Chapter Twenty-Six: Homecoming
In the winter of the tenth year of Jianwu, a light snow fell on the bank of the Nanxun River, and the ladies and ladies of Wende Bridge and the peddlers and pawns of Tianshui Bridge all poured out of their homes and admired the city's silver in the riverside street.
Not far from the Tianshui Bridge by the river, a mansion with the charm of a water town, located in the building complex, a few maids lying on the window of the riverside viewing tower to enjoy the snow scene, Xiuhe is standing at the door with a faint grievance, looking at the pedestrian street, secretly complaining that she has a new love and forgets the maid's own lady.
The house is located in the area where the wealthy merchants gather, and the door is not magnificent, and there is a plaque of 'Yefu' hanging on it.
But a certain nobleman in the palace, when he was wandering around, he saw it, and felt a little dirty, so he personally wrote down the word 'Wu'an', the handwriting was decent, and there was nothing remarkable, but the officials of the capital who recognized the handwriting generally had to get off the horse and get off the sedan chair when they passed by, and raised their hands to make a big salute before they dared to leave.
As the saying goes, the prime minister's seven-rank official in front of the door, Xiuhe, as the son of heaven, is the deputy commander of Wu Anhou, the deputy commander of the black ya, and the housekeeper of the contemporary eight great kui, and by the way, he is also the chief financial officer of Honghualou, no matter how you say it, she can be regarded as a heroine who covers the sky with one hand in black and white.
But the night young master and Sanniang are not there, and no one walks at the door, in the past two months, Xiuhe has been almost depressed, and after watching the Wangfu stone in front of the door for a long time, Chen Biao of the dart bureau suddenly trotted from the pedestrian street, and said from afar:
"Xiuhe, King Jing's ship has arrived at Jiang'an Wharf, and many people are picking up people over there, the owner asks you to pack up your accommodation and arrange a carriage to pick up the young owner......"
Xiuhe's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately prepared to go out, but found that a girl suddenly appeared in the corner of the house.
The girl is Ping'er, dressed as an ordinary maid, with a small round face, looking cute and cute without a head, because she wants to be a supervisor, help the sect leader supervise the sect leader's wife and miss, successfully offended the sect leader's wife, and was left in the capital to take care of the courtyard of Shuanggui Lane, and stayed for two months, and Xiuhe can be regarded as having the same disease.
Two days ago, Luo Ning and Xue Baijin passed by by boat, and they also went back to Shuanggui Lane together, and said that they were about to come back from the Night Terror Hall, and by the way, they told her to take good care of Miss and supervise her homework every day.
Ping'er, as the sect leader's confidant, was naturally concerned about this matter, and ran to the door every day to block the young lady, and at this time, when she heard that the night terror hall was back, she naturally came out.
Xiuhe had seen Ping'er twice, so she beckoned immediately, called Ping'er into the carriage, and walked out of the city together......
Outside Yun'an City, Jiang'an Wharf.
Several large ships loaded with soldiers anchored on the banks of the snowy river.
The forbidden army that came to inquire had already emptied the dock and stood solemnly on the riverbank.
On the dock were luxurious chariots driven by horses, and several courtiers waited respectfully under the boat.
Dongfang Liren, who changed into a silver python robe, wore a white fox fur, raised his eyes on the deck to look at the majestic Kyoto that he had grown up in the distance, and his eyes couldn't help but flash a feeling of being in a different world.
The Queen Mother dressed up as a female official and walked silently behind her, feeling more in her heart than Dongfang, and she didn't want to get on the carriage back to the palace at all.
But happy times are always short-lived, and you have to go back, although you can't get along with each other day and night like these two months, but the bold color embryo guard, at least is still ahead.
After the Queen Mother glanced back at the shipbuilding, she suppressed the distractions in her heart, and slowly stepped off the pedal with Dongfang Liren.
And in the shipbuilding, everyone who returned from a long trip breathed a long sigh of relief.
Although this trip is quite dangerous, it can safely escort King Jing back, and it is inevitable that he will be promoted and knighted in the future, and everyone has joy on their faces.
In the room at the back of the ship, Night Terror Hall was lying on the pillow, revealing a broad back, and Fan Qinghe was sitting on the side of Rouya, pulling out the silver needle inserted in his back.
Night Terror's shoulder can only be regarded as a flesh injury, which is not very serious, but in the case of an injury, there are many vicious battles, the energy and blood consumption is huge, and the bath fire diagram is about to stop.
Although Fan Qinghe is not very good at fighting, he is easy to eat, replenish and nourish, and apply acupuncture and moxibustion on time, which is not gentle and intimate, but absolutely professional.
I didn't want to move for a few days at the beginning of the night terror, but then my body slowly recovered, and I wanted to go everywhere.
But Fan Qinghe was afraid that fighting with the girl would affect his physical recovery, so he asked him to recuperate and move around less, and he also told him on the boat.
Seeing that his situation was so serious, Ben Ben and Sanniang naturally didn't dare to disturb, and they just secretly came to the door to visit a few times every day, and the Queen Mother and Fairy Lu naturally did the same.
Xiao Yunli wanted to hear the story of the bloody battle, but she was afraid that her sister and aunt would say that she was ignorant, so she honestly practiced her knife skills on the boat.
Because the girls did not dare to disturb him, there were only disobedient birds on the whole ship, who sneaked in through the windows every day, cooed and comforted him twice, and then secretly ate the snacks prepared for him.
Night Terror Hall lying in the house every day to entertain himself with the big bird, it is indeed a little boring, but it is not good to do it with Dr. Fan, after honestly raising ten years of kung fu, seeing that the boat arrived at the riverbank wharf, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and asked:
"I don't think there's anything wrong with me, I can just walk around when I get home, right?"
Fan Qinghe pulled out the silver needle, sensed it again, and said softly:
"The injury is fine, but you still need to recuperate and recuperate, don't indulge in lust." The essence and spirit are one, the spirit is born in the qi, the qi is born in the essence, the recovery of the bath is fast, but the consumption of essence and blood is too large, if you do not pay attention to the recovery of recuperation, it is possible to decline before aging. โ
Don't indulge......
When Night Terror heard that it was going to quit sex, it couldn't help but hesitate a little:
"Hmm...... I've heard that you need to be 'moderate' to recuperate, not to indulge in lust, and not to hold back ......."
Fan Qinghe is a doctor, so he naturally understands the meaning of this, although his daughter's family is a little ashamed to say this, but he still responds seriously:
"With your physical condition, in recent days, you can have sex with your wife at most once a day, not more."
Hearing this, Night Terror Hall was relieved and nodded.
Fan Qinghe pursed his lips, probably guessing what the Night Terror Hall was thinking, and admonished:
"You can't deliberately press it for the sake of enjoyment, one day at a time or something, it hurts your body......"
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Night Terror felt that this conversation was a little too deep, and it was really inappropriate to let Miss Fan's daughter's family advise her, and when she saw that the needle was finished, she sat up and put on her robe:
"With Miss Fan supervising, how could I not pay attention to my body. Let's get off the boat. โ
Fan Qinghe, as the eldest daughter of Huanghua, couldn't say too much, so she got up and helped Night Terror put on a cloak and walked out of the door together.
In the aisle outside the door, Xuanji Zhenren leaned against the window with his arms crossed and waited for the night terror because he didn't want to be polite with the courtiers.
Seeing the two of them come out, Xuanji Zhenren turned around and came to him, looking up and down:
"How? Do you want me and Qinghe to carry you down? โ
"I'm not half a foot in the ground, and people carry it to do anything."
The night terror hall was almost recovered, and he walked without hindrance, he looked at the slim Shui Shui in a snow-colored dress, because Miss Fan was there, and it was not easy to offend, so he came to the window first to take a look.
Dongfang Liren is the king of Chaojing after all, and when it comes to formal occasions, he still has to maintain the emperor's temperament, and it is not good to be intimate with him, so he has been greeted by many courtiers, and the queen mother boarded the chariot together, and was looking at the boat from the window.
Night Terror Hall raised his hand and waved, Dongfang Liren nodded in response, and then closed the window; As for the Queen Mother, because she was sitting in front of her goddaughter, she didn't even dare to look at her eyes, but she didn't react much.
Yunli and Sanniang, it is impossible to follow them to the palace or enter the palace after returning to the capital, and they are waiting for the carriage from the family to pick up people on the dock at this time.
Bird Bird went out for a trip, went to work on time and on time, almost busy from the beginning to the end, and was already tired and not as round as when he set off.
At this time, when he returned to the capital, the bird bird walked home after walking the dart in previous years, taking Xiao Yunli to wander around the small streets, seeing what to eat.
The night terror hall was injured, and he didn't want to communicate politely with the courtiers, so he waited for the palace frame to slowly drive away from the dock, and then he got off the boat together, came to Sanniang, and looked at the familiar dock in the wind and snow.
Returning to the capital, the heart that has been hanging in the night terror hall for the past few months can be regarded as completely relaxed. He looked at it slightly, and suddenly found that in the manor near the dock, there were some warriors walking around, and there was a flagpole at the entrance of the mountain, with the words 'Qinglian Gang' written on it.
Night Terror Hall was slightly surprised, and asked, "Isn't Yang Guan unable to get along in the capital and return to Wuzhou?" How did it open again. โ
Pei Xiangjun found out just now, and inquired a few words, and shrugged his shoulders slightly at this time in response:
"King Wu rebelled, the rivers and lakes were implicated, and now no one dares to form a gang over there. Yang Guan also has a little friendship with you no matter what he says, and when he comes to the capital to develop, as long as he maintains a good relationship with you, no one in the government and the opposition dares to move. I just heard Chen Biao say that Yang Guan now comes to your aunt every day to send Wushan old ginseng, and also arranges people to help Tianshui Bridge sweep the streets and change the door, and the filial Bi Pei Luo is like a son......"
The Night Terror Hall is now too famous, and it is not very surprising, shaking his head and chuckling, thinking about it:
"Zhang Jinglin's snow lake is scattered, and if it wants to flow into the states, it may not be able to run away from the Honghua Mansion alone. Yang Guan has a close relationship with the Three Peerless Valleys, so he and the Three Peerless Immortals can open up the door to Wuzhou. โ
The imperial court outsourced the snow lake to the Pei family, and Pei Xiangjun had arranged the preparation for the construction of the medicine shop before he left, but now I am afraid that it is almost finished, and the next thing is to flow to all parts of the Great Wei through various channels, and it has become the standard medicine for the people of the rivers and lakes.
The territory of the twelve states of the Great Wei Dynasty is too large, and it is impossible to cover all the counties and counties by relying on each hall alone, and it must be distributed by partners, so she naturally has no opinion on this arrangement.
Xuanji Zhenren stood next to him as a bodyguard for the Night Terror Hall, not interested in business at all, just looking at Xiao Yunli, who was chasing birds and birds.
When Fan Qinghe heard these chats, he felt that he couldn't keep eating and drinking in vain when he came to Dawei to walk, and asked the Night Terror Hall for living expenses, so he interjected:
"A large amount of medicinal materials are needed for Xue Husan, I will write a letter to the Winter Hades Department, if you need anything, you can directly arrange someone to go to the gate and bring it back." Also, when a medicine dealer can't just sell one medicine, there are many secret recipes in the Winter Hades Department, if you need it, I can be the master to give you a few things, and sell them with Snow Lake......"
Pei Xiangjun was naturally happy about this, and immediately communicated with Fan Qinghe about the partnership.
After a few people waited at the dock for a while, a convoy came over on the official road, Xiuhe and Ping'er sat in the carriage, the dart master was in front of them, and there was a horse in the front, and a little fat scholar sat on it, and he began to howl from afar:
"Third aunt! You can count it back, you don't know, I asked my mother to buy the silver to do the clothes, and my mother said that the monthly money belongs to you, and she didn't dare to give ......"
Pei Xiangjun was smiling, and when she heard Pei Luo's loud voice, she remembered that she was still a night terror aunt on her face, and quickly resumed the posture of the aunt in charge, folded her hands on her waist, and said in a deep voice:
"What kind of system is it for the public to shout and shout? That's how you learned at the academy? โ
Pei Luo turned over and dismounted halfway, ran over with his winter robe, and began to complain to the Night Terror:
"Amazing cousin, you give a judgment. I'm seventeen years old this year, so I have to spend money on food and clothing at the college, right? Make friends and give favors to pay money, right? It's only ten taels of silver a month, not much money, how can I live here? Fortunately, the third aunt is back, otherwise in a few days, the Northern Liang barbarians will come to the White Horse Academy, and I can throw people to the enemy country......"
Night Terror Hall actually felt that giving ten taels of silver pocket money a month was too much, when he was in Honghe Town, he only had fifty yuan pocket money a month, and the birds and birds were not enough to eat.
But he is not the head of the Pei family, just Pei Luo's brother, it is not appropriate to say more or less, he just made an unexpected appearance at the moment, and asked curiously:
"Beiliang Mangzi? What did the people of Beiliang do when they went to the academy? โ
Pei Luo took out a folding fan from behind his waist, shook it in his hand, and sighed:
"Every year, Beiliang will come to envoys to meet the saints, and by the way, they bring some talented young people, saying that they are here to ask for advice and study, but in fact, they are coming to my Great Wei Yaowu to show their might. Although our academy is not as good as Guozijian, it has also been passed down for hundreds of years, and we will definitely come and see it when the time comes.
"Surprise cousin, think about it, when the time comes, the people of Beiliang will come over, and the senior brothers and brothers of the same classmates will all be five-flowered horses, daughter-in-law qiu, with a gold and white jade belt inlaid on their waists, and a purple and gold crown with phoenix wings on their heads. I stood alone in the middle, not to mention wearing gold and jade, and none of my trousers had flowers.
"People look at my appearance, good guy, this son is so plainly dressed, and his classmates are incompatible, if he is not a person who sells fame and fame, he must be a person who is not outstanding, then he must be named to let me recite poems and show my talent in the belly.
"What else do I have in my stomach besides my belly full of fat? Defeat and dross, this does not lose the face of the entire Great Wei? โ
"Poofโ"
Fan Qinghe originally made the appearance of a female elder, walking silently behind, but when she heard this, she didn't hold back, she laughed directly, and hurriedly covered her lips, her shoulders trembled sharply, and she made a 'gurgling~' sound, which was quite uncomfortable.
And Xuanji, who has always been very fairy, also turned his eyes and looked approving:
"Pei Gongzi is humble, this eloquence is not like a person who does not learn and does not know how to do it."
Zhe Yunli hugged the bird and nodded, like pecking rice: "Indeed, there are a set of voices and feelings, if you go to tell a story, you must be a generation of famous people." โ
Pei Xiangjun also felt that Pei Luo had indeed grown in the past few months, and he could drag two sentences out of crying poor and asking for money. Wave your hand at the moment:
"Okay, for the sake of your growth, go to Wutong Street to buy a routine by yourself, and go back to the academy as soon as you are done."
Pei Luo's goal was achieved, without saying half a word of nonsense, and the folding fan was directly handed over:
"Nephew farewell."
Then he turned and led the horse and ran away.
Pei Xiangjun rubbed his forehead, he didn't know what to say.
Night Terror Hall held back for a long time to be honest, but in front of the girl, he had to pay attention to his manners, so he didn't laugh, and after Pei Luo left, he raised his hand slightly and said:
"Let's go, go home. Pei Luo is one or two years younger than me, and he can actually give more pocket money. โ
"Can he compare to you? Your money is earned by yourself, and you spend more and spend less. He has no concept of silver, and he doesn't let him live a hard life, and no matter how much property he has, he can throw it into the water, and he can't hear the sound, so don't secretly give him silver......"
"Got it......"
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On the other side, inside the Imperial City.
Snowflakes are flying outside the window, because there is a fire under the imperial study, burning the earth dragon, the temperature in the room is not cold, and several palace maids are even wearing light autumn skirts, sorting out the folds in front of the desk.
On the soft couch in the center, the Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty was dressed in a bright red home skirt, leaning on the small case, barefoot under the skirt, holding a fold in her hand to flip through it, and the whole palace could only hear the soft sound of the paper turning.
After being quiet for an unknown amount of time, there were footsteps and words from far and near in the thousand-step corridor outside:
"The Holy One is in the study?"
"Hmm. At the court meeting this morning, the courtiers praised His Royal Highness, and the holy dragon Yan Dayue hummed a little song when he moved to Changle Palace......"
"Oh? This is a strange thing, what is the courtier Kwabbon King? โ
"His Royal Highness is lucky, he spent a lot of money to raise a bunch of idlers, and finally raised a pillar of the country like Yegongzi......"
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The corners of the Empress of Great Wei's mouth were slightly hooked, and she didn't need to raise her eyes to know that she must be deeply inhaled and annoyed by the fat head now.
Soon, footsteps came outside the temple.
As soon as the light in front of the door dimmed, Dongfang Liren, who was dressed in a silver python robe, came to the door and bowed:
"Sister."
The Empress of Great Wei put down the fold and tilted her head slightly to her side:
"Come in."
Dongfang Liren took off the white fox fur on his shoulder and entered the study, because he hadn't seen his sister for a long time, he was still a little restrained, so he came to sit down and looked at his complexion first:
"Sister, is she feeling better?"
"It's been around for a long time, how does it feel to go out this time?"
"Well, I don't feel anything, I just did a lot of things......"
Dongfang Liren can't wait to talk about the experience of going south and north this time, and summarize it is nothing more than following the night terrors, going all the way and fighting all the way. After finishing speaking, she said seriously:
"As the orphan of King Tianlang, Night Terror Hall is not greedy for power, and is dedicated to being loyal to Great Wei. In order to cure the Queen Mother, she almost died in the snowy mountain, and when she was injured, she still went to investigate the smuggling case, and the thief was silent and silent, if she didn't reward her, I am afraid it would make the courtiers feel cold......"
Seeing that her sister didn't say a few words, the Empress of Great Wei began to ask for a reward from the Night Terror Hall, and she couldn't help but be helpless in her eyes:
"I have my own measure of rewards and punishments, and I still need you to remind me?"
Seeing this, Dongfang Liren got up and came to the front and helped his sister pinch her shoulder:
"I'm just asking casually, Night Terror Hall has made a great effort on this trip, and his injuries have not healed until now, and he is still recuperating in the house, and I see the credit in my eyes......"
The Empress of Great Wei shook her head secretly, and only after she had been away from the pillow wind for a long time did she say, "I know, how can I make the heroes feel cold." Then he looked at his sister and asked:
"After going out for two months, you and Night Terror got along day and night, but did you make progress?"
Progress?
Dongfang Liren blinked and wondered, "What progress?" โ
The Empress of Great Wei was a little helpless, propped up her body slightly, and leaned into the ears of Dongfang Liren:
"Do you have a ...... with him?"
After Dongfang Li heard it clearly, his face turned red suddenly, and he sat up straight:
"Sister, what am you and me? I am not married to him, how can I do such a depraved thing? โ
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The Empress of Great Wei's red lips moved slightly, and her eyes were complicated:
"You've been out with Night Terror for two months, and nothing has happened?"
Dongfang Liren is actually a little weak-hearted, because last time on the side of the Broken Dragon Terrace, the Night Terror Hall had the audacity to press her and kiss her once, and she hadn't punished her. But she was really guarded like jade and didn't do anything else, so she said confidently:
"I'm busy with business, how can I think about this, my sister thinks I'm out there to play in the mountains and rivers?"
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The Empress of Great Wei also had nothing to say, leaned back on the soft couch, turned over the fold, and sighed softly:
"And what are you going to do? I took this opportunity to marry you? โ
Wedding ......
When Dongfang Liren heard this, his eyes moved, and he hesitated slightly.
The hesitation is not that she doesn't want to get married, but that she is not young, if she is married, the clan and her uncle will definitely urge her to do things around the New Year, and she will be pregnant and give birth to an heir next year.
That is to say, as long as she agrees, at most a month or two, she will have to share the bed with the color embryo, and she will have to call her husband......
She and Night Terror have only known each other for less than a year, and the relationship between the couple has not fully adapted, so getting married like this, is it a little too fast......
Dongfang Liren pondered for a moment, and said softly:
"Me and him...... Alas, let him recover first, and I'll find a chance to talk to him about it when he's fully recovered......"
The Empress of Great Wei shrugged her shoulders slightly, but she didn't have any opinion on this:
"Okay, you think about it slowly. When the night terror hall is done with the housework, you let him go to the palace, and I will talk to him about the reward in person. โ
Dongfang Liren bowed slightly, thought about it and admonished:
"Sister, don't force him to accept the marriage, I have my own measure in this matter."
The Empress of Great Wei didn't know what to say, so she asked instead:
"How is the Queen Mother? Are you feeling better on a trip? โ
"It's much better, on the way back, I studied the ship all day long, and my martial arts improved rapidly. However, after getting off the boat today, I was still a little unhappy, and I didn't speak when I entered the palace. โ
"Alas~ It's almost the New Year, the city is lively, let Shizun take the Queen Mother out for a walk."
"Good ......"
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