Hou Maomao's brain was confused for a while.

Even the person who is called Mrs. Zhao by their Steward Zhao, who is this sister?

"Little hairy boy, are you wondering, who am I?"

Qu Xiaobai flicked his head and collapsed.

Hou Maomao said: "Steward Zhao calls you Mrs., then are you the wife of the owner?" ”

"You guessed it, you're pretty smart. I am the wife of your super-handsome and super-powerful owner of the Divine Dragon, and Yang Qu's is me. ”

Hou Maomao looked confused. It's almost a few words written on the face: I don't believe it, I think you're bragging.

But the reality can't allow him not to believe it, after all, Steward Zhao respects her so much. But this ...... Is this woman who jumps up and down full of nonsense really the rumored woman who is very kind and capable?

"Little hairy boy, don't you believe me?"

"Faith." Hou Maomao nodded heavily.

Chong She can make Steward Zhao so obedient, and he has to believe it.

After a short time, he arrived at the door of Zhao Yuan's house, and Hou Maomao looked surprised: "This is Zhao's housekeeper." ”

"Yes, it's your Zhao steward, go, take you to the table, after you go in, you don't have to care about anything, just eat and drink from the sea."

"Hmm." Maomao agreed very happily.

But when Qu Xiaobai took him into the door, he saw that the people in the house, all of them were wearing brocade clothes and gorgeous shirts, and their faces were all very majestic, he was immediately stunned. I stumbled outside the door and didn't dare to step inside.

The room full of people looked at Qu Xiaobai and Hou Maomao in surprise, but Yang Ling looked at Qu Xiaobai with gentle and joyful eyes.

"I picked up a child on the road, and I was so hungry that I stole food, Yang Ling, if this kind of thing happens in your village, you are not very qualified as the owner of the village."

Qu Xiaobai entered the door and beckoned to Hou Maomao: "Come in quickly, see if there is anything delicious on the table." ”

Hou Maomao didn't move, she shoved him through the door and pressed him to a chair. Yang Ling moved a chair and put it beside him, and said calmly: "The owner is you, not me." "It's a clean shift of responsibility.

Qu Xiaobai calmly blessed everyone, sat down, and said, "I am a woman's family, what am I the owner of the village." Hey, General Mu Xiao, speaking of which, this child's father died on the battlefield, and his mother also died of illness, don't you have any special pension for such martyr orphans? ”

She seemed to ask casually, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was going to Mu Nanyun.

Bringing such a child in, naturally, he also came from Benmu Nanyun.

Hou Maomao sat beside Lin Pei, and Lin Pei silently pushed two plates of meat in front of Hou Maomao's eyes, "Eat." ”

Hou Maomao's inquiring eyes fell on Qu Xiaobai, and Qu Xiaobai smiled: "Didn't I bring you here to let you eat?" Eat it. ”

Mu Nanyun's expression was faint, he glanced at Qu Xiaobai, then at Yang Ling, and finally, stood up, picked up a plate of sauced beef in front of him, slowly walked to Hou Maomao's side, stacked the sauced beef in front of him, and said softly: "Child, eat." ”

Hou Maomao looked at him blankly for a moment, "Oh." ”

Mu Nanyun returned to his seat and continued to ask, "Child, have you studied?" ”

Qu Xiaobai said with a smile: "He has a name, his name is Hou Maomao." Lao Mu, this name has a spell with me, don't you say? ”

Mu Nanyun: "......" Brother Bai, when it comes to business, you don't make people laugh, and it's uncomfortable if you don't laugh.

Several shocked eyes on the table looked at Qu Xiaobai, Lao Mu? What kind of relationship is this so good, dare to call General Mu Xiao Lao Mu? The most shocking thing was naturally Zhang Jinglin and Zhang County.

He doesn't know much about Qu Xiaobai's uninhibited temperament.

Mu Nanyun only pretended not to see everyone's gaze, and continued: "Brother Yang, Xiaobai, can you let Mao Mao go to study in the academy?" ”

"Yes." Qu Xiaobai is very generous.

"Don't worry, I will pay for Maomao's tuition."

Qu Xiaobai just wanted to refuse, but Yang Ling preemptively said: "General Mu Xiao has this heart, you might as well donate more money to the college, most of the children enrolled in the college today are orphans or children of poor families, the college has always been free of tuition, but the financial resources of the village are also limited, if General Mu Xiao is willing to help, I think the children will thank you for your kindness." ”

Mu Nanyun smiled on his face: "As the supervisor of the border army, I am responsible for guarding national defense, so naturally I should do my best for these children." When I got back, I asked the butler to take the money to the academy. ”

Qu Xiaobai could only secretly admire in his heart. In terms of shamelessness, she is not as good as Yang Ling.

In terms of pity, no one here can compare to Mu Nanyun.

Tao Yu is also an old man, and immediately stood up and arched his hand: "Then, the old man will thank General Mu for his kindness on behalf of the children of the academy." ”

Mu Nanyun stood up and returned the salute, and said solemnly: "The old gentleman doesn't have to be polite, this is what the younger generation should do." I should also thank Brother Yang and Xiaobai, you have done everything I should do, I am really ashamed, thank you both here. ”

Qu Xiaobai said: "Then you have to drink three cups." ”

"The fragrance of good wine, three glasses is enough."

"Then you drink more."

"That's definitely going to have to drink more, how can you miss such a good wine? By the way, Xiaobai, the army is going to have a celebration banquet the day after tomorrow, and the wine should not be enough, can you, Ling Zhixiang, sell some to the army? ”

Qu Xiaobai looked regretful: "That's sorry, before next autumn, this wine will be gone." ”

"That's a pity." Mu Nanyun laughed dryly. He didn't think that the wine was gone, even if it was cellared, it couldn't all be cellared, he thought that Xiaobai deliberately didn't sell the wine to him, "This wine is really good to sell." ”

This misunderstanding is beautiful. He underestimated Brother Xiaobai's handiwork.

Qu Xiaobai smiled faintly, "So, cherish the beautiful bar in front of you, if you want to drink this Ling Zhixiang, you have to wait until after next autumn." ”

Lin Pei said: "Then I'll have to drink a few more glasses." ”

After the conflict with Yang Ling, when they met again, the two of them acted as if nothing had happened, they should drink and drink, and they should talk and laugh.

Qu Xiaobai has been very familiar with this form of swords, guns, swords, and halberds in the light and drizzle, since that life, so it is not a matter of taking it seriously, Hengzhu Lin Pei is a very useful person to the academy, and she is naturally willing to see him stay in the academy.

Zhang Jinglin, who had never interjected much, said: "In this way, the lower officials will follow General Mu Xiao." ”

"Lord Zhang is serious, today's wine, but the Yang brothers and his wife prepared it, and it is the Yang brothers and his wife who should be thanked by Lord Zhang." Mu Nanyun looked down on people like Zhang Jinglin, but he also knew that only people like him in Nanping could make it convenient for him to act. So, in the past few years, we have been getting along like this.

But he didn't want to give him face.

Zhang Jinglin has been used to it in the past few years, after all, in the past, it was extremely difficult for him to even see the face of this Mu Xiao general, and if there was anything, it was Mu Nanyun's subordinates who were dealing with him.

Mu Nanyun's subordinates have always been arrogant and unscrupulous, let alone Mu Nanyun.

Zhang Jinglin hurriedly raised his glass: "Then, the official will thank Gongzi Yang and Mrs. Yang." ”

Thank you a lot, thank you a lot, and put "this official" on your lips, obviously afraid of Mu Nanyun behind Yang Qu and his wife, and unwilling to wronged himself in front of these two ordinary people.

"Lord Zhang is polite, it is an honor for my husband and wife to come here with a face."

Yang Ling was faint, and there was no expression of honor on his face.

Zhang Jinglin sneered and said: "Speaking of which, there is something I forgot to tell Yang Gongzi, the people from the household department in Beijing have all returned to Kyoto, and there should be no big problem about the enclosure, but the official of the household department said before leaving, how to characterize, we have to wait for the above words, so Yang Gongzi still has to make preparations with both hands." ”

This is clearly an invitation to merit.

But the occasion he chose today was wrong, with Mu Nanyun here, how could the matter of enclosure be brought to the surface?

Before Yang Ling could speak, Mu Nanyun sneered: "Enclosure? What is Lord Zhang talking about? ”

Zhang Jinglin was sincerely afraid: "Exactly." ”

Mu Nanyun raised his eyebrows: "Someone from Beijing?" Why didn't I know about this? ”

I couldn't tell if he was angry or what, but Zhang Jinglin didn't dare to speculate, so he could only say very humbly: "Back to the little general's words, when someone came from Beijing, he didn't let the little general be alarmed, and the lower official thought that this was not a big deal, so he didn't report it to the little general." ”

Qu Xiaobai secretly thought in his heart, Lao Mu, you are also a drama master, how can there be things you don't know about in Nanping County? What's more, it's from Beijing? Don't say that Jingzhong is coming, even if a mosquito flies in, it will also be under your sight, right?

I thought so in my heart, but I didn't say anything more.

Mu Nanyun smiled coldly, "The master has not been in Beijing all these years, but these dog officials have forgotten the master's power." It doesn't matter, the master will return to Beijing next year to report on his work, and he will meet these things that can't be put on the table. ”

These words are arrogant and wanton, Qu Xiaobai has known him for so long, and he has always felt that he lives a depressed and careful life, and only his current performance can deserve his reputation as a vigorous and resolute young man.

Zhang Jinglin trembled, and secretly wiped a handful of cold sweat on his forehead, and only then did he feel what kind of circle he was in now.

In the past, he didn't hear about the grievances and grievances between General Mu Xiao and the fifth princess, but he was also a person with some brains, knowing that the rumors were not credible, the marriage contract was still there, and General Mu Xiao was still a quasi-concubine, as long as he was still a quasi-concubine, his power would still be there.

Now it seems that he is indeed in power. It's just that...... No matter how powerful you are, you have to be the enemy of those high-ranking officials in Beijing......

That's the circle that he Zhang Jinglin can't provoke. At his age, he no longer wants to climb the dragon and the phoenix, he just wants to work in peace and stability for a few years, and then take his wife and soft to find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to retire.

But now......