Today, Xiaoxiang Pavilion opened its doors to meet guests, and the first person who came was Lu Shixian, knocking on the door with peach blossom brewing.

Xiangling pushed open the door and saw Lu Shixian immediately greeted with a smile.

"What a coincidence that Mr. Lu came, the girl just said that no one spoke."

Lu Shixian followed Xiangling into the courtyard, and couldn't help laughing,

"I also waited for many days, and I didn't see any outsiders in Qingqing for half a month, but I missed a lot of things. By the way, I only have this one jar left for this peach blossom brew, you quickly put it away, and then give her a taste when it is clear. They will come in a moment, but don't talk about the peach blossom brew. ”

There was nothing new about this peach blossom brew, but Xu Ling had a rule that a few boys could not drink more than two jars a month. Now that the end of the month is over, several people have long run out of inventory, and this jar of peach blossom brewing is even more rare.

Xu Qingyang is also a lover of alcohol, and because of a foot injury, he can't drink. Lu Shixian was afraid that she would be hungry for wine, so he secretly left a jar.

"Yes, slave remembers."

When Xu Qingyang heard that Lu Shixian was coming, he immediately looked at himself in the mirror,

"Mo'er, burn incense quickly, this room smells of medicine."

Seeing that the incense was lit, Xu Qingyang let the two in.

"Since you've been closed here, we haven't seen each other for more than half a month."

Xu Qingyang stood up with a smile, "Today is exactly sixteen days, what about Xiangling?" ”

Lu Shixian walked to Xu Qingyang's side very naturally, helping Xu Qingyang to follow her footsteps slowly, Mo'er saw this and retreated behind the two,

"I brought a jar of peach blossom brew, and a few days ago I went fishing with my third brother and Chen An, and the wine was almost drunk. I am the only one left, and I will bring it to you, and I will drink it when you are healed. ”

The two walked out of the room, looking at the sunny day, Xu Qingyang's mood also improved.

"Or you're thinking about me, I want to go and sit there,"

Xu Qingyang pointed to the brightest place under the eaves, Lu Shixian carefully supported Xu Qingyang over, and this scene happened to be seen by Wen Chen'an, who followed closely.

Wen Chenan stepped forward,

"It seems that the injury is recovering well, did the female doctor say how long it will take to get better?"

Seeing someone coming, Xu Qingyang immediately let go of Lu Shixian's hand, and his face was a little shy.

"It's going to take half a month, I didn't ask in detail."

Lu Shixian on the other side was let go by Xu Qingyang, and he also realized that the two of them behaved a little intimately.

"I just went to look for you, Ruolan said that you were not there, and went out with Shuangfu."

Wen Chenan handed the scroll in his hand to Mo'er, "Yes, go and frame it, open it for your girl to see if she is satisfied." ”

Mo Er suspiciously opened the scroll horizontally, and a one-meter-long picture scroll came into view.

Pedestrians, coachmen, lanterns, and buildings completely replicated the scene of the day of the lantern festival, which caused the two to be shocked.

Xu Qingyang beckoned, and Mo'er came closer.

"The manuscript of that day has been an eye-opener, Chen An, you must have spent a lot of effort."

"Fortunately, I didn't have much to do in the past few days, so I got it out in advance."

Xu Qingyang gently touched every part of this painting with his hand,

"Mo'er, you are good to keep it. A few times the required color on this, go to the warehouse to get the silk thread. ”

"Yes."

Mo'er put the painting away, and there was another sound in the distance. Everyone turned their heads and found that it was Xu Qian and Xu Su.

"Third brother, fourth brother, you are here."

Seeing everyone gathered in his small courtyard, Xu Qingyang couldn't hide the joy in his heart.

Xu Qian stepped forward and stood next to Xu Qingyang,

"The location was well chosen, I brought roast chicken and asked Qiu Tong to send it to the kitchen. Since you're having a banquet, my brother has to do a favor, right? ”

Xu Qingyang smiled and said okay, and when he turned his head, Xu Su was still standing aside and refused to come over, obviously still angry with himself.

"Fourth brother, what are you doing standing like that?"

Xu Su snorted lightly and turned his head away.

Xu Su, who was far away in the military camp at that time, heard that Xu Qingyang was injured, and immediately rode over with Xiao Cong overnight.

On the second day, Xu Su came back with severe pain, but learned that Xiaoxiang Pavilion was closed, and he missed the opportunity to enter the military camp in advance.

Since then, Xu Su has been holding his breath, and he doesn't know who he is angry about. Today, Xu Qingyang invited a few people to come over, Xu Qian expected that Xu Su was angry, so he brought roast chicken and Qiu Tong to the door, so that he could bring people to him.

According to common sense, the sons are already old, and the people who are often waiting around them should be small servants rather than maids, but because Xu Qingyang is a female dependent, several people come to Xiaoxiang Pavilion with maids.

Dong Ling saw that Xu Su was still angry, so he came out to ease the atmosphere,

"The fourth prince was worried that the girl's diet was too light a few days ago, so when he heard that the third prince had bought roast chicken, he immediately sent Ah Yan to buy roasted mutton and waited for lunch for the girl to eat."

Xu Qian pointed to the distance and said, "It's the end of summer, the little fish in your pond should have grown a lot, I'll go and take a look." Shixian, Chen'an, what about you? ”

The two looked at each other tacitly and said they were going. Mo Er and Dong Ling naturally wouldn't get in the way here, and they also followed.

Seeing everyone leaving, Xu Su glanced at Xu Qingyang and saw that she was also looking at herself.

"Are you feeling better?"

Looking at Xu Su's awkward appearance, Xu Qingyang thought that he rushed back from the barracks overnight for himself, and instantly had a different opinion on this brother who was three years older than him.

"I was already able to walk with my hands on my feet, but at that time, I just said that I had injured my muscles and bones, so I would be able to recuperate for a month. But now I think it should be another seven or eight days. ”

"Then how to do it, you still have to listen to the doctor."

"Got it."

For the first time, the brother and sister had a real conversation as brother and sister, and Xu Su in the past was a naïve ghost for Xu Qingyang, and he couldn't shelter himself from the wind and rain like the other three brothers. Even in the school, Xu Su couldn't hand in his homework and asked Xu Qingyang to help cover up.

So in the past ten years, the two of them were the same existences that needed to be protected. But family affection is like this, it does not appear with very strong emotions at the beginning, but subtle, gentle, and inadvertently bursts with powerful energy.

"Fourth brother, how is your leg?"

"At that time, it was a cramp, Ah Yan thought it was a recurrence of the old disease, and made a fuss."

A group of people in the distance were relieved to see that the two were chatting quite harmoniously.

Xu Qian couldn't help but sigh, "With Lord Xiao, the fourth brother has matured a lot. ”

"My son-in-law has always been a very emotional person, but you have always treated him as a child, so you ignored him."

Listening to Dong Ling refute himself, Xu Qian was not annoyed,

"You two, how are the preparations for the meeting?"

Lu Shixian was the first to reply, "In the past, the debates were compiled into volumes, and I bought two volumes and gave them to Chen'an. Take a look at the past topics and gain insight. ”

Xu Qian nodded, "Yes, my father also asked me and my second brother to learn like this at that time. ”

The hard wooden board made Xu Qingyang a little uncomfortable, so he turned sideways and leaned his body a little bit by grabbing the railing.

"Uncomfortable?" Xu Su approached as he spoke.

"Well, my body is a little stiff. Fourth brother, what time is it? ”

Xu Su looked up, "It's just past the hour, what's wrong?" ”

"The time is almost up, I asked Sister Xiao to have lunch together."

At this time, Xu Qian came back with a few people, and when he heard Xu Qingyang's words, he couldn't help frowning,

"There are so many of us men, isn't it inappropriate for you to invite Miss Xiao?"

Xu Qingyang said with a smile, "It has been stated on the invitation that Sister Xiao already knows that you are all here." By the way, Mo'er, you called Ming Qi to come, and Sister Xiao said that she wanted to thank him. ”

For nearly half a month, Ming Qi has been helping Xu Ling check the traces of the empty gate. Xiao Cong's side is also making good progress, and he has found out that they have a stronghold in Jiankang, but unfortunately he hasn't caught any important people.

Xu Nan also collected some news scattered over there, worried that Xu Ling was in a hurry, so all the news was directly collected to Xu Ling, and Ming Qi gave Xu Ling a hand.

In the study, Xu Ling looked at Ming Qi with a serious face, and his heart was full of questions,

"Ming Qi,"

Ming Qi raised his head and looked away from the file,

"What's the matter, sir?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I've never heard you say how you got there."

Ming Qi lowered his head and recalled that memory.

"I'm from Lingjiang, and my parents both made a living from farming. When I was very young, a plague broke out, and the people in the village died and fled. My parents also unfortunately contracted the disease, and when they were dying, they entrusted me to a neighbor's aunt. We plan to flee together in the direction of Ganghan County, the national capital.

But just as we were about to leave the city gate, suddenly officers and soldiers blocked the way, preventing us from escaping. Eventually, my aunt also became ill, and all I remember is that she put me in a vat and was worried that I would be infected by her.

After that, the world was quiet. I opened my eyes again and saw the face I will never forget in my life. ”

Ming Qi unconsciously clenched his fists, his eyes were full of murderous intent,

"It was the man who was empty, with a knife, and stabbed her in the body. I was being carried on my shoulders and watched as my aunt reached out and tried to grab me. The man took the knife, wiped the blood from his face, and smiled hideously. Then there was a fire, and when I woke up, it was empty. ”

In troubled times, there are all poor people.

Xu Ling sighed at the difficulties of ordinary people, and pitied Ming Qi's misfortune, but also found the doubts in his story.

"Since there is an official government, why do people with empty doors appear?"

Ming Qi put away his hatred and looked at Xu Ling,

"Master, you are an official, why do you think so?"

Looking at Ming Qi's lifeless gaze, Xu Ling had a momentary weakness in his heart, and sighed slowly,

"Alas, the way of the world. If we can hurt the vitality of the empty gate, it can be regarded as revenge for you. ”

Ming Qi didn't answer when he heard this, a lot of things happened just happened, and the so-called revenge was more of a consolation for the guilt in his heart.

Mo'er approached Qingyin Pavilion and happened to run into Ruyao.

"Aunt Ruyao."