In Lin'an City, Qi Xiang looked at the road sacrifice couplets of the high-ranking families on the street, and the words "Yao Si Wuren Hou Huo Gongyan" were everywhere, and he was horrified. He hurriedly rushed to the Marquis Wuren's mansion, only to see a white flag hanging on the big house in the past, and asked a passerby, "What's wrong with this house?" ”

"Eh...... Our General Huo family is really a good person and doesn't live long...... The other day, the queen capsized in the sea. Later, Uncle Huo Guo was overly sad, the old injury recurred, and he was funeral yesterday. Now only Mrs. Zhenguo is left in this mansion......" With that, the passerby shook his head and sighed again.

Qi wanted to buckle the knocker on the mansion of Marquis Wuren. After a long time, the housekeeper came to open the door in linen and filial piety, and said with a bitter smile: "It turned out that Gongzi Qi was here, and I went to inform Madame." Then he led him to sit down in the hall where he was meeting.

Qi wanted to scan everything here, the last time he came, it was a hot summer, the sun was like fire, and sweat wet every part of his clothes, and the housekeeper Uncle Fu asked his subordinates to serve him a bowl of cold sweet tea. The Marquis of Wuren's Mansion is one of the most wealthy families in Lin'an, but there is no extravagance and wealth, and the furniture and utensils only make people feel clean and elegant.

Marquis Wu Ren sat down with him and discussed, the sea and the sky. He was amazed, such polite and brilliant, is the person who is still the general who kills and decides on the battlefield?

At that time, Huo Yan waved his hand and said: "At that time, the country was captured by the Jin, and the old man was forced to abandon his military affairs and follow literature. But when I see Zixiang today, I only feel that the afterlife is terrible, and your future achievements will be greater than mine!"

At this time, a middle-aged woman walked out: "The son is here?" ”

Mrs. Zhenguo's Liu Shi's black hair turned gray, she was wearing a filial piety dress, and a young daughter-in-law was sitting on the top of the hall beside her.

Qi Xiang hurriedly got up and saluted: "Hello, master." I am the Son. ”

Mrs. Zhenguo Liu sighed and said, "I've been looking bad lately, and I can't recognize you anymore. ”

Qi Xiang's impression of Mrs. Zhenguo Liu, that is a beautiful woman. Now she is only in her early forties, and now she is as haggard as an old woman in her sixties, her eyes are dull, and she is old. Qi Xiang said seriously: "Master, please mourn, please take care of your body." ”

"I'm just getting by. When the time comes, I will be able to reunite with Master Hou and my hard-working girl. Liu said it lightly, and there is nothing to love.

"Master, don't say that. I will write to you often in the future. Qi Xiang said.

"You're a caring child, thank you so much. Hou Ye said, are you married? Liu asked.

"I got married in March this year, and now my daughter-in-law has entered the door. She is my cousin, and like me, she comes from a poor family. Qi Xiang said.

Liu nodded and said, "It must be a kind and virtuous girl, you have to treat your daughter-in-law well." In the future, if you become a big official, you must also maintain your original intention. ”

"Yes. The son strictly obeys the teachings of his mother. Qi Xiang said.

"My daughter...... Or is she unlucky...... If only she had ......," Liu said, tears streaming down her face.

"Master, don't say that. It's that I don't deserve it...... If it weren't for the help of my teacher and wife, I wouldn't be where I am today......" Qi Xiang comforted.

Liu wiped his tears with a handkerchief and said, "The matter of the Hou Ye and the queen, I am so sad when I think about it. ”

"Qi Gongzi, where are you going to take up your post?" The young daughter-in-law beside Liu asked.

"Son, she is the daughter-in-law of her deceased husband's friend's family, and she is also an old acquaintance with the queen. She came from Gusu to accompany me. Liu pointed to Bin Niang beside him.

Qi wanted to know this lady, she saw that her master was sad, and at this moment she changed the topic, got up and bowed her head and said, "Chengdu." ”

"That's the fiefdom of King Pingxi, maybe one day it will be ......" Liu said earnestly: "Your Majesty sent you to show that he is very fond of you." The family is small, so take care. ”

Liu said very implicitly, no one in the Manchu Dynasty was willing to go to Shu to take up his post. Because King Pingxi wants to fight against His Majesty, and His Majesty has always had the intention of cutting it. It's just that they don't want to tear their faces just yet. If one day the king of Pingxi rebelled, which of the officials in Shu did not kill and destroy the door...... However, he has no prominent family, no Yue family to take care of, and all he can rely on is himself.

Qi Xiang nodded and said, "The student knows it, thank you for your concern." ”

"It's not too late, but do you have a place to stay? If it's too late, rest at my house. Liu said.

"Don't hide it from my wife, Jing's mother's family is on Daishan Island. I have to leave for Mingzhou today, and I will go to sea tomorrow to find her. I'm going to Chengdu soon, and Humble Jing and I always have to say goodbye to my father-in-law. Qi Xiang said.

Minnesota ...... Bin Niang silently read it in her heart.

"If that's the case, then go ahead." Liu said.

In the evening, Qi Xiang worshiped Huo Yan's spiritual seat, and left the Wuren Marquis Mansion and set off for Mingzhou.

In the bumpy carriage, Qi Xiang opened the curtain of the carriage to let the moonlight in, and the night breeze blew in his face, which reminded him of many things from before.

When Huo Yan said that he wanted to marry his daughter to him, he suddenly heard the sound of porcelain breaking behind the screen, and then a slender figure brushed away, he knew that this Miss Huo didn't want to marry him. On the day of the expedition, he saw from a distance that when he saw two little girls climbing over the wall one after the other, the butler happened to pass by him, and he deliberately blocked the butler's sight with his own body. Miss Huo didn't want him, so why force it.

Later, when I heard that this Miss Huo had become the queen, I also had a lot of curiosity in my heart, what kind of person is this Miss Jiao who can win His Majesty's favor? or willful, or brutal, or clever.

However, now this girl is dead......