Between Clouds and Water(GL)

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In the blink of an eye, it was almost noon, and Shui Xinyou was hungry, so Yun Chenxiao got up and went to the kitchen to cook.Shui Xinyou thought her cooking was unpalatable, so she clamored for wontons.Yun Chenxiao said with a mournful face: "It's raining, they may not sell it..."

The heart of water does not depend.Yun Chenxiao had no choice but to use an umbrella to search for it.Shui Xinyou held melon seeds on the porch, nibbling and waiting.Unexpectedly, just as Yun Chenxiao took the umbrella and hadn't had time to open the door, there was a hasty knock on the door.Shui Xinyou hurriedly threw the melon seeds in his hand, stood up and said anxiously: "It's about time, it must be Master and the others who are here... Oh, I didn't cook at home, how can I treat them..."

"Hmph!" Yun Chenxiao snorted coldly, put away the paper umbrella angrily, opened the door, and muttered something in his mouth: "You two really know how to catch up with dinner. Let's talk about it first, my Yu'er these few days I'm sick every day and can't cook, but I don't have good food to entertain you!"

As soon as the door opened, a jade finger was tapped on Yun Chenxiao's forehead, and she scolded in a pretty voice: "You damn girl, is this how you treat your mother?"

Yun Chenxiao retorted and said, "So what if that mother left me and ran away by herself?"

The visitor was a little guilty by her push, and whispered: "Then I asked Xiaowei to take care of you? Looking at your appearance, Xiaowei shouldn't have treated you badly."

"Then I'll call her mother, okay?" Yun Chenxiao folded her arms around her chest, leaning against the door frame, with a look of reluctance to give in.

"Look, look, look..." The visitor complained to his companions, "This is my good daughter!"

It was Shui Xinyou's master Shui Ling and Yun Chenxiao's biological mother Lin Qingying who came.Lin Qingying lived in seclusion in the south of the Yangtze River 20 years ago, and helped Yun Chenxiao when he fought against King Ning, and the two officially recognized each other until now.Originally, their mother and daughter have been separated for many years, and their relationship is not as close as that of ordinary mothers and daughters. Both of them have independent and upright personalities, and they often "go to war" when they disagree with each other in a few words. Therefore, Shui Ling and Shui Xinyou are most afraid of their meeting.

In the stalemate, Shui Xinyou trotted over, gave Yun Chenxiao a white look and said, "Get out of the way!"

Yun Chenxiao gave way to Dao'er, and Shui Xinyou helped Lin Qingying to invite her into the room, cupped a cup of tea and said with a smile: "She has such a temperament, auntie, don't be as knowledgeable as her."

Shui Ling followed behind and walked into the house step by step, but didn't even get a cup of tea, pretending to be angry and said: "See, this is also a good apprentice I have raised for more than ten years in vain, now I don't care about my real master, just here She went to flatter her aunt."

After hearing this, Yun Chenxiao hurriedly served the tea ceremony: "Master, don't be angry, I will honor you."

Shui Ling smiled with satisfaction and said, "Xiao'er is still sensible."

The four gossiped.During a period of silence, the sound of "cuckoo" suddenly rang out incessantly, but it turned out that they were hungry and angry.The four of them laughed, Shui Xinyou got up and said: "Auntie and Master, sit down for a while and have some refreshments first, I'm going to light the fire and cook."

Yun Chenxiao hurriedly stopped her and said, "You'er, haven't you been feeling well these few days! You should rest, let's go out to eat..."

Shui Xin said leisurely: "Where is the tavern open when it's raining?"

Yun Chenxiao sighed and said: "Forget it, the Zuixianju in the county is definitely open, let's go there."

As soon as Yun Chenxiao finished speaking, Shui Ling and Lin Qingying got up together and said in unison: "It's right here!"

"I knew it!" Yun Chenxiao looked at the two of them angrily and said, "You are here to play the autumn wind! You are all over half a hundred years old, and you don't want to make progress. Still thinking about blackmailing us juniors, really disrespectful..."

Lin Qingying and Shui Ling paid no attention to her, embraced Shui Xinyou, went out happily, leaving Yun Chenxiao alone, opened the empty cash box, reluctantly put the last few ingots of silver into their arms, and said in their hearts: " Originally, there wasn't much money, and You'er bought this house again, and she usually spends money without discretion... Hey, after eating this meal, I have to go to the capital to find Xiaohan and Yuxi and the others to fight the autumn wind... "

Chapter 96

In the capital, prominent officials are all concentrated on a street in the east of the city.This street is paved with blue bricks and can accommodate four horse-drawn carriages. It is very wide, and the people in the capital call it "Wangfu Street".On Wangfu Street, the gates of the two official residences are majestic and close to each other. Even the carved brackets are exactly the same. The only difference is the plaque on the gate - one is Tang Mansion and the other is Chu Mansion.

People in the capital always love to inquire about secret histories of the imperial palace, anecdotes about senior officials and the like.And the owners of these two mansions - Tang Xiaohan and Chu Yuxi, are the two most trusted senior officials of the current emperor.Tang Xiaohan was the chief assistant of Luantai, drafted the draft edict, and uploaded it to the public; Chu Yuxi was the official of the Ministry of Officials, in charge of six departments, and headed all the officials.It was widely rumored among the people in the capital that these two people had a lot of quarrels, they had been determined to compete against each other as early as when they were under General Yun Chenxiao's tent, after they returned to Beijing they were even more disobedient, sometimes even in front of the imperial court they did not restrain themselves.When Tang Mansion and Chu Mansion were built, they competed with each other. If you build one floor, I will build two pavilions. If you build one mu of garden, I will build two mu of land.In the end, it was the current emperor's decree that one place was repaired, and the scale was the same, regardless of the size, which meant harmony.

At this time, it was already dark, the gates of the two houses were closed, and everything seemed to be calm.A boy from the Tang Mansion sneaked his head out of the dog hole on the low wall, Gulu squinted his eyes for a long time, then got up, slipped to the back door behind the dog hole, opened the back door with a key, and hurriedly walked out of the dog hole. The mansion was left in Chu's residence-it turned out that the two mansions were only separated by a wall, and there was a back door that could be entered and exited at any time.But they don't know what shady activities are hidden behind the seemingly discord between these two adults.

The young servant of the Tang family came to Chu's mansion, walked around to the study in the backyard, and was about to knock on the door, when one of them shouted: "Amao is presumptuous! Mr. Chu is studying, don't disturb him!"

But Amao said anxiously: "It's important! There is a distinguished guest coming to Mr. Tang's residence. Mr. Tang wants me to come quickly and invite Mr. Chu to come over!"

After hearing this, the servant in Chu's mansion knew it was a big deal, so he hurriedly knocked on the door.Unexpectedly, no one answered after taking pictures for a long time.Amao was in a hurry, so he broke into the door directly, but saw that the house was brightly lit, but there was no one there.

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At this time, Chu Yuxi was standing in the main hall of the Tang Mansion, and asked excitedly, "Your Majesty, General...why didn't you tell me in advance when you came back!"

The people on the seat are elegant and elegant, and the other is handsome, they are Yun Chenxiao and Shui Xinyou who have already retired.Shui Xinyou saw Chu Yuxi, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, and sister Yuxi has become more and more beautiful. Now that Yun'er and I have escaped from the world, you are still the same as before, call me sister..."

Chu Yuxi hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward to take Shui Xinyou's hand and said: "Sister, you make my sister miss you so much." Then she was annoyed: "You and the general returned to Beijing, why didn't you go to my place first, instead..." Said Glancing at Tang Xiaohan who was clinking cups and drinking tea, he lowered his voice and said, "Why did you come to Tang first?"

"Hey, hey, Chu Yuxi! I, Tang Xiaohan, asked myself, did I offend you? Why are you always aggressive..." Tang Xiaohan put down the teacup and was about to argue a few words, but Chu Yuxi threw it at her like a knife, Tang Xiaohan I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut, and said in a sly way: "That's all, for the sake of the two sisters today, I don't care about you."

Yun Chenxiao pointed at the two of them, and said with a smile to Shui Xin: "Look, You'er, they are still the same. When they were marching, they always bickered, but when it came time to charge, they were unambiguous and brave. You Tell me, are these two lovers..."

Tang and Chu looked at each other in displeasure, and there was no more conversation.Seeing that the atmosphere was quite embarrassing, Yun Chenxiao thought it was not too late, so he made it clear to the two of them that he wanted to borrow money.In her words, although she and Shui Xinyou had savings when they were in Luoyang, they slipped away in a hurry and didn't bring much with them.Now that he bought a house in the south of the Yangtze River, and had to support the two giant Buddhas, Shui Ling and Lin Qingying, money could only come in and out, so it was quite tight.