Eldest Sun Yun looked up at Xia Mengning suddenly, his eyes showing disbelief, but then he was relieved and said, "That's exactly what it means." ”

Xia Mengning bent his fingers and knocked twice on the table, "But I don't understand, if he is not Xia Zhishen, then who would he be, what is he doing everything possible to pretend to be Xia Zhishen and come back, why is he leaving without a sound now?" ”

Eldest Sun Yun smiled, picked up the pen and wrote two words under the Western Regions, 'Tiger Fu'!

Xia Mengning was puzzled, "What do you mean?" ”

Changsun Yun took the pen and circled the word 'Tiger Talisman' and said: "Since the founding of the country, in order to prevent the dispersion of troops, he ordered people to make a tiger talisman, which can command all the soldiers and generals of the northern country, so once the tiger talisman is in hand, you can order thousands of troops and horses to serve it." ”

Xia Mengning heard the clue and said, "You mean, he came back to steal the tiger talisman?" ”

Eldest Sun Yun nodded, and then said, "He is not the only one who covets the Tiger Talisman. ”

As he spoke, Changsun Yun picked up the pen again and wrote a few more words on the paper.

Xia Mengning looked at it and said slowly: "Southern Kingdom, descendants of the royal family, princes of the Eastern Kingdom, Western Regions, fine works, spies, princes." ”

After reading it, Xia Mengning was thinking about it, and the eldest grandson Yun said: "Uncle Huang has already noticed that now there are spies from the south, the east, and the western regions in the palace and the palaces of the major officials in the capital. ”

Xia Mengning was shocked and said, "How can this be? ”

Eldest Sun Yun circled the southern kingdom and the western regions respectively, and said with a frown: "Although the southern and eastern kingdoms have been surrendered, do you think they will be loyal to the northern kingdom so easily, but it has been several years in a row, and I only found out that the spies from the eastern kingdom seem to be in the capital, but I have not found out who it is." This time, my Gu poison must have nothing to do with these people, so thinking about it, we should also pay more attention. ”

Xia Meng froze, "They are all here for the Tiger Talisman?" ”

Changsun Yun nodded, and suddenly heard a low long sound, Changsun Yun was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Xu someone is looking for me, I'll go back first." ”

Xia Mengning glanced at him and said, "Be careful!" ”

Eldest Sun Yun nodded, his figure jumped, and he disappeared without a trace.

Xia Mengning held her forehead, a burst of worry, it seemed that she was invisibly involved in a war, reached out and took the piece of paper that Changsun Yun had just written, Xia Mengning reached out and handed it to the candle, and the tongue of fire quickly rolled up the paper, and it burned without a shadow in an instant.

There was a slight sound outside, Xia Mengning held his breath, listened carefully, and then put his mind at ease and said, "Come in, he's leaving." ”

The curtain of the door was opened, and Jiu'er poked into a small head, looked around, and then walked in.

"The slave maid made tamales and braised fish balls with snow cabbage, and the young lady got up early in the morning and didn't eat yet, so it's better to use some first."

Looking at the dishes brought by Jiu'er, Xia Mengning was shocked to realize that she was already hungry in her stomach, and said with a smile: "It's okay, Jiu'er is a careful person, and even I forgot to eat." ”

Jiu'er was a little embarrassed, and served Xia Meng red date and lotus seed porridge, and served a plate of delicate lotus steamed buns, and at the end, a plate of smallly cut oil-pickled spicy radish was served from the outside.

Xia Mengning drank the porridge, looked at the table of food, and said with a smile: "Why are you cooking so many dishes today, isn't it about to be lunch?" ”

Jiu'er smiled mischievously, "Sister Zhulian talked to the slave maid last night, Miss doesn't like to eat much these days, and she has lost a lot of weight, Sister Zhulian said, Miss has fallen ill before, and her body is weak, so she should eat more......"

Xia Mengning was so smart, she immediately saw the twists and turns, put her chopsticks aside, and said, "To be honest, don't use those words to deceive me." ”

Jiu'er was stunned, didn't know how to answer, and her face turned red.

Xia Mengning saw it and said, "Since you don't say it, then withdraw all the dishes, I don't have an appetite." ”

Jiu'er was in a hurry, and she didn't care about anything else, so she hurriedly said: "Don't, miss, the slave said, the slave said, the slave said, ......"

Xia Mengning glanced at her, and listened to Jiu'er say: "Sister Zhulian said that Miss is delicate and willing to hide everything in her heart, these days the slave and maid look at the young lady who doesn't like to eat, and is always willing to go to Mrs. Mei to eat, the slave maid used to be like this at home, the mother has a younger brother, so she doesn't care much about the slave and maid, the slave and the maid think, the young lady is not good to go on like this, so she makes a lot of dishes, all of which are loved by the young lady, this steamed pork, the slave and the maid also specially let the purchased mother-in-law buy the freshest, only lean meat, not a little fat......"

The more Jiu'er spoke, the more anxious she became, but Xia Mengning laughed out loud.

Jiu'er was stunned for a moment, swallowed back all the words in her stomach, and looked at Xia Mengning suspiciously.

Xia Mengning was moved in her heart, she had never felt this kind of warmth in her previous life, but in this life, first the eldest grandson, and then Jiu'er, they are not related to themselves, but they are willing to tolerate themselves like this and care about themselves, Xia Mengning thought, her eyes were a little moist, Jiu'er was younger than herself, but she was always considerate and cared about herself, but she was like an adult.

Thinking of this, Xia Mengning tried hard to hold back her tears and said to Jiu'er: "Come here." ”

Jiu'er was puzzled, but she still walked over, but as soon as she walked in, she was hugged by Xia Mengning.

"Miss......"

Xia Mengning let go of Jiu'er and said with a smile: "Jiu'er, thank you, thank you for caring about me so much." ”

Jiu'er's face turned red all of a sudden, scratching her hair and saying, "Miss, don't say that......"

Xia Mengning shook her head, held Jiu'er's hand and said: "Listen, stupid girl, my mother is always upset because of the last few things, I am worried about her, so I go to Mei Fangyuan to eat every day, not what you think, I like Kang'er, how can I be jealous of him, besides, how old am I, can I still be jealous of my brother?" ”

Jiu'er listened, but still didn't believe it, "That young lady doesn't like to eat much lately......"

Xia Mengning pretended to reprimand and smiled: "Besides, I accompany my mother to eat, and every day is nourishing soup and water, either greasy or fatty, I really can't hold it anymore." ”

As he spoke, he looked helpless at Jiu'er.

Jiu'er was amused all of a sudden, hurriedly turned around, and used chopsticks to pick up some tamales and fish balls and said to Xia Mengning's plate, "Miss, try it......"

Xia Mengning tasted it and couldn't stop admiring, "The craftsmanship of the big kitchen is so poor that it can't be compared with Jiu'er's at all, this fish ball is really delicious, and the snow cabbage is also very tender, En...... The minced meat was juicy and the spicy radish was chewy......"

Commenting while eating, Xia Mengning ate a few plates on the table after a while.

Jiu'er was obviously very happy, humming a small tune happily while making tea for Xia Meng, and quickly cleaned up the dishes.

Xia Mengning leaned on the couch, burping constantly, but her heart was overflowing with happiness.

The next day, the winter season made people reluctant to go out, but Xia Chuanyuan went out in a carriage in order to get the Yingluo collar that he had ordered a few days ago.

Entering the jade shop, Xiao Er asked Xia Chuanyuan to wait for a while, and then went into the house to get it, Xia Chuanyuan sat on the chair and looked at the surrounding furnishings.

At this moment, the two who were also waiting on the side chatted, Xia Chuanyuan had no intention of listening, but the content of the conversation between the two made his attention have to be on it.

"Have you heard, this time the flood in the south of the Yangtze River, Prime Minister Xia Cheng has made a contribution in front of the emperor."

"Huh, what do you know, the fifth aunt of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but the daughter of the salt merchant Wei Ming, this time she contributed to the back and donated silver."

"If there is such a thing, shouldn't the prime minister reward her heavily?"

"You don't know, although these five aunts have made great contributions, but they are still the daughter of a businessman, how can the prime minister value her, it's just a pity, I saw the fifth aunt being kicked out by the people of the Wei Mansion this morning, hey, too, she sold her dowry and shop, but she is still an aunt, can the people of her mother's family not look down on her......

As the two spoke, they saw the little two walk out and hand them a box, the two of them took the box, and then turned around and walked out of the shop, Xia Chuanyuan sat on the seat, his face was pale, and at the same time, he was also a little pensive.

The little six sons next to him saw it, and his heart was not good, I am afraid that this is said to the master's heart, the last time the master made up his mind, but he was told back by the third lady, this time, I am afraid that it is not so simple, this Wei family, it is really not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Xia Chuanyuan took the things, hurried back to the house, got out of the carriage, and walked towards the Swift Pavilion without saying a word.

Seeing this, Xiao Liuzi hurriedly followed.

Entering the Swift Pavilion, a little girl hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The slave has seen the master." ”

Xia Chuanyuan frowned, "What about my aunt?" ”

The little girl hurriedly said, "My aunt said that there was something, and she just left the house in the morning." ”

Xia Chuanyuan was stunned, raised his feet and walked into the room, "Okay, I'll wait here." ”

The little girl served the tea, Xia Chuanyuan took it and took a sip, looking at the surrounding furnishings, Wei usually doesn't talk much, he is a taciturn character, Xia Chuanyuan can't remember how long he hasn't come to this Swift Pavilion to see her.

Thinking like this, Xia Chuanyuan stood up and looked around.

I thought that Wei was a businessman's daughter, and she must like some gold, silver and jade, but the furnishings in this room were simple and elegant, Xia Chuanyuan walked to a wall and stopped, carefully looked at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, only to see that the painting was a pavilion, and below was a pool of clear lake water, and there was a woman holding a scroll standing by the window, with gentle eyebrows, quiet and pleasant.

Next to it is a dignified Xiaokai, "pear blossom window, thin slanting sun, full of carved walls." I can listen to a beautiful woman's laughter, and I love the fragrance of books. Hesitating, hesitating, but it's a beautiful woman dressing up. ”

Xia Chuanyuan looked at it, and suddenly remembered that this was the scene when he first met Wei in the Wei Mansion when he was young, at that time he was just a petty official who did nothing, but he inherited his father's mantle, and the first time he met the Wei family, when he went to the Wei Mansion with others, he accidentally saw such a picture of a spring beauty in the back garden.

At that time, the Wei family was gentle, delicate and lovely, and more importantly, she deeply admired Xia Chuanyuan and was willing to marry the prime minister's mansion as a concubine.

Xia Chuanyuan recalled the past, full of emotion, sighed involuntarily, stared at the scenery on the painting with his eyes, and a thousand thoughts surged in his heart.

"Old man......"