"This is Yuan Bing's younger brother, Yuan's sister-in-law, with a single name and a meaning. If Xiao Yi gets out of the car to say goodbye in person, the Yuan clan will find out about our private affairs, and they will definitely embarrass him. ”

The Yuan family is a high-ranking family, and the threshold is not low. Xue Yuxiao sighed: "Let's fight with Yuan Bing, and you are still spending time with your younger brother...... Qingwu lady, did you eat the bear's heart and leopard gall? ”

Li Qingchou said: "When I make a contribution, I will naturally come to the door to propose marriage, and people will dare to think, you see so many people in Beijing who are doing nothing, and they are still thinking about being favored by Wang Lang......"

The two chatted a few words casually, and after a while, the reinforcements of Zuo Wuwei Mansion were drawn on time, and everyone went out of the capital to accompany them, and when they traveled thirty miles south, they passed by a mountain temple, and the maple leaves on the mountain were red, and the mountains were full of desolate and gorgeous blood, and the wind blew.

There is a small pavilion under the temple in which there seems to be a person sitting alone. Because it was too far away, Xue Yuxiao didn't see clearly, and could only hear the string sound coming from the pavilion.

The sound of the piano caused the horses to slow down, and at last they almost stopped at the bottom of the mountain. The Wen Peng ladies in front looked up, talked about the sound of the piano with each other, and admired each other.

"I've visited musicians all over Beijing, but I've never heard such a moving sound."

"It's "Willow Song". It's clear and heartbreaking, and it makes people cry. ”

"I wonder if there is a meaning to send each other? Playing "Willow Song" on this road, it should be the family of an adult, right? ”

"I can't see my face clearly, but I should be a little Langjun."

The autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves, and in the wind, the sound of the piano became more and more ethereal, and the leaves on the maple trees were swept away from the mountain temple and floated down, and the ground was red.

Xue Yuxiao raised his hand, and a red leaf flew into his hand.

What a familiar sound.

"What a wonderful sound." Li Qingchou sighed, "Probably only the prince can play the autumn killing piano, which can be compared." ”

Xue Yuxiao pondered for a moment, and when he saw a few monks dressed as monks not far away, he turned his horse's head and said a few words to them.

As soon as the song was over, Lang Jun, who was playing the piano in the pavilion, got up and saluted in the direction of everyone.

Everyone woke up like a dream, and returned the salute one after another, and then they walked under the mountain temple and completely left the boundary of the capital.

It wasn't until he couldn't even see the last horse that Wang Heng in the pavilion turned around with his qin, and the servant beside him followed behind Gongzi and asked carefully: "Childe, the Prime Minister has already allowed you to come forward to speak, why don't you really send Xue Duwei?" ”

Wang Heng walked down the steps of the mountain temple and said, "I have already sent it." ”

"But she only hears your piano, and she doesn't even see your face." The servant didn't understand, "Will she know who is playing the harp?" Does she think it's someone else in Kyochu? If you don't talk to her face-to-face, how can you make Xue Duwei understand. ”

Wang Heng's footsteps didn't stop, and he said, "Sister understands." ”

The boy was still worried: "But ......"

The master and servant went down the mountain and bumped into several bhikshunis returning to the temple. Wang Heng raised his hand to perform the Buddha salute, several monks were old, kind and kind-eyed, and when they saw him holding the qin down the mountain, they said: "The little donor stays." ”

Wang Heng asked, "What does the master have to say?" ”

The monk said: "There is a girl in red at the foot of the mountain, entrusting a sentence to the little benefactor, saying, this piano is better than autumn killing, thank you for the prince's send-off, the wind is high and the dew is cold, cherish the body." ”

Wang Heng was stunned for a moment, and returned another Buddha salute, his hand was on the tie of the cloak, subconsciously tightened it, until he walked to the foot of the mountain, and couldn't help but smile, and the depression and depression of many days were swept away.

After returning to the park, he was in good spirits, and even the deer he kept at home had a good appetite and ate a lot of food. When Wang Xiu saw this, the feeling in her heart was even more indescribable, but unfortunately she also worked with Xue Zeshu every day-

As soon as I saw Sikong, I thought of her "good daughter", and hooked Heng'er into a daze and didn't think about tea and dinner.

However, Xue Zeshu didn't realize this at all, she was still very dissatisfied with Wang Xiu, finding fault and picking thorns every day, until the prime minister finally couldn't help it, knocked on the cup, and said to his face: "Why are you Xue family so difficult!" ”

Xue Sikong was arguing with her about state affairs, and his mind suddenly grasped the key point very clearly: "...... All? ”

If you want to drink pipa, urge immediately (3)

Chapter 44

Xue Yuxiao has only been away from Beijing for a few days, and many miscellaneous things have come to an end.

In the past, she was at home, even if the young master didn't care about the internal affairs, but after all, there was the master's support to suppress the array, and the villain didn't dare to make a mistake. Now that Xue Yuxiao has left Beijing, Pei Yuxue quickly felt the atmosphere in Xue Yuan that was becoming more and more active and undercurrent.

He doesn't seem to know, but he still takes care of it every day.

At the end of autumn, it coincided with the birthday banquet of His Royal Highness Xie Budo. Pei Yinxue prepared a congratulatory gift on behalf of the young master of the Xue family, he was wearing a light cyan soft velvet flowing cloud cloak, his body was long and thin, his eyebrows were like frost, and he sat on the small couch in the main hall to read the account book.

“…… A string of coral incense beads, five pieces of vermilion silk, and ......"

The newly literate teenager who was trained to read the gift list to Pei Langjun listened.

After listening to the gift list, Pei Yuxue agreed, and there was a person in charge on the side to register the expenses, write down the accounts, and take Xue Yuan's key to the account room to get money and things. In addition, there were a few people who came to withdraw the expenses of Xue Yuan's transplantation of plum blossoms and the specific amount of preparation for the winter charcoal fire cage, during which there were dozens of things, and ordinary people were already busy and dizzy.

Pei Yuxue was still clear and calm. He didn't have to play with the abacus, he only had to think for a few breaths, and he already knew it in his heart, and it was extremely accurate.

"Pei Langjun, this is the expenditure for smelting farm tools on the grange." A young man in charge handed over an account book and said tentatively, "Zhuangzi said that the use of iron is too much, and this time only so much is made, so let Lang Jun pay for a batch of materials." ”

Pei Yuxue glanced at it and said lightly: "I still remember the amount last time, but this account can't be matched." Deputy Commander Wei took someone to the Grange to have a look, check the number and material loss, and if it was too bad, tie up the person in charge of the smelter and report it to me in person. ”

Wei Qingyun immediately responded, and as soon as she moved, several martial artists wearing armor and knives on her side moved one after another, colliding with a cold metal crisp sound.

The steward looked at it in a cold sweat, and said busily: "Lang Jun, Lang Jun, I can't help it, the people on the Zhuangzi are all the Yin family slaves of the Xue family for several generations, and they are two or three times older than you, how can you say that you will be tied up, and you don't want your face for two or three lifetimes." ”

Pei Yingxue raised her head from the pen and ink on the paper, looked at him coldly, and could hardly make out what emotions were in her eyes: "What about your opinion?" ”

The steward listened to his inquiry, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, thinking that although Pei Langjun was neat, he was young after all, and if he could talk about him, he would let the people below also share some benefits. He said, "...... Last time was the last time, this loss was too much, it must be cold, and the fire in the smelter is not good to burn to the temperature of ironmaking, so it cost some from the coal firewood. ”

He walked up to Pei Yuxue, sat on a low stool next to him on the side of the small couch, and said earnestly: "If you offend them, I'm afraid that many things in the Grange will be difficult to execute." If you have to come hard, what should I do with Lang Jun's name? You must know that these villains are the most difficult, so it is better to let them get some money from them, or tell others everywhere, our Pei Langjun is good! ”

Pei Yuxue looked at him calmly and said, "You are eating the grain and rice of the Xue family, doing things for Xue Yuan, the main family has always been benevolent and righteous, why don't you think about the young master's mother?" ”

The steward said: "The dragon and phoenix among the young master's mother are the pearls of Lord Xue's palm, what do you want?" How can you meet the people under us? ”

The world is as thin as paper. Pei Yuxue thought that Xue Yuxiao was gentle and never harsh on his attendants, and he was unwilling to bother others when he occasionally lit a lamp and added clothes in the middle of the night, so he was sympathetic to others. The people below are becoming more and more rampant, and they are already living better than ninety percent of the people, but they are still scrambling to make profits in the garden.

He said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I don't need a good name. ”

Pei Yuxue's tone was light, and even when he said this, the person in charge had not yet noticed the anger in his words. It wasn't until Pei Yuxue glanced at Wei Qingyun that Wei Qingyun immediately led people to the Grange.

Seeing that he couldn't pull it, the steward's face was like earth, and he moved a few steps back, and was suddenly stopped.

"Don't do it beforehand." Pei Yuxue said, "Leave your post and rest at home." ”

"Lang Jun!" The young steward immediately knelt down and asked for mercy as soon as he opened his mouth, "It's because the slave has no knowledge, the slave said the wrong thing, Lang Jun must not ...... It's okay for Lang Jun to beat me out of anger! ”

Pei Yuxue said: "You just said a few words, how can I use the family method indiscriminately." It's just to let you rest for a few days, why are you afraid of this? ”

Rest? I'm afraid that in three or four days, his work will be robbed by others.

The steward wanted to beg for mercy again, but other servants came to report the matter, and when they saw him kneeling, they all became much more careful.

“…… Lang Jun, this is the candle oil money withdrawn, and there are so many ...... left last month."

"Lang Jun, this item is the cost of making winter clothes for several sons in the West Courtyard......"

Pei Yuxue dealt with them one by one, and by about dusk, the steward had already knelt down with numb legs, but he didn't dare to leave. At this time, Wei Qingyun escorted an old woman dressed as a farmer, tied the head of the village strongly, and pressed it down outside the second gate, separated by two curtains, and even Pei Yuxue's face could not be seen clearly.

Zhuang Hu said: "Lang Jun, this batch of expenses is indeed so much!" On the way, the charcoal fire was lost, and several batches of materials were wasted by burning copper and iron, so that's why—"

Pei Yuxue suddenly interrupted: "How did it be lost?" The price of copper and iron is more expensive than gold silk, and whoever burns it and smelts it will always have someone to stand up and be responsible. Isn't there even a name for this one? ”

Zhuang Hu knew that he couldn't fool him, so he simply relied on his years of seniority, sat on the threshold with his ass, and cried and said: "In the past, when Lord Sikong made a family, the bow and arrow that shot the king of the thief domain was still burned by our family!" If it weren't for the little master who set up the door, Lord Sikong asked us to come over to help, we would still be enjoying happiness in Taiping Garden...... Lang Jun treats the old man so harshly, it really makes everyone unable to live——"

Pei Yuxue frowned slightly.

Just when the voice was noisy and shouting, causing everyone to look sideways, a voice suddenly came from not far away.

"What else do you want her to shout? Plug it up. ”

When such a fluttering few words fell, the servants on both sides immediately stepped forward and tightly blocked the wailing mouths with rags. The stewards and servants followed the sound and looked over, and saw Xue Mingyan wearing a turquoise green collared robe, his clothes were simple and without dark lines, and he was very respectful and tidy, his long hair was only tied with a peach wood hairpin, and there was no gold and jade decoration on his body, to show that he was widowed.

He walked along the cobblestone road, and everyone saluted in unison and shouted, "Second son." ”

The servant beside Xue Mingyan raised the bamboo curtain, he entered the inner hall, and talked to Pei Yuxue closely: "You can bear it." ”

Pei Yuxue said: "Second brother, please take a seat." ”

Xue Mingyan didn't want to take the lead, so he sat down under him, didn't look at the account book, and just said: "In front of Lang Jun, who is in charge of family affairs in the inner courtyard, which family's rules are it to cry and grab the ground like this, and be rude?" ”

The surroundings are silent, and the falling needles can be heard.

Xue Mingyan continued: "You enjoy happiness in Taiping Garden? If you are in the Taiping Garden, under your mother's eyes, you dare to make such a fuss, and your head doesn't know where you are now. I don't care about anything else, just say that I am rude to Lang Jun, which is enough to deal with it with family law. ”

He took a group of stewards of the Taiping Garden, and when he heard this, he immediately dragged the bundled head down, and heard the whistling of whipping in the distance.

Xue Mingyan glanced at the kneeling steward next to him: "What's going on?" ”

The steward was sweating from his forehead, and knew that it was impossible to ask Xue Mingyan, so he moved to Pei Yuxue's side, kowtowed and begged: "Please Lang Jun don't remove my job, the family is waiting for this month's grain, rice and silver money to eat, and the children are all growing up——"

"Oh." Xue Mingyan was actually very gentle, somewhat similar to Xue Yuxiao's eyebrows, and he said in a soft tone, "Your family is hard, but other families are not hard?" You Pei Langjun cook from beginning to night, and you work hundreds of things, don't you know how to sympathize with his hard work? ”

"Second Son......"

"I am a hard-hearted widow who lives with my mother, and I don't understand your favors here." Xue Mingyan said, "What kind of favor, wait for the third sister to come back and tell your young master." Since Pei Langjun said that he should be dismissed at home, he would take it down. ”

"Yes."

After a few tricky things were dealt with and everyone dispersed, Xue Mingyan accompanied Pei Yuxue to have dinner together.

He knew that the third sister was not there, and Pei Yuxue would inevitably suffer a lot of difficulties, so he moved in to stay with him for a few days. The two had eaten together and rinsed their mouths, and Xue Mingyan knew that he was very worried and worried when he saw that he was worried and worried, and said, "It is inevitable that women are fighting outside. If the chaos in the world does not let the woman be calm, who can she entrust it to? The third sister is a person with big ambitions...... I know that you are deeply affectionate, so you are lovesick, but you should take care of yourself and wait for her to come back. ”

Pei Yuxue was just about to speak, but when she saw that Xue Ergongzi suddenly remembered something, she comforted her and said: "What's more, my mother has invited a famous doctor to accompany her in the army, that person's medical skills are superb, and with him, the ordinary sword injury can't hurt the third sister's life at all." ”

“…… Healing skills. ”

A name appeared in Pei Yingxue's mind.

"Don't tell anyone about that." The second son advised, "Cui Fu actually didn't agree, it was his mother who visited the medical house in Guanzi Zaitai overnight, and Cui Xiaoshen left Beijing without telling the Cui family, and went to Ningzhou as a military doctor accompanying the third sister...... Only one letter was left, saying that Yunyou had gone. ”

Pei Yuxue was sure in her heart at first, and then sighed: "...... I knew it was him. ”

"Yes, if it weren't for that, how could my mother let Xiao'er lead the troops so easily." Xue Mingyan said, "But Cui Qilang was also very happy, when he heard that it was for her, he didn't even ask about the honorarium, and even if he agreed." ”

Pei Yanxue listened and thought, her fingertips burned red on the wall of the hot cup, and she said silently in her heart: "This bad woman who messes with flowers and grass, even I want to bite you to vent my hatred." ”

Xue Mingyan didn't know what he thought, so he chatted with him in a low voice: "Speaking of which, my mother has been very strange these days, in the past, she was like fire and water with Wang Cheng, why did Xiao'er leave Beijing, but she chased and intercepted the prime minister, and seemed to have something to ask, I don't know what happened?" The prime minister actually retreated frequently......"

Pei Yingxue said in her heart: "What else can happen?" It's just a song of "Willow Song" on the Red Leaf Mountain Temple, which is famous in the capital. The sound of the piano is so high that he doesn't think about it except Wang Lang. He went to see him off, naturally he was sending Xue Yuxiao ......"

The second prince said again: "The birthday banquet of His Royal Highness is not held in the palace this time, but he refuses to come and go to the Great Bodhi Temple to cultivate. …… It's strange, His Royal Highness has always been disdainful of Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, let alone Qing Xiu......"

Pei Yuxue took a sip of tea, and this warm tea passed into her throat, as if she was carrying a broken blade. From time to time, he thought of Wang Heng's handsome and sick appearance and Xie Budo's cinnabar red clothes...... Or Cui Qilang is dressed in a clear robe, smiling.

After a while, he finished drinking the cup of tea, and suddenly said to the sword: "Take the letterhead, I will write a letter to my wife." ”

Return the sword and take the order. On one side, Xue Mingyan said: "Are you too anxious?" She's only been gone for a few days......"

"The wife is the master...... Your third sister ......" Pei Yuxue said this, sighed lightly in frustration, called her name without following the etiquette method, and said quietly, "Xue Yuxiao is as gentle as water, lest it cause wild bees and butterflies to continue, I am afraid that the letter will be a few days late, and she will even have someone to give birth to a child outside." ”