Chapter 365 Affectionate friendship, generous interests

Because it was a Wenchen who built the garden back then, there will naturally be no martial arts arena in this huge puppet garden, only pavilions and pavilions everywhere, water pavilions and pavilions, stacking stones and stacking mountains, and diverting water to build bridges, which is exactly a Jiangnan style.

Now living in four of them can be called the master, Jiang is an authentic Jiangnan person, Chen Lan is a woman, always likes a clean and elegant place, and this residence is impeccable; Yang Jinzhou is used to staying in the barracks, and his own mirror garden only remembers the name of the road and the house, as long as there is a place in the yard to practice swords, there is nothing else; Only Xiao Lang has developed a habit of practicing riding and archery on the gallop every morning, and for him, it is almost unbearable to have no martial arts arena.

At the moment, even if his right hand was still bandaged, after eating at noon, when Juque urged him to go to bed to take a nap, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and went straight to the back garden, and after standing still in the only place covered with stones about five zhang square, he took off the white cotton bandage on his arm and moved his hand vigorously. However, before he could try to play two Tai Chi moves, he saw Xiang Juque and Zhan Lu running panting.

"Big ...... The eldest young master ......"

"If you still have those persuasions, don't be verbose, you are not with me on the first day"

Being interrupted like this, how ugly and ugly the faces of the two little guys were. You looked at me for a while, and Zhan Lu stepped forward and said with a smile: "Big young master, you want to practice martial arts to recover, the little one doesn't dare to stop it, it's just that as soon as you left on your front foot, this Mrs. Yang came with Mrs. Yang, and after pounced in the air, she went straight to this side." The little one is shortcuts, at most a little faster than the two of them. ”

"Ah" Xiao Lang's cold face suddenly couldn't hold it anymore, and then he quickly turned around and grabbed the long strip of white cotton cloth that he had just thrown on the tree, and said in a loud voice, "Quick, help me wrap it up"

Seeing his young master in such a situation, Ju Que hurriedly turned his head sideways and snickered for a while, but before he stepped forward to help Zhan Lu bandage it, an angry voice came from behind: "Xiao Shizi, you are reckless again, if you let your mother know that you don't care for yourself so much, then after persuasion, don't blame me for not reminding"

Xiao Lang was in a hurry to wrap the bandages, stretched his neck from behind Zhan Lu in his busy schedule to take a look, and saw that it was Chen Lan, and his face was suddenly full of chagrin. Chen Lan found out that this was such a situation, and secretly congratulated himself that he had come over to take a look earlier, otherwise with the posture of these three big men doing things, they would be debunked by the Jiang clan at a glance. Therefore, she immediately pouted at Aunt Yun beside her, and Aunt Yun hurriedly stepped forward, angrily sent the two little guys aside, took out a small roll of bandages from her sleeve like a trick, and carefully bandaged Xiao Lang.

"You are Xiao Shizi's personal servant, why can't you even do this little thing?"

Being reprimanded by Aunt Yun like this, Ju Que and Zhan Lu were a little dumbfounded, and the latter muttered in a lower voice: "The Zhendong Hou Mansion in Nu'er Gancheng is specially equipped with a doctor, and there are also military doctors in the army, so we can't enter the barracks at all, so we will only rub the bruises and drink the medicine and wine, and apply the gold to create medicine......

"Long-winded" Xiao Lang glared angrily, shocking the two little guys, and then he tried his best to show Chen Lan an unnatural smile, "Madam, Mrs. Tai will be there later, I will help cover up one or two." My body knows that I'm not that delicate, and I can't bear to lie in bed all day......"

"You have to say this to your mother in person, you can't do it in person and behind your back like now." Although Chen Lan was several years younger than Xiao Lang in terms of age, she always felt that this Zhendong Hou Shizi, who had a cold face all day long, was just a big boy, and at this time she unconsciously used a serious tone, "Although most of the servants in this puppet garden were originally sent to the outer courtyard, the news inside may not be completely hidden. As for my mother, I am also worried that you have opened your wounds, and I don't really want you to lie in bed all day to recuperate. ”

"Uh......"

While Xiao Lang was stunned, he felt a strong voice coming from his right arm, and when he looked at it again, he saw that Aunt Yun had already tied the knot neatly and put down his sleeve. He hurriedly bowed down and thanked him, and then caught a glimpse of the Jiang clan walking slowly over there out of the corner of his eye, and immediately couldn't help but raise his left hand to wipe his head, and then greeted Chen Lan together.

"You......" After Jiang habitually began with the word, seeing Chen Lan pursing his lips and snickering, he skipped those nagging and said bluntly, "There is two good news for you." The first one, Brother Quan asked his daughter-in-law to bring back the letter, and the assassin who assassinated you that day had already obtained it; Second, the whole brother's daughter-in-law took Mr. Bi back, and the grandparents and grandchildren were meeting at this time, and they would come over later. Mr. Bi's medical skills are excellent, you might as well let him take a look at your injury again. ”

After being in prison at home for several days, Xiao Lang's eyes lit up for a while when he heard these two good news, and he didn't listen to the last sentence at all: "Okay, Brother Yang is really resolute and resolute in taking advantage of this matter to make a big splash, just to make an example." Mr. Bi's appearance is even better, since he can make that guy praise like this, he should always be full of scheming, plus he has lived in the local area for many years, and his planning is better than us outsiders. In that case, it's time for us to strike......"

"Xiao Shizi"

Jiang Shi accentuated her tone, and seeing Xiao Lang react at this time, she couldn't help but feel a little helpless. And Chen Lan on the side peeked at the posture between his mother-in-law and Xiao Lang, and finally couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay, mother, don't take his injury too seriously, it's been so many years." Aunt Yun just showed him that the wound has healed, as long as he is careful not to break it again, besides, Mr. Bi is not all in internal medicine and surgery. As for Xiao Shizi, this is not a battlefield, but it is still impossible to defend against open guns and hidden arrows, and you don't forget that someone has only stabbed you before. ”

"Alas, I also think that his father and mother are almost thousands of miles away, and I want to help them take care of your son." Jiang Shi laughed self-deprecatingly, then looked at Xiao Lang and said gently, "Even so, I won't overstep my responsibilities in the future, but Xiao Shizi has to take care of himself, and he must not take himself seriously." ”

Lang breathed a sigh of relief, but when he saw that the Jiang clan turned around and was about to leave, he couldn't help but shout again, "Mrs. Tai, there is something to ask for below." “

Jiang stopped when he heard this, Chen Lan was also stunned, and hurriedly helped his mother-in-law to turn around together. At this time, Xiao Lang suddenly jumped to A and said seriously: "I am really grateful for Mrs. Tai's concern for me. Just ask you to call me by my name in the future, don't take a bite of Xiao Shizi, it sounds really foreign. ”

"Then don't you call me a lady, why don't I sound awkward?" Jiang Shi smiled, and when he saw Xiao Lang raise his head, his face was a little red, and after thinking about it, he nodded and said, "It's too casual to call you by your name, and I will call you Xiao Lang directly in the future." As for you, it's okay to call me aunt, or your mother......" At this point, she suddenly quipped, "If you are willing to call me a godmother, it will be better." My biggest regret is that my brother doesn't have any brothers and sisters. ”

When Chen Lan heard Xiao Lang, he almost didn't laugh out loud, and found that Xiao Lang was snorting and did not object, so he was relieved. However, when Jiang Shi joked about this, she looked at it carefully, and saw Xiao Lang's whole person suddenly stiffened, and then suddenly lowered his head: "Don't dare to ask for ears, you can do what you want." ”

"You kid ......" Jiang was stunned, after all, he didn't say that it was just a joke, and he laughed after a while, "When the eldest princess of An Guo recognized her brother's daughter-in-law as her daughter, it alarmed many people. Although it was to support my brother's daughter-in-law at that time, not all godparents had to be like this, but if we really want to get married, we have to tell your parents first. In the future, you can call me aunt directly, and I will write a letter to your parents when I get back. ”

After crossing the Ming Road, Xiao Lang was finally able to stay in the back garden for a walk as he wished, while Chen Lan helped the Jiang family back. Walking on the road, Chen Lan always felt that the Jiang family had an indescribable melancholy, and couldn't help but ask as he walked: "Mother, what are you thinking?" ”

"You and Brother Quan said before that Nu'er Gancheng is a place in Liaodong that is much further north, and the center of the imperial court is almost beyond the reach of the whip. I used to think that Xiao Lang's entry into the court was similar to that of ordinary Xungui's son-in-law staying in Beijing, but now that I think about his temperament, maybe his parents still have the intention of honing him...... After all, he is young, and it is not easy to practice that martial arts, but he can deal with people and things, etc., but he has to be in a place like the capital to really experience it. Therefore, this godfather can only talk about it. ”

Chen Lan glanced at the Jiang family in shock, and saw that her mother-in-law didn't speak again, how could she not know the stakes in her heart. The Xiao family is a hereditary marquis of Zhendong, and it can be said that the vast land north of Liaodong is almost under the control of the Xiao family, and the local Jurchen tribes and the three Duoyan tribes are controlled, etc., in the imperial court, although the number of soldiers does not exceed 50,000, it can be regarded as a strong domain in the northeast. The Yang family can be close to Xiao Lang, but they are close to the point of calling each other brothers, even if the Son of Heaven does not doubt it in the future, others in the court are suspicious.

It's just that, while feeling this, she couldn't help but have another thought in her heart - although King Jing is like that, I'm afraid he also knows this, right? Wei Guogong, who guarded Yunnan, has returned to the court, but it is said that the Burmese side is still not very peaceful, and he may have to return one day. The southwest is separated by tens of thousands of miles from the capital, while the city of Nuergan is thousands of miles, not to mention that it is only separated by Liaodong in the middle...... As far as she knows, since many years ago, almost no civil officials have been willing to go to that kind of bitter cold and barren land, so, in addition to interests, the emperor and the current Zhendong Marquis are quite affectionate, and now between these two young people, maybe it will be the same?

Nanjing City, Nanjing garrison yamen three halls.

Smack-

After a loud slap, Xu Yang looked angrily at the second son who covered his face and didn't dare to make a sound, and raised one hand high again, but he didn't shake it off after all. After a long time, he sat down suddenly, picked up the teacup and drank two sips, but his son's eyes were full of blazing anger, and in the end, he couldn't help but smash the tea bowl.

Xu Jin, who was covering his face, tilted his head at a critical moment, and finally let the tea bowl fly over his cheeks, even so, the crisp explosion, the chaotic sound of broken porcelain slices splashing on other things, and his father's terrifying gaze all made him shudder. After a long time, he burst out with a sad face: "Dad, my son knows that he is wrong......"

"Wrong? Such a big thing, you are wrong and it's over? You...... I'll kill you, a dog who can't do enough to do more than anything."

Xu Yang's anger, which had already gone down a little bit, was provoked by his son's bastard words, and he actually rushed up angrily and kicked his son to the ground, and then looked around, and after seeing a sword hanging on the wall, he immediately stepped forward in three or two steps, stretched out his hand and pulled it out immediately, and then turned around. Seeing Xu Jin's pale face and his hands on the ground and moving back quickly, he took a deep breath, pulled out his sword and quickly stepped forward.

"Daddy, Daddy, don't ......"

Xu Jin was already so frightened that his soul was gone, and when he saw the sword in his chest, he was stunned and couldn't say the fourth word, but instinctively closed his eyes. said that it was too late and that was fast, at this moment, the door was slammed open, and the people who came in immediately after saw this scene, and at the same time were shocked and hurriedly said: "Brother Xu can't"

As soon as the words fell, the sword was tightly attached to Xu Jin's neck and pierced deeply. Letting go of the hilt of the sword, Xu Yang raised his head at this time, and saw that the person who came in was Pingjiang Bo Fanghan, followed by a young man who seemed to be a little familiar, he frowned slightly, and then lowered his head and glanced at his son. When he found that Xu Jin was motionless, he immediately kicked impatiently, and when he saw that the person still didn't move, he stopped, but his mouth still snorted angrily and coldly: "Something that has no interest"

After scolding, he shouted: "Come on, drag this little beast down and throw it into the firewood room, and don't let it out without my orders."

At this time, the two little servants ran into the house in a panic, and when they saw Xu Jin limp on the ground, they didn't know what was going on, so they glanced at each other and hurriedly set up people left and right and dragged them out. Not long after, two more servants came in, cleaned up the ground with their hands and feet, and made three more teas and served them one by one. Xu Yang didn't look at the tea cup beside him, only looked at Fang Han and said, "If it weren't for Brother Fang's timely arrival, I would have liked to cut down this little beast, and I wouldn't have been able to end this disaster."

Fang Han took a sip of tea casually, and saw that Xu Yang's face was a little flushed due to anger, so he said slowly: "Erlang is also young and vigorous, and he doesn't fit people's plans, and he doesn't have a heart. Besides, although this matter is tricky and troublesome, it is not really impossible to do anything. As long as no one is killed, it is up to you to beat or punish him, and when the time comes, there will be another one guilty plea, and the trouble will pass. ”

"Count me unlucky, I raised such a useless thing" Xu Yang patted the armrest angrily, and then suddenly looked at the young man who was eating tea calmly under Fang Han, and then squinted his eyes and asked, "It's Brother Fang, you didn't come here today for my unsuccessful son, right?" Also, this little friend you brought seems to be familiar. ”

"That's right, when we had a treat on the Qinhuai River that day, Wang Anzhi was among them." Fang Han glanced at the young man who was doing it, and saw him get up and salute with a smile, then he withdrew his gaze, and looked at Xu Yang again, "He retired early that day to meet the beautiful woman privately, and then one of his elders introduced me to him, I didn't expect to have a lot of insight into Hecao's affairs, so I left him by his side to help for a while." ”

"Help?"

Xu Yang's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he looked at Wang Anzhi, who had a vague impression, again, and his face gradually showed deep displeasure. Seeing such a scene, Fang Han didn't understand anything, and immediately waved his hand to Wang An and said, "In this way, as soon as you come back to this garrison yamen for the first time, go out and find a little guy to take you for a good walk." Although this is not this garden or that garden, it is more magnificent than those gardens. Go, go, I'll call you over again."

When the person retreated with a smile, Fang Han explained in a low voice: "Don't worry, I won't casually bring a person who has just been cast under the door to see you." Maybe you don't believe it, he walked through the door of the Zhang family 2 in the capital, and this time he came down with a handwritten letter from the Zhang family 2, which was found when the uncle of his family inadvertently rummaged through his things. Originally, he wanted to go directly to Ningbo City, but his elder got the benefit of me and sold him to me backhandedly. How can I not leave such a convenient door? ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Xu Yang was surprised at this time, but he was still a little uneasy, "The old 2 of the Zhang family is said to be the same as the eldest princess of Anguo, how did he get through?" ”

"If you want to go the way, the best way is to send money to a woman, but you also know that that family is the most difficult to tie up, otherwise there would be no such thing in Jiangnan at the beginning, but others can't do it...... This time, because the eldest princess is pregnant with Liujia, the old 2 of the Zhang family always has a time when he can't help himself, and he almost used a female color to calculate when he was drunk at a banquet, and he happened to take advantage of the opportunity next door. In short, with the help of this fate, this year-old friendship has become. ”

"Hahahaha" Xu Yang, who was still angry just now, finally laughed at this time, "Okay, with such a little friend holding a talisman, things in Ningbo are much easier, and after all this bad news, there is finally good news." Such a God of Wealth, not to mention that there is a little problem with lust, even other big problems are unbearable. Wait until the plague god is gone, and after a while"

"Isn't it?" After explaining Xu Yang, Fang Hanzi also looked relaxed, and then discussed a few more words, and then said unhurriedly, "By the way, have you received Yang Ninghou's letter?" ”

"Chen Laosan?" Xu Yang was angry when he heard this, and the tea cup he had just picked up rested heavily on the high table on the side, "This guy has already gone to Suzhou to eat sand, and he didn't forget to point fingers when he wrote a letter, he thought I was a three-year-old child?" I think when he was going to get married, I saw that he had a good future, but now you look at it...... Alas"

"Yang Ninghou, I know better than you, forget about the rest, it's just that everything is too selfish, this kind of stubbornness is sometimes a good thing, but sometimes it can hurt him." Fang Han heard the expression of regret in Xu Yang's words, his eyes flashed, and he no longer dwelled on this topic, "I came over today, in addition to the previous two, there is one more important matter. I learned before that they stayed in Yangzhou and deliberately left the Caoyun Governor's Mansion, but I didn't expect Yang Jinzhou to take down Jiang Duwei in a moment, and the person who assassinated the previous mastermind had already been caught, but he was directly detained in Jiang Duwei's station. Just now, snowflakes of news flew into the yamen all over Nanjing, don't you know? When the matter comes to this, you and I will take this opportunity to go over, and by the way, you take Ling Lang and try to end the past. ”

"So fast" Xu Yang couldn't help but stand up, and asked with a nervous face, "Who is the person who masterminded the assassination, should it be ......?"

"It is said that three Yangzhou time-honored brands were confiscated, and then a few people were taken. Because the news is tightly blocked, and Yangzhou City is still under martial law, the specific news cannot be transmitted. I said Brother Xu, although Ling Lang is young and confused, you can't think of him for this kind of thing. Okay, before we leave tomorrow, you and I will go and meet the God of Wealth."

"If you say that, I'll be relieved, okay, let's go, go and see the little God of Wealth you brought"

Yangning Hou Mansion Liao Xiangyuan is the landlord's second room.

Seeing Chen Yan personally coming over with a plate of washed cherries, Zhu couldn't help but smile and motioned for him to sit down: "You, why do you have to do this kind of thing yourself, what do you want those girls to do?" ”

"Isn't that just the right time?" Chen Yan smiled and watched Zhu eat two, and then said, "Sister is not here now, I am busy outside all day long, and I have less and less work to accompany the old lady, so I just washed two cherries." Speaking of which, my sister has been gone for almost half a month, and it's almost there, so why didn't I see the letter come back. ”

"This expedited is also a daily travel of 800 miles, how can the family letter on weekdays be so fast" Zhu shook his head with a smile, and then said thoughtfully, "I just don't know how long this trip Uncle Quan has to guard Jiangnan, if I can't see ...... for three years and five years."

"No, no, no" Seeing Zhu's face confused, Chen Yan secretly regretted that he shouldn't mention this stubble, and quickly changed the topic and said, "Don't worry, old lady, don't talk about you, if you don't see you for a long time, the master will also have to worry about my sister, I won't let people stay outside for so long, right, in addition to this cherry, the master also asked me to bring some gadgets for you, I'll go and get it."

After saying this, Chen Yanxing ran out in a hurry, and after a while, he came in with a lot of things, and showed them to Zhu on the soft couch. He was relieved until he had laughed at the old man. waited until he finished his dinner, and served the old lady to lie down, and then he withdrew, and as soon as he came out of the main room, he saw the big girl Chunyu guarding there.

"Young Master." Chunyu bent his knees, and then said in a low voice, "Chu Ping came in from outside, saying that there was something important. ”

"Got it, I'll go" Chen Yan nodded immediately, "Maybe there's something important, you don't have to wait one by one, just keep the door." ”

Hurriedly came to his outer study, and as soon as he entered the door and saw Chu Ping walking forward quickly, he waved his hand to signal that he was not busy and said, first ordered the two little servants who followed to guard the door, and then entered the inner room. However, when Chu Ping lowered his voice and said something, his eyes widened in surprise all of a sudden.

"You mean...... You said the news came from the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum? Seeing Chu Ping nodded, Chen Yan couldn't help but slam his small fist against the bookcase, his brows furrowed completely, "This King of Jin remembered these crooked ways at this time, I have to tell the master what he did earlier...... No, the master is now six months pregnant, and he can't work hard. Well, the bottom of the kettle is drawn...... Chu Ping, come here, do ...... like this"