That's great! Jun Lingxi let out a sigh of envy, and a few drops of rain happened to fall on her long eyelashes, lining her pupils even brighter, "It's only been a few days, you have actually become the chief soldier of Jinju, and you can still go to the battlefield!" ”

Jun Lingxi's heart is a little complicated, envy, yearning, emotion, regret, who made her a daughter! Otherwise, she can also go to war with her father and brother......

Jun Lingxi's thought was only a flash, she was never a sad person, and soon said: "However, my eldest brother often said that open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend against on the battlefield. If the enemy is cunning, we must be more cunning than them, and we would rather live in the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. It's better to be scolded by the enemy than to die on the battlefield. ”

Jun Lingxi racked her brains to search for the words that Jun Ran told her in her memory, and finally solemnly admonished: "Xiao Tian, there is only one life, you can't be careless!" I hope you return triumphantly soon. ”

Although Jun Lingxi's words were rough, they could be said to be heartfelt, Xiao Tian understood it, and said with a smile: "Cheng girl's auspicious words." ”

Thinking that Jun Lingxi was so generous, he couldn't be too stingy, didn't he, Xiao Tian paused, and then said: "When I return triumphantly, I will invite you to drink...... Let's watch the play. Xiao Tian stiffly changed "drinking" to "watching a play", "Of course, you have to wait for your filial piety." ”

"Then it's a deal." Jun Lingxi raised his right hand, wanting to high-five Xiao Tian as an alliance.

Xiao Tian could only look at his left hand holding the umbrella, and then at his right hand holding the burden, which means that he really has no hands.

"Poof." Jun Lingxi smiled happily.

After a while, Jun Lingxi stopped laughing and said, "On the day you set off, I couldn't see you off." Bon voyage. I'll go first. ”

Jun Lingxi commanded the groom, and the carriage of King Jian's mansion left, and it was only two teas after staying.

Xiao Tian shook the oil-paper umbrella in his hand, said goodbye, and followed, he entered through the corner gate again, and slowly returned to the main courtyard.

The second elder of the Chu family naturally noticed that Xiao Tian had an extra thing in his hand.

Xiao Tian explained: "This is the golden silk soft armor that Miss Jun gave me for self-defense. ”

Old Lady Chu and Mrs. Chu were a little surprised and glanced at each other.

Old lady Chu's eyes flashed, and she said: "This golden silk soft armor is the best for self-defense, Xiaotian, after you go to the battlefield, you must wear it from time to time, and you must not take it off." ”

The golden silk soft armor is made of gold wire, not to mention its value, Jian Wangfu is a century-old military general family, and their family's golden silk soft armor has its own uniqueness, and it is also the secret of the Jun family.

Xiao Tian responded with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't take it off." "This is golden silk soft armor, if it is stolen, won't it be too late for him to cry?!

Old Lady Chu and Mrs. Chu glanced at each other again, and their eyes flashed with a meaning that Xiao Tian didn't understand.

Xiao Tian is already sixteen years old, and he is also the age to talk about marriage. When he returns triumphantly, they can talk about marriage, Jun Lingxi looks at this child and is quite a good candidate.

Mrs. Chu actually wanted to test a few words, but thinking that Xiao Tian was about to go on the expedition, now was obviously not a good time, so she swallowed all her words back.

At this time, another housekeeper came in and respectfully asked the second elder of the Chu family if he had set up a meal.

So the room went to eat in the wing room on the west side.

After lunch, Mu Yan, Duanmu Fei and Xiao Tian left together, Xiao Tian's bags had not been sorted out, he only took a few changes of clothes with him, Mu Yan and Mrs. Chu said that they would send someone to pick them up early tomorrow morning.

After a few young people left, the room suddenly became deserted, especially quiet.

Obviously, Xiao Tian's back could no longer be seen, but Mrs. Chu still stood by the window reluctantly, looking at the empty courtyard with a stunned gaze.

Although Mrs. Chu was reluctant, she also knew that this arrangement was the best for Xiao Tian, as long as he could go to Jinzhou on this trip and make military achievements, he would no longer have to bear the charge of murdering court officials, rebellion and mountain bandits.

Mrs. Chu's eyes were slightly moist, thinking about all these years, and said to herself that her grandson would definitely come back from Jinju safely.

The eldest son, the eldest daughter-in-law, and the elder sister are in heaven and will bless this child, since they brought him back to the Chu family, then they will definitely protect him to go to Jinju smoothly and return triumphantly.

In the future, the grandson will be the chief soldier of Jinju, and he can live in the sun with dignity!

A breeze blew, the branches and leaves swayed, and the wind blew a falling maple leaf right on the window sill.

The sadness in Mrs. Chu's eyes gradually settled, and the corners of her lips were dyed with a shallow smile again, "In two days, I want to go to Huangjue Temple to live for a month." ”

Old Lady Chu walked up to Mrs. Chu with her hands and said with a smile: "I'll go with you." ”

They can't do anything for this child in the capital, so it's better to go to Huangjue Temple to eat fasting and pray for him.

The old couple went back to the Luohan bed and sat down, and the maid served them hot new tea.

Mrs. Chu took a sip of hot tea, her eyes flashed with a strange brilliance, and she said, "Old lady, what do you think of Xiaoxi?" ”

"Good." Old Lady Chu smiled and nodded. Of course, he knew that Mrs. Chu was not only asking Jun Lingxi, but also the meaning of her words.

Mrs. Chu smiled and bent her eyes, her eyes showing expectation, "Xiaoxi is the best in terms of family background, character, and temperament, and Xiaotian has also reached the age of starting a family......

Mrs. Chu couldn't help but put the two children together in her mind, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that the two of them were really a good match, and her eyes narrowed into slits with a smile.

Old lady Chu patted her hand soothingly and said, "When Xiaotian comes back, just ask." ”

Don't worry, they will have time in the future, they will watch their grandchildren start a family and watch their great-grandchildren be born......

The old couple looked at each other and smiled, and everything was silent.

The autumn wind is gusting, and the red maple leaves are flying in the courtyard outside the window, both inside and outside Beijing.

Early in the morning of September 26, Xiao Tian, the new commander-in-chief of Jinju, set off for Jinju with 30,000 forbidden troops and an elite battalion of firecrackers. On the same day, the regent Mu Yan personally went to the camp in Xishan to see him off and boost the morale of the army.

These days, all the mansions in Beijing have been paying attention to this matter, and naturally many mansions have sent people to watch the army set off, and only then did they know that the rumored Xiao Tian was actually a yellow-haired boy who was less than seventeen years old, and they were in an uproar again.

Xiao Tian left, but all kinds of rumors about him in the capital intensified.

The courtiers really couldn't figure it out, the Chu family and the Zhang family didn't make any moves from beginning to end, as if they didn't care at all that Zhang Wenche had worked hard for a year but was robbed of his credit, and they didn't care that he was pressed by such a nobody.

This is so unreasonable!

In the midst of the hustle and bustle, some people who had been staring at the Xuanguo Mansion remembered that the regent had personally visited the Chu family two days ago, and they couldn't help but think about it and talk about it in secret:

"Could it be that the regent promised the Chu family something that made the Chu family suffer this sullen loss so silently?"

"It's possible...... No, it must be! The Chu family has always been shrewd, and the Duke of Xuanguo has made great contributions to the regent, and the regent can't treat the Duke of Xuanguo badly. ”

"Hey, the regent is really nepotistic, and he can't listen to advice, which makes the court a miasma, and he has no gentleman's demeanor."

“……”

In the court and the opposition, all kinds of voices were talking in a weird way.

Several cabinet elders naturally heard these rumors, and they learned to be smart this time, so they simply sat back and ignored them and let the rumors spread...... It wasn't until these rumors spread that the cabinet released the news in a timely manner, saying that Xiao Tian was the regent Zhao'an's Taichu village owner.

In just a few days, the name "Xiao Tian" once again shook the entire court, and no one could match the limelight.

The courtiers were dumbfounded.

There has been such a thing as "Zhao'an" since ancient times, but it is rare in this dynasty, that is, once during the time of Emperor Yingzong.

At that time, Emperor Yingzong recruited the Qinglong Village in the southwest, the Qinglong Village was quite powerful in the local area, and it was the Qinglong Village that helped to take the lead, so that some small clans around it surrendered to Dasheng "without blood". Afterwards, Emperor Yingzong did not unload the mill and kill the donkey, and named the owner of Qinglong Village as the hereditary marquis, which is now the Pingxi Marquis Mansion in the southwest, and the Pingxi Marquis has also been passed down for five generations.

It turns out that the regent is recruiting Taichu Village!

It turns out that the regent is going to fight bandits with bandits!

It turned out that Xiao Tian turned out to be the owner of Taichu Village!

After the shock, the courtiers all had a feeling of sudden realization, and most of them felt that the regent was really tricky, and he would recruit An, just say no in advance, so as to save them from guessing.

On second thought, since the cabinet was all in the know, it was obvious that the regent had already informed the cabinet.

The courtiers who learned the "truth" also lost their hearts to join in the fun for a while, and all of them stopped at once.

After seven or eight days of hustle and bustle, the court was finally quiet.

In this regard, You Junji and other cabinet elders admired it.

"Brother Duanmu, you are really tall." You Junji replaced wine with tea and toasted Duanmuxian, who was sitting next to him.

Duanmuxian took a shallow sip of tea elegantly, and there was a bit of righteousness in the light breeze, "The matter of Zhao'an is all told the truth, and there is no lie." ”

Several other pavilion elders, including You Junji, heard this, revealing complicated expressions.

"yes, yes, you're not lying!" You Junji said casually, feeling in his heart that Duanmu Xian really had nothing to say to Mu Yan, the future grandson-in-law.

As Duanmuxian himself said, he really didn't lie, he just used the "opportunity" cunningly.

He first deliberately concealed Xiao Tian's identity to provoke the curiosity and dissatisfaction of the courtiers, and when they made a big fuss, he announced that Xiao Tian was the owner of the Taichu Village, so as to skillfully divert the attention of the courtiers.

It's been a mess for so long, but now no one is paying attention, Mu Yan has given too much unreasonable preferential treatment to this Zhao'an.

Qin Wenshuo, Huang Siren and several other ministers secretly exchanged glances and sighed secretly: Duanmu Xian is really an old fox!

Presumably, if the first generation of Pingxi Hou knew Xiao Tianzhao'an's treatment, he would be so angry that he would crawl out of the coffin and vomit out a mouthful of old blood.

When Emperor Yingzong recruited Qinglongzhai, the imperial court never gave 30,000 troops, let alone the army, not even a single grain and grass, and when recruiting An, he did not give their family an official knighthood, but just drew a big pie.

That is to say, back then, the imperial court neither spent money nor made people, and persuaded Qinglongzhai to make meritorious service by himself.

Nowadays, in the anecdote of Emperor Yingzong and Pingxihou, the story of their monarchs and ministers is passed on as a beautiful thing, but in fact, this incident is not as "beautiful" as the legend says.

The so-called "bloodless soldiers" is the "bloodless blades" of the imperial court, and Qinglongzhai paid the price back then, not as simple as "leading".

At the beginning, Qinglongzhai first took down a tribe in the southwest second only to Qinglongzhai, as a weapon to deter other tribes, so that in order to protect themselves, the southwestern tribes could only accept the lobby of Qinglongzhai and submit to the imperial court.

To put it bluntly, this is the first generation of Pingxi Marquis who successfully subdued the southwestern tribes and did not die, so he used his life to earn the title of "Pingxi Marquis" for himself and his descendants.

In comparison, the treatment of Xiao Tian and Pingxi Hou Mansion is simply one heaven and one underground.

The preferential treatment that Xiao Tian received was too eye-catching, if the cabinet said to the courtiers that it was Zhao'an at the beginning, it would inevitably be grabbed by those "preferential treatments", and when the time came, the officials would be endless.

It's okay now, they are all keeping an eye on Xiao Tian's identity, and once they figure it out, they will all disperse, saving the cabinet and the regent a lot of trouble!

Anyway, no matter how much trouble they make, they can't beat the regent, so it's better to leave it like this and save everyone some trouble.

Several elders exchanged glances passively.

In the final analysis, as long as Xiao Tian's trip can successfully pacify Jinzhou, this matter will be completely revealed, and in the future, others will only pay attention to the "result", not the process, and the world will only praise the regent for his insight.

In case Xiao Tian can't use it......

Huang Siren, the secretary of the military department, swallowed his saliva and didn't dare to think about it.

Forget it. Anyway, this matter is the idea of the regent, so why should he worry about it!

Huang Siren, the secretary of the military department, thought about it and put this matter aside for the time being.

He sniffed the fragrance of the tea, and praised Duanmu Xian with a smile: "Lord Duanmu, your Pu'er tea is fifty years old Pu'er." Xia Guan is really blessed. ”

"It turns out that Lord Huang is also a tea lover, and I recently got a good jar of cloud tea, and I will taste it with adults next time." Duanmu Xian said with a smile.

Qin Wenshuo secretly said that Huang Siren was flattering, and he also spoke to Duanmu Xian diligently: "Lord Duanmu, your fourth granddaughter is about to get married." Congratulations, it seems that the house is about to do a happy event. ”

Qin Wenshuo arched his hand at Duanmu Xian, meaning that the marriage between Duanmu Fei and Mu Yan was just around the corner.

It's a pity that Qin Wenshuo's fart slapped on the horse's leg.

"Where, where, my little granddaughter is still young." Duanmuxian smiled on the surface, but in his heart, he felt that Qin Wenshuo really couldn't open any pot!

The fourth girl is getting married, what is he happy about!

Duanmuxian still wants to keep Duanmufei for a few more years, anyway, the little girl will only be fifteen next month, and it is not too late to marry at twenty!

Qin Wenshuo is also a shrewd person, and intuitively tasted a little unhappy from Duanmu Xian's words, and wondered in his heart: Duanmu Xian is not dissatisfied with this family business, right? What is he dissatisfied, Mu Yan will soon be the most noble son of heaven in this Dasheng, and Duanmu Fei will never marry better than this!

Are you thinking too much?

Qin Wenshuo was pondering, when he saw a Tsing Yi chief hurriedly enter the side hall.

Chang Sui saluted all the pavilion elders, and then said, "Just now, Jinyi Wei went to Lord Xu Mingzhen's mansion. ”

“……”

“……”

“……”

There was a moment of silence in the side hall.

All the pavilion elders looked at each other, and then looked at Duanmu Xian in unison, wanting to see if he knew.

Duanmuxian did not hide his astonishment.

Fan Peizhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, muttered the hearts of everyone: "What's the matter? ”

All the faces were different, and each had their own speculations.

The Xu family is Mu Yan's mother's family, and since Mu Yan specially recruited Xu Mingzhen to the capital, of course he planned to reuse his maternal grandfather.

As we all know, Jinyiwei is Cen Yin's ...... People only obey Cen Yin's orders, and now Jinyiwei suddenly went to Xu's house, could it be that he was ordered by Cen Yin to raid the house?

In other words, Cen Yin and Mu Yan finally fell out!?

No way?!

Just thinking about it, several cabinet elders felt frightened.

The court has just stabilized a little, and the northern border has been rewarded one after another, and the chaos that should be quelled in Dasheng is being quelled, the disaster relief is being relieved, and the people are being safe......

If Cen Yin and Mu Yan collapsed at this time, it would be inevitable that the hundreds of officials in the court would stand in line, and there would be civil strife, and then Dasheng, who had finally eased up, would be in chaos.

The elders couldn't think about it, and the temperature plummeted, as if they had suddenly entered the cold winter moon.

Once again, they looked at Duanmu Xian in unison, waiting for him to make up his mind, and the hall was silent for a while.

The sky outside the temple was overcast at some point, and the sky was overcast, as if dusk had come early.

At this moment, a team of brocade guards had already rushed into the Xu Mansion in Willow Leaf Lane.

The subordinates of the Xu Mansion were frightened, and a mother-in-law rushed into the gate of the main courtyard out of breath, shouting: "Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Tai, Jinyiwei is here!" ”

There is no need for the maid to report it again, Mrs. Xu in the house has already heard it, and her face has changed.

In the Dasheng Dynasty, Jinyiwei and Dongchang are no different from cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, and who is not afraid of them in the court!

Mrs. Xu's first thought was the same as that of the elders, wondering if her grandson had fallen out with Cen Yin?

At the same time, the eldest maid came in with the mother-in-law who had come to report the report, and the mother-in-law added: "Mrs. Tai, the Jinyi guard is coming over here, and the slaves and maids dare not stop it......"

The woman's face was pale, and her voice trembled. There are eggs under the nest, if the Xu family is copied, even their subordinates will not end well.

Mrs. Xu made up her mind, she had experienced a lot of ups and downs, and she didn't lose her temper, she just said, "Invite people in." ”

The eldest maid and mother-in-law retreated from the second room, and Mrs. Xu hesitated to look at Duanmu Fei on the right.

Duanmu Fei is holding a blue and white porcelain teacup, drinking tea elegantly.

Yesterday, Mrs. Xu asked her to send some specialties from her hometown to Duanmufei, Duanmufei came over today to thank her, and by the way, she talked to the old man.

"Sister Scarlet ......" Mrs. Xu was afraid that Jinyiwei would bump into the little girl, and wanted to persuade her to leave, but at this time, there was a messy footstep and noise outside.

The three Jinyi guards strode in, led by the Jinyi guards Qianhu in their forties, with dark skin and a cold face that no one should enter.

The three men were tall and big, which suddenly made the room a lot more crowded this time.

"Four girls!" Qianhu's cold face suddenly changed the moment he saw Duanmu Fei, as if he had suddenly changed from an arrogant jackal to a big dog, and he bowed to Duanmu Fei with a smile.

"Wu Qianhu," Duanmu said hello to the brocade-clothed Wei Qianhu with a smile, "How are you doing lately?" ”

"Okay, okay, bother the four girls to remember." Wu Qianhu was flattered, but he didn't expect Duanmu Fei to remember himself, and his eyes narrowed together with a smile.

Mrs. Xu looked at the brocade guard who was like a wolf and a tiger on weekdays with a complicated expression, and she was as obedient as a little sheep in front of the little girl, and she couldn't help but feel a strange sense of disobedience.

She had long heard of this little girl's hard backer, and she was very favored by Cen Yin, but it was the first time she witnessed it.

Duanmu Fei was watching from the side, Wu Qianhu's expression became polite when he looked at Mrs. Xu, and he arched his hand to Mrs. Xu, "Mrs. Xu, the contemptible person also has official business, and I took the liberty to invite Haihan to the door today." ”

Mrs. Xu replied politely: "I don't know what advice Wu Qianhu has?" ”

"Please also ask Mrs. Xu to hand over to us a maid named Bailing in your house." Wu Qianhu said bluntly.

There are so many people in the Xu Mansion, of course Mrs. Xu will not remember the name of each person, but Bai Ling is the eldest maid of her granddaughter Xu Xiyu, of course Mrs. Xu knows.

Mrs. Xu was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened slightly, and she remembered the matter of the "spy", and hurriedly asked, "Is it her?" ”

"......" Wu Qianhu smiled silently and looked directly at Mrs. Xu.

I have a guaranteed monthly pass today, can you give it to me? The monthly pass red envelope has been opened, remember to get it~

The second watch is at 14:30 in the afternoon.

(End of chapter)