"I thought you had always been cautious in your way of dealing with people, why didn't you discuss the matter of entertaining guests this time?!"

"Do you know that this time almost brought disaster to our Duanmu family!"

"It's short-sighted!"

……

The news that He was reprimanded by Duanmu Xian was like a drought thunder on the ground, and it exploded in the mansion. *With* Dream *Small* Say .lā

Duanmu Xian brushed his sleeves and left, and hurriedly ordered the return office to stop all the banquets.

Duanmuxian and the He family have not blushed for decades, and no one in the mansion knows that the old lady has always respected Mrs. Tai, and for a while, there was a dark tide in the mansion, and everyone was secretly speculating.

Duanmufei just acted as if nothing had happened, and lived their little life with Duanmujun every day as usual.

As the days passed, the commotion subsided, and soon by late July, the cicadas seemed to be louder and harrier.

On July 27th, the weather was very good, the sky was clear, and there was still a moment before a little maid came to say that the young master of the Li family's third cousin had just been welcomed into the corner gate.

In the main hall of Yongxi Hall, Duanmu Xian and He Shi were sitting on the rosewood Taishi chair at the top, and Duanmu Heng, Duanmu Jun and Duanmu Fei were sitting on the circle chairs on both sides in order of teeth.

The windows and doors on three sides of the hall were wide open, and the room was clear and bright.

After waiting for another cup of tea, I saw Mama Zhang leading a young man wearing a lake-blue five-bat silk robe holding a longevity group through the moon cave door to this side.

Under the light of the rising sun, the young man walked steadily, his wheat-colored skin was glowing with golden luster, and he was full of heroism, looking a little more sassy than those pampered sons and brothers in Beijing.

Li Tingyou quickly stepped into the hall, walked closer without squinting, and asked Duanmuxian and the He family to say goodbye: "Li Sanlang Tingyou greets the old lady and Mrs. Tai of the in-laws." ”

He solemnly performed a long salute, with extremely elegant manners and courteous manners.

"Brother Yu is very polite." Duanmuxian called kindly and affectionately, and He also forced out a smile and politely greeted a few words.

Duanmuxian rewarded Li Tingyou with a purple marble inkstone inkstone and a Zihao Xuan pen as a meeting gift, and then, Mama Zhang introduced Duanmu Heng to Li Tingyou, and then it was Duanmujun and Duanmufei's turn.

"Cousin, cousin." Li Tingyou solemnly bowed to the sisters again, and looked at the cousins left by his aunt quietly.

More than half a month ago, he had already seen his sister Duanmufei in the house in Xiangyun Lane, but it was the first time he saw his sister Duanmujun after many years of absence.

Duanmu Jun is one year younger than himself, both in appearance and temperament are somewhat similar to his aunt, and there is a tenacity and stubbornness between his delicate eyebrows and eyes, which seems to be very different from his sister's "pure appearance" temperament.

"Cousin." Duanmujun and Duanmufei also stood up together and returned the salute in a proper manner.

Li Tingyou gave each of the sisters a pair of red gold silk inlaid hibiscus jade bracelets, saying that Mrs. Li and his wife asked him to bring them.

After acknowledging each other's relatives and saluting each other, Li Tingyou sat down on Duanmu Heng's right hand, and the maid gave everyone Biluochun with his hands and feet, and the faint fragrance of tea spread.

Duanmu Xian stroked the beard on his chin and asked with concern, "Brother You, how are your injuries doing?" ”

Li Tingyou sat on the circle chair with his back straight, clenched his fists and replied: "Thank you, the imperial doctor said that my injury has been healed, and it will be fine if I take care of it for a while." ”

"As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to break your bones. You don't have to be anxious, if you don't take care of your body and leave any dark wounds, it will outweigh the losses! Duanmu Xian persuaded a few words kindly, and sighed with emotion, "Today's young people are mostly young and vigorous, and they are capable of doing it for a while, but they don't know how long the future will be...... Brother You, it is a wise move for you to resolutely give up the martial arts test of this science! ”

"The old lady said yes. My grandfather often taught me at home that the coming day is long, and there is no time to fight. Li Tingyou said, his eyes flashed slightly, and he subconsciously glanced in the direction of Duanmujun and Duanmufei, only to see Duanmujun bowing slightly, as if agreeing with what Duanmuxian said, and Duanmufei was sitting obediently, with his hands on his lap, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and his innocent and harmless appearance looked like a simple little white rabbit.

The corners of Li Tingyou's eyes twitched, and the scene when Mu Fei came to Xiangyun Lane at the front end of the half moon came to Xiangyun Lane came to his mind...... From now on, Duanmu Fei obviously hid a lot of things from Duanmu Xian and Duanmu Jun!

This girl is not a little white rabbit at all, she is clearly a little fox wearing a white rabbit skin!

Li Tingyou's thoughts flashed, but his face showed no traces.

The corners of Duanmu Fei's mouth pursed disappreciatively, if he really knew that "not fighting for the day", he would not easily use the medicine of the tiger and wolf such as "ghost sorrow"!

Oh, it can really be pretended!

The eyes of the cousins met in mid-air, and somehow, they both understood the meaning in each other's eyes.

In the next moment, the two of them looked away.

Li Tingyou casually greeted Duanmu Xian, and the two talked for a while around General Li, the military test and the countermeasures at the palace banquet, and after that, Duanmu Xian stroked his beard and smiled at Duanmu Heng: "Brother Heng, Brother You'er rarely visits, you and your two sisters take him around the house, and now the lotus flowers in the garden are blooming just right, it is a good time to enjoy the lotus." ”

Duanmu Heng stood up and responded seriously: "Yes, grandfather." ”

Led by Duanmu Heng, the four juniors left Yongxi Hall and went in the direction of the garden.

It was only halfway through the hour, the sun was rising higher and higher, and the golden sunlight formed a dappled light and shadow on the ground through the dense foliage, and as the breeze blew by, those lights and shadows also jumped on the ground as the foliage swayed.

Duanmu Heng seemed to think of something, stopped, and asked, "Cousin You, take the liberty of asking Cousin You to go north from Jiangcheng to the capital, has he ever passed through Zhongzhou?" My third uncle was ordered to rush to Ru County, Zhongzhou, last month, to take up the post of magistrate, and I heard that the area has been a little unpeaceful recently......"

"Cousin Heng is polite." Li Tingyou also stopped, and replied generously, "It's a pity that after I came out of Wanzhou, I went to Qingzhou, and then came to the capital through Yuzhou, and I have never been to Zhongzhou, but I ......."

He seemed to pause with some hesitation, "I have met some homeless people in the northern part of Anhui who fled to the Ruxian area of Zhongzhou and are now returning, saying that there are still some homeless people fleeing there, and the people eat tree bark and dig grass roots, and life is not very easy......

Hearing this, Duanmu Heng's face also became solemn, and he sighed: "Huaibei, Ruxian, Jiangcheng...... Congenital disasters and human harm, I don't know how many innocent people will be implicated. ”

Duanmu Fei heard them mention Jiangcheng, so he took the opportunity to ask: "Cousin You, I heard my grandfather say that thanks to my cousin's help in guarding Jiangcheng, I waited for the reinforcements sent by the imperial court, is it true?" ”

Her large, clear eyes flickered in the sunlight and the light and shadow of the leaves, and they were full of curiosity.

Li Tingyou was not so easily fooled by this little girl, smiled gently, and said half-ridiculed and half-admonished: "Cousin Scarlet, your little girl's family, don't ......" Don't care so much.

He was only halfway through his words, and he saw Duanmu looking at him with a smile, as if to say, cousin, you continue to pretend!

Li Tingyou's face stiffened slightly, and he swallowed back the unfinished words.

In the puzzled eyes of Duanmu Heng and Duanmu Jun, Li Tingyou cleared his throat slightly embarrassed, and soon returned to his calm and elegant appearance, and said: "Cousin Scarlet, Jiangcheng can be held because the army and the people are united, and I don't dare to take credit." ”

"However, Jiangcheng was indeed in danger at that time, the officers and soldiers defending the city had not closed their eyes for three days and three nights, Jiangcheng's grain and grass were approaching, if it weren't for Feng Gongzi leading reinforcements to arrive in time and relieve the siege, I might have to die in Jiangcheng......"

"I heard that Feng Gongzi had been training in the Northern Frontier Army for two years before, and he had never fought a water war before, but he had a clear understanding of the nearby waterways in advance, so that he could defeat the main force of those water bandits in one fell swoop."

"If there is no accident, Feng Gongzi should be able to sweep away the bandits in a month at most, and he should be able to return to Beijing soon......"

Listening to Li Tingyou's tone, he seemed to have a little sympathy for Feng Yan.

While listening to him, everyone continued to walk leisurely along a bluestone path in the direction of the garden, and Duanmu Heng concluded with emotion: "If you want to fight, you can judge the terrain to win!" Feng Gongzi can fight quickly, which is the blessing of the people. ”

Duanmu Fei followed behind Duanmu Heng slowly, half-lowered his eyes, silently looking at his slightly swaying pink skirt, his eyes flashing slightly.

In fact, it has not been easy to seal inflammation over the years......

If it weren't for the last resort, if it wasn't for survival, how could the clouded leopard be so aggrieved that it disguised itself as a kitten!

With the current embarrassing status of the Anping Eldest Princess's Mansion, if it weren't for this, Feng Yan might not be able to gain a foothold in Dasheng!

Li Tingyou raised his eyebrows with interest and asked, "Cousin Heng has also read the book of soldiers?" ”

At this time, he looked at Duanmu Heng's gaze a little more differently, although this eldest prince of Duanmu Mansion was born in the Wenchen family, he was not like those literati students who only knew how to study in order to take the exam!

"I only read some 'The Art of War' in my spare time." Duanmu Heng said.

Although it has only been a few months, Duanmu Fei also knows a little bit about this serious eldest brother, if others speak, it will inevitably be a little modest or exaggerated, but Duanmu Heng is not, he has always said one thing, two things to say, so meticulous that even his parents have nothing to do with him.

As he spoke, the moon cave gate of the garden appeared at the end of the path.

"Big sister!"

At this moment, a familiar female voice came from the cobblestone path on the other side of the right, followed by a pink-purple shadow with a faint fragrant wind.

The gentle and beautiful girl walked quickly to Duanmujun, and asked in a coquettish voice: "Big sister, I asked the maid to go to the account room to pay the money, why don't you agree?" There was a hint of arrogance in her slightly shrill voice.

Duanmu Qi is the daughter of Xiao He's family, since she was born, Shangshu Mansion is Xiao He's housekeeper, she almost responds to requests in the house, who dares to snub her! Even when the Tang family was in charge a while ago, considering that the He family had always loved Duanmuqi, he had always followed her.

Fang Cai's account office refused to give her money on the grounds that "the eldest girl has an order", which is the first time since she hit her mother's womb