Cao Xun saw that the little lady liked to look at it, so he sat on the steps of the upper two floors and hugged her into his arms.

Yunzhu leaned on his shoulder, looked at the light for a while, she sighed faintly, turned around and hugged him.

Cao Xun: "It's cold? ”

Yunzhu shook his head: "It's just hugging you." ”

Who called him so pitiful when he was a child?

Chapter 30: After Dawn

After getting married for a month, Cao Xun was hugged by his little lady many times.

Almost always in the tent, when she couldn't bear it, she would hug him and whimper or scratch, other times, she was mostly coquettish, for example, when she was lying comfortably on the second couch and didn't want to go to the inner room by herself, she would turn into his arms and ask him to carry her in.

The little girl's coquettish posture was natural, as if he should agree to whatever she wanted, without any concern that he might refuse.

Cao Xun really didn't refuse her little requests, after all, it was all a gesture, and it was the joy of husband and wife.

"It's just hugging you."

Hearing this, Cao Xun subconsciously smiled, did not demolish her, and waited for her to finish hugging herself and speak.

The waves of the water swirled with river lamps and flowed into the distance, and the hazy lights twisted into a line, as if to guide the way for the wandering and rootless ghosts.

The night in mid-July is really not cold, could it be that it is too quiet here, and she is afraid?

The midyear festival is also known as the Halloween Festival.

Cao Xun smiled, and was about to hug her a little tighter, when the little lady suddenly asked in his ear, "How old did you start remembering?" ”

Cao Xun recalled for a moment: "Three years old? ”

Yunzhu was surprised: "So early? I only remember being six or seven years old. ”

Cao Xun: "Why did you think of asking this?" ”

At this time, Yunzhu was sitting in his arms, holding him with her hands behind his back, and her head resting on his left shoulder.

She looked at his blurred side face in the moonlight, and asked with some pity, "Then for as long as you can remember, has anyone hugged you like this?" ”

Cao Xun suddenly understood why the little lady wanted to hug him.

He smiled: "I have a nurse." ”

Yun Zhu felt that he had sympathized with him in vain, and a good nurse was similar to his own mother, Cao Xun must have received enough warmth from the nurse to talk about this matter in such a peaceful tone. Moreover, he has grown into a thirty-year-old man, and he may not care about the family affection that only children crave.

His shoulders were too wide, and Yun Zhu was tired enough to open his arms to hug him, since he didn't need it, Yun Zhu immediately let go of his hand, sat on his lap again, and continued to watch the river lantern floating.

Cao Xun pinched her ear: "You were pitying me just now?" ”

Yunzhu: "A little bit, but now I know, you don't need it at all." ”

Cao Xun: "Indeed, my father was very good to me. ”

Yun Zhu has seen his father, and in his memory he is a sword-eyed general, but he is the same generation as his grandfather, so Yun Zhu naturally doesn't pay too much attention to the appearance of a grandfather's man.

Cao Xun is so good, the grandfather of the old country treats him like his grandfather and rare brother, right?

After seeing enough of the river lanterns, the two took the carriage back to the Guogong Mansion, in the end, it was Halloween, except for the river lanterns tonight, there was not much worth playing in the city.

However, Halloween did not affect Cao Xun's yang energy, and after nearly two watches, Yunzhu finally didn't have to bear his scorching anymore.

Brushing her body, she hugged the quilt and fell asleep.

Cao Xun was lying on his back on one side, his eyes clear in the dark.

He was a precocious man, and by the time he was three years old, he had already understood many things.

Other three-year-old children, whether they have a mother or not, are basically taken care of by a nursing mother every day, and the children are also close to the nursing mother.

Cao Xun is different, he is tired of the nurse's preaching, he doesn't like to be close to the nurse, his father thought it was the nurse's problem, and changed several, but he treated these nurses the same, and his father gave up.

Maybe the nurses wanted to give him the warmth of his biological mother, but Cao Xun didn't even give those women a chance to hold him.

Pan entered the door when he was three years old.

The nurse flattered him, more to keep this rich errand, but after all, they were subordinates, as long as Cao Xun showed displeasure, the nurses would never dare to disobey him. Pan is the new mistress of the Dingguo Mansion, and she wants to prove that she is a gentle and amiable stepmother, and wants to gain his approval and win her father's affection.

For this reason, Pan can forcibly take him into his arms regardless of his boredom.

But the three-year-old boy became stubborn and staggering, and Pan was grabbed and kicked in the arm and leg, and soon gave up using him to please his father.

Therefore, since Cao Xun can remember, no one has hugged him like Yunzhu tonight.

He doesn't need it either.

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There is no need to go to court on the sixteenth, Cao Xun is going to sleep with the little lady for a while.

It's just that as soon as the sky was slightly bright, a guest came to the Dingguo Mansion, and it was also a distinguished guest who had to be entertained by the uncle of the great country.

The porter quickly spread the news to the main courtyard, and Ah Jiu asked the little maid to report it to Forsythia and Pomegranate.

"Madame, wake up, Grandpa Guo is here!"

Yunzhu was about to annoy forsythia for ruining her good sleep, when she heard the words "Grandpa Guo", she woke up suddenly, although there were several Grandpa in the capital, including the one next to her pillow, but if it was Grandpa Guo from her own mouth, Yunzhu's first thought was her father.

She looked outside the tent and asked Cao Xun, who had quickly gotten up and walked out of the stepping bed: "What time is it?" ”

Cao Xun looked at the missed moment, frowned, and said, "Three minutes." ”

At this time, most of the people have not woken up yet, and when my father comes, something must have happened!

Yun Zhu didn't even comb his hair, put on his coat as quickly as possible, trotted behind Cao Xun, and went with him to the front hall to see his father.

The entire Dingguo Mansion is still quiet, and on the front hall, only Zhang Tai and Ah Jiu are guarding.

Cao Xun glanced at the two of them and went in with Yunzhu.

Yun Zhu saw his father at a glance, his dark brocade robe was stained with dirt and mud, and the boots on his feet were even more dirty as if they were rolling in the dirt.

Cao Xun speculated: "Father-in-law just entered the city? ”

Li Yong's face was very ugly, looking at his daughter, he stuffed a piece of paper that he had just written into Cao Xun's hand: "This place, you immediately send a hundred people to seal it, remember not to startle the snake, once you do it, you must take everyone, don't give them a chance to kill themselves or burn any notes." You can go, after you leave, I will immediately enter the palace to see the emperor. ”

Cao Xun looked at the location on the paper, didn't ask anything, and turned to leave.

Yun Zhu worried: "Daddy, what's wrong?" ”

Li Yong patted his daughter's hand, not wanting those beasts to dirty her daughter's ears: "Someone does evil, there may be a suspicion of officials protecting each other, I can only trust Fushan now, he went to get people first, and after I entered the palace, I was not afraid that someone would secretly report the news, so that those people would destroy human and material evidence." Okay, I'm going to enter the palace too, you don't have to worry. ”

His steps were fast, and it was inconvenient for Yunzhu to follow him to the door now.

Back in the back house, Yunzhu had calmed down.

It was his father who discovered the evidence of other people's crimes, and the Ningguo Mansion was sitting upright, so there was really no need to worry about anything.

In the Ningguo Mansion, Meng Shi almost didn't sleep all night.

The husband said that he wanted to arrest those murderers for the government, in order to find clues to track suspicious people, there were indeed a few cases of spending the night outside, but last night's day was too special, even if Meng didn't believe in ghosts and gods, and couldn't see her husband's figure, she was also panicked, and yesterday evening her husband only said that he would go out for a walk, and he didn't disguise himself, unless her husband was obsessed with drinking flower wine, and he must have encountered some accident halfway.

Anyway, she couldn't sleep, so she came to the front yard early to wait for her husband.

Li Yao was about to enter the palace on an errand, and when he learned of his mother's uneasiness, he comforted him indifferently: "My father has a body of martial arts, and if he encounters a bad man, it will be bad luck, so don't worry." ”

Meng: "He's powerful, but what if he meets a bunch of bad guys?" ”

Li Yao: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, those gangsters went crazy to go to the capital to do evil. ”

Meng: "Okay, okay, you can go quickly, it's annoying to see you." ”

Li Yao: "......"

He went out on his own.

When passing a junction, another horse rushed out from the right, startling his horse and neighing.

Li Yao was about to scold which grandson dared to rush into him, but he was suddenly stunned: "Father? ”

Li Yong ignored his son, rode a horse borrowed from his son-in-law's house, and continued to run forward.

Li Yao followed closely, looked up and down, and was angry: "You are really being bullied?" Whoever did it, son will avenge you! ”

Li Yong didn't give him half a look.

When they arrived outside the imperial city, the palace people reported the news of Li Yong's request to see the Qianqing Palace one by one.

Emperor Yuanqing was sleeping comfortably, and when he learned that Li Yong, who he hadn't seen for a long time, wanted to see him, he yawned and sat up: "Xuan." ”

A quarter of an hour later, Li Yong entered the emperor's bedroom alone.

Emperor Yuanqing was still lying on the dragon couch, and a black-eyed cat jumped down from the couch, circled around Li Yong, and walked away with little interest.

Emperor Yuanqing was also shocked by Li Yong's embarrassment: "What did you do again?" ”

Li Yong thought of the crime he found last night, and he was so angry that the bruises on his forehead burst out: "Back to the emperor, there are officials in the capital who rape and kill virgins, and ask the emperor to investigate thoroughly!" ”

Emperor Yuanqing was drowsy and flew suddenly, his color changed, and he pointed at Li Yong and said, "Tell me everything you find!" ”

Li Yong naturally didn't dare to hide it.

As he told his wife, he has only been investigating the murderers who have not yet been arrested in the past few months, last night in the middle of the yuan, the curfew in the capital was lifted, Li Yong originally just planned to walk around the city casually, and did not want to go to the downtown when he found two skinny men who were sneaky, staring at the little girls passing by.

At first, Li Yong only thought they were ordinary human traffickers, and secretly followed, so that no innocent children would be killed.

Unexpectedly, after following for half an hour, the two of them couldn't find a suitable target, gave up, and hid in the dark alley to rest, and said a lot of gossip, first scolding for bad luck tonight, and then scolding those rich and powerful dog officials, dissatisfied with the little beauties they worked so hard to find all cheaper dog officials, and so on.

Li Yong guessed that there was a bigger crime hidden inside, and went out of the city overnight to find a suburban courtyard mentioned by the two.

Under the cover of night, Li Yong cautiously sneaked into the courtyard, saw a room of innocent and naïve girls waiting to be trained, and also heard some men in the house......

Replaced by Li Yong, who had never been to the battlefield, he might have rushed out at that time, but Li Yong had already tasted the lesson of acting impulsively, he endured his anger and continued to hide his body, watching in the dark as the men who were suspected of being officials put on masks to cover their facial features and walked out one after another, and then parted ways in the night.

Li Yong had no carriages and horses, and knew that he could not rush back before the city gate was closed, so he simply continued to explore the annex and then rushed back to the capital at dawn.

Knowing that Li Yong had sent Cao Xun to seal the courtyard before entering the palace, Emperor Yuanqing sneered: "Well done, even you can find out about it, Jinyiwei has never heard from it, I'm afraid that the people inside have already been co-opted by those beasts!" ”

After speaking, Emperor Yuanqing looked around, got on the ground barefoot, picked up a dragon-patterned jade pendant he wore yesterday, and handed it to Li Yong: "I will hand over this case to you, give me a fierce investigation, no matter who it is, no one is allowed to be spared!" ”

Even weak young girls can start, this kind of official is no longer worthy of being a person, no one is a person, how to be an official?