Winter nights come earlier than summer, and from autumn onwards, there is a trend of longer nights and shorter days.

At the family banquet in Su Mansion this time, the people invited to the family were only their own sons.

Su Ming was in a good mood today, he first glanced at the eldest brother sitting on his right and his sister-in-law who had never met, and then at the three sons sitting on his left, and occasionally there were a few laughter from women and children next to the side room.

It was the sound of his wife and three daughters-in-law and a few grandchildren laughing.

It's really rare, it's been decades, and now he has been looking forward to this scene for decades, he thought that he wouldn't see it in his life, but he didn't want to, God finally treated him and his eldest brother, and also treated the entire Su family.

He looked at the two figures on the right who were still wearing curtains, frowned and said, "Big brother, sister-in-law, all the people sitting here now are their own family members, why don't you take off your veil hats and show your faces, and let these boys know the uncles and aunts they have never met?" Moreover, it was very inconvenient and obstructive for him to watch them eat just now.

Ji Qingshui glanced at the few nephews who were sitting politely opposite, and then looked at Li Yan, and saw that she nodded slightly, and then raised his hand to take off his hat together.

After Su Linzi, Su Linxiu and Su Linyu saw their appearances clearly, even if they were ready in their hearts, they couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Su Linzi runs a restaurant, and his temperament should be more free. After seeing their faces clearly, he couldn't control his temperament at the moment, and exclaimed: "This ...... It's not ......" and realized that his voice was a little too loud, and quickly covered his mouth again.

For the temples and Taoist temples near the capital, every time there are various festivals, he will take his wife and children to worship.

And the appearance of the couple in front of him was too familiar to him. was so familiar that his first reaction was to stand up and bow to them subconsciously. If it weren't for the third child next to him noticing his movements, he would definitely make a fool of himself.

Ji Qingshui and Li Yan already had a general impression of them when they saw them when they were at the entrance.

At this time, seeing their surprised appearances, he just smiled lightly and nodded at them.

Su Ming glanced at the three sons, and said in a deep voice: "Today is the birthday of me and your uncle, and it is also the first family banquet held by our Su family. If there is even the slightest rumor, not only your uncle and aunt will be in danger of their lives, but even our Su Mansion will be destroyed. ”

When the second Su Linxiu heard this, the tiger's body was shocked, and he nodded heavily at his father Su Ming. The boss Su Linzi also restrained the casual expression just now at this time, and gave his father a positive look with a solemn face.

The two looked at each other again, and then got up and came to the two of them, and then knelt down together and kowtowed to the shocking couple in front of them: "Lin Zi, Lin Xiu, I've seen the uncle, I've seen the uncle!"

Seeing this, Ji Qingshui and Li Yan saw this, the smile on their faces was a little closer than before, and they hurriedly raised their hands to signal them to get up.

The eldest and second have already seen the ceremony, but the third Su Linyu has not said anything.

For a while, the atmosphere in the room fell silent, and the eyes of everyone present were all focused on him, especially Su Ming's eyes, which were full of reproach, deep and long.

After Su Linyu took a few breaths, the hands tightened in his sleeves did not slowly let go until this time.

took a deep breath, stood up and came to Li Yan and Ji Qingshui's side, knelt on the ground, solemnly made a big salute to them, knocked his forehead on the bluestone ground three times in a row, and said respectfully: "Lin Yu thanked Uncle and Uncle for saving their lives back then!"

Ji Qingshui smiled slightly and began to pretend to be stupid: "Why don't you understand." Madam, do you understand?" he looked at Li Yan beside him.

Li Yan only smiled lightly.

Su Linyu's expression was a little nervous, and he hurriedly explained: "Uncle, auntie, Lin Yu knows that it was you who rescued his nephew that day. Over the years, my nephew has been looking for you, but to no avail. It is only today that the appearance of your outfit confirms your identity. ”

"This ...... Big brother, what's going on?" Su Ming on the side heard a little mystery, so he asked Ji Qingshui, but the man only smiled at himself, and he didn't have the slightest intention of solving his doubts, so he turned his head to Su Linyu and said, "Third brother, tell me, what the hell is going on? Why is the old man listening, you seem to have known each other a long time ago?"

Su Linyu looked at the uncle, and saw that there was nothing in his eyes, so he explained: "It's not very early, it's just that a few years ago, on my way to Jingli City to take office, I was ambushed by more than a dozen unknown black-clothed people, that group of people is very skilled, I and those subordinates are not their opponents at all, just when it was critical, the uncle and the eldest aunt suddenly appeared, annihilated all the black-clothed people, and the son had to get out." ”

"This is what happened in the year you took office in Jingli City, why haven't I seen you mention it in your letter home?" Su Ming asked with a frown.

Su Linyu smiled faintly: "In general, there is still no danger, I don't want you to worry about me anymore." After speaking, he glanced at the two elders in front of him: "Besides, my son didn't know that the benefactor he wanted at that time would be the uncle and aunt I had never met." ”

Seeing that his attitude was sincere, Li Yan secretly admired in his heart, looked sideways at the people around him, and saw that he was also stroking his goatee with a satisfied face and nodded, but he didn't say anything to let the child get up.

glared at him, got up and helped Su Linyu up, and said with a smile: "You hurry up, you don't have to make such a big gift, when I saved you with your uncle, it was also because you and we had a fate." Now it seems that it is really not a family, and it does not enter the house. That's fate!"

"Yes, there is fate, it is indeed fate. I didn't think you kid was my nephew! It's a pity, it's a pity. ”

Helping Su Linyu up, Li Yan turned to his side, and when he saw that he was talking about pity, he raised his hand and secretly pinched him, and glared at him again.

Hearing that his son and eldest brother still have such a fate, Su Ming's eyes were very excited at the moment, but he was quickly suppressed by him, and when he heard the word pity, he asked a little puzzled: "I don't know what the eldest brother said about pity?"

Li Yan naturally knew the meaning of Ji Qingshui's words, it was nothing more than a pity that he liked this future son-in-law at the beginning, Su Linyu turned out to be his nephew, and he had already married a wife and had children a few years ago.

This old bald donkey's careful thoughts, how could she not understand.

At the beginning, the two of them happened to be going to Jingli City to run errands, and they happened to be walking with Su Linyu's team.

It's just that Su Linyu is in the light, and the two of them are inevitably exposed because of their identities, and they have been walking in the dark.

When she saw Su Linyu and them being assassinated, she didn't plan to be idle, but it wasn't that this old bald donkey had been observing Su Linyu's behavior in the dark all the way, and she was full of praise for him.

Seeing that they were gradually about to lose, he dragged her out and saved them, for fear that his son-in-law would die halfway.

Fortunately, it seems that there is nothing wrong with their actions that day, and the three children of Sufu are very well taught.

However, the ghost girl in her own family is not bad.

Thinking that the girl hadn't contacted her for more than half a year, the smile on Li Yan's face gradually dimmed.

Ji Qingshui glanced at her, quietly squeezed her little hand tightly, and then let go.

looked at Su Ming and said, "It's okay, I just sighed, thinking about today's special day, but unfortunately the girl in my family is not here." ”

When Su Ming heard this, he also showed a worried look: "This ...... Hasn't my niece been in touch with my eldest brother and sister-in-law yet?"

Ji Qingshui shook his head gloomily.

When Su Linyu, who had just sat down, heard this, he quickly stood up and said, "Uncle, uncle, otherwise, my nephew will send someone to check his cousin's whereabouts now?" As early as when he hadn't returned from Jingli City, he received a letter from his father, which probably mentioned that his cousin was missing and would be forced to marry in a month, and asked him what Su Mansion should do.

He understands the behavior of the departing teacher, and he is not fully prepared, so he will not take it lightly.

And the national teacher sent people to Moyan Dao to propose relatives again and again, and even implicated Su Fu, which can only say that he has a certain understanding of his cousin's life experience.

But it just proves that he has not found his cousin's whereabouts, otherwise, he would not go to Moyan Daoguan to propose his relatives in such a ruined style.

Therefore, at that time, he only replied: static braking. As long as he doesn't find his cousin for a day, he won't do anything else. As for the proposal of marriage three times or five times, if he does not dislike the disgrace, then let him go.

Later, it turned out that his guess was correct, even on the day of the wedding, the national teacher did not still make any moves. It is said that the Qingchen Hall was quiet and silent in those days, and the atmosphere was very intimidating.

Ji Qingshui waved at him and motioned for him to sit down: "No, that girl knows how to take care of herself." You don't have to worry about it, I'm just sighing. ”

A few people were chatting when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

The faces of the people present were cold, and Ji Qingshui and Li Yan had a tacit understanding of wearing a hat on their heads.

"What's the matter? Didn't the old man tell me before, tonight I have to talk to the young master, and no one is allowed to come and disturb me. As soon as he finished speaking, a cold voice took over: "Oh? It seems that Lord Zuo Xiang is really planning to turn this palace away?"

Hearing this, several people's bodies stiffened again, and they glanced at each other, and finally Su Ming motioned to Su Linyu to take Ji Qingshui and Li Yan to take shelter from the secret door of this wing room to the inner hall of the backyard.

Three people left at once, so the dishes and chopsticks they used naturally had to be cleaned up.

Su Ming came to the door and saw that the table top had been cleaned up by the eldest and second, so he nodded, opened the door, looked at the three people standing in the courtyard, and hurriedly came to Liqing and saluted: "The old minister has seen the national teacher." I made the national teacher wait for a long time just now, but it was really those two boys who were making trouble, and the old man opened the door late. ”

"Oh?" Li Qing looked at him with a smile: "This palace still thinks that Zuo Xiang really plans to turn this palace away." After speaking, he stopped looking at him, raised his hand and grabbed Su Qingmo's waist and walked inside. Su Ming saw that he was uninvited, so he had to sigh helplessly and follow into the house.

Seiichi followed behind them, but as soon as they entered the house, he stood guard at the door.

Su Linzi and Su Linxiu in the house were playing a game of guessing boxing in a drunken and hazy way, and they seemed to be fascinated by playing, and neither of them noticed that there were two more people in the house.

"Five masters, six six, ah, the second one, you lose, hurry up, drink quickly!" Su Linzi picked up a bowl of wine and handed it to Su Linxiu's mouth, regardless of whether he wanted it or not, he poured it directly.

Even though Su Linxiu had choked on the liquor that had been swallowed in his throat, he didn't even turn his head to refuse.

The two giggled at each other, and then began to guess the fist, purely two drunken drunkards.

Su Qingmo smelled the smell of wine in the room and frowned slightly.

Su Ming didn't know who she was, but he felt that the eyebrows and eyes of the woman in front of him looked a little familiar. But I can't remember where I've seen it.

Seeing her frowning at this time, she hurriedly glanced at the guards outside and motioned for them to enter the house: "They are drunk, you come and send the two young masters back to the room." Let a few more people come and clean up, and tell the kitchen to go and make a new table of toppings. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

Two guards came in and helped Su Linzi and Su Linxiu away, and then a few more maids came in, and they were about to remove the dishes on the table, but they were stopped by Liqing: "Slow!"

Li Qing looked at Su Ming's eyes, and the essence flashed: "Just now, Lord Zuo Xiang only dined with those two sons in this room?"

Su Ming frowned slightly, and nodded: "Exactly, there was originally a third child who was also there, but the third child was not strong enough to drink, and he had already gone back to the room to rest before the national teacher came over." ”

Li Qing nodded, glanced at the table, turned his face and frowned again and made a puzzled expression: "Oh, it turned out to be four people, but how can this palace look at the dishes and chopsticks of only three people?"

"Huh? this ...... This one...... It's been taken away by the subordinates. Only then did Su Ming know that he had fallen into the trap he had designed, so he could only start wiping his sweat while reluctantly finding a reason. scolded Liqing, the cunning fox, in his heart.

Liqing nodded again: "So that's the case, but how can this palace look, it seems that the dishes on the vacant seats here have also been chopsticks, could it be that there should be six people in your side room at the beginning, but then they are all too strong to drink, so they all went back to the room to rest, right?"

Su Ming glanced at the position that Ji Qingshui and Li Yan had just done, and the plate in front of him had indeed been moved. And in fact, they did move.

After all, before the National Teacher came, they had been eating and chatting for almost an hour.

Su Qingmo also saw a little bit of the door at this time, but she hadn't figured out the meaning of Liqing yet, she just felt embarrassed, this kind of scene was in the form of a family banquet at first glance, but the shameless person next to her not only came uninvited, but also walked in and interrogated the dignified Zuo Xiang.

Anyway, this Lord Zuo Xiang is too, sure enough, he is old and his brain is not enough, he hurriedly answers what people ask, and if he can't answer, he makes excuses, and he doesn't even see that Liqing is so obviously playing tricks on him.

If the subject was replaced by her father, she promised that with that father's IQ, he would not have caused the situation he was in now. But when she thinks of her father, why does she always feel that the eyebrows and eyes of the Zuo Xiangsan in front of her seem to be somewhat similar to those of her father?

It's just that Dad's spirit is much richer than him, if the two stand together, then the whole is a contrast between the body shape of a thin bamboo pole and a fat dongguan.

Thinking of that scene, Su Qingmo's depressed mood was slightly better.

Glancing at the tea tray that had been passed again, it could make this Zuo Xiangsan so nervous, it seemed that the few people who had already left should be more important people.

At this time, Su Qingmo didn't know that among the three people who left, two of them were her father and mother who were thinking about her these days.

Just as Su Ming was wiping the traces of sweat in his heart, a man's clear voice came from outside the door: "The National Teacher came to my Su Mansion so late, but what's the matter?"

Su Ming was obviously relieved when he heard this voice, looked at his youngest son who was walking towards him, and said with a little reproach: "Didn't you go to rest? Why did you come here now?"

Su Linyu smiled slightly: "Dad, the national teacher came to visit the Su Mansion, in public and private, as an official of the imperial court, I can't continue to lie on the bed and sleep soundly." After saying that, he waved at a few maids on the side, signaling them to clean up the table quickly.

Liqing listened to what he said, and the smile on the corner of his mouth melted again, like a peach blossom blooming at the beginning of spring, subtle but not restrained, and he didn't look at the maid ring who was removing the vegetables, but said to him: "Yu private? ”

"This is not the court, and there are no outsiders here, why don't you call me Lin Yu. ”

Who knew that Liqing smiled slightly, obviously there were no outsiders and the four of them pleased him again: "This is not appropriate, the future princess of this palace should also call you a brother according to her seniority, so it is more appropriate for this palace to call you a third brother-in-law, what do you say?"

"......" obviously didn't think that this national teacher would have such a cheeky Su Linyu's polite and handsome face stiffened slightly, and then said: "Then let's wait for the day when the national teacher and my cousin really get married, you can call me Lin Yu first, of course, if the national teacher doesn't mind, I can also call you Brother Qing in private, how about it?"

When Li Qing heard this, his eyes flashed slightly and nodded at him: "Brother Jade!"

Su Linyu Chong Yu Liqing was very satisfied with his title, only to see him laugh loudly, and raised his hand to the ear chamber next to him: "Hahaha...... Brother Qing inside, please. ”

The outer room of the courtyard is set up as a place for dining, and there is also a tea room in the adjacent ear room. It is a place for people to drink tea after eating.

Su Linyu glanced at Su Ming behind him, lowered his head and thought about it, then said, "Dad, you should be tired tonight, go and rest early, I can receive you here." ”

When Su Ming heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded quickly, and then looked at Liqing again, seeing that there was no displeasure on his face, he saluted him with confidence, and turned around to go out to find his eldest brother after making an excuse.

Liqing took Su Qingmo and found a place next to him and sat down, and Su Linyu had already made a pot of tea and brought it over to them, adding tea to them. was about to pour the teacup in front of Su Qingmo, but was blocked by Liqing with his hand.

Su Linyu picked up the teapot and was not angry, but patted his head lightly, and smiled apologetically at Su Qingmo: "Look at my memory, I was negligent, it is said that now the women in the capital are all interested in drinking all kinds of flower tea to nourish their faces, I think this girl should be like this, please wait a while, I will let people make another pot of flower tea and send it over." ”

After speaking, he was about to turn around and give orders, but was stopped by Su Qingmo.

"Don't bother, just plain water. This is the first time Su Linyu has heard her speak since she saw her just now.

I was secretly surprised in my heart: it was just that this woman's appearance was so outstanding, I didn't expect that even the voice was so pleasant, gentle and soft, crisp and there was also a hidden ethereal inspiration, so that the listener Lingtai would be a little clearer.

It seems that the girl is also a worldly and transparent person. Su Linyu sighed, turned his head and instructed the maid on the side to prepare.

Soon, Na Yahuan walked in with a teapot filled with boiling water, Su Linyu took it, came to Su Qingmo, and personally poured her cup full, with gentle and polite movements.

Su Qingmo saw that he seemed to be about to take this kettle away again, so he said again: "You also like to drink tea, so put this pot of boiled water here with me, and I will be self-sufficient for a while." ”

A sentence of self-sufficiency provoked the two men around him to laugh.

Su Linyu smiled when she heard this, the man in front of the meeting had no opinion, so she didn't say much, put the teapot in her hand next to her, and she came to the seat opposite Liqing and sat down.

Li Qing looked at her sideways, with a touch of pampering in her helpless eyes: "You, you, this palace can inform you in advance, this Zuo Xiang's mansion is full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and there are delicacies from the jade plate, don't you fill this pot of water before it is time to start the meal for a while." ”

Su Qingmo's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she didn't care about the other people in the field, so she replied directly: "This is the purpose of your coming to Su Mansion today, right? ”

Liqing looked at her big eyes and winked mischievously at herself, the cunning color in her eyes suddenly appeared, and she couldn't help but pinch her little face: "You, you, a girl doesn't feel ashamed to say this, today is the birthday of Lord Zuo Xiang, this palace brought you over, naturally to congratulate Zuo Xiang on a successful birthday, as blessed as the East China Sea, Shoubi Nanshan." ”

Su Qingmo was stunned: "Ah, but the birthday star has already left just now." ”

Thinking that she and Li Qing had just stepped into this courtyard just now, and there was laughter and laughter in the adjacent wings in front of them, and there was some sadness in my heart. Daddy's birthday is also today, and I don't know if he is with his mother now, whether he is complaining that his conscienceless daughter doesn't even go back to his father's birthday.

Without her, no one would have prepared Daddy's birthday cake for him this year. What's the point of having a birthday without a birthday cake?

Alas...... I knew that she should have forcibly taught this cake-making skill to Ms. Li Yan at the beginning, but now it's good, he must have had a birthday today, and it's even more boring.

How could Liqing not see the gloom hidden in her eyes, so he deliberately teased her: "Don't worry, even if the main lord is gone, the dishes that the palace said before will definitely let you taste them." Or maybe Lord Zuo Xiang is not there, can it still affect your appetite for a while?"

"Naturally not, but is there really so much delicious food in this Su Mansion?" Su Qingmo turned his head to look at Su Linyu opposite.

Su Linyu, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help laughing when he heard Liqing's words, but he still explained very responsibly: "What Brother Qing said is a little too much, this mountain and sea delicacies and jade plate delicacies, I believe that there must be a lot of them in Brother Qingchen's Qingchen Palace, and how can I compare with my small Su Mansion." However, there are a few special dishes and snacks in Sufu, and you can invite the young brother and the girl to taste them in a while. ”

Su Qingmo grinned when she heard this: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say......"

------Off topic------

Wow, there was a power outage at home at ten o'clock last night, and there was no call when I got up today. It wasn't until more than 6 p.m. that the power was turned on, and Motoko said she was very sad......

Ask for comfort, ask for comfort wow!

Wow