CHAPTER XXII

Zhou Yunxue didn't go to the birthday banquet of the crown prince and the princess, and Zhou Qingzhi didn't go either, because they were going to meet people.

Zhou Yunxue and Zhou Qingzhi took a carriage to a Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, and the maids around them did not bring any of them, and they were helped out of the carriage by Zhou Qingzhi with a hat and entered the Zhuangzi, and a person who looked like a housekeeper in the village greeted him and said, "Master, the elders are already waiting in the lobby." ”

"Hmm." Zhou Qingzhi responded, and the two followed the housekeeper into the lobby.

The three people in black inside got up when they saw the two of them coming in, hugged their fists at Zhou Qingzhi, and said, "Master." ”

Zhou Qingzhi nodded, led Zhou Yunxue to the main seat, and said to an old monk sitting on the lower left, "Master Huitong is also here." ”

Zhou Yunxue froze for a moment, slightly sideways and looked through the hat, Master Huitong is a very famous monk on the Cangjin Continent, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Xiliang Kingdom, and Southern Xinjiang have temples built for him, I heard that he can know astronomy and geography, know people, know yin and yang, and understand gossip, but no one knows his exact place when he travels around the country all year round.

Master Huitong said, "Amitabha, the old man and the female donor have a relationship, so I will come uninvited today." ”

"The Master has seen me?" Zhou Yunxue was puzzled, she didn't remember seeing this master of Huitong.

"When the female donor was still in infancy, the female donor was sick and weak, the old man happened to meet his friends in the Daming Temple, your mother went to the Daming Temple to ask to see the old man, the old man looked at the face of the female donor was already dead, and he had no intention of going against the sky, but the friend took a piece of jade out and hung it on the neck of the female donor, the face changed suddenly, the old man asked the reason, but the friend smiled faintly, saying that the heavenly opportunity can not be leaked, today the old man saw the male donor and understood what the friend said was the heavenly machine."

"Me?" Zhou Qingzhi frowned

Master Huitong nodded with a smile, and said to Zhou Qingzhi, "The female donor is here to help you survive the catastrophe." ”

"Master, what do you mean?" A man in black at the bottom right got up and asked Master Huitong.

Master Huitong only said, "This is a heavenly opportunity, and the old man can't say it." "The purple cormorant is for the phoenix, and the cormorant who has already gone through the tribulation has stayed because of the meteorite stone to help the cyan dragon survive the tribulation, and the old friend has also fought hard for this son.

Master Huitong got up and said, "The old man has taken a step first. ”

After saying that, he walked out of the door, and several people watched him go out, and the man in black who had just spoken said to Zhou Yunxue, "Girl, can you take out the jade pendant and let me wait for verification?" ”

Zhou Yunxue turned her head to look at Zhou Qingyi, and when she saw him nodding, she took off the jade pendant around her neck and handed it to him.

The man knelt down on one knee and took it with both hands, took a few steps back and got up, rubbed the pattern on the jade pendant with his fingers, and the other two people also came around, and the jade pendant was passed down in the hands of the three people, and then they took out the jade block with the same material and color from the placket, and closed it around the jade pendant, only to see that the three pieces of jade perfectly fit the gold text carved around the jade pendant, and formed one.

Zhou Yunxue glanced at Zhou Qing, only to see him smiling lightly, not much surprised, the three of them glanced at each other, withdrew the jade in their hands, knelt on the ground, the person who asked for jade just now offered Zhou Yunxue a jade pendant with both hands, and the three of them said in unison, "Wei Zhong, Wei Xiao, Wei Yi see the jade master." ”

"Uh." Zhou Yunxue looked at Zhou Qingzhi a little overwhelmed

Zhou Qingzhi smiled and said, "Why don't you take off your hat and let the three elders get up?" ”

Zhou Yunxue had to say, "Three of you, please get up." As he spoke, he raised his hand and took off his hat.

The three of them got up, and Wei Zhong, who was holding the jade in his hand, saw Zhou Yunxue's face, and said with some astonishment, "County lord? ”

Zhou Yunxue twisted her eyebrows and said, "Huh? Does Elder Wei Zhong know me? ”

"Don't hide it, the old man is Du Chun, the captain of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Du Haoming is the third son."

"It turned out to be Lord Du." Zhou Yunxue took the jade pendant in his hand and said in surprise, then looked at the two people on his side and said, "Then these two are?" ”

The man who called himself Wei Xiao arched his hand and said, "The old man is the prime minister of Xiliang Kingdom." ”

Wei Yidao: "The old man is a national teacher in southern Xinjiang. ”

Zhou Yunxue couldn't help but smack her tongue a little, these three people are all high-ranking and powerful people in the three countries, she got up and saluted the three of them, and said, "Yunxue has seen three adults." ”

The three of them hurriedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Wei Zhong said: "County Lord, you are now the Jade Lord, and it will torment us to give us a gift." ”

Zhou Yunxue said with a smile: "Although he is the jade master, he is also a junior, and it is natural for the juniors to give gifts to the elders." ”

Hearing Zhou Yunxue say this, the three of them all had a smile on their faces, and Zhou Qingzhi watched from the side, so he said loudly, "Three uncles, please sit down." ”

The three of them said yes and returned to their original positions, Zhou Qingzhi chatted with the three of them, Zhou Yunxue observed the four of them on the side, Wei Zhong, Wei Xiao, and Wei Yi are all high and powerful in various countries, but they all have a kind of respect for Zhou Qingzhi, a fifteen-year-old boy, who exudes from his bones, just like a retainer, which makes her more and more weird.

After getting into the carriage and returning to the Hou Mansion, Zhou Yunxue couldn't help but ask Zhou Qingzhi who was sitting beside him, "How can the three of them respect you so much?" ”

Zhou Qingzhi looked at her sideways and said with a smile, "My real name is Wei Wuxian, Uncle Wei, they are all my father's retainers. ”

"What nationality are you?" Zhou Yunxue Road

"Xiliang, are you afraid?" Wei Wuxian raised an eyebrow and asked

"Why should I be afraid?" Zhou Yunxue frowned, squinted at him, and said, "You are the Xiliang royal family?" ”

"Uh-huh." Wei Wuxian responded, "My father, the emperor, is the elder brother of the emperor of the Xiliang Dynasty. ”

"Prince Rui? So who is your mother? ”

"My mother is just a peasant girl."

"Ahh Then why don't you stay in Xiliang and come to the Great Zhou Dynasty Yongning Marquis? Zhou Yunxue asked

"When my mother was chased and killed, separated from my father, she fled all the way to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and on the way due to the aggravation of her injuries my mother was dying when she met your grandmother who went to the temple to offer incense, she took us to the temple, and invited monks and doctors to treat my mother, but my mother and no, she entrusted me to your grandmother at the age of five."

"I see." Zhou Yunxue raised her eyes to look at Wei Wuxian, whose face was flushed with a hint of sadness, and said softly, "Don't be too sad. ”

Wei Wuxian rested his head on her shoulder and whispered, "Let me lean on for a moment." ”

Zhou Yunxue's body stiffened slightly when he leaned over, and when he said this, he reached out and brushed his back, comforting him silently, Wei Wuxian, who wanted to lean on her shoulder, had a smile on his face of satisfaction, and how could he still have the sorrow just now.

When he got out of the car, Zhou Yunxue's shoulders were already numb, and he glared at Wei Wuxian, who was walking in front, and followed him to the study, and said, "I know that this jade pendant must be carved from your mother's meteorite stone, so give me this jade pendant is your father, so what does this have to do with me?" ”

Wei Wuxian lay on the soft couch, crossed his legs, and said, "This is the highest symbol of my Xiliang secret guard and spy, whoever sees this jade pendant must kneel and bow their heads, and this jade pendant has been passed down to our daughter-in-law by the Wei family since ancient times, and mine is this jade wrench in my hand." As he spoke, he raised the thumb of his left hand, on which there was a white jade wrench, carved with a few auspicious clouds.

Zhou Yunxue was surprised and took out the jade pendant hanging around her neck, and said, "That feeling, you just took me to meet as the daughter-in-law of the Wei family?" ”

Wei Wuxian nodded with a smile and said, "Clever." ”

"You're crazy." Zhou Yunxue said in horror, and as she spoke, she was going to take off the jade pendant and return it to him

Wei Wuxian hurriedly stopped, "They have already seen you, and now I am afraid that it has reached the hands of Xiliang's secret agents in various countries, and you need this jade pendant to protect you, because there are also some unclean people among Xiliang's spies, and it is useless for you to take them off and return them to me." ”

Zhou Yunxue's hand to untie the rope paused, looked at him in astonishment, opened her mouth slightly, and said, "You yin me." ”

Wei Wuxian looked at her, his phoenix eyes shining, and said, "I said a long time ago that it's so easy to get on my boat and want to go anywhere." ”

After thinking about it, Zhou Yunxue stuffed the jade pendant back into her clothes, but she didn't expect that she just went out to meet a few people today, and when she came back, she realized that her fat rabbit had provoked a group of jackals, and glared at the initiator fiercely, so angry that she slammed the door and went back to her yard.

Wei Wuxian's originally smiling face sank with a full face, his phoenix eyes were heavily shadowed, he didn't want her to come to everyone, but if she didn't come out, then he wouldn't be able to find the person behind the scenes, twisted his eyebrows, and summoned the dark one to tell him to add a few more people to Zhou Yunxue's side.

Zhou Yunxue originally came out of Wei Wuxian's courtyard angrily, and returned to the courtyard, there was an ice basin in the house, and as soon as she entered the house, a cool air came to her face, and the anger in her heart disappeared by half. ”

"Okay." Zhou Yunxue wiped her face and cleaned her hands, then sat at the table, put fresh milk and various fruit petals in the ice cubes, tasted it with a spoon, it was cold and sweet, and couldn't help but boast, "The ice bowl made by Grandma Sun is the best." ”

Mama Sun smiled and said, "Delicious Miss can't eat more, just a bowl." "Miss is almost thirteen years old, and the menstrual affair is coming, so it's better to eat less cold things.

Zhou Yunxue replied with a smile: "I know, grandma." After a pause, he said, "Is there still a kitchen, if there is, I will also send a bowl to the second uncle and the old lady." ”

Grandma Sun said, "The kitchen is gone, but the young lady wants to send it to Mama, so I will do it." ”

"Let the grapes and lychees go, Grandma Sun, you can just watch and guide from the side."

The lychees and grapes on the side responded, and Zhou Yunxue said again, "You also make some to eat yourself." ”

A few people said yes and left the house.

As soon as the old lady came back from the birthday banquet of the crown prince, she received the ice bowl sent by Zhou Yunxue, and she grinned happily and said, "The ice bowl sent by this little girl is really timely." "It's too hot outside, although there are ice basins in the Taifu Mansion and there are also in the carriage, but it's also extremely hot all the way back.

Mama Feng said, "The ice bowl sent by Miss is just a small bowl, no more, no less, but the old lady is not afraid of being greedy and making her stomach." ”

The old lady cleaned her hands and ate spoonful by spoonful, sighing, "This must be Grandma Sun's craft, and I haven't eaten any good wine." ”

As he spoke, he sighed heavily and said, "If Wanyun was still here, I wouldn't be so tired, my family is unfortunate." ”

Mama Feng said, "Don't think too much, old lady, be careful, Miss Pei will enter the door in the future, and you can also rest." ”

"The girl of the Pei family looks good, and I don't know if she can afford the entire backyard of the Hou Mansion." The old lady took a spoon and stirred the fine Xiaoice cubes in the bowl

"Slaves and maids have some means to see it."

"As long as I can fill in a grandson for our Hou Mansion, I will turn a blind eye to the old woman."

Mama Feng said again: "Then did the medicine of those people in the backyard stop after Miss Pei entered the door?" ”

"Don't be busy, then wait." If the bride just enters the door and the eldest son comes out, that's not good.