Updated: 2012-04-21

I didn't stop to eat at noon, everyone was in a hurry, and ate some dry food at the same time, Nanning sent a very small bowl of mutton soup to Li Xiaoyi, poured out but more than a bowl, thick and fragrant, Li Xiaoqi divided half of it to Lu Feng, Lu Feng drank it sullenly, and continued to sigh, Li Xiaoqi was really annoyed by his long and short sigh, so he had to put down the paperwork in his hand and kicked him: "Isn't it your brother coming, what's the big deal, what else can I do with you?" ”

"You don't know, my brother is not your brother, not like your brother, everything is up to you, my brother is twelve years older than me."

"So much bigger? What about your sister? Li Xiaoqi was surprised, Lu Feng sighed first and then replied: "The two of them are only two years apart, my brother is very like a big brother, I learned kung fu from my eldest brother since I was a child, you don't know, my brother was raised as a next generation of heavenly masters since he was a child, and he has a straight face all day long, and he can't smile at all!" Covered in cold, you are so far away from him, you feel cold! Li Xiaoqi was raised by Lu Feng's words, and he was surprised: "Heavenly masters want to be like this?" Can't laugh? ”

"No, my father laughs all day long, just like him!" Lu Feng was angry, Li Xiaoqi imagined Uncle Lu with a wooden face and a cold breath, couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand and patted Lu Feng comfortingly: "He is cold, just ignore him, what can he do to you?" At most, I will say a few words to you, and you will not pull it down after listening to it patiently? It's a shame to sigh so much. ”

"No, I always ignore what he says! I'm afraid that he will escort me back to Xinyang and lock me up on the top of the mountain! I can't beat him. Lu Feng's face turned into a ball of distress.

"Facing the wall? That's bitter enough, how long will it take? A year? Three years? Five years? How to noodles? Really sitting in front of a big rock? Li Xiaoyi's curiosity suddenly rose.

"No, there is a yard on the mountain behind my house, called Siguoju, locked in it, reading books and practicing, when I was a child, I often got into trouble, and was often locked in by my brother, in the morning my brother locked me in, and at night my mother asked people to lead me out."

Li Xiaoqi laughed out loud: "Then what are you sighing about, anyway, your mother will lead you out at night, even if you think about it every day, don't be afraid." ”

"It's not this, it's thousands of miles away from back and forth, besides, if you really go back, it's hard to come out again, I don't want to go back, I'm not by your side, what if someone bullies you?" Lu Feng said sullenly, Li Xiaoqi looked at him thoughtfully, and asked abruptly: "You are not young anymore, has the family set a family affair for you?" ”

"Nope! Not really! The Heavenly Master's family should not marry early, my eldest brother is Chinese New Year's Eve two today, and my little nephew is only six years old, this is still early, if you want to get married, I have to take a fancy to it, and I nodded! Don't worry, there really isn't! Lu Feng hurriedly explained, and Li Xiaoqi laughed out loud: "What am I worried about? In the past, your family didn't worry about you coming out, it was because you were still young, but now that you are so old, this trip out is safe and sound, smooth and smooth, and it is easy to come out again next time, go back and see your mother, your father, and then come out. ”

Lu Feng kept shaking his head: "I don't worry about you." ”

"If you really don't want to go back, that's easy." Li Xiaoqi only continued to say his own words: "You just need to go and tell that Su Zicheng that you are willing to stay and work for him, and you don't have to worry about the rest of the things, even if your father comes, don't want to take you away." ”

"No! I don't play for him! Lu Feng flatly refused: "Just the two of us, or you will say that the poison you gave me can't be cured, I can only follow you and take that antidote every month?" ”

Li Xiaoqi looked at Lu Feng silently, was silent for a long time, gently pulled Lu Feng, and said in a low voice: "Let me tell you, I don't know how to use poison at all, I don't know medicine, and I don't even know herbal medicine, this is what I gave you to eat." Li Xiaoqi took out a big black pill wrapped in cotton paper from his purse and handed it to Lu Feng: "You smell it, I often eat it, big hawthorn pills, the antidote is also this, it strengthens the stomach and eliminates appetite, sweet and sour." As he spoke, he pulled the big hawthorn pill in his hand in half, half of it was put in his mouth, and half of it was stuffed into Lu Feng's mouth.

Lu Feng bit the big hawthorn pill a few times, looked at Li Xiaoqi in amazement, and asked vaguely after a while: "That!" That time, I took the antidote two days late, why did my stomach hurt and leak again? ”

"Well, I ordered you some croton." Li Xiaoqi bit the sweet and sour hawthorn pill, and replied calmly, Lu Feng's eyes widened, he was stunned for a long time, covered his face and fell back in the carriage.

Li Xiaoqi had only read half of the paperwork, and the convoy entered the Beiping territory, and Yao Mingguang, the Jingxi envoy stationed in Rucheng, had already led people out to pick them up all the way to Xingyuan.

When he arrived at the gate of Xingyuan, Nanning ran over and respectfully invited Li Xiaoqi with a smile on his face: "Fifth master, please come over." ”

Li Xiaoqi was a little surprised, hurriedly jumped out of the car, and followed Nanning hurried over, Su Zicheng smiled and beckoned her to go over to his side, signaling to a middle-aged general next to him, and introduced in a low but clear voice: "You also know each other, this is Yao Mingguang, the envoy of Jingxi who is responsible for the defense of western Beijing, and the battle with Beining that year, the vanguard led by General Yao has made great contributions, and he is a brave tiger general." ”

Li Xiaoqi smiled, while listening to Su Zicheng's introduction, while carefully looking at Yao Mingguang, about forty years old, not tall, thin and dark, the whole person seems to be extremely agile and powerful, is the so-called thin is a thin man, dressed in a clean and neat purple red military general's uniform, standing there, straight as a javelin, eyes surrounded by deep and dense wrinkles, sharp eyes, quietly looking at Li Xiaoyi, and the vanguard of the battle of Beining, the commander of the destruction of Beining is the great prince, it seems, This is the love of the eldest prince, Li Xiaoqi smiled, waiting to see how Su Zicheng introduced himself.

After Su Zicheng introduced Yao Mingguang, he didn't mean to introduce Li Xiaoqi at all, but only gently pulled Li Xiaoyi, passed straight through the crowd, and entered the gate.

After entering the second gate, Su Zicheng stopped his steps, turned his head to look at Li Xiaoyi, and said gently: "I asked you to be placed in the Jiazi Courtyard, which is spacious, and if there is anything to ask the girl to come to Nanning." Su Zicheng paused slightly, as if thinking about how to say it: "Girl, I've already asked people to choose, I have to wait for a while, here, I have instructed, let Mrs. Yao Mingguang pick a few sensible and safe to come over and wait for two days, you will be the first to do it, you will put away those documents yourself, don't go through other people's hands, after reading it, let people ask Nanning to take it." Su Zicheng had never explained such things to anyone, and he said it in a rusty and messy manner, Li Xiaoqi understood what he meant, and responded with a smile with bent eyes: "I know, I have finished reading that package of paperwork, and it has been handed over to Nanning, don't read it tonight, take a good rest, and get in the car tomorrow and read it again." ”

Su Zicheng looked at her, and had to add: "This is one of them, not only this, those girls are afraid that they are not careful and thoughtful enough, if there is something that can't wait, you will settle first." ”

"Oh," Li Xiaoqi looked up at Su Zicheng and said frankly: "Thank you for bothering, I've grown so big, I haven't used the girl maid, it's not good, and I can't feel it." ”

Su Zicheng was speechless for a while, stayed for a moment, laughed slowly, looked down at Li Xiaoqi and confessed: "Have a good night's rest, I'll take you to Rucheng tomorrow to have a look, and then set off the day after tomorrow." ”

"What time is tomorrow? Let's be later, Rucheng is not big, so you don't have to be so early. Li Xiaoqi hurriedly applied and said, she was the most reluctant to get up early, for two days in a row, she was good, she didn't fight or flee the famine, and she got up before dawn, which was really painful! Su Zicheng looked at Li Xiaoqi speechlessly, he took her out, and he had to say the time first, and it would be a little later, where is this? Whose rule is this? Thinking about that day, she was sitting on the tree, and she didn't even mean to come down to see the ceremony, Su Zicheng was silent for a moment, looked at Li Xiaoqi with a reasonable face, and sighed secretly, forget it, she is a country girl, how can she know what rules and etiquette, teach it slowly.

"Then the end of the day." Su Zicheng said helplessly, Li Xiaoqi bent his eyes and smiled, Chen Mo! It's great, then she can sleep until two o'clock and then get up in time! It's finally time to get a good night's sleep. Su Zicheng was a little dazzled by Li Xiaoyi's smile, and couldn't help but smile with her, her smile was like a glow breaking through the clouds, which made people uneasy and happy.

Li Xiaoqi happily turned around and ran back to the yard, the kitchen had already risen smoke, Chef Zhang and a few people were busy cooking, in the yard, Mr. Fan, Li Zongliang, Wei Shuisheng and others around the boxwood low table, were sitting drinking tea and talking, waiting to eat, under the eaves of the east wing, Mrs. Fan, Mrs. Sun and a few others were busy in and out, boiling water to make tea, cooking porridge in a small pot, and cleaning things. Li Xiaoqi rushed to Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng to sit down, Mrs. Fan hurriedly made a cup of tea and sent it over, without saying a few words, Chef Zhang's meal was already ready, first sent it to Li Zongliang, Mr. Fan and others, and the rest of the people also gathered over, served the meal, squatted or sit, eating lively, and continued to discuss the good days after arriving at Kaiping Mansion.

Li Xiaoqi was more and more disinterested by everyone's enthusiasm and excitement, and after eating a few bites of food, he threw down the bowl, only saying that he was tired and wanted to go back to wash and sleep. Mrs. Fan hurriedly stood up and led Li Xiaoqi to walk back: "Xiaoqi is going this way, the place where you live is placed in the back and you enter the courtyard." Li Xiaoqi was stunned, thinking of Su Zicheng's words, and swallowed back the words in his mouth, since he asked people to prepare a maid, then this accommodation was naturally arranged in advance.

Mrs. Fan led Li Xiaoqi through the weeping flower door next to the main house, behind a flourishing but rough garden of flowers and plants, in the garden, three small main houses, two wings on the east side, connected by a verandah, under the verandah stood a handsome girl in a green dress and blue skirt, seeing that someone came in to the weeping flower door, she hurriedly rushed to the door of the east chamber and shouted, six or seven girls in the same clothes immediately poured out of the east chamber, ran down the steps, and stood in two teams neatly, a queue of welcome. Mrs. Fan smiled and pushed Li Xiaoyi: "You go back and rest, I won't go, there are so many people, it's enough for you to call." ”