I was Idle and Cool

Kneeling and kneeling are not the same.

There was still a bit of temperature that didn't belong to him on his fingertips, as well as that strange and fragile touch. Lu Jinxi glanced down and turned to look at Xue Tingzhi, who was lying in front of him. It seemed that he was a little humbler.

So, that little bit in my heart couldn't bear it, and it came out again.

To be honest, this son of a **** is weird.

I don't know if it's a child that Xue Kuang raised personally. It's really different from others. In addition to being more stable than his peers, Xue Tingzhi has a sense of indifference and alienation. An air from the inside out.

This will make people feel that such a clear and expensive youth should not be so humble.

But she forced him to bow his head.

With a sigh in his heart, Lu Jinxi lowered his eyes and said, "This matter is indeed deviant, but one is that you are from the blood of a great general, and the other is that although your mother is of a different race, she was able to inform Daxia back then, which is also considered a merit. I'm your mother-in-law anyway, so I should fight for you. Get up."

"...Ting Zhi Xie's mother-in-law's kindness."

Xue Tingzhi slowly closed his eyes, only to feel that he couldn't even feel the temperature all over his body, he almost exhausted his self-control, and barely guaranteed the smoothness of this sentence, and then got up.

But he didn't sit down any longer.

Of course Lu Jinxi noticed it and could guess the reason, but he didn't take it to heart and said, "Well, then if you have nothing to do, you can go back and have a good rest and cultivate. The matter of Guishou Zhang's treatment for you is also a matter of course. Don't be negligent. If there is any progress on my side, I will let you know as soon as possible."

"Yes, Tingzhi retire."

Xue Tingzhi bowed again, and finally retreated with his head down.

From beginning to end, he never raised his head to look at Lu Jinxi, and completely avoided eye contact with her.

The room was silent until he left for a long time, and there was no sound at all.

Lu Jinxi took his eyes back, and just looked at the carpet under his feet, where Xue Tingzhi had just knelt, and pondered for a while.

"Why do you feel that something is not quite right..."

Where is it missing?

She frowned and thought about it carefully, from beginning to end, every detail. So, when I thought of something before, I suddenly understood—

is not right.

Xue Tingzhi was determined to take the imperial examination and should be very confident in his talent. However, he was not selected in the examination of the Weiwei Museum.

She still remembered that Qing Que had quietly mentioned to her that Xue Tingzhi's first round handed in was also a blank paper.

He is so eager and has a heart that wants to stand out, and at the time of the Sanxian Temple, he made a request and wanted to go together.

Such a great opportunity, but turned in a blank.

How to think how strange ah.

The more Lu Jinxi thought about it, the more she felt that although this son-in-law was young, his mind could easily be seen through, but there seemed to be a layer of fog covering his body, which made her feel a little suspicious every time she saw it clearly.

"Did you see the ghost..."

I actually feel that the grass on the edge of the nest is not so easy to get along with!

In comparison, the three of the Lu family are better.

She sighed with sincerity in her heart, and seeing that the egret hadn't returned, she decided to ask someone to ask.

Unexpectedly, before she could speak, a maid rushed in hurriedly outside, with a look of surprise and joy on her face: "Madam, Madam, the father-in-law from the palace came outside, with the emperor's will, Please go out and listen!"

"What? Listen to the decree?"

Unfortunately, Lu Jin was not prepared at all, and was taken aback by the sudden news: she has been in the general's mansion for a long time, but she has not had any contact with the palace, let alone the palace.

"Can you inform the rest of the house?"

"Lai Guanshi has been passed around by people." Apparently, the little girl was still gasping for breath because she was running in a hurry.

Lu Jinxi didn't care too much, frowned, and hurriedly walked outside.

She is not very afraid of the so-called emperor, it is nothing more than that. It's just that in this era, people, after all, hold the power of life and death, and they can't be sloppy.

The news of the decree came from the palace, and it was already spread in the blink of an eye.

The general's mansion is not very big, but it is by no means small. Those who can be regarded as masters hurriedly rushed out to receive the decree.

In addition to Lu Jinxi, there are his wife Sun, sister-in-law He, and Wei Xian and several juniors.

All the people in Wuyangyang went to the spacious front hall.

At this time, the **** who came to deliver the decree from the palace had been waiting for a while, and when Lu Jinxi came, he stopped in the middle of the hall and announced the decree with the voice of the male duck.

"Follow the sky, the emperor's edict said—"

"The Xiongnu in the Great Xia, the war has been a long time, and the world has been suffering for a long time. The people are hard, and the soldiers are killed. Today, I am a civil and military officer, the upper body is the virtue of the heaven and the good life, the lower is the meaning of the people's prosperity, and the two countries love the trend. , to discuss peace with the Huns, and banquet the envoys on the fifteenth day of the second month."

"Because I have been cherishing Sun's family for a long time, I have specially invited Mrs. Lu to enter the palace and go to the banquet to observe the ceremony. I am here!"

Negotiating peace, and specially ordered her to attend the palace banquet?

Lu Jinxi knelt on the ground and listened to the will, secretly frowned, a little suspicious. Yihe had known for a long time that the matter of the palace banquet had just been remembered, and Gu Juefei had mentioned it to her when he was in the Yuewei Museum.

Observable...  

The so-called "watching ceremony" is only a ceremony of observing and discussing peace.

Shouldn't these all be men's things?

She didn't understand very well, but she didn't express her doubts on the spot. She respectfully thanked her for her grace and took over the will before she got up.

The **** Xuanzhi came from the palace, with a slightly fat body, white and tender skin, and small eyes the size of mung bean, but he looked very kind.

He smiled and said: "Madam, this is an honor that no one else has. The entire court and the opposition are the only ones. The emperor also said that the day of peace between Daxia and the Huns was caused by years of war, thanks to the general's house. Loyalty, unique reward. Come and bring it in!"

So, the little eunuchs behind brought two boxes, each containing 500 taels of gold; there were also several large and small brocade boxes, all of which were treasures and medicinal materials only found in the palace, and a few flowers inlaid with jade and beads. Fashion Palace Flowers.

Lu Jinxi turned around to see him, only to feel that this reward was meant to be a little comforting.

She thought about it, and then showed a somewhat flattered expression: "The emperor is really too sympathetic..."

"The general's skill is being designed, madam, you can use it with peace of mind."

The eunuch's status in the palace should not be low, and he speaks quite calmly, and now he only bows to Lu Jinxi.

"Our family is going to announce the decree to other adults' mansions, so I will stay for a while, so let's say goodbye."

"Come on, send your father-in-law."

Lu Jinxi hurriedly winked at Lai Chang next to him.

Lai Chang understands.

After all, he was also an old man in the mansion, and the General Mansion would receive gifts from the mansion during festivals.

After receiving Lu Jinxi's wink, he approached him diligently and led the **** out.

A group of people came in a mighty way and walked in a mighty way.

Lu Jinxi held the rolled up imperial decree in both hands and watched it, unable to restrain her eyebrows.

Next to her, Mrs Sun was holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, but she forgot to pinch it and looked at it. After a long time of love, she let out a long sigh: "It's really reconciled..."

Inside and outside the entire main hall, suddenly there was no sound at all.

Lu Jinxi turned his head to look, and saw the servants and servants, almost all with their heads lowered. He was the one with a happy expression on his face, but after listening to Sun's words, he quickly buried his head and immediately restrained the expression on his face.

As for Mrs. He, the widowed sister-in-law who was repaired by Lu Jinxi a while ago, she was even more stunned. She burst into tears and even cried out loud.

"Why are you crying!"

Hearing her voice, Mrs. Sun, who used to seldom speak harshly in the past, turned her head, but she was actually ruthless and scolded!

Lu Jinxi was taken aback by her, let alone the rest of the house.

Since he became a widow, He's been serving Sun's almost every day. When he heard the reconciliation today, he remembered the deceased husband Xue Lenglai who also died in the battlefield. But where did he expect that the Sun family would be like this...

She was stunned, tears still streaming down her face.

Sun's already wrinkled face did not see a slight smile, she just stared at her coldly and said, "The peace that has been settled between the court and the opposition is a great joy in the world. How can you be alone, crying and crying here?"

He Shi was terrified, but still didn't quite understand why he was reprimanded.

Only Lu Jinxi, who was on the side, turned his eyes from He's body back to Sun's body, thoughtfully.

Sun shi didn't care so much, just closed his eyes, as if to gather some of his thoughts. Then, he came over to speak to Lu Jinxi.

"Now there is no need for the past. Since this decree has come down, the palace banquet has to go for a while."

"In the courtroom, in the palace, you need to know what's going on. Even though the second child is gone, I know that you will definitely be unhappy when the peace is settled. But there is still a huge general's residence here... "

"Everything, it's good to measure, don't make mistakes."

After she finished speaking, she didn't care what Lu Jinxi's reaction was, and without waiting for her to salute, she took Feng's mother, who was serving by her side, to the south courtyard where she usually lived.

Lu Jinxi didn't have time to say anything, so I can only send it off at this moment.

She watched Sun leave, the elderly woman, dressed in a plain dark blue, with a silver hairpin on her gray head, she couldn't tell the slightest wealth.

Only during the walk, the strong back can still be seen in the past.

But after all, I am getting old, and even this back is a bit bent by the years...

For some reason, Lu Jinxi felt that this scene was really eye-catching.

The scroll of imperial decree in his hand became a little heavy.

She lowered her head and glanced at it and remained silent. After a long time, she raised her head again, and just right, she met Wei Xian's scrutinizing eyes.

Perhaps seeing her raising her head, Wei Xian snorted coldly, glanced at the imperial edict she was holding, and her tone was strangely hostile and hostile: "Even the concubine Xian in the palace is not qualified to watch the ceremony. Well, the second sister-in-law is really the only one in the court and the opposition, and it's so beautiful!"

"..."

Lu Jinxi only thought her attitude was strange.

This third younger brother and sister, she will not deal with her, she knows it well. But a while ago, he smiled and even went to the Sanxian Temple together. Why is he turning his face today?

Could it be that this intention not only provokes Sun and He, but also provokes her?

That's not right, her husband Xue Rin is still alive and well.

Is that because of the legendary concubine Wei Yi, who is said to be Gu Juefei's old friend and who is now in full bloom?

Not right either.

She had heard that Wei Yi was from Taifu Wei's original wife, and Wei Xian was from Xu Xian, so their relationship was not very good.

Thinking of this, Lu Jinxi looked at her and didn't answer.

The calm expression on her face fell into Wei Xian's eyes, and it became a matter of course. It's as if Lu Jinxi deserves this honor in this whole house, she is really angry!

Immediately, her face darkened, her sleeves flicked, and she left without saying a word!

"The attitude of this third younger brother and sister is also a bit incomprehensible..."

Lu Jinxi became more and more playful, turning the scroll of imperial decree with his fingers, but there was a strange uneasiness in his heart.

I just look forward to this negotiation, and don't make any trouble at that time.

Otherwise, at that time, the general's mansion, which sacrificed the most for the border wars, would have to bear a few cauldrons.

After all, for the main fighting faction, Xue Kuang, who was buried in a foreign country, is a good brick.

She turned back to look at the rewards from the palace, pondered for a moment, and said only: "Lai Guanshi, these rewards will be stored in the treasury as usual, and they should be registered. I will send someone to look at it, but brother Chi hasn't come back. ,what happened."

"Yes."

Steward Lai quickly took his order and went to work immediately.

At this time, Xue Chi was on his way back to the General's Mansion.

The General's Mansion had its own carriage to pick him up, and he got on the carriage after he came out of the Grand Master's Mansion. He is very active and can't sit still, and it is rare to have such an opportunity, so he lies on the window sill all the way and looks out.

The carriage went all the way, and he looked all the way.

Today that Mr. Gu didn't teach a lot, just let Mr. Meng test his old homework.

Soon after my mother left in the afternoon, Mr. Gu came downstairs and gave him a lecture in person.

But I didn't say two pages, and someone said that there was an imperial decree coming from the palace. So Mr. Gu went there, and when he came back, he stood in front of the attic window for a long time without saying a word.

In fact, he really wanted to ask what the phrase "going is not taught, **** is moving" means, but Mr. Meng next to him quietly winked at him and shook his head, so he held back and didn't ask, and just sat behind the desk. For half an hour.

It wasn't until the sun went down that Mr. Gu turned around slowly and told him that he would stop teaching today and let him come back tomorrow.

"Oh, it's really strange, I always feel that Mr. Gu seems to be in a bad mood..."

Xue Chi looked at the shophouses and pedestrians that were swaying and swaying as the carriage moved outside, a bun face wrinkled in distress.

"Would you like to go back and talk to my mother and ask my mother to prepare something and send it to my husband tomorrow to coax him?"

Qingque, who was also sitting in the carriage, heard this sentence inadvertently, and her eyelids jumped. Immediately I remembered the pen that my wife had smashed into the ink of Mr. Gu at the Hanmo Xuan...

She couldn't hold back for a while, and looked at the back of Xue Chi's head.

Brother Chi is really...

Madam should be very happy to know that, right?

Qingque felt helpless in her heart, and seeing that Xue Chi was about to stick out half of her body, she leaned over to persuade: "Brother, you're still on the carriage, you'd better pull back, in case if—"

"Hey, Uncle Liu! Uncle Liu!!!"

Before Qing Que could finish her persuasion, Xue Chi, who was lying on the window edge, was suddenly shocked, as if she had seen something, and hurriedly stretched out her hand and waved it in a certain direction outside, and shouted loudly. up.

"Brother be careful!"

Qing Que was so frightened that he was afraid that he would fall out of the car if he moved too much, so he hurried up and grabbed it, and then quickly ordered the driver.

"Stop now!"

"Call-"

The driver did not dare to neglect, and immediately stopped.

But Xue Chi didn't stop, the man was still lying on the edge of the window, looking at the three people in front of him with three tall horses, he became more and more excited.

"Uncle Liu! Here, here!"

It was getting late at this time, and there were not many pedestrians on the street.

Liu Jin, the Admiral of the Nine Gates, was wearing casual clothes today, holding a horse in his hand, and walking down the street with Fang Shaoxing, Jin Wuwei, who was now transferred to guard the palace gate. Beside him, there was a man dressed as a scribe.

He was talking to the scribe when he heard the voice.

But as soon as the sound entered his ears, he let out a "huh". During this period of time, Xue Chi ran towards the city gate and the Admiral's Yamen whenever he was free, and he heard the sound familiar.

So I looked in that direction, and I really saw the carriage of the General's Mansion.

"Little boy?"

Liu Jin immediately laughed when he saw the small head sticking out.

Xue Chi crawled out of the car in a hurry, ran to Liu Jin excitedly, and danced: "Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu! I thought it was too late for school today, and I didn't have time to find you, but I didn't expect to be there. I met you here! My mother told me a new story yesterday, about you, Uncle Liu!"

"Hahaha, really?"

Liu Jin's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he touched his beard, secretly happy.

"Come on, tell me, what are you talking about?"

"Speaking of Uncle Liu's 'Changbanpo riding alone to save the general'! It is said that the general was trapped in the siege of the Huns in that battle, but Uncle Liu single-handedly broke through the siege and fought with many, many generals of the Huns, and finally killed my father. It was rescued, it was amazing!"

This was a story he had heard the other day, but Xue Chi had an excellent memory in this regard.

Although the content of the story is not short, he opened and closed his mouth at the moment, and he could only hear the gurgling gurgling...

After a while, what Lu Jinxi told him was completely repeated by him.

Liu Jin's face was full of red when he heard it, and a rough man who had been on the battlefield was coaxed into a smile.

"Oh, why did I get so much credit in that battle? It's easy to rush in to save the general, but it's hard to get out. Thanks to the general's excellent strategy, and Mr. Cai who sent people to cooperate with each other..."

"Anyway, my mother said that my father was powerful, but without my uncles, I wouldn't be able to fight such a beautiful battle. Uncle Liu was the biggest hero in that battle."

Xue Chi tilted his head and blinked his eyes with sincerity on his face.

Liu Jin became more and more happy and laughed.

Fang Shaoxing, who was standing a little later, listened to the whole process, with an evil and handsome face, but there was no good color, only glanced at Xue Chi and asked, "Doesn't your mother tell me?"

"Eh, Uncle Fang?"

Xue Chi had talked too much before, and he and Fang Shaoxing were not as familiar with Liu Jin as they were, and their relationship was not very good, so he was inexplicably frightened. So at this time, when I heard the voice, I saw him.

At the same time, he also saw the scribe standing beside him.

He looks like he is in his thirties, wearing a green shirt and holding a white paper fan in his hand.

The facial features on a face are extremely correct, but it is too correct and gives people an indescribable sense of rigor and restraint. Those eyes are more impressive, they are dark brown water hyacinths.

At first glance, it doesn't seem like much, but if you look at it for a long time, you can see a bit of shrewdness.

It seems that there is nothing unusual about people, but there are thousands of strategies hidden in this stomach.

Xue Chi was still young, he didn't see many people, he didn't understand so much, and he couldn't see it.

But when he looked at the other party, the other party also looked at him. At this moment, when he was looked at by those eyes, he shivered for some reason, and there was a feeling that the back of the spine was chilled.

He blinked, forgetting what he was about to say.

When Liu Jin saw it, he turned around, and then he remembered that, before he had introduced it to Xue Chi, he half bent and pointed at the scribe: "Little Young Master, this is Mr. Cai, the number one in our army. The think tank, the general's counselor. I just came back from the border today."

"what!"

When Xue Chi heard it, she screamed and remembered something. So, looking at the scribe's eyes again, it became a little more eager and worshipful.

"You're the white paper fan with a clever plan, and you're the Mr. Cai that my father invited me after three visits to the cottage!"

That scribe, namely Cai Xiu, was talking with Liu Jin about the court settlement, how did he think of a "little son" on the way?

But after following Xue Kuang for many years, he recognized the carriage of the General's Mansion, and after listening to the details between Xue Chi and Liu Jin's words, he knew that this was the "little overlord" in Beijing.

When Xue Chi was full of moon, he had been there once, and then he stayed at the border and never returned to the capital.

Right now, he didn't expect Xue Chi's reaction at all, and even felt that what he said seemed to have something to do with him, but he didn't understand it very well.

Slightly stunned for a moment, the brows slowly wrinkled: "God and plan, three times to look at the cottage?"

"Yeah! My mother said you are more powerful!"

Xue Chi's eyes were about to turn into star eyes, and he completely forgot about the things that Mr. Cai had seen before.

"Burn Nanwangpo on fire, grass people borrow arrows, fight Hanshan Pass with their tongues, inspire Nayezha with wisdom, cleverly fabricate the Eight Arrays, and plan an empty city!"

"..."

At this moment, Liu Jin didn't speak, Fang Shaoxing didn't speak, and Cai Xiu didn't speak.

The three looked at each other.

Liu Jin was a little puzzled: "I can match some of the stories the young master told in the past, but I don't have any impression of them. Mr. Cai has done it?"

"Yes, my mother said it."

Xue Chi's showy thoughts came up again.

He finds telling stories to people addicting, especially when he sees the expressions on the faces of other people listening to them. So when he opened his mouth, he immediately opened his mouth as if he was pouring beans.

"Grassman borrows arrows—"

"At that time, in the battle at Nanwangpo, it was said that there were not enough military supplies, and they were trapped in the city. The Huns robbed our military supplies not long ago. If we are not careful, we will be wiped out. This thing is frustrating."

"But that night, when Mr. Cai climbed up and looked into the distance, he had an epiphany, and suddenly he had a plan in his mind..."

Needless to say, this is the Daxia version of the story of Zhuge Liang's grass boat borrowing arrows.

The grass boat was changed to a straw man, the water environment was changed to a besieged city environment, and everything else was basically the same trick.

So after Xue Kuang, Mr. Cai boasted that there is nothing in the sky and no earth, and he was praised to the altar.

Liu Jin was stunned.

Fang Shaoxing, the more he listened, the more uneasy he felt. Before Xue Chi had finished blowing, he turned his head and got on his horse, leaving with a cold face.

"Strange, why did Uncle Fang go?"

Xue Chi said almost the same, but stopped, only to see Fang Shaoxing's back, a little surprised.

Liu Jin was speechless.

He glanced at Cai Xiu beside him, and all he remembered in his mind was when he sat with his legs crossed beside Xue Kuang, his seemingly smiling face was actually full of water, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

On the other hand, Cai Xiu listened and tasted something.

He didn't even have an official or half a post in the army, but he was able to speak up to half of Xue Kuang.

Sometimes when Xue Kuang was away, he had the final say in the deployment of the three armies.

Although Liu Jin also has some strategies, in the eyes of people who play flowers with his intrigue and tricks, it is far from enough to see.

Of course, such a thing as "the grass man borrowing arrows" never happened.

So Liu Jin was speechless.

But if he remembered correctly, in the battle of Nanwangpo that year, the military intelligence report they wrote to the court was indeed a matter of "shortage of military supplies", and the battle was finally won.

The general's wife, the Lu family, and Cai Xiu also knew about it.

Although he hasn't returned to the capital for many years, he knows all the news in the capital.

Lu's has been like that all these years. I only heard that after being ill a while ago, his temperament has changed a lot.

But he didn't know that this woman who used to be weak, bullying and not too assertive had such thoughts.

The grass man borrowing arrows, although it sounds incredible, but after careful consideration, it may not be impossible to achieve.

Coupled with the story of "single cavalry to save the general" previously told by Xue Chi...

This Lu family?

Cai Xiu smiled a little, and asked Xue Chi with great interest, "Are these the stories that Madam told the young master?"

"Yes, there's more later, but it was too late that day, and my mother refused to tell me."

Xue Chi pouted, rather resentful.

"But when I go back today, I will definitely pester her to tell me! Oops, it's getting dark, and my mother is still waiting for me at home!"

Halfway through the sentence, when he mentioned the word "go back", he suddenly jolted, noticed the current sky, and suddenly screamed.

"Ah, ah, no, no! Uncle Liu, Mr. Cai, I have to go first! Come back to play with you in two days!"

"Hey, run slowly!"

Liu Jin was taken aback by his startled appearance and hurriedly greeted him.

Xue Chi waved his back to them as he ran, then climbed into the carriage and said goodbye to them.

"Tattoo taht..."

The sound of the hoofs sounded, the driver raised his whip and drove the car away gradually, disappearing at the end of the street.

On the spot, only Liu Jin and Cai Xiu stood.

Cai Xiu slowly retracted his gaze, only remembering some of the things Liu Jin said before.

For example, the scene on Changshun Street;

For example, Mrs. Lu went to Princess Yongning's side to intercede and kept Liu Jin's position as Admiral of the Nine Gates;

For example, the Lu family specially repaired the book for Liu Jin and installed the gangster in the Falcon Camp;

...

As far as I can remember, Mrs. Lu was only a woman in the house, and it was difficult to run the family. Where did she come from this long-sleeved and good-dancing ability?

There was a dim light in the dark brown eyes.

Cai Xiu suddenly asked, "By the way, I forgot to ask, it's so late, young master, why did you go back to the mansion from there alone in a carriage?"

"Haha, you just came back, don't you know?"

As soon as Liu Jin mentioned this, his face became a little more proud and proud, and he completely forgot that he had brought people to disturb the birthday banquet of the Taishi's residence a while ago.

"Yesterday, the little son was fortunate enough to have the famous Master Gu as his teacher, and he just came back from school today!"

"Apprentice?"

Cai Xiu was really surprised when he heard it, especially the words "Master Gu" mentioned by Liu Jin touched one of his extremely sensitive nerves.

"You mean Gu Juefei?"

"Yes, how many Young Master Gu are there in the world?"

Liu Jin had a natural expression on his face, but he felt that he had not seen each other for six years. How could Cai Xiu ask such a mindless question.

However, Cai Xiu couldn't tell the feeling in his heart. The divine light in his eyes changed by ten million in an instant. He frowned and thought about it for a long time.

With both hands behind him, he tapped his palm with the white paper fan.

Gu Juefei?

Gu Juefei? !

This person dared to accept the young master as a student! The little boy actually worshipped this man as Mr.

Who can describe the feeling in his heart at this moment?

absurd.

And it is accompanied by a kind of pride and complexity that makes the world play with applause.

He remembered six years ago, remembered the vicious plan of this young master Gu, and also remembered the tragic battle at Hanshan Pass that almost made everything fall short.

So, in the end, I couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

"Ha, interesting, really interesting!"