Grandma Sun," Xu Xiyu smiled slightly, "Your tea is cold." I'll ask the maid to give you another cup of tea......"

While speaking, a round-faced girl in Tsing Yi came in with a curtain, curtsied, and bowed: "Third girl, Mrs. Tai has sent someone over to invite Grandma Sun to come over." ”

Xu Xiyu hurriedly said: "Grandma Sun, since it is grandmother who is invited, you can go over quickly." I'll copy the scriptures well. She looked gentle and submissive.

Mama Sun nodded without a smile and followed the girl in green clothes out of the house.

The moment the curtain fell, Xu Xiyu's face changed suddenly, the smile on the corner of his mouth was put away, and a slight coldness was released all over his body.

The eldest maid Bailing looked at the direction where Mama Sun left, "Third girl, I don't know what Mrs. Tai is looking for Mama Sun, do you want to ......?"

Xu Xiyu raised her hand and interrupted Bai Ling, "No need." ”

Whatever grandmother was looking for Grandma Sun for, Grandma Sun would be back soon, and now is a great opportunity.

"Bailing, you go out." Xu Xiyu immediately commanded.

Although the time is not right, Xu Xiyu still decided to let Bailing go out first, and he was punished when he came back.

Compared with drugging grandma grandma, the risk is still much smaller.

"Yes, girl." Bai Ling also understood, solemnly blessed his body, and hurried out.

Xu Xiyu breathed a long sigh of relief, sat down on a circle chair by the window, leaned on the back of the chair, and looked out the window.

After a while, Bai Ling's figure came into Xu Xiyu's eyes, she hurried away with a small basket, and her back quickly disappeared at the courtyard gate.

Bai Ling was afraid of bumping into Mama Sun, so he deliberately took a different path and went out through a side door in Xu's mansion.

After that, she went to a bookstore on Meizhu Street, where she used to buy books for Xu Xiyu, and the owner of the bookstore also knew her and warmly entertained her.

Bai Ling hid in the bookstore for more than half an hour, picking out three or four books at random, but his eyes were always paying attention to the street outside.

I don't know how long it took, but the drum sound of the merchant's drum came from the street outside, accompanied by the man's deliberately long male voice: "Take a look, take a look, rouge gouache, needles and threads ...... brain"

Bai Ling's eyes lit up, and after paying the silver for the book, he walked out of the bookstore quickly, and stopped a merchant carrying a burden seven or eight steps away, "Merchant, stay here, do you have embroidery thread here?" ”

The merchant looked at Bai Ling and said excitedly, "Yes, yes." I've got everything here. ”

The merchant walked quickly to Bai Ling with the burden, then put down the load, opened one of the boxes, and pulled out several drawers from it, "Girl, look, I have embroidery threads of various colors here, and the girl can pick ...... them."

"I'll take ......a look," Bai Ling leaned over and said to the merchant in a low voice, "Recently, the government has been strictly controlled, so it's not convenient to come out." She pulled out a folded note from her cuff and stuffed it to the merchant.

Then, Bai Ling picked up a cluster of embroidery thread from the drawer of the cargo box at random, "This purple embroidery thread is of good color, I just want to embroider wisteria flowers......"

Bai Ling picked four or five kinds of embroidery threads, gave the silver, and left.

After the merchant had packed up his things, he picked up the burden again, and instead of going on, he turned around and slowly returned the way he came.

The merchant turned right from Mui Chuk Street to Jiahe Street, and when he reached the next fork in the road, he turned left to Tianxin Street.

The next moment, the merchant stopped his steps, his eyes instantly widened, and a few steps away, four brocade guards in flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives looked at him with a smile.

Wrong!

The merchant had a big alarm bell in his heart, and he hurriedly turned around, but saw that in an alley on Jiahe Street behind him, four brocade guards also sprang out, blocking the merchant's retreat.

One of the brocade guards with a Chinese character face smiled and said to the merchant: "David Luo, come with us." ”

The merchant was like being in an ice cellar, and his eyes widened. When was he targeted by the brocade guard?!

Since he was targeted, does that mean that the people who traveled with him also ......

As the merchant guessed, a small house at the end of Tianxin Street was surrounded by a line of brocade guards at the moment, and the front and rear doors were blocked.

At the main entrance of the house, in addition to the two brocade guards guarding the door, there was also a tall middle-aged man with a short beard.

The middle-aged man looked at the house with a solemn face, there was a lot of noise inside, and several brocade guards were still searching the corners of the yard, and from time to time there were some collisions and shouts......

Soon, a long-faced brocade guard walked out of the house quickly, clasped his fists at the middle-aged man and said, "Li Baihu, everyone has been taken, a total of five people." ”

Li Baihu nodded, his expression softened slightly. According to the news from his side, in addition to the merchant named David Luo, there are indeed five people in this house.

The long-faced Jinyi guard continued: "However, just now they tried to kill themselves, and one died, and the other four were captured alive. ”

They had been staring at the house for several days, that is, in order to avoid startling the grass and snakes, they did not move, until they had just received the order, and the time had finally come.

As soon as they made a move, the people in the house found out, and after realizing that the Jinyi Guards were outnumbered, they immediately wanted to bite the poison sac in their teeth and kill themselves, but the Jinyi Guards had been staring at them for so long day and night, how could they be allowed to die so easily!

Jin Yiwei immediately removed their jaws and subdued four of them, and the one who died was also a step slower because he happened to be blocked by one of them.

As he spoke, the search inside did not stop, as if he was about to dig three feet into the ground.

Li Baihu waved his hand and commanded, "Bring back both the living and the dead." ”

"Yes, 100 households." The long-faced brocade guard responded with a fist and entered the house again.

Immediately afterward, a black-faced brocade guard walked towards this side from the other end of Tianxin Street, followed by a short and fat man in a cyan brocade robe.

The short and fat man's face was as white as paper, and he was sweating profusely and trembling all over.

The black-faced brocade guard saluted Li Baihu, introduced the man behind him and said, "Li Baihu, this is the landlord of this house." ”

Li Baihu glanced at the landlord lightly, and the landlord's body trembled even more, as if he was about to faint in the next moment.

He explained to Li Baihu in a panic: "This lord, this is a merchant street, and the people who come to rent a house are all merchants, and the villain also rents a house after reading the road guide and making sure that there is no problem." ”

"Adults Mingjian, villains have nothing to do with them, villains are good people!"

The landlord bowed to Li Baihu again, and made a fuss, feeling that he was really unfavorable for the past year, and secretly scolded David Luo in his heart, what did these people do, why did they get into trouble with Jinyiwei! When he comes home later, he will have to wash it with grapefruit leaves to get rid of bad luck!

"Have you seen any interactions with people in this house?" Li Baihu asked casually.

"No, no, really not!" The landlord was afraid that Li Baihu would not believe it, so he shook his head again and again.

Here, the movement of Jinyi Wei raiding the house attracted the attention of the whole street, the shops and houses on the street were all closed, and the pedestrians on the road were afraid to hide in the alley and dare not move.

Avoided it, but their eyes couldn't help but look at Li Baihu and them curiously, probing their brains.

A woman in blue in her thirties hid in the crowd, looking at the entrance of the house with burning eyes.

When she saw the people in the house being escorted out by the brocade guards one by one, the woman in blue's pupils shrank sharply, and her hands were tightly clenched into fists. She didn't understand what was wrong, they didn't have time to do anything, how could it be exposed!

The people around her didn't pay attention to her at all, chatting about the sky:

"I've heard that there are a few small merchants living in this house? Why did you get into trouble with Jinyiwei? ”

"Who knows, this brocade guard always has his reasons."

"I don't know how many people will be involved this time......

“……”

The woman in blue slowly took a step back in the crowd, and took another step, hiding herself in the crowd in the alley.

At this time, a green covered carriage appeared on the empty Tianxin Street and drove towards the house at the end of the street.

Li Baihu frowned, who dared not to avoid the point of their brocade clothes and health office.

A brocade guard at the door immediately took two steps forward, intending to stop the carriage, but the groom who was driving the carriage saw that there was someone in front of him, and quickly slowed down the horse, which also alarmed the people in the carriage, and the curtain on one side of the carriage was picked open by a plain white hand, revealing a delicate little face.

Li Baihu was just casually glancing, but he was stunned by this glance.

It's not ...... That little ancestor?!

"The big fish is back!" Li Baihu hurriedly called the brocade guard who stopped the carriage back.

Although the brocade guard didn't know why, he immediately got out of the way and let Duanmufei's carriage pass in front of the house.

Duanmu Fei glanced at the brocade guards and the prisoner car at the entrance of the house, and suddenly understood. It seems that the spy hiding in the Xu family should have been found.

Mu Yan in the carriage also leaned over and looked at Duanmu Fei's gaze, and the corners of his lips hooked.

The carriage quickly left Tianxin Street, and Duanmufei also left this matter behind, at this moment, her mind was almost occupied by Xiao Tian.

In two days, Xiao Tian will lead his army to Jinju.

Duanmu Fei was reluctant to give up, feeling that she had just found her brother, and her brother was about to leave again......

Duanmufei's mind was in turmoil, and when the carriage stopped, Duanmufei realized that the Xuanguo Mansion had arrived.

Duanmu settled down, then got out of the carriage and went to the main courtyard with Mu Yan.

"Ah Yan, you're here." When Mrs. Chu saw Mu Yan, she seemed to see a savior, and pulled him to sit down beside her, "You can help me take a look, but is there anything missing?" ”

She handed a list in her hand to Mu Yan, "It's the first time I've prepared these, so I'm afraid it's not thorough." ”

The items listed on this list were naturally prepared for Xiao Tian.

The Chu family is a scholarly family, and the Chu family has been in the past two hundred years, and this is the first time that someone has to go out as a general.

Duanmu Fei had experience with this, and craned his neck to look at the list, "I'll take a look." ”

"In addition to common medicines such as trauma, wind chill, and diarrhea, you can also prepare some sachets for insect repellent snakes."

"You can have a few more pairs of waterproof deerskin booties, as well as deerskin gloves."

"Mrs. Chu, have you prepared a heart guard?"

“……”

Duanmu Scarlet Head gave Mrs. Chu an idea in an authentic way.

Mrs. Chu thought so, and nodded again and again: "Sister Fei, what you said is that you are still careful." ”

She told the eldest maid to hurry up and prepare these things for a while, and then turned her head and asked Duanmu Fei again: "Sister Scarlet, take a closer look, there is anything missing." ”

The old and the young got together, and went through the list from beginning to end, and before they knew it, Mu Yan was squeezed aside by them.

"Poof." Xiao Tian, who was sitting on Erlang's legs crossed, couldn't help but smile.

"Brother Yan, sit here." Xiao Tianjiao'er waved to Mu Yan and beckoned him to sit down with a smile, "This date is very sweet, you try it." ”

Compared with the strict waiting of the second elder of the Chu family, Xiao Tian was very comfortable, as if he left Beijing in a few days not to go to the battlefield, but just to travel out of Beijing.

Mu Yan sat down on the circle chair pointed by Xiao Tian, picked up a fresh date from the fruit plate to eat, and said casually: "Xiaotian, you go with me to the camp in Xishan for two days in the afternoon, and set off directly from there the morning after tomorrow." ”

Mu Yan didn't lower his voice, Old Lady Chu and Mrs. Chu naturally heard it, and looked at the two of them in unison.

"......" The reluctance in Mrs. Chu's eyes became even stronger.

Old Lady Chu thinks more than Mrs. Chu.

He understood that this was Mu Yan's good intentions, if Xiao Tian showed up on the day of the expedition and set off directly with the troops, the generals and soldiers under his command probably would not have any sense of identity with an unknown stranger.

Now Mu Yan personally took Xiao Tian to the barracks in advance, and then ate and lived with the soldiers for two days, which would make it easier for Xiao Tian to integrate into the army.

Xiao Tian shrugged his shoulders and responded briskly: "Okay." "He has always been at peace with what comes his way, and in previous years he could sleep anywhere when he was walking darts, even on horseback.

Mu Yan took a bite of fresh dates, and said: "Xiaotian, your injuries are almost healed, and after passing the Xishan camp for a while, you will also compare with them." ”

Xiao Tian was also eating fresh dates, and responded vaguely, his eyes shining, revealing a little eagerness to try.

Since he came to the capital, he has been detained to recuperate, and for more than a month, he feels that the bones in his whole body are about to become lazy, and he has long wanted to move his muscles and bones.

Looking at these two young people, Old Lady Chu's heart, which had been a little apprehensive these days, suddenly settled down.

Mu Yan was very thoughtful, in the barracks, military merit and force set the superiority, for Xiao Tian, the chief soldier of the airborne, he hit him with his fist a few times, so that the soldiers could see his strength, so that they could get their recognition faster.

Mu Yan raised his eyebrows and asked deliberately, "Xiaotian, are you confident?" ”

Xiao Tian didn't care about Mu Yan's questioning, and said with a smile: "Won't you know if you see it yourself?" ”

Xiao Tian became the owner of Taichu Village at the age of not reaching the weak crown, and he has suffered countless doubts and provocations, compared to it, Mu Yan's number of sections is not painful at all.

If he is so easily provoked and responds to other people's provocations every time, then even if he is not angry, he will die of exhaustion!

"Then I'll see!" Mu Yan laughed loudly and patted Xiao Tian on the shoulder.

Old lady Chu had a warm current in her heart.

There are many ** people in the army who like to provoke and calculate newcomers. In the face of this kind of provocation, if Xiao Tian jumps like thunder, he will fall for the trick. Very good, this kid is good to have such an open-minded heart, he should be able to stand firm in the barracks.

Thinking about it, Old Lady Chu's gaze shifted from Xiao Tian to Mu Yan, and sighed with emotion in his heart: Ah Yan really put a lot of thought into it for Xiao Tian.

He not only made an exception to reuse Xiao Tian, but also blocked a lot of trouble for Xiao Tian in the opposition of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces.

Ah Yan really thought about it too thoroughly, as if he was taking Xiaotian step by step with his own hands to melt into the barracks.

Old lady Chu inexplicably thought of four words-

The eldest brother is like a father.

He felt as if Mu Yan regarded Xiao Tian as his younger brother.

Old Lady Chu gave Mrs. Chu a look, meaning, with Mu Yan, they can rest assured.

The couple looked at each other and smiled.

Xiao Tian is not ignorant, it is rare to accept a little bit of care, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't embarrass Brother Yan." ”

After speaking, he became hippie and smiling again, picked up a red persimmon from the fruit pot, and threw it to Mu Yan casually, "Try this persimmon, it is as sweet as a date." ”

Mu Yan took the persimmon casually and ate the persimmon given by his brother-in-law with a smile.

At this time, Duanmufei and Mrs. Chu also finished reading the list, and Duanmufei personally added the things she said at the end of the list.

After Duanmu Fei dried the ink, he handed the list to Mu Yan, "Ah Yan, take a look again, what else is missing?" ”

Mu Yan swept the list at a glance, met Mrs. Chu's expectant gaze, and said helplessly: "I have to reduce a few things." ”

Mrs. Chu was very thoughtful, and basically thought of the things that should be prepared for the trip, as Xiao Tianyi, as the chief soldier of Xiao Tianyizhou, it is not a luxury to bring a car of luggage, and it can even be described as shabby.

Merely......

"It's better for Xiaotian to eat and sleep with the soldiers." Mu Yan added.

Since Xiao Tian wants to eat and sleep with the soldiers below, there are too many things he brings with him on this trip, and he needs to be reduced.

Mrs. Chu was a person who could carry the weight clearly, and immediately understood what Mu Yan meant.

Although she was reluctant, she still nodded and said, "Ah Yan, you are right. ”

Mu Yan brushed a few strokes, and crossed out most of the daily necessities on the list, and only half of the items on the list were left.

How could a person like Xiao Tian not see Mrs. Chu's loss, he immediately came to Mrs. Chu's side, touched his chin with a smile and said, "I think there's something missing here......"

Mrs. Chu was suddenly diverted, for fear of wronging her grandson, and hurriedly asked, "Xiaotian, what else is missing?" She said as she hurried to look at the list again.

Xiao counted his fingers and said: "Poria cake, steamed chestnut flour cake with osmanthus sugar, pine goose oil roll, chestnut crisp ......" He said with a bit of coquettishness in his tone.

Mrs. Chu nodded again and again, "Okay, good." Grandmother, this is for people to prepare. Xiaotian, don't you also like to eat mille-feuille cakes? She just wanted to give the moon in the sky to her grandson.

Old Lady Chu looked at the pair of ancestors and grandsons with satisfaction, and a smile flashed in her gentle eyes.

Xiaotian, this kid looks like a hanger, but he is actually a good and considerate child. He was afraid that his grandmother would be lost, so he was deliberately coaxing his grandmother to be happy.

Old Lady Chu couldn't help but think of the scene when Xiao Tian suddenly appeared near the South City Gate that day to support Mrs. Chu, and her heart softened.

This boy is a good man, he knows that his grandmother is sincere to him, and he is sincere to his grandmother.

This child has been living abroad for more than ten years, and during these years, he has suffered so much, but he can still maintain a pure heart, and he is free and easy, which is really not easy.

Old lady Chu's eyes were slightly sour, not only feeling distressed for her grandson, but also proud of him.

Their grandson is very good, even if he can't remember the past, even if he doesn't recognize him as the old lady Chu Tingshu Chu, it doesn't matter.

At least, the kid came home, and it didn't matter what his last name was or what his name was.

Mrs. Chu was busy, ordering people to prepare snacks for a while, ordering people to pack Xiao Tian's bags for a while, and leaving Duanmu Fei and Mu Yan to eat in the mansion for a while......

In the main courtyard, there are smiling and smiling, lively and lively.

After a while, a little maid came in and said, "Old lady, Mrs. Tai, the girl from King Jian's Mansion is here." ”

When Mrs. Chu heard that Jun Lingxi was coming, she smiled happily and hurriedly said, "Xiaoxi is here, please invite someone in." ”

The little maid said: "Mrs. Tai, Miss Jun said that because of the filial piety of King Jian's mansion, it is inconvenient for her to come in, and this time she came to meet the third young master." ”

"......" Mrs. Chu raised her eyebrows in surprise, she didn't expect Xiao Tian to actually know Jun Lingxi, and she seemed to be quite familiar.

"Xiaotian, you go quickly." Mrs. Chu urged Xiao Tian to go.

Xiao Tian followed the little girl out of the house, and the sky outside was overcast at some point, and there was a faint drizzle in the sky.

According to Xiao Tian's style in the past, this little drizzle is not rain at all, and naturally there is no need to hold an umbrella, but it is not what it used to be.

As soon as Xiao Tian walked to the eaves, a mother-in-law handed the open oil-paper umbrella to him, "Third young master." ”

Xiao Tian had no doubt that if he dared not hold an umbrella, this mother-in-law would have to find Mrs. Chu to "sue" later.

Hold on, just hold on.

If you don't, you'll inevitably have to drink a cup of hot ginger soup later......

Thinking of the hot and spicy taste of ginger soup, Xiao Tian wrinkled his nose and walked towards the gate with an oil-paper umbrella.

In mid-air, the drizzle fell like silk, thin and thin, making the ground half-dry and not wet.

Drizzle and oblique wind, occasionally some rain is blown under the umbrella by the wind, blowing on Xiao Tian's face, cool and silky.

The carriage of King Jian's Mansion stopped outside the East Corner Gate, Jun Lingxi poked his head out of the window of the carriage, and beckoned to Xiao Tian with a smile, "Xiao Tian!" ”

Jun Lingxi is guarding filial piety, no fat powder, wearing a very plain dress, a water-green dress, only a hair is tied up, a jasper hairpin is inserted, and there is no other jewelry.

A sixteen-year-old girl is in her prime, and her smile is the best decoration.

"Miss Jun," Xiao Tian walked to the carriage with an umbrella and asked with a smile, "Why are you here?" ”

"I'm here to see you off." Jun Lingxi said as a matter of course.

Since Jun Lingxi returned to Beijing, she has been closed in King Jian's mansion, but it doesn't mean that she has no news, she also heard that Mu Yan appointed a person named Xiao Tian as the chief soldier of Jinzhou, others don't know who Xiao Tian is, but the Jun family knows.

Jun Lingxi also knew that Xiao Tian was taken back to the Princess's Mansion by Mu Yan to recuperate, she hurriedly came out today to see off Xiao Tian in advance, who would think, went to the Princess's Mansion to inquire and found out that Xiao Tian is now living in the Chu family.

Although Jun Lingxi didn't understand why Xiao Tian came to stay at the Chu family, this didn't prevent her from coming to see her off, so she let the carriage come to the Xuanguo Mansion again.

"Aren't you about to go on a journey? We have the meaning of 'comrades', and of course I have to express it. Jun Lingxi is colored.

In Jun Lingxi's view, she and Xiao Tian have been on the battlefield together, and they can be regarded as comrades.

"Next, here's for you." Jun Lingxi took out a cyan burden from the carriage and threw it to Xiao Tian.

Xiao Tianxia subconsciously caught the burden with his free left hand, and the lightweight burden was slightly heavy, "This is ......"

"Gold silk soft armor, you can defend yourself. In the past, my father ordered several sets, this set is for the eldest brother, the new one, the eldest brother has not worn it, I see that the figure of you and the eldest brother is not much different, but it is a little thinner, the big deal is that you put it on the outside of the middle coat, it should be about the same. Jun Lingxi said with a smile.

Golden Silk Soft Armor?! Xiao Tian's eyes lit up.

Isn't the gold silk soft armor made of gold wire, this is a good thing, you can wear it to defend yourself on the battlefield, and after you get off the battlefield, you can sell it for a lot of silver.

"Thank you, girl. The girl is really a charcoal in the snow! Xiao Tian looked at Jun Lingxi with a bright smile, accepted it with kindness, and said in his heart: He is worthy of being a friend of the little wrongs, and he is really generous!

Jun Lingxi's smile deepened, looking Xiao Tian up and down, his eyes were burning, and Xiao Tian was a little uncomfortable, almost thinking that there was something wrong with him.