The deer is singing. Wang Heng raised his hand to take the paperwork, he unfolded it and looked at it for a moment, his fingers unconsciously tightened, and pressed down a dent on the still hard paper.

"Childe?"

Wang Heng slowly came back to his senses. He knew that his mother actually admired Sister Yuxiao very much, and when she talked about Xue Yuxiao, she occasionally showed a look of satisfaction and regret, but for various reasons, the two families had withdrawn, and it was impossible for her to ignore her face and reputation.

Wang Heng stood up and went to the hall. On the autumn and frosty night, he was in a hurry all the way, and he didn't even notice that his cloak was scattered, and when he arrived in the main hall, a pale and delicate face had been blown slightly red by the wind, and he choked and coughed repeatedly.

He took a deep breath and saw Wang Xiu's back repairing the strings under the lamp. Wang Heng walked a few steps over, lifted the corners of his robe and knelt down, bowed his head and said, "Mother...... has been approved, Sister Yuxiao ...... I don't know when Xue Duwei will leave Beijing. ”

Wang Xiu filled in the vermilion lacquer that had fallen off the wooden body, and said in a light tone: "The military plane is urgent, and it will be tomorrow as soon as possible, but it will be three or four days later." ”

"I ......"

"You've been locked up in the garden by me for days." Wang Xiu said, "I told you her news because I wanted to tell you...... Heng'er, although Xue Yuxiao is a talented junior, he is not a good match for you. She was jealous of the emperor and the envy of the scholars, and she was full of glory of the Xue family. ”

She paused, and her words were calm and long: "Gu Lai Erlang chooses a wife, greedy for wealth and tenderness. But a family like ours is extremely rich, and I want you to marry a good wife who loves you, protects you, and will never leave you for life. People say that if you marry high and marry low, life can go smoothly, do you think she is around...... Will there be peace and smoothness? ”

Wang Heng bowed his head, although his back was low, he looked at it like a bamboo. He hardly hesitated: "The soldier dies for his confidant, let alone separation and hardship." ”

Wang Xiu looked at him silently, and after a while, he suddenly laughed: "You and your father are really the same character." ”

Wang Xiu's knotted hair Zhengjun died young, leaving only a few sons, and the prime minister did not continue his life, so he had no daughters under his knees. There was not even a maid in her garden, and the only one was her personal servant when she was young, and now she is guarding the tomb for the monarch in the ancestral tomb of the Wang family.

She thought of her deceased husband. remembered the faint sound of ink grinding on her side when she wrote "The Famous Chapter of Gold and Jade" before the moonlight window, and the two discussed the fate of the characters in the story under the lamp. He also said such things, the wife and the lord die for the confidant.

The past is like sand, and Wang Xiu hasn't thought of him for many years.

She reworked the strings and plucked out a clanging syllable. The prime minister said: "I sent someone to cut down the locust tree, can you blame me?" ”

She didn't allow Wang Heng, a son-in-law, to do such a rude thing.

Wang Heng said: "It's because the son is not filial and can't understand the mother's heart." But...... The road to Ningzhou is far and difficult, and if I can't meet and entrust me, I'm afraid I'm uneasy. ”

As he spoke, his cheeks were already flushed sickly from choking on the icy autumn wind. Wang Heng was born frail, the fetus was insufficient, and he took medicine all the year round, but this is the case, but the doctor still said that he was depressed and thoughtful, and his heart was heavy, and there was a sign that he would not leave the year.

Wang Xiu sighed: "Although I have expected it, I still have a trace of expectation, but the world is like a net, how can the people in the net be easily liberated?" These days the people around you tell me that you can't sleep all the time, and you are getting thinner and thinner, my son, why do you ...... so much"

made his mother worry about this, Wang Heng became more and more guilty. For a gentleman like him, the marriage is agreed upon by the family, and it is already rebellious and unruly to resist the arrangement like him.

He coughed a few times, suppressed the howling coldness in his chest, and said in a low voice: "I only hate Siqing like a full moon, and it is difficult to reduce the light of the night." ”

Wang Xiu was distressed after all, she brought the news to Wang Heng, and expected such a development. The Prime Minister lowered his head and adjusted the string tone, and said: "When the troops leave Beijing, there will naturally be people to send them off, and the autumn killing has been broken, so you can take this piano with you." I will send someone to protect you, and you will only be able to speak. ”

Wang Heng was stunned for a moment, his eyes slowly brightened a little, and said, "Mother......"

"I am incompatible with Xue Zeshu, you need to wear a hat to hide your identity, so as not to destroy your reputation." Wang Xiu said, "I don't want Xue Zeshu to know that my son chased after her daughter so diligently......"

She said and glanced at Wang Heng, "Remember your identity." ”

Wang Heng was surprised to get this permission, naturally nodded obediently, he was taken back by the attendant to take medicine, and as soon as he walked out of the main hall, he heard a rapid knock on the door outside the garden.

Wang Xiu's body stiffened, her eyelids jumped wildly, and she urged: "Go back quickly, we'll turn off the lights immediately." Do you still want her daughter? The Xue family doesn't have a good temper, I really don't know how to let you go to see her, if Xue Yuxiao relapses into his old ways, he will do it to you...... Forget it, it's better not to get married. ”

Wang Heng didn't dare to refute, but silently thought in his heart that Sister Yuxiao wouldn't.

After returning to Wang Heng, not long after, the lights in the deer park were extinguished, and I slept exceptionally early today.

As soon as the lights went out in front of him, Xue Zeshu put down the curtain of the carriage and spit out a sentence coldly: "Prime Minister Wang Cheng slept just right." ”

There were the subordinates of the Ministry of Industry on the side, as well as the rest of the Feng Pavilion's Wen Peng, who wiped the sweat from their foreheads and didn't dare to make a sound. Only one Wen Peng, who was extremely close to Xue Sikong, spoke: "My lord, Feng Pavilion has already stamped its seal, and it is difficult to change it, otherwise it will ......."

She didn't listen to the rest of the words. Xue Zeshu raised her hand against her forehead and filtered the matter in her mind. If she wants to say that she feels sorry for her daughter, she will definitely feel distressed and disagree, but Ningzhou is in trouble, she and Wang Xiu have been discussing frequently in the past few days, and the reliable Feng general in the selection army proposed reinforcements, but she didn't expect that in the end, this matter would fall on her own family.

Xue Zeshu is a very thoughtful person, but everyone in the Shi clan is inevitably arrogant and untamed, and when he encounters something about his baby daughter, he will lose his square foot and give in. She knew intellectually that it would be difficult to change, and that if it wasn't up to the candidates, it would be a very good idea......

"Lord Sikong, this matter is the captain's initiative to ask for his life." The subordinate official persuaded him, "Xue Duwei is a dragon and a phoenix among the people, and making meritorious contributions is something that everyone in the military government is willing to do." ”

Xue Zeshu instructed: "Give me the roster of Zuo Wuwei Mansion." ”

The subordinate officer immediately asked the others in Xiang Feng Pavilion, and when several Wei Fu Wen Peng, who were coerced by the Ministry of Industry, heard this, they trembled and submitted the list.

Xue Sikong lit the lamp and looked at it for a long time, put his finger on the roster of the accompanying logistics, and said, "Change the route and go to Cui's mansion." ”

……

The next day, the order was issued, and everyone in the military government was very excited and began to select people. The ladies of each family brought their own guards, chose light armor and robes, and supervised the logistics of the horses.

Several people gathered together to look at the list of sergeants, only Xue Yuxiao did not pass, she wandered out of the world, and she didn't know what she was thinking in her mind, until Li Qingchou sat down and pressed her arm on Xue Yuxiao's shoulder: "Your eyes are wandering, what are you thinking?" ”

Xue Yuxiao muttered: "It's strange, my mother didn't come over and pinch my ears." ”

Li Qingchou burst out laughing, and then said, "Yes, I'm also very strange. It's really strange that Lord Sikong is willing to let Chanjuanniang lead the troops outside. By the way, can you tell Pei Langjun about this? ”

Xue Yuxiao's thoughts slowly returned: "It's still ...... Not. ”

Li Qing said sorrowfully: "...... Hiss. If you don't say it, he will know right away that Xiao Langjun's heart is as fragile as paper, if you don't tell him, you will be estranged and be careful to make others sad. ”

Xue Yuxiao didn't think so: "Pei Lang has a tough heart and can do things that ordinary people can't do." He won't be as fragile as paper. ”

Li Qingchou couldn't help but wonder: "Then you are going to hide it?" ”

"It's not good, I'll say it anyway." Xue Yuxiao's face was thoughtful, "It's just that I've been ...... recently." As soon as I talked to him, I felt very strange, and I didn't know what was strange. ”

Li Qing said sadly, okay, Xue Yuxiao, on weekdays, there are no leaves in the flowers, I thought you were used to being romantic, so you didn't move like a mountain, it turned out that you didn't think about love so you didn't move like a mountain?

She thought it was funny and deliberately said: "Maybe it's because you don't know much about men, it's good to know more about men in the future." ”

Xue Yuxiao really doesn't understand men, she has only met Wang Heng three times, although she has some contact with Xie Budo, but once she was framed by him to cover his mouth, and the other time was to get news from her eldest brother and had to deal with him. Only Pei Yuxue is familiar...... The only one she gets along with the most is Pei Lang, but the one she doesn't know the most is Pei Lang.

After everyone decided on many details of leaving Beijing, Xue Yuxiao returned to the park to select the accompanying guards. All the soldiers she raised in the garden are elite soldiers, often practiced, and experienced major events such as quelling chaos and seeing blood, each of which is very reliable.

Xue Yuxiao ordered a team, and the rest of the people came to guard the garden, in case someone bullied Pei Yuxue when she was away. After all the affairs were settled, Xue Yuxiao turned into the inner room and sat on the bamboo mat next to the bookcase.

Pei Yuxue is settling accounts.

Although she typed the draft on the way, as soon as she came in, she forgot all the thoughtful words in her belly, and couldn't help but lean over to watch him count the numbers.

Ancient arithmetic was mainly practical, and arithmetic that could be applied in daily life was what the lords of the noble clan studied seriously. Pei Yingxue has already read "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and "Arithmetic", he personally checked the accounts of several Xue shops, there are many cunning mistakes and omissions, he corrected them one by one, rebuilt the rules, and the people below couldn't help but hate him, and they all hoped that there would be a righteous monarch who could suppress Pei Yuxue - it was better to be weaker, only know how to fight for the wind and be jealous, and be less nosy.

Pei Yuxue was immersed in the numbers, and didn't notice her approaching for a while. Xue Yuxiao watched him sketch the calculation, and couldn't help but use the mental arithmetic of the equation to solve it quickly in his heart, and said in a low voice: "It will take seventeen days to complete." ”

Pei Yuxue was slightly stunned.

The rich scent of her body stained her ears, and the warmth and softness of her skin spilled onto her skin. Pei Yingxue's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he forcibly didn't turn his head to look over, he could feel a dense itch behind his ears, and the other party's voice drilled into his cochlea, which was almost intimidating.

“…… How is it calculated? So fast. ”

Xue Yuxiao explained abstractly with modern mathematical knowledge, and said: "You are also right to calculate this, but it will be a little slower." ”

Pei Yuxue said: "Arithmetic is obscure, and it is difficult for me to master it, which is really frustrating." ”

Xue Yuxiao said in her heart, mathematics is the enemy of her life, she has studied for more than ten years and has limited computing power, not to mention that Pei Lang is not good at it. She reassured, "That's already good. I'll look at what you wrote earlier......"

She said as she lifted her hand and flipped through the paper.

Pei Yuxue couldn't stop it, Xue Yuxiao had already opened the jute paper, and saw a few lines of small characters densely written in small letters under a calculation paper, she only saw one Xiao character, and the paper was immediately suppressed and covered by Pei Yuxue, and he said: "Miscalculated." Don't look. ”

For some reason, he was so nervous, even Xue Yuxiao's chest jumped suddenly, and he felt suddenly at a loss - he couldn't write his name, right? Is there something that Pei Lang is not easy to talk about, so he secretly says bad things about me on paper?

Stop, stop. Xue Yuxiao expelled this subtle feeling from his mind in recent days, adjusted his breathing, and kept calm: "I will leave the capital with the troops tomorrow, Your Majesty and Feng Ge have already agreed to the military government's request." ”

Pei Yuxue suddenly heard this, and her expression was stunned. He raised his eyes to meet Xue Yuxiao's gaze, his gaze became extremely clear and calm, and before being disturbed by affection, his rational judgment gave priority to responding: "How can Honghu live in Pengxi for a long time, Pengcheng is the destination of your destiny." ”

Xue Yuxiao looked at him and lost her mind, she suddenly felt that she also knew Pei Yuxue, his response, his calmness, exactly the same as Xue Yuxiao imagined. No matter how the plot in the book is offset, even if it has nothing to do with the original book at the moment, every step she takes is unknown and precipitous, but Pei Yuxue has never changed.

Her heart settled down for a moment, and she continued: "Once I leave the garden, whether I am serving my mother, taking care of my juniors, or between relatives and neighbors, all matters large and small need to be taken care of by you. I will leave Wei Qingyun to you to drive, if someone really takes advantage of my absence to offend you, you don't have to be too patient, let the family soldiers tie up and smoke immediately, and others don't dare to say anything. ”

Pei Yuxue shook her head and smiled: "Then I am really a fierce man, and all Langjun will retreat when they hear the voice." ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "I don't care what is this. ”

Pei Yinxue said: "The relationship between the scholars is complicated, although I don't like to interact with people, but the Xue family can't listen behind closed doors, after all, I have to deal with other nobles." It's just a lot of maneuvering. ”

Xue Yuxiao actually found it difficult to imagine Pei Yuxue's appearance when she went to the banquet to socialize. She propped her chin and said, "You don't laugh much, you can actually deal with these miscellaneous things, hmm......"

Pei Yuxue is used to hiding his emotions, just like at this moment, he hides his worries and melancholy very well, and he is unwilling to let Xue Yuxiao notice it, so as not to make her worry instead. Pei Lang sorted out his thoughts and asked plainly: "Do you know when the return date is?" ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "I don't know the return date, but I will return in March." In the winter, the supply of food and wages is even more difficult, and both meritorious and guilty will return. ”

"Okay." Pei Yingxue nodded, "At that time, the garden should have been completed, and you haven't taken an official name yet." ”

Xue Yuxiao pressed her lips to think, and she said, "It's called the word Ruyi." ”

"It's not like a name you'd come up with."

Not really. There are often eight or nine unsatisfactory things in the world, for example, Prime Minister Wang Cheng lives in the deer park, the so-called white deer and green cliffs, but she is a very human minister, as a central magnatate, even Jingzhao can not easily leave, how to visit the famous mountain? Xue Sikong lives in Taiping Garden, but she has been repairing projects in chaotic and dangerous places all year round, paving bridges and roads, digging canals, and I don't know how many assassinations she has been squeezed out, but the world is peaceful, and it is still just empty words.

"Put your mind on the plaque, doesn't the whole world know what I'm thinking?" Xue Yuxiao said, "As long as you know what I'm thinking, it's enough." ”

Pei Yuxue's expression froze, and she moved her Adam's apple emptyly. She was clearly just a casual sentence, but it made him try his best to suppress the hidden mood and suddenly burned like a fire, Pei Yuxue would never believe that he would lose his temper to this point before he met her.

He clutched the arithmetic pen very tightly, and the ink stained through the paper. Pei Yuxue suddenly put down the pen, got up and took out a mirror on the dressing table, and smashed it.

The blue mirror was only the size of a palm, and it was shattered in half. He handed half of it to Xue Yuxiao: "May Qing return unharmed." ”

Before Xue Yuxiao could speak, Pei Yuxue took out the golden knife again and placed it on the broken mirror, and said, "This knife is useless in my hands." You carry it with you, hidden in a subtle place, and it blows out your hair and sharpens it like clay, and it can protect you on my behalf. ”

This is not just a broken mirror and a gifted knife, but it touches the hearts of those who are separated from each other. Xue Yuxiao stroked the scabbard, swept over the jewels and gems inlaid on it, and pressed it against the hilt of the wrong gold: "I will definitely bring it back." ”

Pei Yuxue was silent.

At this point, the parting feelings finally filled each other's chests, and even Xue Yuxiao felt a trace of unease, she looked at Pei Yuxue's figure of sorting out the things that were with her, and suddenly called him.

Pei Yuxue turned her head to look at her.

"You ......," Xue Yuxiao said, "wait for me to come back." ”

Pei Yuxue smiled slightly and agreed seriously: "Okay." ”

In the early morning of the next day, Xue Yuxiao and the people in the military government left Beijing on horseback, and relatives and friends sent them outside the city gate, but Pei Yuxue did not come.

Li Qingchou asked: "What's the matter, Xiao Langjun is angry with you?" ”

Xue Yuxiao shook his head and glanced at her: "You don't understand him." ”

Li Qingchou: "......"

"You don't understand." Xue Yuxiao was even more determined, "Pei Lang has already separated from me last night, he treats me sincerely, and he has already sent me off, we are confidants who are beyond things, and we have the same mind, and outsiders don't understand." ”

Li Qingchou: "...... Good, good, good. ”

When Xue Yuxiao said this, she remembered that she was the heroine of the original book, and suddenly felt embarrassed again - how did this "outsider" say it.

Li Qingchou didn't care, she met a little son of the Yuan family after the autumn harvest banquet, so she pointed to the carriage and horse in the distance, and said, "See it, come to see me." ”

Xue Yuxiao: "Don't get out of the car?" ”