、、、、、、、、、、 Li Xun smiled: "There are some things involved in their clan...... Anyway, it won't mess with you again in the future, so I don't have to pay attention to it. "Some people want to take advantage of Princess Ning's death, and King Ning has no time to take care of him, so he takes the opportunity to do something, but it is just at the right time and place, and it just happened to hit the knife edge. But these things, he is not easy to explain clearly to anyone, and it is useless to talk too much.

In the affairs between the clans, the left and right cannot escape the struggle for power and interests, which means that the target of the person who is making trouble behind her back is not her, but fishing in troubled waters or something. Since he won't provoke his own head again in the future, Peony was curious, and said, "My cousin didn't have a problem with the chief manager because of this, right?" ”

Li Xun said: "No, my father and the chief manager, in fact, are the right-hand men of His Royal Highness, no one is allowed, he knows how powerful." If you want to blame it, you have to blame Deng Guan for being bold and bold, and he couldn't do anything on that river, so he even wanted to harm you. Such a vicious and ignorant person will have bad things sooner or later, how can he be kept? In fact, he was secretly glad in his heart, thanks to the fact that those people didn't know Peony at that time, and Peony was not present, so he regarded Sun as a peony and did it directly. Otherwise, when Peony walks alone with a slave at another time, something big may happen.

Peony saw that he was serious, so he put his mind at ease: "That's fine." ”

Li Xun looked at Peony with a smile: "Actually, this time, you reacted very quickly and did a very thoughtful job, which is very good." If you hadn't taken precautions in front of you, and they would have had no other way to find them, you wouldn't have forced them to fall into my hands smoothly. In the future, you will definitely be able to run the village well. ”

Peony smiled slightly: "I don't dare to take credit, without my cousin handing over the note, you help to set up an ambush and arrest people, and my brothers help me, and it won't be solved smoothly." ”

Li Xun saw that she was just polite and deliberately unfamiliar, and couldn't help but think that it was not interesting to always force her like this, but the farther she went, it was better to be casual. He shook his head and smiled: "Then you are busy, I will go and talk to my uncle and them." After that, he got up and sat down with He Zhizhong, listened to him brag nonsense, interjected a few words, and teased the children a few times, making the children scream, but it seemed to return to the old situation.

Peony looked at it with a smile on the side, thinking that it was actually quite good like this. Suddenly, Zhen walked in with a smile and said, "Danniang, the Jiang family's steward Wu is here." I said I wanted to see you. ”

Peony immediately thought that he must have sent peony flower seeds to himself, and hurriedly got up and said to Mrs. Cen, and Mrs. Cen explained: "Good hospitality." ”

Peony responded, led Mother Lin and Yuhe out, and saw Wu sitting in the side hall, accompanied by the head of the house. Seeing the peony enter, Wu immediately got up and saluted, handed over a bamboo basket, and said with a smile: "This is the peony flower seed that my father-in-law promised my mother at the beginning, and I don't know if the timing of picking is appropriate." ”

"It must be good to think about." Peony lifted the fine gauze covered by the basket and looked at the light, but saw that it was not directly packed with follicles, but five or six silk cloth bags, she picked up the largest cloth bag to see, but saw that a few words were written on the silk cloth with a pen: "Nanzhao Purple Peony." The writing is strong and simple, and it seems to be a man's handwriting. When I opened it, there were more than 20 crab-yellow follicles inside, which were full and refreshing, and it was really suitable.

She sighed that Jiang Changyang's people were serious and careful, and at the same time picked up other cloth bags to see, the silk cloth was written with flower names like the first bag, there were licorice red, scarlet red, jade white, cinnabar red, and pink Erqiao, but there were five or six more follicles in it, but there were only one or two less. Some are half-shriveled, some are full, some are dry and darker, some are moist and lighter, and they are different when they want to pick, and the pickers don't know which ones are suitable and those that are not suitable, so they pick them all in one go. It's always a must, though.

Wu saw that the peony looked at the bags of seeds with a happy face, couldn't help but smile slightly, and interjected at the right time: "These are other species, and the gardener also picked them off when the skin was crab yellow according to the instructions of the father, but it is not much, and the time to pick it off is longer, so it is necessary to do something." My grandfather thought that you would probably need it, so he asked the little one to send it over. I don't know if you're useful. ”

It was a very unexpected gain, Peony smiled from ear to ear, and nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "It's useful, it's useful, it's useful." After shaving the kind again, he remembered to thank Wu and say kind words: "Jiang Gong is really generous, and the people who pack the seeds are also very careful, this word is really well written." Your new florist is really nice. According to her imagination, it is absolutely impossible for a person like Jiang Changyang to wrap these flower seeds by himself, and it is made by the florist.

Wu showed a strange look on his face, and said vaguely: "Well, this gardener is indeed good. This word...... This is indeed very well written. I can't write without more than ten years of skill. ”

Peony didn't notice his expression, and nodded in agreement: "Later, please ask Manager Wu to thank Jiang Gong for me." He took the two purses handed over by Yuhe and handed them to Wu Dao: "Please ask Mr. Wu to drink tea for this bag, and the small bag is for the gardener. ”

Wu's hand paused in mid-air, thought for a while, reached out to take the purse, and said with a smile: "That little one thanked He Niang for rewarding him." ”

Peony smiled: "It should be." ”

Wu smiled, put away his purse, and said: "He Niang, my father-in-law went to see Master Fuyuan today, and I heard Master Fuyuan say that the incident in your village has been aggravated again?" Please tell me about the situation now. My family is allowed to ask someone to help go to the Ning Wangfu to say hello. ”

Peony smiled: "Thank you for your concern, it's okay, it's been solved." I was thinking about going to the house to talk about it another day, and I was worried about Jiang Gong. ”

Wu was a little confused, yesterday the mad cow had already chased the big one, and said it was okay? Really?

Peony saw that his face was full of disbelief, so he roughly said what happened: "My cousin is the long history of King Ning's mansion, yesterday because he saw that the situation was getting more and more serious, so he asked him to help, my cousin went to the village that night, caught the arsonist, and sent it to His Royal Highness King Ning, it is already a punishment for each of them, and he will not come out to harm people again in the future." ”

When Wu heard this, he also happily congratulated Peony, thanked him for staying for dinner, and said goodbye and left.

Peony carried the bamboo basket in, and Zhen sat beside Mrs. Cen and beckoned her over: "What did you give?" ”

The peony opened it and showed them: "It's the peony flower seed promised to me before." ”

Mrs. Cen picked up a bag and looked at it, and said with a smile: "The bag is very carefully, and this character is also written really well...... You say it was written by a gardener? Can a gardener write such a good word? It's a rarity! ”

When He Zhizhong heard this, he smiled and said, "Take it and let me take a look?" After reading the words on the silk bag, I couldn't help but admire: "It's really well written." It's a pity to be a gardener with such a good hand. ”

Li Xun also took it and looked at it, and asked casually: "Whose gardener is this?" ”

He Zhizhong said indifferently: "It's the Jiang Changyang Jiang Gong who saved Danniang last time." Coincidentally, his village was also near Fangyuan, and he sent someone to talk about Steward Deng going to join other people's families to make trouble, which aroused Danniang's vigilance. This person is really good, the last time we went to say thanks, it was just casually, and it was hard for him to keep remembering. ”

Peony smiled: "Can he not remember?" I owe him a few good tweeds. ”

Li Xun pursed her lips and suddenly said, "Danniang, I heard that you are looking for peony joints everywhere these days, but you were robbed again?" I have told them to take good care of the ones in my house, and to have them brought to you in the fall. ”

Peony raised his eyes to look over, but seeing that he was extremely serious, he thought that it was really inappropriate to refuse his kindness in front of the whole family, so he said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "The price is not too high, otherwise even if you are my cousin, I will do it." ”

Li Xun hurriedly smiled and said, "Okay, you give it to me at the market price, but you can't give it less." ”

While speaking, the Xue clan led the people to set up the meal, and came in to invite everyone to eat. Li Xun got up very familiarly: "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." ”

He Zhizhong grabbed him and said slightly angrily: "How can there be a reason to leave without eating?" Let's talk about it after eating! ”

Li Xun looked at Mrs. Cen in embarrassment, Mrs. Cen didn't have an opinion on him, in the end, she was looking at the child who grew up, and she was a good child, seeing him look at him with a blank eye, her heart softened, and she smiled: "That's it, silly child, can't you have a meal at your aunt's house?" I've never seen you so polite before. Go sit and eat and eat more. ”

As soon as she spoke, the already sensible children next to her immediately rushed up and hugged Li Xun to the front. Li Xun glanced at the half basket of peony flowers before going out, straightened his back slightly, straightened his already neat and tidy jade-colored robe, and talked about poetry with He Wei and He Hong with a smile.

Mrs. Cen sighed slightly, what a good child, it's really a pity.

However, it was said that Wu hummed a minor tune and returned to Jiang's house in Qujiang Pond, and after asking the little servant Jiang Changyang to feed the fish by the pond in the garden, he bypassed the path and went to the back garden.

The sky has darkened, only a few traces of golden-red light on the horizon from the colorful clouds, Jiang Changyang stood by the pond, gently sprinkled the fish food into the pond, the fat koi fish gathered in front of him, swallowed with their round mouths open, and made a slight "chirp" sound, Jiang Changyang's face looked particularly clear in the half-light and half-darkness. Hearing the footsteps, he didn't look back and said, "Coming back?" ”

Wu pinched the purse in his sleeve, with a malicious smile on his face, and still made a respectful expression and stepped forward and said, "Yes, I'm back." He Jianiang said that the matter had been resolved. Let the villain thank you for her. ”

Jiang Changyang sprinkled the last bit of fish food into the pond, clapped his hands, turned to look at him and said, "Solved?" So fast? How did she solve it? ”

Wu told what Peony said, and said with a smile: "This He Niang, looking at the smiling one, is actually a strong one." ”

Jiang Changyang let out a "hmm", indicating that he understood, and then turned around and walked back. Wu hurriedly shouted: "Grandpa! ”

Jiang Changyang stood still and said suspiciously: "Anything else?" ”

Wu took out the purse full of money from his sleeve, handed it over with both hands, and said solemnly: "This is what He Niang gave you." As he spoke, he peeked at Jiang Changyang's expression.

Jiang Changyang was stunned for a moment, and stood in place looking at the purse without moving. The purse is a solid bright blue, and it is simply embroidered with a clump of bluegrass. The embroidery is not bad, and the pattern looks not bad. He clearly remembered seeing her a few times, and her dress was embroidered with all kinds of peonies, each more delicate than the other, and each more dazzling than the other. Why is this purse embroidered not a peony? Is it a clump of bluegrass? Jiang Changyang was startled by his sudden head, and did not reach out to take the purse, and said lightly: "Why did she suddenly give me a purse?" You're deliberately playing tricks on me, aren't you? ”

When Wu heard this, he raised his head in shock and said, "How dare you be a little one?" The little one dares to swear to the sky, if half a word is false, he will thunder five times a day. It was really sent by He Niang. It is true that not half of the word he said is false, but there is a word that is false, and it is "rewarded" rather than "given", so he is not afraid of this oath, and it is okay to ask him to send it ten times.

Jiang Changyang wiped his palms with some uneasiness, and hesitated: "Why did she give me this?" Do you know what's inside? ”

Wu couldn't help laughing, continued to hold the purse and handed it over, and said honestly: "I don't know, I don't dare to ask He Niang, don't you just open it and take a look?" ”

Jiang Changyang pursed his lips and took the purse, he felt very heavy when he started it, and he felt very weird when he checked it. As soon as he opened the purse, a few shiny tongbao gurgled out and landed on the gravel paved path, clanging a few crisp sounds, rolling into the grass and trees next to him, and disappeared. Jiang Changyang raised his eyebrows, raised his fingertips, and opened all the mouths of the purse, but when he saw that it was full of Tongbao, he couldn't help but feel frustrated, pursed his lips, raised his eyes and looked at Wu coldly, and said angrily: "What the hell are you messing with?" ”

Wu couldn't help but smile so much that his stomach hurt, and he pretended to be aggrieved and said: "You can wrongfully kill the little one, He Niang said, the person who wrapped the flower seeds wrapped it well, and the words were also written well, so he bought tea to drink." The people were kind, and the villain didn't want to say no, so he took it back. I've got it back, if you want it, give it to the villain. ”

Danniang of the He family is not a person who does not know how to be polite, how could she inexplicably send her subordinates to give herself a bag of money? Look at it like this, it's clear that there is some misunderstanding. Jiang Changyang obviously knew that Wu was a troublemaker, but he couldn't get angry, so he only said with a calm face: "You are inexplicable to let you do such a simple errand, and you still want to get more reward?!" If you do this again in the future, I think you can go back. ”

Wu also followed him with a sinking face, stood up straight and lowered his hand, and answered "yes" seriously. Jiang Changyang glared at him and kicked him lightly: "While there is still a little light, hurry up and find the money, don't waste it!" When it is critical, a penny is difficult to defeat a hero. ”

Wu bent over and hunched over the money from the grass next to him, and handed it to Jiang Changyang with both hands in a good manner. Jiang Changyang glared at him again, put the money into his purse, knotted the purse, turned around and left. Wu hurriedly followed behind him honestly, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, when is it leaving tomorrow?" ”

Jiang Chang raised his head and said without looking back: "When the time comes, I will go to Fashou Temple to pick up the monk Fuyuan, pack up and leave." ”

Wu peeked at the purse in his hand and quickly followed: "The villain will go and check the horse's equipment again." ”

Jiang Changyang nodded: "Be careful, I will have dinner with everyone later, you go and see how the food is prepared, remember to add good dishes to the kitchen." Wine, each person can only drink one bowl, too much can not drink, keep an eye on it. ”

Wu responded, and did not mention it when he went to prepare.

Jiang Changyang took the bag of money back to the room, took out the fire sickle and flint from his arms, lit the candle on the table with ease, and casually put the bag of money in a boxwood box on the table. Reaching out and touching under the table for a moment, he took out a piece of paper full of words, looked at the candlelight again, and burned it clean.

After a while, Wu knocked lightly on the door: "Grandpa, the big guys are all here." ”

Jiang Changyang blew out the candles, turned around and opened the door: "Let's go." ”

The twilight has not yet completely fallen, and the county lord's mansion in Yongxingfang is already with low curtains and brilliant lights. Dressed in green clothes, with drooping hair and threaded shoes, the maids methodically delivered steaming dishes to the long table in the main house, decorated with gold-framed treasures, for their hosts to pick up at any time. The strong smell of sesame oil is so pervasive that the fragrance of the delicacy is almost inaudible. The maids didn't bother to take care of it, and everyone was worried and restrained, lest one of them accidentally make a noise and be punished by the master who was in a serious bad mood.

When the dishes were served, a few Tsing Yi maids who usually served closely quietly pushed me, I pushed you, and no one refused to talk to the lord of Qinghua County. After a pause, Ajie, a servant girl who was the most favored by Tsinghua in the past, sighed and said softly: "That's it, I'll go today, and I'll come in the future." The others all breathed a sigh of relief, revealing the joy of the rest of their lives, and pushed her back together.

Ah Jie walked around the Liuqu Yinjiaoguan Feather Lady Screen, and lay motionless on the wide white sandalwood bed behind the low-hanging crimson veil, looking at the county lord of Qinghua who was in a daze on the top of the tent, and said softly: "County lord, the dishes have been served." Would you like to bring the table over now and serve your meal? ”

The county lord of Qinghua blinked his eyes that were a little sour because he hadn't closed them for a long time, and said coldly: "Liu Chang hasn't come yet?" Her voice was hoarse and unpleasant because she hadn't spoken for a long time.

This voice was in Ah Jie's ears, no less than a magic sound piercing her ears, she couldn't help but tremble, stiffened her neck and said, "Liu Sicheng asked someone to bring a letter over, saying that he was going to come later, and asked the county lord not to wait for him to eat." ”

Ah Jie said this with the mood of seeing death as home, and she knew that the consequences of saying this sentence must be terrible - since the lord of Qinghua County fell from a horse and was injured and recuperated in bed, her temper has become more and more eccentric and irritable, and she must call someone to invite Liu Chang to accompany her every other day. When she was seriously injured, Liu Chang came every time, but now that her injury is stable, he is not as diligent as before, one out of five times is considered good, and there is a rare time in the time when he is not late. If the lord of Qinghua speaks well and is coquettish, he will occasionally respond to it, if he is angry, smashing things, and scolding him, he will not move at all, turn a blind eye and listen to it.

The county lord of Qinghua was very dissatisfied with this, and scolded him for not being a thing, and others persuaded her, saying that she was wrong, and praised Liu Chang for her good temper and magnanimity. The two of them are fighting, but the bitter ones are their subordinates, who are always worried about it, and they are always worried that when they are not careful, they will provoke the county lord of Qinghua again, thus causing a catastrophe.

Ah Jie really didn't guess wrong, as soon as her words fell, the county lord of Qinghua picked up a porcelain pillow and smashed it over. Although the county lord of Qinghua can't move his lower body, the strength of his two long-term moving arms is not small, and grabbing this porcelain pillow or something to smash people is a piece of cake.

Ah Jie's toes were spasmed with fright, she opened her eyes wide without moving, staring at the flight line of the porcelain pillow, calculating that it was coming, and she tilted her head without a trace. The porcelain pillow whistled and flew past her hair, looking like Tsinghua smashed it inaccurately - Tsinghua usually punishes people and is not allowed to dodge, otherwise the crime will be added to the first degree, so how to make intentional dodging look like an accident is also a profound question, not that you can't practice after battle.

The cracking sound of the porcelain pillow when it fell to the ground was particularly harsh and shocking in the empty and dark room, and Tsinghua was probably tired and did not continue to investigate. Ajie, who had escaped the catastrophe, felt sweaty at this time, her legs were weak, and she knelt on the ground with a "snap", and said in a trembling voice: "The county lord rests!" Take care, county lord! The imperial doctor has specifically told you that you can't move, you must rest. ”

The county lord of Qinghua "snorted, snorted" and said hatefully: "How hateful! I can't get out of bed now, or I'll have to make him look good! She turned her head and glared at Ajie viciously: "Go!" Let people rush again! And say unto him, If he does not come, I will make him regret it for the rest of his life. "How could she be so unlucky! Nothing went well, she was already lying in bed, and the family not only didn't care about her, but also came to the door to scold her for such a little thing as the tip of the needle! There is also Liu Chang, a negative man! She almost crushed a mouthful of silver teeth with hatred.

Ah Jie reluctantly retreated, and beckoned to a small servant with a worried brow: "Go and invite Liu Sicheng again, and beg him to come over earlier." Let's just say that the county lord is in a particularly bad mood today. If he doesn't come, I'm afraid something bigger will happen. ”