Wen Yue chuckled and told the nurse that when her step-minister came to see her, the bright look in her eyes was very different from the past.

This time it was Wu Jichen's father who returned to the imperial city to report on his work, and there was nothing to do with Wu Jichen, but he persuaded his father to bring him with him, and the reason given was high-sounding.

"It's better to travel thousands of miles than to read 10,000 books, my son has already read 10,000 books, and it's time to travel 10,000 miles. The long and arduous journey from Shawu Town to the capital is the best route to exercise his son's will!"

That being said, but in fact, it was just selfishly thinking that there was a female doll in the courtyard of the Feng family who always took the initiative to hold her hand and was waiting for her, and the heart-rending cry that she didn't let herself go that day has been making noise in her head, making her scratch her heart and lungs for so many years.

I promised to go back, and I am a very trustworthy person, if I don't go again, I'm afraid that there will always be a pimple in my heart in this life.

The old general looked at his son's firm expression on his lower lip and was relieved in his heart, his son really has a backbone, worthy of the Wu family's family motto, and he has taught him carefully for so many years!

So in order to satisfy his son's desire to endure hardships and exercise, the old general chose the most remote, treacherous, and farthest path and set off with his son. Along the way, I didn't even see a few households, let alone post stations and inns, and I slept on the road for almost 20 days, and finally arrived at the imperial city before my step-minister was hungry and faint.

When he arrived in the imperial city, the old general was busy with business, and his step-minister was placed in his grandfather's house.

Wu Jichen looked at his yellow-skinned and slightly blue face and was very sad, and felt that he couldn't see Wenyue like this, so he raised it at his grandfather's house for a few days. In addition, considering that he couldn't go over empty-handed, he deliberately chose a sunny day to wander around the bustling shop street, wanting to choose a good thing to give to Wenyue at the moment of meeting.

The step-minister came to a jewelry store for a long time, but after looking around, he still didn't like it at all, so he took a step to go out.

The shopkeeper saw that the step-minister's clothes were very particular, and he knew that he must be a big customer, how could he let it go so easily, so he hurriedly stopped the step-minister and enthusiastically retained it: "As soon as you look at the temperament of the son, you know that the son is not a layman, presumably these ordinary objects on the counter are afraid that the son will not look down on them, but don't be in a hurry to go, the contemptible people still have some treasures that have been collected over the years, why don't you take them to the son?"

The step-minister looked at him as if he was lying, and nodded slightly and retracted his steps.

After a while, the shopkeeper took out a box full of treasures and carefully rested them on the counter.

After taking a closer look, Jichen found that there was a golden phoenix bird inlaid with nine-colored gemstones in the corner of the box, which looked even more beautiful than the one Wen Yue wore back then. Thinking that she would like it, he reached for it. But as soon as the hand stretched out, he saw that it was snatched away by the other hand one step at a time.

At this time, a heroic male voice beside him smiled and said, "I want this, the boss will wrap it up for me!"

The step-minister was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but get annoyed, but he still exhaled deeply, suppressed his anger, looked at the man with a kind face, and arched his hand: "This brother, this step shake was brought to me by the boss, and it just so happens that I like it too, so it's better to pick something else." ”

The man's gaze swept over the step-minister's face, put the step on the counter and motioned to the shopkeeper to wrap it up, and said with a smile: "This brother looks at the face, I'm afraid he is not from the imperial city, right?"

The step-minister ignored his arrogant look and replied lightly: "I came from the north." ”

The man turned to face him, flicked his sleeves and put his hands behind his back, and said arrogantly: "Today, we also fancy this jewelry, which can be regarded as fate, so it is better to make a friend." If Brother Tai gives it to me, all the items you choose here today will be counted on Liao, and if there is any need in the Imperial City in the future, just ask, Liao will definitely try his best to help, which can be regarded as a thank you for Brother Tai's kindness in the beauty of today's adulthood, how about it?"

Jichen sneered, his face gloomy, "But I only fancy this step shake in this whole store, so what?"

The shopkeeper saw that the atmosphere was not right, and immediately walked out a few steps from behind the counter and stood between the two, and reconciled with a smile: "It's just a piece of daughter's jewelry, why should the two sons compete so much." ”

After giggling a few times, seeing that neither of them was willing to give in, the shopkeeper had to turn his face and hesitate to say to the man surnamed Liao: "This son, there is a first come and last arrival in everything, since this step is the first thing that the son looks at, eh...... As...... There are many other treasures in this store, why don't you pick and choose, are there any that can catch your eye?"

The man didn't pay attention to him at all, only glanced at his step-minister, and then raised his chin a little arrogantly, and said: "It's really not that I want to compete with my brother, it's just that I don't want to disappoint the person I like. With that, the corners of his mouth curled, and he smiled and looked in the direction of the east side of the store.

The woman was lowering her head and leisurely sipping a cup of tea, but when she heard this, she frowned, raised her head and looked at the two.

The step-minister later told Wen Yue that when he saw the woman, his first impression was not good.

When he followed the man's gaze, he saw a woman in a pale blue shirt sitting on the tea table on the east side of the store, and the woman's eyes were slightly disdainful and impatient, and her expression was indifferent.

Behind the woman, an older woman stood respectfully.

The man looked at the woman's face and smiled a little smugly: "If Sister Wen likes it, I just buy this shop, and there is nothing wrong with it." ”

The step-minister suddenly became disgusted with this man in his heart, but he also knew that it was this woman who took a fancy to that step, and it was inconvenient to argue with him, so he arched his hand and bent down extremely politely to the woman: "This young lady is not deliberately fighting with the young lady, but this step is selected to give it to my sister, I am afraid that only this one can make my sister like it, so I can't let Miss go, and I hope Miss can understand." ”

The woman looked at the look of the man surnamed Liao, suddenly sneered, put down the teacup leisurely, turned her face to the step-minister and said coldly: "I also want this step-shake, and it has to be this one, why do you care what your sister likes, and why do you have to be considerate of you." ”

She turned her head and glanced indifferently at the man surnamed Liao beside her step-minister, and snorted disdainfully: "I didn't want any Jiaozhu Meiyu, but it was just a step to shake, but I didn't expect Brother Liao to even be able to do this!"

The man was stunned for a moment, then his face turned gloomy, and his hand behind his back clenched into a fist.

The step-minister frowned when he heard this, and his original disgust for the man turned into sympathy, and he also knew that this step would definitely not be available today, so he had to take a deep breath and said: "Since Miss loves it so much, it is inconvenient to fight with each other, so let Miss let go." ”

Not wanting to waste any more time here, the step-minister turned and walked towards the door.

When the shopkeeper saw that his step-minister was leaving, he breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately put the step in the brocade box with his hands and feet, and presented it to the woman respectfully.

The woman looked at the brocade box and only sneered, but her face was still not good.

The step-minister's foot was about to step out of the threshold, but the woman spoke, her voice cold and arrogant.

"Wait!"

Although the step-minister was unhappy in his heart, he still stopped. He turned his face to look at the woman, waiting for her next words.

"Miss Ben doesn't like to owe favors the most, you are willing to give me this step, but I don't want it. ”

The step-minister was puzzled and continued to look at the woman.

The woman turned her gaze to the man surnamed Liao, who had been standing there, and suddenly smiled, as if she was a little close, and said, "I have always heard that Brother Liao is not only full of poetry and books, but also has a good martial arts, I wonder if you can show your skills for me today?"

When the man saw her smile, his originally gloomy face eased a lot, and he immediately changed to a smiling face and said, "Why not, but I don't know what Sister Wen wants me to do?"

The woman suddenly raised her hand and threw the brocade box in the direction of the step-minister, and the step-minister subconsciously reached out to take it, but heard the woman say: "Now that the hairpin is in your hand, you will have a competition with Brother Liao, if you win, you will take the hairpin away;

The step-minister frowned, and before he could answer, he heard the man surnamed Liao laugh very arrogantly: "What's so difficult about this, Sister Wen just waits, I will definitely win that step for you and put it on your head with my own hand!"

"Brother Tai, offended!"

The shopkeeper saw that he was going to fight, and he was so frightened that he lost his soul, for fear that the two masters would smash their jobs to make a living, so they hurriedly rushed over to persuade them to fight, and with a sad face, they blocked in front of their step-ministers and waved their hands to the man again and again: "Son, this can't be done, it can't be done!"

Seeing that the man was about to arrive in front of him, the step-minister pushed away the shopkeeper and stretched out his right arm to block it, but the other party was so strong that he was shocked back two steps.

The step-minister has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, where is he willing to be inferior to others in force, at this time he was forced to take two steps back, and the anger that had been suppressed in his heart was also picked up, and his face sank and put the brocade box into his arms, and he arched his hand and said: "Then offend!"

The man smiled conceitedly and attacked first.

The step-minister originally wanted to stop at the point, as long as he dragged the man to the point of weakness, which would not be too humiliating to his face. But who knew that after a few moves, the man felt that he had fallen into the upper hand and became impure, and the move was close to the point, although the two did not have weapons in their hands to avoid hurting their lives, but the step-minister couldn't bear to shoot too hard, and had to dodge his attacks everywhere, and gradually got the upper hand.