The little scorpion guessed that Cen Yin and Mu Yan would be afraid that they would talk about something that was not humane to outsiders, and cleverly sent away all the subordinates who were waiting for the meal.

However, as soon as he made a cup of tea, Mu Yan swept away the food on the table, he wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "Big brother, you have eaten too little." Fortunately, I ate some dim sum at the Chu family before I came to you, otherwise these would be enough for me to eat. ”

Cen Yin was noncommittal, but when he heard the Chu family, his brows moved slightly, "The Chu family's side ......" Of course he already knew from his subordinates that the Ma family had been escorted back to Beijing.

"They have already taken Xiao Tian to live in the Chu family." Mu Yan poured half a cup of tea boldly, and roughly talked about the Ma family, Xiao Tian and the two elders of the Chu family, and as he spoke, the topic turned to the merchant named David Luo, and told him everything.

"Luckily, Zhen Zhen is smart!" Mu Yan praised Duanmu Fei lovingly, "She took a look at it, and found that the merchant was wrong, and ordered the secret guard to follow the merchant." ”

"......" Cen Yinjing drank tea by himself, and Mu Yan said.

"Big brother, do you think Zhen Zhen is sharp-eyed?" Mu Yan didn't expect Cen Yin to speak, and said to himself, "That is, Zhen Zhen has taken a fancy to me, and that vision is good!" ”

The corner of Cen Yin's eyes twitched. This kid seems to have completely forgotten about this family business, but he took the initiative to calculate.

Cen Yin didn't bother to listen to Mu Yan's nonsense anymore, and interrupted him while getting up: "Ah Yan, what do you think about this merchant?" ”

Mu Yan also stood up, a sharp light flashed under his eyes, and slowly spit out two words: "Huaizhou." ”

Mu Yan is just inferring, but in fact, there is no substantial evidence.

He just used the elimination method, the northern army has been rewarded again and again, and now Beiyan should take care of himself, and there is an aunt in Puguo who is in charge of the overall situation, and there is no way to go wrong, so the only one left who will send spies to the capital so painstakingly is Huaizhou.

Mu Yan followed Cen Yin from the hall into the left room, and the room had already lit two octagonal palace lamps, which were as bright as day.

A moth was flying around a palace lamp by the window, its wings fluttering against the lampshade of the palace lamp.

Mu Yan looked at the moth that was fighting the fire and raised his eyebrows.

What he couldn't figure out was that if the merchant named David Luo was one of those spies sent by Nan Huaiyu, why did they keep an eye on the Xu family?

What is there in the Xu family that those Nan Huai Yu sins care about so much?!

Mu Yan and Cen Yin exchanged a tacit look, what he could think of, Cen Yin also thought of.

Cen Yin sat down by the window and said lightly: "Let's wait and see what happens." ”

Mu Yan also sat down and leaned lazily on the back of the chair to answer.

The little scorpion walked towards the palace lamp with an expressionless face, and pinched the moth's wings with a shot like lightning.

The little scorpion was about to withdraw to deal with the moth, when he heard Mu Yan lazily order, "Little scorpion, come to the pot of wine." Well, the world should drink wine. ”

"......" The corners of the little scorpion's mouth twitched, this person really didn't know what politeness was.

Since Cen Yin didn't object, and he didn't let Mu Yan roll, the little scorpion could only respond, and the moth he grabbed in his hand fluttered its wings without giving up......

At this time, the sky outside had completely darkened, and the dark night sky was like a bright moon surrounded by countless jewels.

Silver moonlight poured in through the window, mingling with the lights in the room.

Cen Yin pondered for a moment, and then said unhurriedly: "Ah Yan, I still have another idea, maybe this merchant doesn't want to stare at the Xu family, but wants to get something from the Xu family." ”

"......" Mu Yan raised his eyebrows suspiciously at first, and then he understood.

Cen Yin meant that someone in the Xu family might have colluded with Nan Huaiyu.

Mu Yan's expression froze, and the dark phoenix eyes became even deeper in the cold moonlight.

According to Cen Yin, it makes sense.

Since beating his aunt Xu Jingsi and Qin Puguo, for more than ten years, the Xu family has been far away from the court, idle clouds and wild cranes, and now because of Mu Yan's correct name, Xu Mingzhen has been able to return to the court.

For the Xu family, this is a new life, but it will take time for the Xu family to gain a firm foothold in the court again.

The current foundation of the Xu family is still unstable, and the spies can't get much benefit from staring at the Xu family.

Unless, the merchant was sure that he could wait for something, that is, he was very likely to know someone from the Xu family, so he impatiently went to the area of the Xu family every day, over and over again, he was waiting for the person inside to deliver the letter to him.

Looking at Mu Yan's thoughtful face, Cen Yin said bluntly: "Ah Yan, it's not about you, it's about yourself, it's messing up." You're blind. ”

Just because this matter was related to the Xu family, Mu Yan instinctively did not want to suspect the Xu family, and did not want to suspect the Xu family of collusion with foreign clans.

Mu Yan pursed his thin lips and nodded: "Big brother, in this way, you can't startle the snake." ”

Mu Yan raised his eyes to look at Cen Yin, his phoenix eyes were clearer and brighter, firm as a rock.

He believed that his grandfather and grandmother were absolutely trustworthy, just as he trusted his aunt Xu Jingsi. That's enough!

Cen Yin smiled faintly, his eyes soft.

The curtain was raised from the outside, and the little scorpion who had just gone to fetch wine came back, not only bringing wine, but also matching glow-in-the-dark glasses.

Mu Yan shook his head.

In his opinion, this wine can be without a luminous glass, but it cannot be without something else.

"Where's the barbecue?" Mu Yan looked at the little scorpion and said confidently, "How can wine be without barbecue!" ”

The little scorpion wanted to remind the regent that he had just eaten dinner, but he finally held back. Seeing Cen Yin nodding, he retreated again.

Mu Yan personally poured wine for Cen Yin, and the faint aroma of wine filled the air, and the red wine was as red as blood.

Mu Yan hooked his lips and continued the previous topic: "Big brother, since you can't startle the snake, how about we lure the snake out of the hole?" ”

When Mu Yan figured it out, he calmed down, and his thoughts spun quickly.

If their assumptions are correct, the merchant has been going to Xu's house every day for the past few days, and he hasn't fallen for a day, which means that the person lurking in Xu's house has not been able to deliver the news for some reason.

The corners of Mu Yan's lips were raised higher, and the smile was wanton and cunning.

The cold night breeze blew slowly, the flowers and trees in the courtyard danced in the shadows, and the night breeze blew away the sound from the windows.

The night in the capital was very quiet, until the sound of a gong and the shouting of the husband came from afar.

The sound of the watch approached, and then faded away, and the surroundings returned to peace.

After finishing the business, Mu Yan's topic couldn't help but turn to Duanmu Fei again, and said, "Big brother, why do you say that Zhen Zhen is so clever!" The brocade guards in the capital didn't find any foreign spies, and Zhen Zhen saw through it at a glance, according to me, Zhen ......."

Cen Yin didn't bother to listen to his nagging, he took a fold from the side, and without saying a word, he directly threw it to Mu Yan.

With Mu Yan's skills, he naturally wouldn't be embarrassed enough to be smashed by this fold, so he caught it casually as soon as he raised his hand.

He immediately opened the fold, glanced at it, and was stunned for a moment.

This excerpt is about Mu Youjing, and it is the result of the investigation of the local yamen in cooperation with Jinyiwei.

Mu Yan looked at this fold at a glance and saw it quickly.

The local Wu County Commander said on the excerpt that Mu Youjing was killed as soon as he was taken from Jizhou into Jinzhou.

Mu Youjing's corpse was slashed several times on his face and body with hatred, and his death was extremely tragic.

The murderer is Jinjiazhai.

Mu Yan raised his sword eyebrows.

At that moment, there was movement in the courtyard outside, and through the window, a lantern could be seen swaying in this direction.

When the visitor approached, the lantern illuminated the courtyard, and Mu Yan found that it was the little scorpion who came with a small chamberlain, the little scorpion was carrying a food box in his hand, and the little chamberlain was carrying a small stove.

Both of them were very neat, and in a moment the stove was set two feet away from the window, and then a piece of half-baked venison was placed on the stove.

The little scorpion sent the little chamberlain away, and sat down by the stove to roast the meat for them himself.

Under the roasting fire, the venison makes a sizzling sound, and drops of grease drip into the fire, and a unique aroma of barbecue wafts through the air......

Mu Yan's nose moved, and he praised: "If this barbecue is to be eaten freshly roasted, big brother, your people will be able to do things, and they should be rewarded." ”

Of course, the little scorpion heard it too, and the corners of his lips twitched.

Of course, he didn't do it for Mu Yan, he just thought that maybe Mu Yan could coax the Overseer to eat a little. During this time, the Overseer's appetite was not good.

Smelling the aroma of barbecue and drinking wine, Mu Yan continued to look at the fold in his hand.

The local yacha and Jinyi guards both found arrows engraved with the mark of Jinjiazhai at the scene, and later investigated and inquired in the surrounding area, and some people claimed to have seen a group of mountain bandits.

Not only that, but the owner of Jinjiazhai also recognized it.

Moreover, he also publicized it as his merit in Jinzhou, saying that he killed the son of the emperor Lao'er in order to avenge the anger of the people of Jinzhou, and his pretentious behavior really coaxed a group of foolish people, so he won the support of many local people.

Those people felt that Mu Youjing's death was very happy.

The corners of Mu Yan's lips hooked, and he let out a disdainful sneer, and his eyes were unfathomable.

Mu Yan closed the fold again and said casually: "Jinzhou has also been in chaos for too long, it's time to move." ”

Before, because the war in the south had just ended, the war between the north and the northern Yan was stalemate, and it cost money and troops, so the plan they adopted for Jinju was to boil frogs in warm water, and there was no big move for the time being.

Mu Yan raised his eyebrows, Cen Yin knew what he was thinking, looked at the fold that Mu Yan put on the square table, and said, "Do you want Xiao Tian to ......?"

"Those who know me, big brother too!" Mu Yan's smile deepened, his sword eyebrows raised slightly, and his eyebrows showed a sharpness that looked at the world, "Xiao Tian has already returned to the Chu family, and when he recovers, he can hand over Jinzhou to him!" ”

Xiao Tian is Ah Ci's younger brother and his own person, and Mu Yan is also relieved to hand over Jinzhou to him.

Moreover, Xiao Tian grew up in Jinzhou, and established Taichu Village in Jinzhou, he has some local popularity in Jinzhou, and he is also familiar with Jinzhou, both public and private, Xiao Tian is the best candidate to take charge of Jinzhou.

The little scorpion brought up two plates of roast venison and carefully cut the roast meat.

Cen Yin slowly turned the luminous glass in his hand, and in the moonlight, the luminous glass containing wine sparkled, and the red wine was as bright as a ruby, and it was beautiful.

Cen could vaguely guess Mu Yan's thoughts.

Since ancient times, it is not uncommon to recruit An, but generally speaking, even if Zhao'an is recruited, it is just a false title, and it is unlikely that a state will be handed over to a "bandit".

It was because Xiao Tian was from the Chu family that Mu Yan made this decision.

For Mu Yan, for the Chu family, and for Xiao Tian, this is the best arrangement.

In fact, in Cen Yin's opinion, Mu Yan's appointment was a little reckless. However, this is not a big deal, so Cen Yin did not object.

After all, Mu Yan is the future emperor, Cen Yin will assist him, remind him, stand side by side with him, but will not point fingers at him.

Cen Yin took a shallow sip of wine, and the thick wine liquid overflowed his mouth, sweet and sour, mellow, and a little sour and astringent.

When the wine slides down the throat, it leaves a fragrant aroma.

"Good wine." Mu Yan praised it, took a sip of wine, a bite of roast venison, and feasted on it.

Seeing that Mu Yan was eating happily, Cen Yin also sandwiched a piece of venison to eat, and the venison was roasted delicately, salty, fragrant and delicious.

Ah Yan is right, wine should be paired with barbecue.

The corners of Cen Yin's lips curled slightly, and when he put down his chopsticks, he suddenly asked, "Ah Yan, when Xiao Tian knew that he was Chu Tingshu, how did he react to the Chu family?" ”

As soon as Cen Yin asked, Mu Yan became energetic, and after he swallowed the barbecue in his mouth, he gushed out: "Big brother, didn't you see it at the time, this kid is like a cat, vigilant and suspicious!" ”

"He's afraid he thinks that I deliberately found someone to coax him in order to recruit him."

"Maybe it's because blood is thicker than water, I see that his senses for the second elder of the Chu family are not bad, maybe I will wonder if I have even coaxed the second elder together."

Thinking of Xiao Tian's expression at that time, Mu Yan leaned forward and leaned back with a smile, his eyebrows shining.

"I guess he will inquire about Chu Tingshu again and want to find my loopholes."

"I'm not afraid of him inquiring, I'm afraid that he won't inquire, and I'm thinking nonsense by myself." Mu Yan added wine to himself, and his smile became even stronger.

"......" Cen Yin looked at Mu Yan with a strange expression, and tasted a hint of pampering from Mu Yan's smile.

He had felt that Mu Yan's attention to Chu Tingshu was a little too much, but at this moment, this feeling was even stronger, and he even felt that Mu Yan's attitude towards Xiao Tian was like that of his brother-in-law.

Cen Yin couldn't help but think of what Chu Qingyu said, Chu Qing, the person Mu Yan liked in his previous life, resigned......

The thought was fleeting.

It's that he's overthinking.

The stars twinkled in the night sky, looking down at the beings below, and the people on the earth were also looking up at the stars and moon in the sky.

Xiao Tian sat and leaned on the window frame, seemingly admiring the moon, but in fact he was a little absent-minded.

An incense with orchid incense lingering around the end of his nose, reminding Xiao Tian of the smell on Mrs. Chu's body, was also a similar incense.

Xiao Tian retracted his gaze and looked towards the corner of the room, where there was a three-legged incense burner with a white glazed relief lotus flower, and green smoke rose in the air, slowly spreading in the air.

Xiao Tian's ears couldn't help but sound the words that Mrs. Chu said when she brought him to this courtyard at dusk: "Xiaotian, this Chunhui Garden is the courtyard where your father lived before he got married, and you live first." If there is a place where you are not used to living, you can just say, you're welcome, this is home, don't treat yourself as a guest! ”

Xiao Tianxia subconsciously glanced at the room.

The room is spotlessly cleaned, the beauty couch of sour branch wood, the five-leaf embroidered pine, bamboo, plum and crane screens of rosewood seats, the wreath chairs carved by mahogany, and the multi-treasure grid of various bonsai decorations......

This room is too exquisitely furnished, and Xiao Tian feels out of place with him no matter how he looks at it.

Is he the little young master of this century-old mansion?

I heard that the Chu family is a centuries-old scholarly family and a hairpin family!

I can't believe it!

That Mu Yan is really a weirdo, even if he wants to make up a story to tell himself, why don't he make up a credible point, such as finding a general's mansion or something, it's easier to win his trust, right?

Or, does Mu Yan want to use this kind of brocade clothes, jade food, and pulse warmth to erode and soften him step by step?

Xiao Tian looked around the room again.

For some reason, staying here made him feel inexplicably reassured, and the incense also made him feel inexplicably familiar......

The tip of Xiao Tian's nose moved again, closing his eyes and savoring the smell of incense......

No.

He snapped his eyes open again, and his big eyes were cold and alert.

This kind of peace of mind is not good for him.

He used to be a dart master, and then he was forced to become a bandit.

For more than a decade, he has been accustomed to living in crisis.

The dart master lived a life of licking blood from the knife edge, and five of his brothers died when he went out to escort the dart, leaving only the cold corpse to be transported back......

And then ......

Thinking of the past, Xiao Tian's pupils shrank, and he clenched his fists when he saw that his lazy figure was tight.

It's not a good thing that too comfortable a day will make him lose his vigilance!

"We still have to run away!" Xiao Tian muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear.

There was a sound of light footsteps outside, and then, the Xiangfei curtain was raised from outside, and an eight or nine-year-old young man in Tsing Yi came in with a red lacquered wooden food box, and said with a smile: "Third son, Mrs. Tai specially asked the kitchen to prepare supper for the son." ”

While speaking, the little guy also saw Xiao Tian's sitting posture with a subtle expression.

The Chu family is a scholarly family, which of the sons and girls in the house is not gentle and elegant, before today, the little girl couldn't imagine that there would be a son of the Chu family who was so informal.

The little girl didn't dare to say anything, so she carried the food box to the Ruyi Xiaofang by the window, and then took out the same hot snacks from the food box, bird's nest, yam and jujube paste cake and a bowl of milk and poria cream.

Xiao Tian never wronged himself, he was happy when he saw that there was a supper to eat, and jumped off the window sill.

He sat down on a circle chair on the side of the square table, crossed Erlang's legs, and ate the bird's nest first.

His mouth never remained idle, and while eating, he asked casually, "How old are you?" Coming out to work at such a young age, isn't your father and mother distressed? ”

The little guy had already been instructed by the second elder of the Chu family, and he would answer all questions, and he knew everything: "The little one has just passed his ninth birthday. The little ones are not small, most of the children in the house are seven or eight years old to enter the house to run errands, and the younger sister Pomegranate is eight years old this year, and she is on an errand in the yard of the ninth girl. ”

Afraid that Xiao Tian would misunderstand the harshness of the Chu family, the little girl added: "Actually, the pomegranate is just playing with the nine girls." ”

Hearing the little girl talk about the six girls, Xiao Tian's action of eating bird's nest paused, and his expression was subtle.

According to the second elder of the Chu family, just in the Chu family in the capital, he has more than a dozen cousins and sisters, and counting the people of the Chu clan who live in different places, it is even more innumerable.

The corners of Xiao Tian's eyes twitched, and he asked again in disguise: "Which room is the ninth girl from?" ”

"Four rooms." The little maid immediately replied, "The fourth master and the fourth lady have five young masters under their knees, and the ninth girl, the concubine, has always been like a pearl in the palm of her hand......"

Xiao Tian just asked, but as soon as the little guy said it, he said it in great detail, roughly saying how many sons and girls there were in each room, and finally sighed: "Our house is the thinnest in the long house." ”

"Fortunately, Third Young Master, you're back......"

"If the prince and Mrs. the prince have spirits in the sky and know that the third young master is back, they will definitely be very happy!"

The nine-year-old boy has clear eyes, and has not yet experienced the smoky miasma of adults, and his expression is particularly sincere.

Xiao Tian finished eating a bowl of bird's nest, wiped his mouth, picked up a piece of yam and jujube paste cake and ate it, and asked, "I heard that the prince died because of defending the city?" ”

Xiao Wu nodded vigorously: "At that time, the general army of Longzhou was killed in battle, and the prince and the first Wenchen were ordered to take the lead in leading the troops to defend Linze City, and the Pu army was stuck for nearly a month. ”

Pu Ren was despicable and shameless, captured the wife of the prince and put her in front of the battle, and coerced the prince to open the city gate. In order not to affect the prince and the people of Linze City, Mrs. Shizi committed suicide in front of the battle. ”

"The prince led the army and the people of the city to defend for half a month, but Linze City was still broken, and on that day, the prince resolutely jumped off the city wall and died ...... the city."

The little guy choked up slightly, and even his breath was a little messy.

Xiao Tian just asked casually at first, but when he heard this, he was already in a trance.

Before, when he was in the princess's mansion, the second elder of the Chu family told him about the process of Chu Tingshu's separation, but they didn't say how Chu Junxian and his wife died, but only roughly said that the prince's wife Ye was captured by the Pu people in Longzhou, but Chu Tingshu was missing, and Chu Tingshu disappeared after that. The Chu family sent people to Longzhou and found that all the people accompanying the Ye family were dead, and it was not until today that the Chu family knew that the original nurse Ma was still alive.

"......" Xiao Tian suddenly felt that the yam and jujube paste cake in his mouth was not so sweet.

He swallowed the pastry in his hand in twos and threes, and picked up the cup of milk and poria cream.

The little guy continued: "The little father was the one who served by the side of the prince back then, and at that time, the little father was sent by the prince to pick up Mrs. Shizi, but he was lucky enough to pick up a life. ”

"Back then, the bones of the prince and his wife were thrown in the mass grave by the Pu people, and no one collected the bodies, and it was the little father who carried the bones of the two of them back to the capital from Longzhou. At that time, it was already a cold winter......"

This little guy was only ten years old, and when the incident happened, he was not yet born, and he listened to his old son about these things.

remembered that when his father was drunk, he often cried hoarsely when he talked about these old things, and the little guy felt a little empathy, and his eyes were red.

"......" Xiao Tian ate the cup of milk and poria cream in his hand a little unapprehably, and his heart was heavy.

He yawned lazily, waved his hand, and said, "I'm tired, you can step back first." ”

The little guy wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his cuffs, and promised again and again. He put all the snacks on the square table into the food box, then retreated, and said, "Third Young Master, the little one is keeping vigil outside, if you have any matter, just call the little one." ”

Xiao Tian responded absentmindedly and went to the inner room, he neither took off his boots nor his clothes, so he fell directly on the couch.

He was alone in the inner room, and the silence made the smell of incense especially clear.

Xiao Tian sat up from the couch again, glanced around, and then picked up a blue and white porcelain vase from a tall table and put it on the incense burner to block the smell of incense.

Then he opened all the windows of the inner chamber again, and the evening breeze blew through the treetops and into the house, blowing away the remnants of the scent of smoke in the house.

After losing the disturbing smell, Xiao Tian felt much more comfortable, took off his boots, and lay back on the couch.

It's not even two days now, in fact, it's far from the moment when Xiao Tian rests on weekdays, and he doesn't feel very tired, and he is still thinking about today's events in his mind......

Over and over again.

Over and over again.

Unconsciously, Xiao Tianyan fell asleep.

Xu is thinking about it day and night, and this night, Xiao Tian had a dream.

In the dream, he seemed to be very young, and he needed to look up at people with his head hard, and he walked and staggered.

He clutched a woman's skirt tightly and called "mother" in a milky voice.