Xia Zhu and Dongmei, the two maidservants, seemed to have been waiting outside the house for a long time.

As Nangong Ru's words fell, Xia Zhu and Dong Mei walked in from outside the house, all carrying copper basins, white towels on the side of the basin, and clear warm water steaming in the basin.

Xia Zhu and Dongmei are both orphans adopted by the Nangong family, and they have been cultivated since childhood, teaching them knowledge and methods of serving people, so the two daughters are very loyal to the Nangong family.

There are many women like Xia Zhu and Dongmei, and there are many in the Nangong family, but the two women in Xia and Dong are more outstanding.

It may be that I haven't done it before.

Xia Zhu and Dongmei walked into the back room, all of them lowered their eyebrows, their cheeks were flushed, and their eyes showed a shy look.

But he endured his shyness, came to the window with the copper basin, put the copper basin on the table beside him, Xia Zhu took a white towel dipped in warm water and wrung it clean, bent over and leaned into the brocade quilt, wiped the sweat stains on Chen Mo and Nangong Ru, and. Clean up the pieces.

And Dongmei took off her outer clothes and underwear, revealing the big red belly pocket of the mandarin duck playing in the water, and then climbed on the bed, showing a touch of cuteness on her fair and delicate face.

Nangong Ru said shyly: "Husband, if you are not happy, let Dongmei continue to serve you." ”

As she spoke, Nangong Ru glanced at Dongmei. The latter walked to the side, two blushes appeared on his cheeks at some point, and he took off the only big red belly pocket left on his body, revealing the delicate and soft xiaolongbao.

Dongmei's age is one year younger than Nangong Ru, only fifteen, so naturally she is not as good as Han Anniang.

Xia Zhu is also only one year older than Dongmei.

Suddenly, Dongmei's breathing accelerated slightly, pinched the sheets under her, and said softly, "Please have mercy on my uncle." ”

Chen Mo's face was calm, in fact, the three masters and servants were all little girls in his eyes, far less attractive than Han Anniang and Ning Yun, and even the immature Yi Shiyan could not be compared.

The reason why she also ate Nangong Ru is because she is her own famous concubine, and she also wants to reassure the Nangong family.

After all, you accepted Nangong Nu, but you didn't touch it, what would you think if you let the Nangong family know?

Gently stroked the xiaolongbao and said, "No, tonight is a big day for you and me, I just want to be happy with you, Dongmei and Xia Zhu are too young, let's raise them again." ”

Speaking of which, in order not to make them feel that they dislike them, Chen Mo looked at Dongmei and pretended to tease: "Don't worry, your uncle is not a monk, when the interest comes, there will always be a time for the two of you to serve." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xia Zhu and Dong Meiqiao blushed, their eyebrows and eyes were full of spring, faintly revealing a watery look, the former looked at the well-proportioned figure and handsome face, I didn't know what I thought, I lowered my head silently, and was busy with my own business.

The latter's face was flushed, and he hurriedly took the big red belly pocket that he picked aside and put it on, but he was not annoyed, but instead got such a promise from Chen Mo, and gradually felt at ease.

For these personal slaves and maids who were raised in the Nangong family since childhood, there are only three consequences for their fate in the future.

One result is to serve in my uncle's house for the rest of my life and die alone.

One is to get the favor of my uncle and get rid of the fate of being a servant.

The last one is that the master is kind, and when their faces are still there, let them go.

Nangong Ruyi is also full of shyness, although she does not have the right to choose her marriage, she must be looking forward to her husband being a caring person.

And Chen Mo, whether it is his appearance and treatment of others, is still good at present.

"That husband, the concubine told them to go down and rest." Nangong Ru said softly.

"Hmm."

In the second half of the night, Chen Mo didn't toss Nangong Ru, hugging his nephrite jade delicate body and spending the night.

Three days later, Nangong Wen brought his wife Ma Shi to visit, obviously to say goodbye, and by the way, to talk about the situation of the water master, but in fact, to ask his wife to inquire about some news from Nangong Ru.

As soon as Nangong Wen's wife Ma Shi saw Nangong Ru, from her mental state and chat, she could understand how Chen Mo had treated Nangong Ru in the past few days.

These big families are very fine.

Whether Chen Mo is good to Nangong Ru or not, it can be expressed from the side that he doesn't value the Nangong family.

If Nangong Ru marries, Chen Mo will sit on a cold bench for her, don't touch her on the wedding night, and be bullied in the back house, Chen Mo doesn't care.

This means that Chen Mo only wants to use the Nangong family to establish the water division, and he will worry about Chen Mo crossing the river and demolishing the bridge in the future, or stop it in time to reduce losses.

On the contrary, the Nangong family can assist Chen Mo wholeheartedly and fulfill each other.

After all, you are not good to the women of my Nangong family, can I still expect you to be good to my Nangong family?

There are too many examples of this throughout the ages.

And the relatives can be bigger, which can also be reflected from here.

And Ma Shi saw that Nangong Ru's face was ruddy, and her skin was red and translucent, as if her face was radiant, better than before, as a person who came over, she could see at a glance that Nangong Ru had been moisturized in the past few days.

"It seems that Ru'er is doing well in Longmen County, and Marquis Chen should be very fond of Ru'er." Ma Shi looked at Nangong Ru and blinked, the meaning was self-evident.

Nangong Ruqiao's face flushed, and she nodded gently: "Husband, he is a confidant, and he will feel sorry for people." ”

"It seems that the master is very satisfied with the marriage he found for you." When Ma Shi saw Nangong Ru say this, his eyes were full of love, obviously he was sincere, not coerced and forced to say these words.

"Sister-in-law, don't make fun of concubines." Nangong Ru looked a little embarrassed.

I'm not satisfied.

The husband is young and promising, and his strength is good.

And the husband's parents are not alive, so he doesn't have to take care of his in-laws, so there are no disputes between his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

The husband doesn't have a wife, and she doesn't have to worship the big or small, as long as she gets along with those sisters.

And that's what she's good at.

In just a few days, Nangong Ru and Han Anniang got along like sisters, at least on the surface, they were smiling at everyone, and they were deliberately shorter, not as restrained as Liang Xue.

After chatting a few more words, Ma already had a rough idea in his heart, and after sitting for a while, estimating that the time was almost up, Ma took his leave.

On the other side, Chen Mo and Nangong Wen also had a good conversation.

From the chat, Nangong Wen knew that Chen Mo was ambitious, unwilling to be in a corner of peace, and unwilling to be the master of the shoucheng.

This kind of person is exactly what the Nangong family needs.

Some people, at the beginning, are wise, make rules, and have clear rewards and punishments, but after they have achieved a certain amount, they expose their true nature, connive at their subordinates, and indulge in alcohol all day long, causing the people to panic.

There are also some people who are also wise and have great goals, but after they have achieved a certain amount, they are afraid of losing, it is possible that he was a Yum general before, but now, he does not want to fight, he is afraid that everything will come to naught.

began to become cautious, unwilling to break out conflicts with others, keeping his previous achievements, as long as others don't mess with him, he doesn't mess with others, and he is at ease to be a master of success, forgetting the goal he set at the beginning.

Finally, there are some people who are equally wise at the beginning, have grand goals, and after certain achievements, they do not begin to indulge in enjoyment, nor are they satisfied with this, and still work towards the grand goal set at the beginning.

And now in Nangong Wen's eyes, Chen Mo is this kind of person.

……

After the spring rains, the mountains are full of verdant green.

This part of Youzhou is the northern border of the Great Song Dynasty, bordering Jinxia in the north.

Youzhou has always been a bitter cold land, in order to prevent the northern barbarians from coming back and invading the territory, since the Taizu period, there are tens of thousands of border troops stationed in other borders.

Later, successive emperors felt that the northern barbarians were not to be worried, and the expenditure of the border army was large, and the border army began to reduce its personnel.

During the Taizu period, there were still 70,000 border troops, but in the time of Emperor Jing of the Song Dynasty, there were only 50,000 left.

During the period of Emperor Song Jing, Emperor Song Jing felt that the north had been stable and there was no war, and his focus at that time was to govern internal affairs, develop the economy, and restore people's livelihood, so he did not care about the affairs of the border army.

But he didn't see it, and the treatment of the Youzhou border army was already worse than a year.

Later, with the decline of the Great Song Dynasty, the border army accelerated the reduction, and the ordnance was backward, in disrepair, and in a state of scrapping.

By the time Emperor Xuanhe ascended the throne, the border army was less than 20,000, and the imperial court had not paid food to the border army for a long time.

For this reason, there was also a mutiny in the border army, and although it was quickly suppressed, the problem of reaction was not resolved.

Later, there was a great drought in the north, thousands of miles of red land, and a large-scale rebellion broke out, and the imperial court thought of the border army and wanted the border army to suppress the Tianshi army in the north.

An edict for the border army to go to quell the rebellion.

But he wanted the horses to run fast and didn't give the horses grazing, and there was no war on the border for a long time, so that the border army was lax, and in the first battle with the Tianshi army, it was defeated, almost the whole army was wiped out, and it was finally annexed by the Tianshi army.

Therefore, the current Great Song Dynasty is a state of wide open door for foreign races.

At present, there is not a single formed army in the entire Youzhou.

Yingcheng, the border pass of the Great Song Dynasty, is also the important pass of Youzhou to defend against the northern barbarians.

But such a heavy pass has now ushered in a new owner.

Timur never thought that he would take this important pass with less than 300 people.

Originally, he was ordered by the Khan, and after the spring, he brought people to investigate the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty to see if it was as those Song people said.

But the result was even smoother than he expected.

The people in Yingcheng have enjoyed peace for too long, and Yingcheng is the border, and the people in the city have come into contact with a lot of people on the Jinxia grassland, so when they saw Jinxia's cavalry coming in, they didn't react for a while, and after staying for a while, they realized that it was those barbarians who came over.

Timur came with a mission, so he didn't do anything to these people, but still took his men all the way south from Yingcheng.

Crossing more than a dozen cities in the Great Song Dynasty, there was no obstacle, as if entering a no-man's land.

(End of chapter)