Two days later, Tang Shuyi took Xiao Yuzhu to Xiaoyao Wangfu again, and the concubine was naturally very happy. At the guild hall, Princess Changping became a frequent visitor. Xiao Yuming followed General Xiang, and he saw that he was improving day by day.

After a period of time, on this day, Tang Shuyi was taking Xiao Yuzhu to read in the study, and Cuiyun came over with a greeting post and said, "Madam, the post from the Liguo Mansion said that I would visit tomorrow." ”

Tang Shuyi took the post and opened it to look at it, and saw that the signature on it was the Duchess of Lao Liguo. She was a little puzzled, the Marquis of Yongning Mansion and the Liguo Mansion did not have much contact on weekdays, why the old Duchess of Liguo suddenly came to visit. But she didn't pay too much attention to it, and she would know when she met someone tomorrow.

"Lao Liguo Gong followed the emperor to fight the country, and he was also a figure that people praised, but unfortunately there was no successor." Tang Shuyi told Xiao Yuzhu about the affairs of the Liguo family.

"When the old prince of Liguo was not dead, several of his sons fought to the death because of the title. Later, after his death, the brothers stopped interacting. And the current country of etiquette is fair and mediocre, and it can't afford to take on a big responsibility.

At the beginning, he was also on duty in the court, but he did a lot of the tasks assigned by the emperor, and in the end he could only go home to relax, and his brothers were the same. Therefore, the decline that the Liguo Mansion saw was falling. ”

Xiao Yuzhu listened carefully, and Tang Shuyi told her again, "If a family wants to be prosperous all the time, it must have successors." ”

"What should I do if I can't give birth to a smart descendant?" Xiao Yuzhu said.

Tang Shuyi couldn't help laughing, "Let's not talk about a big family, there are so many children and grandchildren, it is impossible that there is no smart person, even if there is none, if you can educate people, you can still educate people to become talents." ”

Xiao Yuzhu looked puzzled, Tang Shuyi explained to her, "People are indeed born with intelligence and non-intelligence, but a person who is not smart, as long as he is not a fool, he will inevitably have one or two strengths."

Just like your eldest brother is talented in reading, your second brother is talented in martial arts, Qi Er and Yan Wu are handy in dealing with the world, and some people are good at painting, some people are proficient in arithmetic, etc., as long as he is allowed to play where he is good at. If you play what you are good at, it will inevitably be useful, and if it is useful, it will be valuable, and you will be able to make a difference.

In a family, even if you can't bring out everyone's strengths, if you catch so many people and let them play to their strengths and help each other, the family will not decline. Of course, the main reason for the decline of the Liguo Mansion is the brotherly wall, which is a big taboo. ”

Xiao Yuzhu was thoughtful, Tang Shuyi touched her head, "It's okay if you don't understand now, think about it slowly in the future." ”

Xiao Yuzhu nodded.

.........

Not long after breakfast on the second day, the old Duchess of Liguo arrived. When Tang Shuyi took Xiao Yuzhu to greet him, he knew that there was also the county lord of Jianing who came with him, and the two hurriedly saluted.

But halfway through the ceremony, the county lord of Jianing smiled and helped Tang Shuyi up, "Madame doesn't have to be like this. ”

The old Duchess of Liguo also smiled and said: "She is a child, and there are not so many courtesies. ”

Tang Shuyi naturally said that the ceremony could not be abolished, and then took them into the hall together. After sitting down, there was naturally another greeting, and then the county lord of Jianing said: "On my way to Beijing from the fiefdom, I met Xiao Shizi, and he asked me to bring some things back. ”

Tang Shuyi was stunned, she couldn't understand, even if Xiao Yuchen and the county lord of Jianing met on the road, they were not familiar with each other, how could they let the county lord of Jianing come back with things?

At this time, I heard the old Duchess of Liguo say: "These two children have also suffered and walked away in the ghost gate. ”

Tang Shuyi raised his heart as soon as he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Seeing her worried, the county lord of Jianing County hurriedly said: "Madame, don't worry, Xiao Shizi is fine, and the people who are traveling with him are fine." ”

Hearing her say this, Tang Shuyi's heart relaxed a little, but she still asked again: "What happened?" ”

Seeing that she was in a hurry, the county lord of Jianing County immediately told the matter as it was. It turned out that day they walked outside Mahua Town, Wudong County, originally they were taking the official road, but a few days ago it rained, the official road was washed away by the flood, and the carriage had no way to pass, so they could only take a detour. It was there that they met Xiao Yuchen and his party.

I didn't know each other, but the two people didn't say hello at that time, but they took a detour there together. The two groups of people added up to dozens of numbers, and they thought that there should be no problem, but when they walked to a place with dense mountains and forests, a group of mountain bandits suddenly rushed out of the forest next to them.

Although they all brought escorts, there were too many bandits, outnumbered, and when they were about to be wiped out, Xiao Yuchen and the county lord of Jianing made a decision at the same time to cover the two of them to go out to report the news.

Xiao Yuchen and the county lord of Jianing are the main targets of the mountain bandits, and the two of them naturally have no way to escape, Xiao Yuchen let Changfeng here, and the county lord of Jianing let her younger brother Li Jinghao escape.

Changfeng and Li Jinghao did not live up to their expectations, and really escaped, while Xiao Yuchen and the county lord of Jianing were taken captive to the mountain. Maybe it was because the mountain bandits saw that Xiao Yuchen and the county lord of Jianing were the ones in charge, or maybe there were other reasons, anyway, they locked the two together.

Although it was a lonely man and a widow who were locked up together, neither of them was embarrassed, after all, their lives were hanging by a thread, and they had no time to think about anything else. The two were silent for a while, and Xiao Yuchen spoke first: "I am from Shangjing, I am the prince of Yongning Hou, I don't know who Miss is....?"

"I am the daughter of Prince Duan, and my title is Jianing." The main road of Jianing County.

The two of them got acquainted in this way, and then discussed countermeasures together, Xiao Yuchen said: "Even if my eldest entourage and your brother escape and find the county order in the county seat, the county government has no officers and soldiers, and there is no way to attack the cottage to save us, we still have to find a way to escape." ”

The county lord of Jianing nodded, and then got up and walked around the room, looking for a place in the room where he could escape. Seeing this, Xiao Yuchen also followed suit, but he didn't find it after looking for a long time. However, they found the next room, locked up with the rest of their group.

The county lord of Jianing found a small hole in the wall, and then whispered to her guard to the small hole, and when the guard heard it, he used brute force to break down a brick on the small hole, and the people in the two rooms could communicate secretly.

Whether it is Xiao Yuchen's guards or the guards of the county lord of Jianing, they are skilled, and they were arrested because they were outnumbered. In particular, one of the guards under the county lord of Jianing actually had the skill of picking locks.

In this way, they discussed secretly, and when the night was when the bandits were asleep, the locks were opened by the guards who could pick the locks, and they escaped together. Later, the plan went well, and the group escaped from the cottage, but the bandits soon found out and chased them.

Later, at the critical moment, they met Changfeng and Li Jinghao, who came to rescue them, Xiao Yuchen and the county lord of Jianing, and they were saved.