"I'm sorry, but I've become a burden to you, hard work, General." She held up her teacup and held it up in front of him.

Yu Kezhou pursed his lips and smiled, and reached out to take it.

"One more thing, do you have a clue about helping Xiaoqing find her cousin?"

"I've sent people to ask one by one, and someone will report it later."

"There's no hurry." Mu Ran took a sip of tea: "It's strange, why is this kid so quiet today, I don't see him come out to make a fuss." ”

"Didn't he go out with you?"

"No, Xiaoqing said that he would go to yesterday's pear orchard to find Yu Pei, and I told him that he would come back first whether he found it or not."

When the words fell, both of them were stunned.

"Young master, someone outside the house sent a letter, saying that it was for the shepherd girl." Steward Wang came at this time.

When Mu Ran heard this, he got up and took the letter: "Thank you." ”

After a quick glance, Mu Ran looked at Yu Kezhou and said in surprise: "Xiaoqing was detained by the owner of the pear orchard, and let him stay in the pear orchard to clean the child." ”

Yu Kezhou raised his eyebrows and took the letter to read.

The letter also said that if you are worried, you can go to the pear orchard tomorrow to see what is going on. Mu Ran was not worried: "No, let's go now, in case this letter is fake, maybe Xiaoqing has been kidnapped!" ”

"Wait!" He grabbed Mu Ran: "I still know a little about the owner of this pear orchard, he will definitely not do such a humiliating thing, I want to let this kid stay in the pear orchard to exercise, it's also good." ”

Mu Ran was still worried, but he listened to Yu Kezhou's words and silently put the letter away.

Steward Wang stepped back.

"Mu Ran, wash my hair."

Yu Kezhou looked at her with a smile.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen you well yet." Mu Ran stood behind him, reached out and touched his hair, she laughed: "Wow, the hair quality of ancient people is really good, Yu Kezhou, don't you feel uncomfortable, your hair is longer than mine." ”

"It's okay, it's not my body after all."

"But this general is still very handsome."

"I'm praising you for me."

"Aren't you going to wash your hair, let's go."

In the warm afternoon, Yu Kezhou obediently sat on the red sandalwood bench and let Mu Ran wipe his hair.

From time to time, there are maids and maids passing by in the courtyard, and they all sigh that the relationship between this shepherd girl and the general is really good, alas, how can it be that after tomorrow, it will be the emperor's concubine.

They regretted it again and again.

"Okay, let's sit and blow for a while." She hung the towel by the basin, and the maid stepped forward.

Yu Kezhou picked up the scissors on the stone table, pinched a strand of his hair and cut it directly.

"Yu Kezhou, what are you doing?" Seeing this, Mu Ran exclaimed.

He put down the scissors, then picked up a few red threads from the table and braided a strand of black hair in the red thread.

"You can also weave bracelets?" She was surprised.

Within a while, Yu Kezhou was really made up.

"Mu Ran, when I came back from Fengqiao Town, I thought about what to send you, I thought about this, I don't know when my next expedition will be, the only thing that makes me feel at ease is you, I have thought about taking you with me, but the battlefield is bloody, the sword has no eyes, if I unfortunately die in battle, who will protect you? Today I will give you this red rope tied with green silk, and if I am not there one day, it can accompany you for me. ”

Mu Ran burst into tears instantly: "Yu Kezhou, you scare me again, what do you mean that you are not here, I am helpless here, you want me to starve to death on the streets, why are you like this, you always make me cry, you are so annoying." She angrily punched him in the chest.

"I promise you, for your sake, I will come back alive."

"I don't want it, Yu Kezhou, let's go home, I don't want to stay here, let's go back, there won't be these troubles when we go back."

He stretched out his hand and pinched Mu Ran's face and coaxed softly: "Mu Ran, you listen to me, you can't blindly think about how to escape when you encounter something, we have to find a way to solve it, isn't this what you told me?" ”

"That can't be solved with your life." She looked at him with teary eyes.

"We have even experienced this incident, what are we afraid of, now that the country is safe and the people are living and working in peace and contentment, maybe there will be no war in the future."

"You're not a great immortal, so you don't know how to tell fortunes." She hummed.

Yu Kezhou chuckled: "Do you still want the bracelet?" ”

"Yes, why not." She held out her wrist and motioned for him to bring it for herself.

"Don't give it to anyone else this time."

"Well, no."

The next day, Yu Kezhou and Mu Ran came to the pear orchard together.

As soon as he arrived outside the door, there was a small servant saluting: "General An, girl An, the master orders the little one to wait like this, general, the girl is invited." ”

The little maid led them directly through the main hall to the backyard.

Mu Ran is familiar with this place, and she and Xiaoqing only walked to the outer hall to watch the play when they got into this courtyard.

The breeze blows, and the pear blossoms on the trees are scattered, which makes this yard a lot more dreamy.

"General, girl, this is my master."

As he spoke, he had already seen the man in Tsing Yi in the pavilion in the garden.

The man got up and saluted slightly towards Yu Kezhou: "Liang has seen the general." ”

"Mr. Liang is polite." He simply returned the salute.

"I've seen the girl."

"Mr. Liang." She returned the favor.

"You may be seated."

There were three plates of delicate pastries on the table, and Ryoshu poured tea into the cups.

"General, please."

Yu Kezhou took a sip: "Mr. The pear blossom tea in the theater is not something that everyone can taste. ”

The general laughed.

"Sir, I want to ask, where is Xiaoqing?" She started looking around as soon as she came in.

"Xiaoqing is cleaning the outer courtyard at this time, the girl doesn't have to worry, she will come here in a while."

"Hahahaha." Mu Ran couldn't help but laugh when he thought of Xiaoqing's sweeping appearance.

After a while, Xiao Qing's voice came from the corner of the yard: "Damn, how many yards are there, after sweeping one after another, when will I be able to finish sweeping, the master is really buckled, singing is so good, and the silver is not less, so I can't hire more people to clean it, my breakfast has already been digested!" ”

He was very unhappy, and he took a bamboo broom and pulled it on the ground, spilling all the fire in his belly on the ground.

The land is getting more and more chaotic.

"Xiaoqing has a grudge against the stone road in the master's garden?"

"Huh?" Xiao Qing really didn't notice that there was anyone in the garden, and when he heard the master's voice, he was startled.

When he saw the pavilion, he was instantly ecstatic, dropped the broom and ran straight to him: "Sister! ”

"Xiaoqing, if you don't see you for a day, you have a job, and you have also apprenticed to a teacher, it seems that you don't need your sister to take you in."

"Sister, don't make fun of me, when did you come?"

"It's been a while."

"Wow, my sister still loves me, she knows how to come and see me, don't you know, Xiaoqing can't eat enough and dress here, and she has to clean up, it's so pitiful." He threw himself directly into Mu Ran's arms to complain.

Mu Ran didn't believe him, this performance was too exaggerated.