something that should not be said. But when they asked, she would definitely explain it to them.

As a result, the sisters knew that menopausal women were explosive and irritable at a certain age, and their minds were seriously abnormal.

Isn't this consistent with my mother's current mental state? So my mother is really going to menopause?

But it shouldn't.

After all, my mother is just for her explosive and irritable, and she is still very gentle with her sister. So, is my sister my mother's daughter?

Changle could see Xiao Yu'er's thoughts almost at a glance. For a while, I was really angry, and neither was laughing. She rubbed the little fish helplessly, and could only say, "You can have a snack." If you don't, don't say it again. Auntie cares most about age and beauty, you should be clever in the future, otherwise you will poke your aunt's lung tube, be careful that your aunt turns around and lets you continue to learn needlework. ”

Xiao Yu'er was frightened by this threat, and covered her mouth and didn't dare to nag anymore.

However, he said that it would soon be the day of the banquet with the prefect, and the prefect came and went with fragrant clothes and sideburns, and the lively noise was everywhere.

At this banquet, Changle and Xiao Yu'er, as little hosts, naturally wanted to entertain guests, and the two quickly noticed that there seemed to be something different.

Maybe Su Zhizhou's promotion is a foregone conclusion, and these people feel that their father/second uncle is just around the corner to become Xu Zhizhou, so even the little girls who used to have some dirt with them are now polite to them. There are even those officials and ladies, and even pulled down their bodies to praise them again and again, as if they were fairies descending to earth.

Xiao Yu'er and Changle are both astute, and after figuring it out, their faces are silent, but their next actions are more cautious.

is also because they are polite and amiable, but they attract a few little girls to whisper to them.

Xiao Yu'er and Changle had a little talk, and they set out what they wanted to know.

It's really the same as they think, these people think that their father/second uncle will be the next governor, so they were told by their family before going out, and they came to the same prefect to have a good life with their sisters. Don't ask for favor, just don't be disliked.

Xiaoyuer and Changle: ......

Everyone thinks that it is a foregone conclusion that Daddy/Second Uncle will become Zhizhou, but if the imperial court makes other arrangements and appoints a new Zhizhou to take office, then how embarrassing their family's situation should be.

Xiao Yu'er and Changle were full of solemnity, and when the banquet was dispersed and the guests were sent away, they quietly said these words to Jin Niang.

Jin Niang was in the same situation as them, and even worse, she had already known about these rumors earlier. So for now, reassure the little girls and let them do whatever they have to do. Left and right, regardless of whether Xu Erlang can become a Zhizhou or not, their good days are still there. In Hezhou, no one dares to underestimate or bully them.

sent the little girls away, and when they rested at night, Jin Niang couldn't help but ask how likely Xu Erlang was.

Everyone loves to be promoted and get rich.

If the person who was promoted was her man, it would be a good thing. Not to mention that the man's grade is higher, she will salute people less often in the future. Let's just say that in the case of war at any time, it is better to be the first in command than the second in command.

So, Xu Zhizhou, hehe, this title is also very good.

Xu Erlang heard Jin Niang's snickering, and the corners of his mouth slowly outlined. But there is no conclusive conclusion on the coffin, and it is in vain to say it. So, let's not talk about that.

Xu Erlang doesn't talk about it, but Jin Niang doesn't follow. She snuggled in his arms and twisted, only tortured Xu Erlang to lose her temper, and finally could only lean into her ear and say two words.

Jin Niang's eyes became brighter and brighter, brighter and brighter, and finally she couldn't help it, and laughed on his chest.

Zhizhou is from the fourth grade, although it is one level higher than Xu Erlang's current grade, but that is different.

Xu Tongzhi, hehe, it's good.

Because of the expectation in her heart, Jin Niang felt that this day was becoming more and more difficult.

She stayed up from the first month to February. It's past the days when the dragon raised its head, and the triplets have been haircuted, but the imperial decree hasn't come down yet.

Jin Niang is a little worried, the location of this Zhizhou will not be cut off halfway, right?

Although Hezhou is poor and remote, it stands to reason that no one looks down on it. But no matter how small a mosquito is, it's meat. Maybe there are those officials who want to put people in that position. Moreover, if you have a keen sense of smell, you will definitely notice the state of Hezhou's guard, and at this time, if someone has the intention of embezzling military salaries and grain, and places people in the position of Zhizhou, it is really not easy to do.

Thinking of this series of possibilities, Jin Niang felt bald.

At this time, she really regretted it, why did she ask Xu Erlang about it. If you ask, you can't wait for the result immediately, it's better to be entangled in your heart first. Anyway, I didn't have to expect so much at that time. But now, alas, I am afraid that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment at that time.

Jin Niang is reluctant to give up every day, Xu Erlang naturally sees it. He also said two sentences to her, but Jin Niang said that she had changed it, and she did it again two days later.

Xu Erlang simply didn't care, let her go. Don't worry about this, she has to worry about the Tartar's side again. Her heart can't be idle. Alright, let her go.

Just in Jinniang's thoughts day and night, the officials of the Ministry finally came to Hezhou one day in mid-February.

Master Su was promoted to the capital as he wished, although he was still a Langzhong from the fourth grade, but there was still a difference between the Beijing official from the fourth grade and the local official from the fourth grade. Although Master Su was promoted to the idle yamen of the Ministry of Rites, he was also promoted anyway.

Master Su was promoted, and the vacated position of Hezhou Zhizhou, the imperial court did not arrange other manpower, Xu Erlang was promoted one level according to the old calendar, and from today on, it is a veritable Hezhou Zhizhou.

Zhengwupin was promoted from the fourth rank, but it was promoted by one level, and it was promoted in this kind of poor country, which is not a big deal.

But for the people of Hezhou, for the officials of the Hezhou government, there is still something different.

The officials who came with the documents handed over the documents to Xu Erlang, and they were invited to the same prefect's mansion for a banquet.

During this period, there were no outsiders, and Xu Erlang opened his mouth to ask, "I don't know who will take over after I know it?" ”

The official replied with a smile, "Your Majesty has a will, the Tao is such a trivial matter, and Lord Zhizhou can make his own decision." ”