Brother Yan, don't you want to go? Xiao Tian asked with a smile, his tone sounded intimate, but in fact he was alienated.

"Done." Mu Yan nodded without hesitation.

"......" Xiao Tian almost didn't twist his thigh. It's so easy to talk, this really doesn't seem like the style of this benevolent brother!

Mu Yan seemed to see what Xiao Tian was thinking, and the curvature of the corners of his lips curled higher, and he could see that Wuyang and Jun Lingxi shed tears of sympathy for Xiao Tian. Mu Yan has never been a fool.

Mu Yan said lightly: "Then I'll be with you." ”

What does it mean to be with him, this benevolent brother is going to pester him? Xiao Tian was made one head and two big by Mu Yan's unreasonable playing of cards, and the baby face was almost not tightened.

"Ahem." Xiao Tian cleared his throat and used Princess Jian as a guise in his dying struggles, "Brother Yan, aren't you going to send the concubine back to Beijing?" ”

"It's okay." The smile on Mu Yan's face deepened, as if he was dealing with a naughty child, "My men will escort them back to Beijing." ”

Jun Lingxi looked at the two back and forth, and was actually very curious about the relationship between the two of them.

Xiao Tian continued to struggle without giving up: "Brother Yan, your noble family is busy, don't delay your business for me." ”

"No delay." Mu Yan was as immobile as a mountain, looking like he could cooperate.

"Jinju is not yet peaceful, there is a way, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall."

"I'm not a gentleman."

“……”

“……”

The two of you went back and forth a few times, and no one could convince anyone.

Unconsciously, Xiao Tian restrained his smile, put on a baby face, and no longer had a hippie smile.

He opened a pair of lacquer-like eyes and looked at Mu Yan, who was no more than a foot away from him, and asked dryly, "Regent, what do you want to do?" ”

This was the first time Xiao Tian called Mu Yan the regent.

His tone was not polite at all, sharp, cold, and wary, like a lone wolf in the jungle, like two people who were friendly to him on weekdays.

The temperature around me dropped sharply, and even the wind outside the window stopped.

Mu Yan did not shy away from looking directly into Xiao Tian's eyes, and the corners of his lips curved with a touch of pleasure. That's the attitude of getting down to business.

Wuyang saw that they had something to talk about, and made a gesture to Princess Jian and Jun Lingxi, and the three of them didn't disturb them and went out silently.

Jun Lingxi, who was following behind, couldn't help but glance back at his new friend after stepping out of the threshold.

Hmm, he gets along well with Scarlet and Hanxing, he should be a smart person, right?

Jun Lingxi only stayed for a moment, and then left with Princess Jian and Wuyang, leaving this place to Mu Yan and Xiao Tian.

The room fell silent, and the footsteps of the three Wuyang gradually faded away.

Mu Yan was not in a hurry to speak, he calmly drank a few sips of tea, and when everyone was far away, he looked at Xiao Tian again and asked concisely: "How long do you think you can sit with this village master?" ”

His words were extremely sharp and hit the nail on the head.

"......" Xiao Tian's eyes widened slightly, looking at Mu Yan's pupils flashing with cold light, like a sharp sword and a cold pool, making people shudder.

Immediately, he smiled again, the corners of his lips and eyes crooked, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes.

Xiao Tian looked at Mu Yan and asked instead of answering, "Are you trying to recruit An?" ”

At the beginning of the year, there were indeed people from the imperial court who came to Taichuzhai to ask to see him, and also talked about Zhao'an, but Xiao Tian did not respond.

When it came to this, Mu Yan naturally didn't care about him, and said, "You, you can't be a bandit for a lifetime!" ”

Xiao Tian pursed his lips and was noncommittal.

The Tao is different, and it is not conspiratory.

How can bandits and officials be all the way!

Xiao Tian's response was to pick up a piece of hibiscus cake and eat it. What's good about the capital is that it's a huge and gorgeous cage, that is, some food is not bad.

From Xiao Tian's experience, Mu Yan could probably guess that Xiao Tian probably didn't have a good sense of the imperial court, he walked over, sat down next to Xiao Tian, and picked up a piece of hibiscus cake.

"Is it delicious?" Mu Yan asked.

Xiao Tian raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "It's delicious!" ”

He ate and smiled contentedly, but there was a hint of ridicule in his expression, as if to say, he wouldn't think that he could buy himself with some food, right?

Mu Yan didn't care, and said: "Since ancient times, the people have been the easiest people to satisfy, and they can't ask for more than a fill. ”

"I heard that you have a group of brothers who followed you from birth to death, what do you think they want? Is it like Xu Dajian to pay homage to the marquis? ”

"......" Xiao Tian's right hand holding the hibiscus cake trembled almost invisibly, familiar faces flashed in front of him, his eyes instantly became dark, and his mouth was filled with bitterness.

If he hadn't been cornered, who would have let go of his stable life and run away to be a bandit! He has only one person, and he has one bad life, but they are not......

Mu Yan stared at Xiao Tian steadily, and continued unhurriedly: "Even if you don't think about yourself, don't you think about them?" ”

"Are you going to let them and their descendants also be bandits for the rest of their lives?!"

"How long do you think the imperial court will allow chaos in Jinju?"

Mu Yan's words were sharper and sharper, and each sentence spoke to the key point in Xiao Tian's heart.

Xiao Tian ate a piece of hibiscus cake, and then another piece, his eyes flashing.

If the court is corrupt and the people are struggling to make a living, of course he is willing to take a group of brothers to revolt, no matter how bitter it is, they will definitely be able to work together to support a world that belongs to them.

However, now that the situation in the imperial court is gradually improving, and it has stabilized from the border to various places, Xiao Tian has long realized in his heart that the days of occupying the mountain as the king like Taichuzhai are probably not long over.

Now the imperial court wants to send people to suppress Huaizhou in the south, and it will also send troops to fight against the Northern Yan people, so there is no manpower to clean up Jinzhou for the time being, so what about after the northern border is pacified?

Xiao Tian clearly knew that the prospect of Taichuzhai was full of dangers.

Even so, he didn't think about recruiting An, being recruited by the imperial court was like breaking his wings, and a goshawk with broken wings lost the ability to fly and lost his freedom......

However, after this betrayal of Xu Dajian, he wavered......

It's not because of disappointment, but he realizes that as Mu Yan said, everyone has their own needs, he is one person to feed the whole family and not hungry, but his brothers are not, they don't want to be a marquis and worship the prime minister, they just want the most stable life.

Is it because of his stubbornness that they should accompany him on his adventures?!

Mu Yan could also see that Xiao Tian was shaken, and ate the hibiscus cake in his hand in three or two bites, and said in his heart: The chef of King Jian's Mansion has good skills, why don't he ask Wuyang for a snack recipe later? Vera definitely likes it.

He's been out for so many days, Zhen Zhen should miss him, right?

Thinking of Duanmufei, Mu Yan's soul was about to fly back to the capital.

Hey, this kid is really hard to coax. Mu Yan glanced at Xiao Tian, ate another piece of pastry, and then slowly wiped his fingers with a handkerchief.

"Xiaotian, are you worried that I will unload and kill the donkey?" Mu Yan smiled again, with a bit of banter on his face, and raised his eyebrows, "Don't worry, it definitely won't!" ”

Yes?! Seeing that the other party suddenly changed from being serious to cynical, Xiao Tian didn't react for a while.

Mu Yan looked at Xiao Tian a little confused, felt interesting, patted Xiao Tian's right shoulder and said, "I am a very righteous person, and I am full of words. Do you want to think about it? It's better than you have a future as a bandit now! ”

"......" Xiao Tian couldn't laugh at all, he always felt that this benevolent brother seemed to have a bit of a demeanor of acting in a small way, what kind of pot with what cover, how could the way these two people talk and act makes people feel that they are not very reliable.

Mu Yan also knew that Xiao Tian could not make up his mind for a while, and said, "If you plan to go back to Taichu Village, then I will go with you." Or you go to the capital with me. ”

"Don't worry, I don't mean to put you under house arrest, you can go back after you recover from your injuries."

"Zhao'an, you think about it again, don't worry."

The more reasonable and magnanimous Mu Yan was, the more Xiao Tian felt that there were secrets hidden in it that he didn't know.

But he also had to admit that Mu Yan was right.

Xiao Tian was silent and pursed his lips silently.

Mu Yan stared at Xiao Tian's side face quietly, his eyes flashing slightly.

He pursed his lips and thought about it, it really looked like Ah Ci.

The contours of his face and the shallow pear vortex at the corners of his lips resemble ......

Could he be Chu Tingshu?

At this time, a warm summer breeze blew from the window, and the rustle of trees swaying sounded in the courtyard, as if whispering, as if answering the question in Mu Yan's heart.

Outside, the sky was clear and cloudless.

Jinju is, and so does Gyeongseong.

On weekdays, afternoon is Duanmu Scarlet's nap time, but today is an exception, she is in Duanmu Xian's house at the moment.

In the past few days, Duanmuxian was still in bed, and was ordered by the imperial doctor not to stay.

Duanmu Fei was afraid that Duanmu Xian would be bored, so he came to accompany him every day, playing the piano for him, reading, or peeling some grapes for him like he is doing now and feeding him.

Duanmu Fei fed Duanmu Xian one, and then ate one for himself, squinting his eyes in satisfaction, "Grandfather, this grape is so sweet, I will let Zhuangzi send some more tomorrow." ”

Duanmuxian ate the grapes peeled by his little granddaughter, and his heart felt as if he had honey, so he said yes again and again, and then proposed: "Four girls, you can make me another jar, no, three jars of wine." ”

Thinking of the wine Duanmu Fei made for him last year, Duanmu Xian felt that the wine worm in his stomach was about to move.

"I'll brew it for you first, but you can't drink it now, I'll drink it when you're well." Duanmu is colorful.

"Okay, well, listen to you!" Duanmu Xian's heart is more comfortable, and he feels that the current days are like immortals, he doesn't have to worry about the court affairs of those annoying people, and he has his little granddaughter to chat, eat and play every day.

After the grandfather and grandson talked for a while, You Junji came.

There is no need to ask anything, looking at Duanmu Xian's wide-hearted and fat appearance, You Junji knows that he has been living a very comfortable life recently.

That is, with a little girl by her side, how comfortable the days are.

If he had a little girl to play chess with, he wouldn't want to go to the yamen.

"Brother, you're really comfortable this day!" You Junji didn't need to be invited, so he sat down on a circle chair by the window, and said enviously, "It's still your fate, you have a good granddaughter, this imperial doctor lives in the house and won't leave!" ”

In front of You Junji, Duanmu Xian did not hide his pride, and said with a smile: "I am an old man!" "When I was young, I worked hard, but when I was old, I was able to enjoy this treatment.

Looking at Duanmu Xian's snort, the corners of You Junji's eyes twitched, and he was used to wanting to fight with Duanmu Xian, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back.

Forget it, he'll let the sick number go.

"Brother," You Junji hesitated and comforted, "You also want to open up something about the third child of your family...... I'm angry that I'm not worth it. ”

You Junji said as he cautiously observed Duanmu Xian's face, for fear that he would be angry again.

"Let him go." Duanmuxian tugged at the corners of his mouth, looking open-minded.

You Junji felt that Duanmu Xian had changed as if he had changed in the past few days, and couldn't help but look at Duanmu Fei with inquiring eyes, meaning, you persuaded your grandfather?

Duanmu shook his head, it was useless for others to persuade him to do this, and he wanted his grandfather to figure it out for himself. She just did what she could every day to keep her grandfather happy.

Of course, Duanmu Xian noticed the eye exchange between the two, smiled, and said lightly: "Who doesn't have a bad descendant!" I can't control them for the rest of my life. ”

He was angry before, but now he wants to open it.

He has been fighting for decades, trying his best, half because people climb to high places, and the other half is for his children and grandchildren, wanting to provide some protection and protection for the children and grandchildren of the younger generations, but the people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephant, and the third child wants to die by himself, and he can't help it.

In the final analysis, he will always die, even if he is alive, he can block one or two for his children and grandchildren, think about one or two, and when he dies, they will do it again, and there will be no one to protect him.

This disease, Duanmu Xian also thought he was dead.

A small stroke can be big or small, if it weren't for the doctor who came in time, and later asked the doctor to recuperate, maybe it would have turned from a small stroke to a big stroke, and he would have been paralyzed on the bed and couldn't move.

After walking to the Ghost Gate this time, Duanmu Xian thought about it and thought it through.

He was close to the people of the sixtieth birthday, and half of his foot had stepped into the coffin, so there was no need to fight with anyone with his life.

With this kung fu, he might as well play chess with the four girls and taste calligraphy and painting!

Also, the granddaughter-in-law has a great-grandson in her belly, and he will help them teach her great-grandson in the future!

Duanmu Xian raised his eyes and looked directly at You Junji, and said, "Brother, if you have anything to say, you can just say it." ”

You Junji saw that Duanmu Xian's eyes were transparent, and he was a little relieved, and stroked his beard and said, "It's good that you can figure it out!" ”

Since Duanmu Xian fell ill this time, he took sick leave, and he didn't hear about the affairs of the court, even if the juniors heard about it, they didn't want to use these things to bother him at this time.

"Brother, in the past two days, there have been more impeachments against you......"

While You Junji was speaking, he looked at Duanmufei who was sitting on the edge of the couch.

He knew that those impeachments were ostensibly aimed at Duanmu Xian, the first assistant, but in fact, Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was intended for Pei Gong, and they were all aimed at Duanmu.

Those folds are written in twists and turns, never mentioning Duanmufei's name and ranking, saying that the Duanmu family is the first assistant, and the female dependents in the family should be the example of women in the world, but the Duanmu family's family education is not good, and the family is not strict, so that the girls in the family are willful, behave, disobey, ignore the rules and etiquette, and are not in a proper manner.

"The role model of women in the world" is, of course, the queen, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that this means that Duanmu has no demeanor as a mother of the country.

You Junji subtly repeated a few sentences from an excerpt, and Duanmu Xian understood it, with a strange and subtle expression.

Duanmu Fei was still smiling, and continued to peel the grapes and eat, as if he didn't understand.

But she can only deceive outsiders with this appearance, Duanmu Xian and You Junji both know that the little girl is fine, just like a little fox, and her heart is clear. That is, she has a big heart and doesn't worry about anything, if she is narrow-minded or can't think about it, I'm afraid she will either die of anger.

You Junji sighed, "I also heard someone talking about your little girl in private. Those people also knew that he was good friends with the Duanmu family, so they didn't dare to say it to him, but in this way, he and his mouth would inevitably hear a few gossip.

So, Duanmu Fei once again received the loving and pitying eyes of the two old men.

Duanmufei could only laugh, and simply said, "I'll make tea!" What would you like to drink? ”

You Junji's eyes lit up, and he always heard Duanmu Xian boast that Duanmu Scarlet Tea was made well, of course he would not refuse this kind of good thing, and ordered tea: "Pu'er." ”

Where Duanmuxian's tea is collected, Duanmu Fei knows best, and he doesn't need to ask the big girl, so he goes to get the tea pot himself.

Looking at the elegant and slender back of the little girl, Duanmu Xian asked again: "What else?" ”

The movements of Duanmu Scarlet Tea are beautiful and skillful, natural and smooth, and pleasing to the eye.

The tip of You Junji's nose moved, as if he smelled the fragrance of tea.

He cleared his throat and continued, "I heard someone say this morning that when a regent is in charge of the affairs of a country, there should be a virtuous man in charge of the internal affairs. ”

It means that Duanmu Fei is not worthy of Mu Yan as the regent now, and he will naturally not be worthy of being the mother of a country in the future.

Duanmu Xian muttered angrily: "I still think that kid Mu Yan is not worthy of my four girls!" ”

You Junji thinks so.

In You Junji's opinion, Duanmufei, this little girl, is very good, so good. The question is that her marriage with Mu Yan was given by the emperor after all, and the three of them became tigers, will Mu Yan be disgusted with Duanmu Fei because of this?

Duanmu Xian and You Junji have been friends for many years, and at a glance, you can tell what he is worried about.

With Mu Yan's style of treating his four girls as the top pets, of course he can't dislike the four girls.

It's just that there are some things that are hard to say, I can't say that Mu Yan, a stinky boy, climbs the wall and secretly comes to find his little granddaughter at every turn, right?

Thinking of this, Duanmu Xian became angry in his heart.

None of these stinky boys who covet their granddaughters are good things!

Thinking of another "stinky boy", Duanmu Xian's expression became even more eccentric, and he didn't know how many times he sighed in his heart that the men on the two granddaughters' stalls were so a headache!

You Junji paused for a moment, and then said, "Also, many of them are from your third child......"

You Junji was afraid that Duanmu Xian would be angry again, so he was cautious.

Duanmu Xian's expression was calm, and he just shook his head, "I can't get on the stage." "I'm afraid these methods that can't be put on the table are all learned from He's. The third child is completely abolished.

At this time, Duanmufei came back with the brewed tea, a total of three cups of tea, You Jun collected a cup of Pu'er, Duanmufei himself also got a cup of Pu'er, and it was Duanmuxian's turn to be a cup of medicinal tea.

Duanmuxian's face almost didn't fall, and his eyes seemed to say, why didn't he drink Pu'er!

Duanmu Fei patiently reasoned with Duanmu Xian: "Grandfather, you are still sick. ”

You Junji picked up the teacup and smelled the tea, even if he didn't taste it, he knew that the tea was brewed very well.

He lowered his head and took a sip, and sure enough, the tea flavor was glutinous and mellow.

It can be seen that the people who make tea are very quiet.

Good tea, really good tea!

You Junji took a reminiscence, took another sip, and couldn't help but look at Duanmu Fei.

Duanmufei was also drinking tea, his eyes were crooked, quite satisfied.

All right. This girl is really big! You Junji envied the heart of the earth and said, this is really a blessing!

Duanmu Xian looked at You Junji's intoxicated expression, his heart was sour, thinking that he would ask the imperial doctor later, when he would be able to lift the ban.

Under Duanmu Xian's envious gaze, You Junji drank half a cup of tea, and then he remembered another thing sluggishly, and said, "By the way, the third child of your family has already taken office today." ”

This time, Duanmu Xian didn't even raise his eyebrows, and continued to drink his bitter tea, as if You Junji was just a person who didn't want to do it.

As You Junji said, Duanmu has just taken office today.

Now he is proud, and he feels that he has finally come to the end of his hardships and the time has come.

Since a few years ago he was transferred to Ru County, Zhongzhou, by a holy decree, he has not had a good life, in the poor countryside of Ru County, he said that he is a parent official, the head of a county, but he is so bitter that he is not as good as a squire, I thought he would be better when he returned to the capital, but he didn't expect his father Duanmuxian to please the pair of sisters in the long house, regardless of the feelings of father and son, and actually sent himself to Zhuangzi under house arrest.

Later, the father divorced his wife and separated the family, as if he was crazy, and only the two sisters in the long house were left in his eyes, and all their own sons were driven out of the house.

Every time I think of these things, Duanmu feels aggrieved. But filial piety is the supreme thing, and he has nowhere to redress his grievances.

Fortunately, the sky has long eyes!

The peaks and loops turned, he just didn't rely on his father, and he still got a good errand in Honglu Temple!

Duanmu sat behind the bookcase, looked around at his surroundings, and smiled quite smugly.

He reached out and touched the new book case for a while, and then lazily leaned back on the back of the chair behind him, feeling very comfortable.

It's worth it!

Anyway, he didn't say anything wrong, every sentence was told the truth, even if his father was impeached because of this, it was because he planted the cause first, so that he has the effect now.

Besides, my father was impeached a few times at most, and he would be impeached from time to time as the first assistant, and there were not many of them, so it was worth it to change himself to an errand.

Even if he doesn't do this, the second, fourth, and fifth children will do it sooner or later, so it's better for him to strike first.

Outside the house, several officials of Honglu Temple gathered together, looked in the direction of Duanmu Period from time to time, and talked one after another.

The object of discussion is naturally the Duanmu period.

Duanmu was inexplicably transferred to Honglu Temple, and he was promoted, so it was easy to become the object of attention in Beijing, not to mention, his surname was Duanmu.

"Lord Li, Lord Chen, have you heard the rumors?" A middle-aged official with a goatee said in a low voice to two colleagues.

The two adults immediately showed a knowing expression, and one of them pointed his chin in the direction of Duanmu, "You said 'that thing'?" ”

"Which thing?" Another young official in his thirties approached curiously.

The goatee smiled mysteriously, "Lord Huang, you only returned to Beijing yesterday, and it is natural not to know." The one inside, he sold his father for this position......"

Master Li and Master Chen also added very diligently, and gave a general overview of the recent impeachment of Duanmuxian.

"I heard that Duanmu Shousuke seems to have fallen ill because of this." Master Chen said with a sigh, "There is a way, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read. But for the sake of his own future, he pushed his father out and put it on the fire to roast, which is really unheard of! ”

"This godson has no way, it is a disaster for the family!"

“……”

Several officials nodded frequently with concern, seeing that they were talking lively, and other officials also came over, talking about all kinds of rumors about the Duanmu family in Beijing these days, it was inevitable that Mu Yan who was not in Beijing at the moment.

"You say, if the regent had known, would he have made peace with ......?"

Someone made a slashing gesture and stopped talking, and everyone around them looked at each other and thought about it.

For Honglu Temple and those gossips outside, Duanmu didn't hear it, and even if he heard it, he didn't care.

Their family has been divided, and each house has to seek a future for each house, and he has done nothing wrong. To be realistic, he is not planning for himself, but also for his next sons.

While drinking tea, Duanmu slowly flipped through the official documents, and said in his heart: This capital is different from the poor countryside such as Ru County, and look, the tea in this Honglu Temple is not ordinary, and it is not comparable to the coarse tea in Ru County.

"Tea!"

On this day, Duanmu didn't know how many cups of tea he drank, but he didn't read much of the official documents.

Seeing that the time for the next office was approaching, he was about to pack up his things and leave, when an uninvited guest suddenly came.

(End of chapter)