Compared with the turbulent court and the turbulent Yangning Hou Mansion, the Yiyuan Mansion of the Weiguo Mansion is much calmer.

Although there are two aunts in the backyard, and there are still many beautiful women sent by the ministers of civil and military affairs of the imperial family, Luo Mingyuan, the prince of Weiguo, does not often go home, and when he was stationed in Beijing, there were only dozens of personal soldiers and two maids to take care of the two women, and he also attracted rounds of impeachment from the imperial history, so naturally it was impossible for other women in the family to serve in the past. As for challenging the Duchess of Weiguo, the main mother of the Lin family, it is undoubtedly even more impossible in this mansion, which has been run by the Lin family and Luo Xu's mother and son for more than ten years.

Therefore, even if Luo Xucheng is pressed by the heavy cabinet affairs and goes out early and returns late, even if Mrs. Lin is pregnant with Liujia, even if there are several concubines and concubines here, but every day, Lilan's mother takes care of the housework, and everything is in order. So, until now, Luo Xu still hasn't been able to recognize his younger siblings, and he has no plans to sort them out at all.

At about midnight that day, he came back in the heavy snow, and as soon as he entered Yiyuan, he went straight to his mother's fragrant tea house. Untied the black raccoon dog that had been covered with snow and handed it to the girl on the side, he picked up the curtain and entered the warm pavilion, seeing that there was no outsider, he also omitted the set of respectful salutes, called the mother and stepped forward to squat down with a smile, put his head close to Mrs. Lin's lower abdomen, and after listening to it for a while, he pouted helplessly and said: "This kid and I are screwed, and he won't move as soon as I come back!" ”

"It's gibberish again!" Mrs. Lin knocked on Luo Xu's head angrily, and when she saw him move away and sit down on the side, she hurriedly motioned for the girl to serve him a winter nap, and then said with doting, "Who told you that it must be my younger brother?" ”

"Didn't the last imperial doctor who often gave the latter a baby also said that it was a male fetus? In the harem, he doesn't dare to tell the truth, but in you, he will not be able to say anything.

Besides, if it is a sister, she must be well-behaved, how can he be against me all day long, and it is so difficult to even listen to me? Seeing that Mother Lan personally brought the nap to Luo Xu hurriedly stood up and thanked him, and after sitting down, seeing that Mrs. Lin's eyes were not good, he hurriedly said with a hippie smile, "It's just a boy, it's better to be as clever and interesting as Little Brother Chen, and with my brother training in the future, naturally he won't suffer a little loss!" ”

At this moment, not to mention Mother Lan, even Mrs. Lin, who is used to seeing her son's style, was finally amused. After laughing, she finally got in the way of the girls in the room, just glanced at Luo Xu, then lowered her head and gently rubbed her already bulging lower abdomen before she raised her eyes and smiled: "Whether it is a man or a woman, they are too much younger than you, and they all say that the eldest brother is like a father, and he will naturally rely on you in the future." If you do the math, it's only been more than four months and five months now, and it will almost be landed in May next year, and I don't know how many things will happen in the middle......,..."

"Mother is worried about what to do, since it is my brother or sister, it is naturally a blessing!" Luo Xu interrupted Mrs. Lin without saying anything, and then patted her head as if she remembered something, and hurriedly said to Mother Lan, "When I just entered the door, I gave that little girl a food box and asked my mother to bring it in." ”

When Lan's mother went out, he explained: "It's the honey crisp I brought back from the store in Jiangmi Lane today, and I also specially asked for the recipe. I inquired that honey and goat's milk were originally good for winter, and my mother was pregnant with Liujia, but she was not used to eating cow milk and goat milk to make it sweeter in snacks, so it might be fine. ”

Mrs. Lin knew that Luo Xu had been changing his ways to arrange these these days, and at this time, she was happy and proud in her heart, and she felt sorry for him, so she said half complaining and half concerned at the moment: "That friend and maid girl in the family, you don't have to keep staring at these as a big man, you work hard." It's the one in the store, how can you teach you a good formula? ”

As soon as he said this, Luo Xu's face was a little unnatural, and he hurriedly slapped haha. Mrs. Lin naturally didn't ask for the bottom of it, and when the food box was brought in, she used a piece and was full of praise, and ate two and a half pieces in a row, so she was too scared and hurt herself. Luo Xu watched happily from the side, and he also devoured two pieces under the eyes of Mrs. Lin. After a conversation with him, when his mother wanted to pass the meal, he thought that he had already used it, and the soles of his feet were greased, so that Mrs. Lin's lessons and reminders came out of her mouth.

"This kid ...... After all, I grew up, for fear that I would not be able to move the fetus, so I didn't say anything in front of me! ”

Luo Xu didn't go back to his Changxin residence, but walked straight in the direction of Hao Miaozhai in the outer study. Walking leisurely on the road with only his hands behind his back, he couldn't help licking the corners of his mouth, as if he was still reminiscing about the sweetness that seemed to be there, and Chen Lan's letter appeared in his mind again. Whether it was looking at her noodles, or looking at his future Yue family, or for some clues that he had been pursuing for a long time, he would not stand idly by, but he didn't know that Chen Lan seemed to have revealed something to Zhang Bingyun, so whenever he went, the shopkeeper would always prepare a few snacks with a smile, "All of them are suitable for pregnant women without exception."

His fiancée...... What a delicate but dexterous and capable person!

Stepping into the study, he saw two relatives in their early thirties standing there with their hands down, so he nodded, and the carelessness in front of his mother had long since disappeared, replaced by a terrifying heroism. Sitting down behind the desk, he bowed slightly, and the one to the left of his head immediately took a step up.

"The eldest young master, the little one was ordered to take seven people to watch King Huai day and night, but since the incident of Qiongfang Pavilion, his whereabouts are very strange, and there are often people from the Li family to help cover up, often the front foot enters from a shop, and then leaves from the back, it is very troublesome to follow, after all, there are too few people." Speaking of this, he raised his head with an uneasy face and glanced at Luo Xu, "Seeing that he couldn't see any changes, he quickly bent one leg and knelt down on one knee, "The little one can only do his best to remember the places he has been to these days, all of them are in this booklet." ”

Luo Xu didn't speak, only motioned to present it, but didn't look at it immediately, and turned his eyes to look at the other. The man waited for his companion to retreat, and hurriedly stepped forward, and reported in a low voice: "Xiao Zai has carefully checked, and most of the people in and out of that wine shop are the most infested carriage and horse shops by spies on the periphery of Jinyiwei, and it is expected that Jinyiwei ate them, but those carriage and horse shops have recently recruited a large number of people, and it is said that many of them are from Xishan Coal Mine...... The details are all written down one by one......"

When the second booklet was presented, Luo Xu nodded, and after instructing the two of them, he asked one of them to pay fifty taels of silver to the account, and then they retreated. After flipping through the two booklets one after another, his gaze lingered in several important places, and he wrote down a few important place names, and after a moment of deliberation, he decided to pass on the message.

Although his fox friends and dog friends are the head snakes of the Jingshi, if something really big happens, they can't be worth the fingers of the official family. Moreover, if he followed the information he had just gotten before, he was afraid that the Holy Hand Liu would not be good...... Since it's all because of his relationship, he also has to protect them, otherwise how can he be worthy of them! Only when he came back, those tails were faintly behind him, and I was afraid that others would do exactly the same as him......

"Someone!" He shouted loudly, and immediately a scholar entered, and he looked at the person and asked bluntly, "Mrs. Yangninghou is newly deceased, how did we send the ceremony in our mansion before?" What's going on over there? ”

"Returning to the eldest young master, it was Madame who sent Mother Lan to send the ceremony, and inquired about the situation of the Korean Mansion and the Anguo Mansion in advance, and finally sent one hundred and twenty taels. As for the situation of the Yangning Marquis Mansion, at first, it was only Xungui who sent people to worship, only Du Ge's hometown was in-law, and his wife went in person, and the eldest lady of Xiao Zhangge's hometown went to the surrogate mother. Later, because of the emperor's decree to the general Su Wei of Yang Ninghou, there were many civil officials who ran over for a while, but most of them were inconspicuous, and there were not too many bigwigs. ”

This answer was similar to what Luo Xu expected, so after he nodded, he didn't ask more, just asked someone to grind the ink and wait, and waited until there was a small half pool of ink in the inkstone, and then he ordered the person to retreat to the side and wait. But a quarter of an hour he had written a letter, sealed it himself when the ink was dry, stamped it, and handed it to the scholar.

"Young Master, ......... here"

"Send it to the Mirror Garden immediately to Lord Yang." Seeing that the scholar was taken aback, he added, "Put on the lantern of our Weiguo Mansion Yiyuan, bring a waist card, and if you meet the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, you will report the name of the mansion, and only say that it is an urgent matter." ”

When it came to this, the scholar didn't dare to say more. When he heard Luo Xu's order to pick two escorts to accompany him, he couldn't help but be even more suspicious, but after all, he took the order and left. As soon as he left, Luo Xu stood up again, but this time he walked to the door of the study and directly knocked on the cloud board that he rarely used. After a while, several men dressed in black quietly gathered over, looking at the short figure but looking extremely powerful.

That is the team left to him by his father, he has always hidden that he does not need to be except for the guards and soldiers who brought him to the Beijing camp, this is the real reliance of the Luo family in the southern Xinjiang to rely on a group of scouts who have been trained in the mountains and dense forests!

"Follow my messenger quietly, and if the journey is safe, you will return at once, and if anyone intercepts you......," he said, making a crisp gesture, and when he saw them saluting silently, he motioned for them to depart at once. When the courtyard returned to calm, he unconsciously rubbed his chin, which was only slightly hairy, and whispered softly, "Rotten face alley? I have stepped on every place in the outer city, and I remember that in addition to a few guild halls in Jinan, Hunan, Jiangning, and Hanzhong, there is only one inconspicuous Guanyin Nunnery......"