Chapter III
"Ouch, Your Royal Highness the Prince, where did you go, it's really easy for the old man to find." Before entering the door, Xia Yuan had already heard Mr. Taifu's shout, and sure enough, it was almost time to complain to his father.
"Sir, this king and Ah Yang will go and change their clothes." After that, Xia Yuan took the mandarin duck's hand and walked to the depths of the prince's hall, leaving Qin Han and Mr. Taifu looking at each other and sighing.
"Qin Xiao......" Before Mr. Taifu finished speaking, Qin Han chased after Xia Yuan and the mandarin duck who were far away.
The Sichuan character between Mr. Taifu's eyebrows became tighter and tighter: "Why don't you listen to people." ”
"Xiao Yuan, I want to go back to the General's Mansion today." The mandarin duck, who was changing clothes for Xia Yuan, pulled the golden jade belt placed in the clothes compartment and carefully sorted out the clothes for His Royal Highness the Prince.
"Go ahead." Xia Yuan stretched out his hand and let the mandarin duck toss, "You don't have to rush back in the past two days, accompany the general and his wife well, I haven't seen you for a long time, they should miss you a lot, I will let Brother Qin escort you back." ”
"By the way, say hello to General Wen for me." Xia Yuan, who had just stepped out of the door, seemed to remember something again, "Bring some more things, I heard that General Wen likes antiques, a few days ago, the people below sent some things from the East China Sea, you can take them back." ”
"Mandarin Duck thanked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on behalf of his father."
General Wen of the Chinese Empire can be said to be known to everyone, and everyone knows it. became famous at a young age, laid down most of the country for the emperor, and can be described as brave and resourceful, invincible. It's just that this General Wen has always been quiet and doesn't like the bustle of the imperial city very much, so after retiring, he placed his house in the north corner of the city.
So when the mandarin duck rode the carriage and saw the plaque of the General's Mansion, it was already sunset. There is a plane tree planted in the front yard of the general's mansion, when the mandarin duck was born, it was only a small one, and now, it has grown into a towering tree, and the height of the courtyard wall is still slightly inferior to the plane tree.
The janitor boy was yawning and sweeping the fallen leaves in the open space in front of the door, looking really cute as if he hadn't woken up. The janitor's next yawn was about to catch when a carriage stopped steadily in front of him, and when he saw the man coming down from the carriage, the tiredness on his face immediately dissipated, and he dropped the broom, turned and ran towards the antechamber, not noticing the steps, and even tripping and stumbling.
"Sir, sir! The eldest lady is back. ”
After a while, General Wen and his wife came out with the child.
"Ah Yang, why don't you send someone to say it in advance if you want to come back, my master and I should make a new quilt for you earlier."
"It's okay, mother, don't bother so much."
"It's getting dark, it's cold outside, let's talk in the house." With that, Mrs. Wen beckoned the butler to remove all the mandarin ducks' luggage from the carriage. The housekeeper glanced at the mandarin duck without a trace, and did not speak, the mandarin duck felt a little strange, but he didn't think much about it.
"By the way, Dad, Xiao Yuan knows that you like antiques, so I asked me to bring you some."
"Haha, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a heart."
The mandarin duck called someone and brought those antiques up: "Dad, do you like it?" ”
"Very good, very good, this is one of the few finest porcelain. The old man likes it tightly. "Since seeing these antiques, General Wen's eyes have never left these porcelain, looking left and right, the more I look at it, the more I like it.
"Mother, this is the bird's nest that I brought to you from the south through the people in the palace."
Mrs. Wen smiled and was very happy: "Come home, stay for a few days before leaving?" ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also has this intention, let me go back later."
"Very good, very good."
"Dad, mother, there is something I don't know whether to mention or not."
"What?"
"Ah......h Haven't come back yet. ”
“……”
"Ah Yang, it's not early, Jiaojiao should also clean up the room for you, hurry all the way, rest early." Mrs. Wen did not want to mention Ah Yan, but only diverted the topic.
"Then Ah Yang went back to the house first." The mandarin duck did not continue to entangle, got up and went back to the room.
Outside the imperial city, there is a mountain called Taiwei, and the top of this Taiwei mountain is smoky all the year round, the people say that there are immortals living on the top of this Taiwei mountain, but in fact there are not all immortals, some are just a small Taoist temple, called too microcosm, and this too microcosm, there is indeed an immortal, but this immortal seems to be different from other places, he always looks like he can't wake up, always squints his eyes all year round, and the range of activities is only the room where he is. Disciples who pass by always like to pass by the immortal's bedroom and look through the window to see if the mysterious viewer is asleep.
"Senior sister, junior sister, this is when I sneaked into the city this time, I smelled the smell and bought it secretly, try it quickly, it's delicious." A young Taoist priest brought a piece of osmanthus cake in his hand to the mouth of the girl in front of him.
The girl pouted in disgust: "Senior brother, where did you get your money?" ”
"I ...... I picked it up. The young priest's hand stiffened, avoiding the girl's questioning gaze.
"Oh? Where did you pick up such a good thing, I'll pick it up when I go back. ”
"Big ...... The door of the elder brother's room, huh...... What's that, junior sister, junior brother still has something to do, I'll go first, ahahaha. With that, he ran away.
Leaving the girl in place, laughing: "Second Senior Brother is really stupid. ”
This girl is General Wen's second daughter, Mandarin Duck's sister, Wen murmured.
When Wen Lan was young, there was a Taoist priest passing by at home, and after seeing Wen Lan who ran to the door to play for the first time, he hurriedly said to Mrs. Wen and General Wen: "This woman will be robbed in the future, and only Taiwei Mountain is too microscopic to ensure the safety of a lifetime." ”
Madame was shocked: "How can this be ......?"
"Madame doesn't have to believe in the poor way, I'm afraid that Mrs. will regret it in the future."
Mrs. Wen didn't sleep well at night, and her mind always echoed what the Taoist priest said during the day, and when she woke up the general, she discussed with the general: "Do you really send Ah Lan to Taiwei to apprentice." ”
"If Madame is worried that Ah Lan will really be in danger in the future, she should do so. I'm afraid that Ah Yang is in the palace again, and Mrs. will be reluctant. ”
"For the sake of Ah Lan's future, what am I worth?"
The next day, before the sky was bright, Mrs. Wen took Wen Lan up the mountain, and solemnly handed Wen Lan to You Baiyi, but this is too microscopic to look at it, no matter how you look at it, it is a little unreliable, there is no imaginary white fairy Hu, and there is no arrogance like an immortal, there is just such a young face, and a look that does not know whether she is asleep or not, Mrs. Wen asked again uneasily.
"Okay~Good~Madame's slow walk~" said, waving a handkerchief that I don't know when I took out, and watched Mrs. Wen leave.
General Wen took Mrs. Wen's shoulders and carefully escorted Mrs. Wen down the mountain, Mrs. Wen was in tears, and she turned around in three steps, still a little relieved.