In the imperial capital, the spring snow has not disappeared.

On the shore of Chuncao Lake, on the sunny shore, looking from afar, among the gray willow branches, there is a faint goose yellow and tender green.

Under the willow branches, rows of soldiers in full armor, swords and swords surrounded a courtyard in silence.

At noon, the carriage came from a distance.

Before he arrived at the gate of the other courtyard, he was blocked: "The master has an order......

Before he finished speaking, the coachman threw out an official document and said, "My family is here to visit on the order of the Taishi, why don't you get out of the way quickly?!" ”

The soldier who blocked the road picked up the official document and hurriedly took a look, and the end was indeed covered with Huo Zhaoyu's private seal, and then he was released.

The carriage stopped in front of the courtyard, and the coachman jumped out of the carriage and said a greeting, and a moment later he saw the scholar carrying a young man with a slightly pale face.

This person seems to be in very bad health, emaciated to the point where people suspect that he is weak, but his eyes are calm and his demeanor is graceful, and he does not look like a vulgar - after he entered, some soldiers were surprised and whispered: "Fang Cai is not the son of the Zhang family?" It's really filial piety, after two years of filial piety, it's so haggard! It's like two people who have seen it before! ”

"Which son of the Zhang family?"

"How many sons of the Zhang family have survived now? Naturally, it was Zhang Pingxu, a talented man in the imperial capital in the early years, who was known as Luo Ning. Doesn't it mean that he has been keeping filial piety at home, and he has rejected several invitations from the Taishi and several times from the saint? Why did you suddenly come here today? ”

"Did you figure it out? After all, now the Taishi ......"

"Don't talk too much!" When the chief who had just stopped Zhang Luoning heard the voice, he frowned and walked over to reprimand.

At this time, Zhang Luoning had already turned the wall and entered the atrium.

After the courtyard was small, after a courtyard, I saw a plain-clothed woman, wearing a veil and only revealing a pair of cold eyes, leading a large group of people to stand under the porch, looking at him coldly.

As soon as Zhang Luoning entered the courtyard, he glanced at her, was slightly stunned, almost subconsciously looked away, and then turned back, and before he went down to the court, he waved it from afar, and said loudly: "The lower official has seen Song ...... Madam! ”

Song Zaishui looked at him indifferently and said, "Adults look at the eyes, I don't know what to call them?" ”

These words made Zhang Luoning stunned, and then he smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said: "Xiaguan Zhang Luoning, the words are false." As he said this, he grabbed his sleeve tightly, not knowing what his mood was.

But Song Zaishui didn't know, she didn't necessarily care at the moment when she knew it, so she only nodded when she heard the words, and said, "Oh, it's Lord Zhang." May I ask Lord Zhang is here, is it Huo Zhaoyu who wants to attack me? ”

"Madame misunderstood." Zhang Luoning frowned and said, "Huo ...... Taishi, he didn't mean to embarrass his wife. ”

"Really?" Song Zaishui smiled faintly, "What about the heavy soldiers around the courtyard?" ”

Zhang Luoning smiled bitterly, and said something that he felt was meaningless: "Now that the army is in chaos, the Taishi is also worried that his wife lives here alone, and I am afraid that there will be a small covetous." ”

"I am the wife of the Su family, and I have my own Qingzhou army guard." Song Zai flicked his sleeves coldly, "You are waiting to kill my guard and trap me here, and you still want to do this?!" ”

Zhang Luoning was speechless for a long time, and said for a long time: "The Taishi wants Mrs. to repair a book." ”

"Don't think!" Song Zaishui refused without even thinking about it, "Huo Zhaoyu, if he wants to take my head, just send someone to do it, and if he wants me to do things for him, it will never be possible!" ”

Because of her words, the already stiff atmosphere in the courtyard suddenly became solemn.

It's just that after a while, Zhang Luoning let out a long sigh and said, "Then I'll go and persuade him again." "After saying that, the Song Dynasty saluted in the water, and said goodbye like this.

Rao is Song Zaishui has been ready for martyrdom after his father-in-law was assassinated and escaped, today I heard that Huo Zhaoyu sent someone to come, but it is already a deadline, and even the aftermath has been arranged, at this moment, I can't help but be stunned, looking at his back, thoughtful.

And in a courtyard across the Su family's courtyard from a small lake, in a courtyard looking at each other, on a small building shaded by evergreen trees. The bamboo curtain is half-hidden, a furnace of incense is burned to most of it, and next to the incense burner, the two are playing against each other.

All of them are like flying, and in an instant, the black and white pieces on the chessboard are criss-crossed, and it is already indistinguishable from each other.

The black-bearer said as he went: "Huo Jiayao sent Zhang Pingxu to visit Mrs. Song in the Su family's courtyard, why aren't you surprised at all?" ”

"Even if Huo Jiayao doesn't send Zhang Pingxuan to go, he will take the initiative to ask for his life." After the white man left a son, he immediately took another son, and said lightly, "It's not so much that Huo Jiayao sent him away, but that Huo Jiayao took this opportunity to force him out." ”

"Tsk, could it be that Zhang Pingxu has something to do with that Mrs. Song? Huo Jiayao wanted to invite Zhang Pingxu to go out of the mountain several times, but Zhang Pingxu's body was really not very good, and secondly, he seemed to have no intention of pursuing a career and never agreed. ”

"It's just one step away." The white-bearer doesn't seem to want to elaborate.

But the black man was interested, and suddenly stretched out his hand to flick the chess game, and said: "It's rare to see each other, and it's not interesting to patronize and play chess." Let's just talk...... I'll put down the bamboo curtain first, if it's still cold today, I'll freeze your Mr. Wei, I don't know how to compensate for that Wen Yanzi! ”

Wei Xinyong didn't care about the end of the chess game, and said lightly: "It's old." When my niece entered Shen's house, Mrs. Song went to the restaurant where the wedding procession passed because it was inconvenient for her to drink the wedding wine. When he stood by the railing, he was blown up by the wind, so that Zhang Pingxu saw it, fell in love at first sight, and after hearing that it was the eldest lady of the Song family, he was afraid that his family background was not as good as the Song family, and he had a romantic name, and the Song family looked down on it. So it took more than a year for Chenguang to cut off the connection with those confidantes. Pure heart and few desires to save reputation. Unexpectedly, he felt that this loyalty was almost expressed, but when he told his parents, his mother firmly objected. This matter dragged on, and then the Su family proposed marriage, and the Song family responded. So there is nothing to do with the Zhang family. ”

Gu Xinian was a little funny: "Then he is much worse than Deng Zongqi!" "Deng Zongqi didn't expect it from the beginning, and Wei Changying was promised to the Shen family when he was still in infancy; And Zhang Luoning originally had the opportunity to marry Song Zaishui, but he missed it because of his mother's life...... In contrast, anyone will think that Zhang Luoning's piece is more embarrassing.

"Hmm, Deng Zongqi?" Wei Xinyong didn't know that Deng Zongqi had a crush on Wei Changying, mainly because Deng Zongqi had a silent temperament and rarely spoke, so it was difficult to talk. At this moment, he was surprised when he heard this, "Could it be that he also missed out on which lady?" ”

Gu Xinian was a little regretful at the moment, and said: "It's already in the past, I promised not to spread this word." Fang Cai lost his mouth. ”

He didn't want to say Deng Zongqi anymore, so he continued to ask Zhang Luoning, "That Zhang Pingxu has not been married for all these years, it turns out that it is for this reason?" ”

"Come on with it." Wei Xinyong took a sip of tea and said, "Otherwise, he is the eldest son of the Zhang family, how can he not get married for a long time?" It's nothing more than that he likes it because his mother opposes it, and his mother doesn't like him, so he comes down the street. ”

"Then he has a hard life, I remember that his mother died before and after Mrs. Song married into the Su family?" Gu Xinian probably counted the next day, and sighed, "Then he went to the other courtyard today to run an errand, maybe he will have to go back to plead with Huo Jiayao." That Mrs. Song is not a good person, Zhang Pingxu has been in love with her for many years, where can she complete Huo Jiayao's errand in front of her? It would be strange not to help Mrs. Song in turn. ”

After a pause, Gu Xinian asked curiously, "How do you know about this kind of thing?" ”

Zhang Luoning was a very cheerful person when he showed mercy around, and if he had a heart, he could also set some clues about the woman he liked. It can start with his change of heart - that is, everyone found out that he suddenly did not go to the Qinglou and did not recruit. Prostitutes don't go around and concubines don't frolic with young and beautiful women, that's a lot of words!

Especially he has never been familiar with Wei Xinyong.

"......" For Gu Xinian's question, Wei Xinyong showed a thoughtful look, and after a long time, Gu Xinian thought he was going to refuse, but he said slowly, "It's probably because I'm very good at looking at faces." ”

Wei Xinyong's experience, except for the part of Wei Xintai, which is not known to outsiders, is recognized by all families for his unsatisfactory life in Zhibentang. Otherwise, his blood relationship with Wei Qi is not far away, and he is Wei Qi's own nephew, so why should he go to Ruiyu Hall and be the heir of Wei Huan's brother who has been dead for decades?

But Wei Xinyong is cunning or treacherous, coercive or eloquent in front of others, but generally speaking, he never mentions his days when he is down.

Even with exceptions, he spoke with a sneer, a sharp, malicious tone.

Such a calm and poignant sentence......

Gu Xinian was a little stunned, I don't know if he saw it or was injured?

But I heard Wei Xinyong continue lightly, "I have seen too much of my face, and many things can be inferred even if no one tells me." Now that you know the general outline, it is easier to find some evidence to confirm it. ”

"You're not as good as you were before." Gu Xinian thought about it for a while, and felt that it was better to comfort him, so as to prove that he was also a person with a conscience. Although he suspected that Wei Xinyong's tone was deliberate, how could a person like this, even if he was really weak, let people see or see it?

So Gu Xinian said insincerely, "Now I'm afraid that Wen Yanzi will look at your face?" ”

"I was his most trusted advisor, but he was the one in charge. It's true to say that he treated me politely, but it's impossible to say that I look at my face. Otherwise, why is it the lord? Wei Xinyong really returned to normal in an instant, as if the person who was struggling to survive in the eyes of the self-pitying teenager just now was not him at all, and said with a light smile, "You don't have to play with me, I am in the position of Wen Yanzi, if you don't believe it, how can you do something to the Su family?" With me here as a hostage, Wen Yanzi will never break his promise! ”

He took a sip of tea and said, "It's Xu Zongwen, you can have a snack." ”

"You don't have to worry about this." Gu Xinian said with a smile, "My eldest brother is now receiving people over there!" ”

"Brother Ling?" mentioned Gu Naizheng, a strange figure in the family, even Wei Xinyong showed a smile but not a smile, and said, "In this way, Huo Jiayao sent you to receive me, but he was very considerate to me." ”

"Where." Gu Xinian said, "Huo Jiayao sent me to receive you, not because I was considerate of you, but because I thought my eldest brother was too straight, or I came to see you to make him feel more at ease." ”

Wei Xinyong was not embarrassed, and said with a smile: "I also feel that Ziyang is more at ease when you are in front of me." ”

The two laughed together for a while, and Gu Xinian suddenly asked: "With your talents, where in the world you go to, whether it is the Su family, which was prosperous before, or the Shen family, which is still recuperating in Xiliang at the moment, it is not difficult to be reused." Why did you choose Wen Yanzi? Before you help him, he can't even get on the table, right? ”