Li Heng and Li Mi looked at each other and smiled, with a little joy that the treacherous plan had succeeded. The prince put his hands together, crossed his fingers and said, "This kind of trivial matter is not a problem. ”

Li Mi took out a piece of paper from his bosom, handed it to Li Siye and said: "This is the slave of the maid Daorou, she was originally the daughter of Li Zhao, a beloved in Gaoling County, whose father killed people because of a gambling fight, and was sentenced by the county order to die of exile on the way to Liuzhou. This slave has been stamped by the Chang'an West City Bureau, and there are no loopholes. ”

As soon as he finished reading the experience of this slave book, Li Mi took out a piece of paper and handed it to him: "This is the sales contract issued by the slave market in the West City, and the time is today." This morning, you passed by the West Market Yahang and met the Nu Market opening. Because he saw that the slave Daorou was a fellow villager of Gaoling and came from the same clan, he bought it with compassion. ”

The ins and outs of the slave and maid were arranged in just two pieces of paper, and even the motives were clearly explained, but they were just the insertion of forced sales. He turned his head to look at the hands of Dao Rou beside him on his knees. The maidservant felt his gaze, and her hands involuntarily shrunk into fists.

The hands are as tender as soft wattles, and the wrists are as white as clotted fat. Can the daughter of a good citizen of Gaoling County have such white hands? Can the daughters of ordinary people have no calluses on their hands? I am afraid that both the slavery and the contract of sale are forged.

Li Siye had no way to refuse, he wouldn't really think that this was just a slave.

This is the golden hoop that Li Heng placed on him, and only by accepting it can the other party be reassured, he leaned forward and crossed his hand and said, "Thank you for the prince's gift." ”

Li Heng put down the teacup and said with a smile: "The friendship between the heir and me originated in the twenty-fifth year of the old calendar, when I was still a loyal king, and you were only a thousand cattle under the command of Li Ying. At that time, I was entrusted by the eunuch Gao Lishi to arrange for you to go to the west of the city to be an official. Since that time, I have believed that the fate between you and me will not be severed. Sending you a handmaid is nothing. ”

It is really nothing, from the beginning of Zhenguan to the early years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, every time the political situation is turbulent, there are countless dignitaries and officials who are involved in the destruction of their families, the confiscation of family property, and the slavery of wives and daughters. Once they are untouchable, their descendants will remain untouchable, unless the dynasty is destroyed and the dynasty is changed.

Who will rehabilitate these people? No one will, and once you lose the political struggle, you will implicate future generations. Li Siye thought of himself from here, will he change his fate because of some unknown decisions?

The woman's true identity is up for debate.

The three parties initially reached an intention, the matter was negotiated, and Li Siye was about to get up and say goodbye, and he slowly withdrew from the next door after forking his hand towards the prince. The maidservant named Daorou followed him closely, as if she was afraid of being abandoned.

He walked to the door, suddenly remembered something, and turned to the prince and said, "Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Prince, where does Abe Zhongmaro live now?" ”

"Who?" Li Heng heard a tongue-twisting name, and he didn't remember who it was for a while.

"Japan sent Tang envoys to study abroad, changed the name of Han to Chao Heng, and now he should serve as a high-ranking official in the DPRK and China."

"Oh," the prince remembered at this time, and said, "Chao Heng, the current secretary and supervisor and guard captain Shaoqing, the sage gave the mansion in Yongxingfang. ”

"Your Majesty Prince Xie."

After Li Siye left, Li Heng turned his head and asked Li Yu beside him: "What is he looking for Chao Heng for?" ”

Li Mi shook his head, and his voice exhaled like a whistle: "I don't know, maybe he has a wide range of friends, and even knowledgeable Japanese like Chao Heng have dealings." ”

"That's right, the saint is long, if you can know Chao Heng, it can be regarded as a great help."

……

Li Siye staggered down the stairs, walked out of the viewing wall and blended into the thick green world, he turned around slightly, and saw this woman named Daorou following him with her hands folded.

When he was in Shule, there were a group of slaves and maids in the family, but those people were used to clean the house and serve the twelve mothers, and their appearance was also average. He has never used a handmaid himself, most of the time he is to call Yan Xiaosi, let alone bring such a beautiful and moving woman by his side.

He stopped suddenly, and Dao Rou also paused his feet, and there was no failure of brakes. This woman's reaction is okay, is her nerves tense all the time?

He raised his finger and circled it: "That." ”

"Aaron, please."

Dao Rou lowered his waist slightly, and Li Siye turned around and sighed: "Let's go." ”

In the evening, Li Siye led a maid dressed in white into the backyard, Yan Xiaosi was sitting in the middle of the courtyard with a whetstone to sharpen the barrier knife, and the sound of stabbing stopped abruptly. He raised his head and began to move with the figure, forgetting that even the Adam's apple was squirming. The two soldiers were cursing in foul language, and for a moment their voices were dumb, and they turned their heads to see the woman walk in front of them. A soldier sat in the corner of the wall sewing his slit six-fold boots, pulled out his needle and thread, looked up, and suddenly opened his mouth wide. Until the woman's figure disappeared in front of the hall, he hissed in pain, and his lips were punctured by needles.

Li Siye stood in front of the hall and turned around, and instructed Zhao Duwei, who was lying cross-legged on the desk and copying: "Zhao Duwei, give Daorou...... Arrange a room for my maidservant. ”

Zhao Duwei raised his head, looked behind Li Siye with his eyes like incandescent light bulbs, and was stunned for a moment before he said: "General, the wing room you live in has internal and external compartments, since you are a maidservant, you should ......"

He quickly closed his mouth and changed his words: "It's empty next to you, and the cover is still new." ”

"Okay."

Li Siye came to the door of the wing room in the back hall, pushed the door open and walked in, he said to Daorou behind him: "Go to your room and clean up, don't worry about me." ”

Dao Rou nodded, turned around and came to the right wing, only to see the doors and windows wide open. Zhao Duwei and Yan Xiaosi were each cleaning in the room with a feather duster and a whisk. She stood expressionless, as if she had no sense of what the two were doing.

Zhao Duwei stopped what he was doing, stepped forward and smiled earnestly: "Daorou lady, the room has been cleaned, you have a good rest." ”

Yan Xiaosi was unwilling, stepped forward and said: "Lady, I am Yan Xiaosi, but the general's personal soldier brigade rate, if you have any inconvenience, you can order me." ”

Dao Rou heard Yan Xiaosi say the rate of pro-soldier brigades, and her originally lowered eyes lit up for a moment, and soon became unfluctuating. She bowed down and saluted them: "Daorou is just a slave, and she doesn't dare to work two, it's really a slave." ”

The two didn't know where Li Siye got this lady from, and they didn't know what his attitude was towards this slave, so they didn't dare to ask questions, so they had to smile and cross-handedly and said: "Daorou lady is so resting, let's go down." ”

They exited Daorou's room, closed the door with her, looked at each other with hostility, and then walked to the corridor of the back hall, surrounded by five or six personal soldiers and miscellaneous servants.

"What's the matter, where did the general bring this from? It is the top brand in the Jade Pavilion of Pingkang Fang. ”

"Top fart, this is the general's handmaid."

"Nonsense, only Brother Gongzi has a servant girl, how have you ever seen a general have a servant girl, this is most likely a concubine given by a saint, bring it back to Shule to be the second lady."

While they were talking, Dao Rou in the opposite wing closed both windows, apparently hearing these whispers.

In the early morning of the second day, Li Siye held a short knife and erected the bronze mirror on the flower wall in the courtyard, stretched out his hand to pull his beard, and used the blade to cut off the slightly longer beard to make it look more beautiful.

He commanded Yan Xiaosi in a loud voice: "Xiaosi, go to the backyard to lead the horse, and come with me to Yongxingfang to visit Abe Zhongmaro, you still have Fujimu's urn with you." ”

Yan Xiaosi stayed in place in a daze, his eyes seemed to be drawn by something else, and he looked behind him over Li Siye's shoulder.

"Yan Xiaosi?"

Li Siye looked back and saw that the maidservant Daorou had already led the black fat and the green horse behind them, and even Fujimu's urn was tied to the side of the saddle with yellow silk. She leaned over and knelt on one knee, her hands on the ground and the green silk hung down from her shoulders, making the shoulders of her plain white shirt appear even more weak, but she regarded herself as a horse pier, and said crisply, "Please Ah Lang get on the horse." ”

Li Siye frowned, walked quickly around the servant girl Daorou, and turned over from the other side of the black fat horse, although it was too difficult to get on the horse with left hand, and even the horse spewed white air and shook it. But after all, he still sat down on the horse, and snorted coldly, I don't know if he was dissatisfied with Yan Xiaosi, or dissatisfied with the maidservant Daorou, anyway.

Not far away, Captain Zhao and the soldiers opened their mouths wide in astonishment.

"What a servant."

(PS: Thank you Guo Luren for the reward.) ）