People always think I'm a broken sleeve

Su Bian stood outside the door and waited. Before waiting for a while, he vaguely saw a figure walking towards him.

Su Bian thought it was a servant, and was about to speak, when he raised his eyes, seeing that it was Xie Daochen, he was slightly taken aback.

Su Bian was stunned for a moment, and quickly said in a deep voice, "Thank you, General."

Thank you Dao Chenen.

Although Xie Daochen remained reticent as usual, his expression was much softer than usual.

But Su Bian didn't notice it.

Su Bian looked back at Bizhu.

Bi Zhu understood, and immediately presented the things in her hand.

Xie Daochen paused, looked in Bizhu's direction in confusion, and then looked in Su Bian's direction again.

Su Bian explained lightly: "You can't visit General Xie empty-handed. When you come to pay your respects, naturally you have to bring a thank you gift."

Xie Daochen glanced at Bizhu, and reached out to take it.

However, what Su Bian didn't know was that Xie Daochen never accepted gifts.

Xie Daochen just took it, and a slender and white hand behind him snatched the box from Xie Daochen's hand.Xie Qingyun snatched Xie Daochen's box, and then excitedly said: "Su Bian, let's see what it is!

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After opening it, Xie Qingyun took a deep breath when she saw the peach blossom jade pendant in the box.

Xie Qingyun naturally knew what peach blossoms meant.

Xie Qing took a low breath, then looked up at Su Bian.After seeing Su Bian's face, he couldn't help being stunned again.

Because Su Bian basically stays in the Zhuang mansion and does not go out, it is rumored in the capital that he looks extremely ugly, so ugly that he can't see people.

Not bad.

Especially that cold expression, which has a special flavor.

Xie Qingyun coughed and said, "This is the rumored Lord Jiuqing?"

Su Bian heard this, and frowned: "Rumor?"

Xie Qingyun raised the corner of her mouth and was about to continue talking, but Xie Daochen who was standing beside her suddenly stretched out her hand and said, "Give it to me."

Seeing her brother's nervous appearance, Xie Qingyun's heart skipped a beat.

Xie Qingyun turned her gaze to Su Bian, and said, "Master Jiuqing, do you know what this jade pendant represents?"

After hearing this, Su Bian frowned: "What do you mean? ... What do you mean?"

Seeing Su Bian's inexplicable expression, Xie Qingyun instantly understood.She coughed, and suddenly said coquettishly to Xie Daochen: "Brother, I think this jade pendant is beautiful, how about giving it to me?"

Xie Daochen lowered his face and did not speak.

Xie Qingyun understood, she pouted and muttered, "Stingy."

After finishing speaking, he stuffed the box back into Xie Daochen's arms.

Then, Xie Qingyun said familiarly: "Master Jiuqing, come in and talk, how tired you are standing like this."

Su Bian gave a grunt, and followed Xie Qingyun into the room.

Bizhu hurriedly followed behind Su Bian.

In the end, Xie Daochen stood where he was, and he handed the box to the servant, intending to order the servant to put the box into his room, but in a blink of an eye, he changed his mind again.

Xie Daochen withdrew his hand, opened the box, put it in his arms, and then handed the empty box to the servant.

Xie Daochen said: "Put the box in my room."

The servant respectfully replied yes, and took the box from Xie Daochen's hand.

After finishing all this, Xie Daochen turned and left.

On the other side, Xie Qingyun, who was extremely enthusiastic, was inquiring about Su Bian and Xie Daochen.

After all, her brother has been in the position of general for so many years, and this is the first time she has seen her brother make friends with a certain minister in the court.

But on the other hand, Xie Qingyun was indeed also interested in Su Bian, the famous Master Jiuqing who was rumored in the capital.

Xie Qingyun stared at Su Bian and asked curiously, "May I ask Lord Jiuqing, how did you meet my elder brother?"

After Su Bian sat down in the room with Xie Qingyun, he said: "I was summoned by the emperor to come to the capital. Because I didn't know the way, I lost my way in the capital. When I got lost, I happened to bump into..."

Before Su Bian finished speaking, Xie Qingyun squinted her eyes, looked up and down ambiguously at Su Bian, and said, "You ran into my brother?"

Su Bian nodded and said, "Exactly."

All of a sudden, Xie Qingyun's eyes became subtle.

what……

It turns out that the rightful owner who has made her Mensao brother worry about her for so long is here.

Xie Qingyun looked Su Bian up and down over and over again, the eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling caused infinite reverie.

Xie Qingyun looked at Su Bian, who was sitting upright, with a serious expression and a calm expression, and was satisfied.

She propped her chin up, looked at Su Bian's alienated and indifferent side face, and thought to herself, she deserves to be the person her brother is looking for, it is really extraordinary.It looks good, and its momentum is extraordinary.

She doesn't mind if it's her 'sister-in-law'.

After thinking about it, Xie Qingyun narrowed her eyes and smiled happily.She grinned lightly, revealing two lovely canine teeth.

Xie Qingyun's enthusiasm is completely different from the taciturn Xie Daochen.This is unexpected.

Su Bian thought to himself, but he didn't know that the other party regarded him as a 'sister-in-law'.

Xie Qingyun looked at Su Bian without blinking, and smiled slightly, and Xie Daochen strode in here.When he saw the ambiguous smile on Xie Qingyun's face, his heart skipped a beat.

Xie Daochen frowned and said, "What did you guys talk about?"

Xie Qingyun looked at Xie Daochen and waved his hands with a light smile, "There's nothing to talk about."

Xie Daochen stared at the strong smile on Xie Qingyun's face, as if he didn't believe it.

Su Bian spoke quietly, and said: "Your sister just chatted with me, how I got acquainted with the general."

Xie Daochen's expression froze.

Xie Daochen was silent for two seconds, and said, "Master Zhuang...you said it?"

Hearing the sound, Su Bian raised his head and glanced in Xie Daochen's direction, and asked inexplicably, "Can't you say it?"

Xie Daochen said with an unnatural expression: "No, it's just...just asking."

As he spoke, Xie Daochen's ears slowly turned red.

Su Bian glanced at Xie Daochen, seeing that Xie Daochen denied it, so he didn't think much about it.Su Bian said: "I just chatted with Lingmei for a few words."

Xie Daochen gave an unnatural grace and stopped talking.

Xie Daochen quietly sat down on the seat beside Xie Qingyun, with his back straight and upright.

Xie Daochen originally wanted to say a lot before, such as whether he really had a good relationship with Xuanyue, why he only visited after half a month...but now that he saw Su Bian, he immediately

The child will forget everything.

As soon as Su Bian arrived at Xie's mansion, the news reached Xuan Yue's ears.

Xuan Yue sat in the study and played chess. After hearing the news, he said without raising his eyes: "Is that so, how did General Xie react?"

The servant said respectfully: "Master, the relationship between General Xie and His Excellency Jiuqing...seems to be quite cordial. After the doorman went back to report, General Xie came to greet him in person."

Hearing this, Xuan Yue curled up the corners of his mouth and chuckled lightly.

Xuanyue did not expect that Su Bian, the newly appointed Lord Jiuqing, was actually a favorite, and could attract the love of General Xie.

——It's interesting.

Xuan Yue sneered in his heart.

Xuan Yue picked up a white piece and gently dropped it on the chessboard.

Xuan Yue's thin lips slightly lifted, "Is there any movement in the Prime Minister's Mansion."

The servant replied obediently: "Return to master, never."

Mystery is clear.

She thought that Long Jingying gave the house to Su Bian because she had something in mind for Lord Jiuqing, but it turned out that it was just a handout on a whim.

Long Jingying is still Long Jingying.

Aloof and unapproachable.

For a moment, Xuan Yue casually said: "Understood, let's go down."

The servant responded, stepped back slowly, and then went back to monitor Su Bian's Zhuang Mansion.

As soon as the servant left, Wan Gaozhan appeared in the study and asked for instructions: "Chu Xiao, the prefect of Xuzhou, wants to see the master, and is waiting outside."

Xuan Yue didn't raise his eyes, and asked, "What did you do?"

Wan Gaozhan summed it up in a nutshell: "The governor found out about embezzlement of disaster relief food, and Min Wen will send the booklet to Ji Yixiaona soon."

Xuan Yue propped his chin, and then asked: "How much food did you steal?"

Wan Gaozhan paused, and replied: "...all of them."

Xuan Yue raised his eyebrows.

Xuan Yue dropped another son, and said casually: "Tell him, let him spit out all the food for the disaster relief, and then cut off his own feet and legs, and I will consider doing it for you."

He stopped the fold. "

After Wan Gaozhan answered yes, he said again: "If he is not willing..."

Xuan Yue didn't turn his head back, "Kill him, and send his head to Jifu."

Wan Gaozhan replied: "Yes."

After Wan Gaozhan received Xuanyue's words, he turned around and came to the gate, and repeated Xuanyue's words to Chu Xiao without dropping his chair.

After Chu Xiao heard Wan Gaozhan's words of cutting off his hands and feet, his legs went limp all of a sudden.He tremblingly said: "Master Guowei, this...isn't this killing me!"

Wan Gaozhan said expressionlessly: "Lord Chu, that's not true. My hands and feet are gone. Even though I can't move, I can still talk."

Chu Xiao said with a stiff expression: "But... But wouldn't that be a grown pig?! What's the difference between that and being dead?!"

Chu Xiao raised his head vigorously, but refused to do so.

Wan Gaozhan's face remained unchanged, he looked at Chu Xiao and said, "Your Excellency, you have to think about it. If the zhezi is in the hands of the Taiwei, it will not be just hands and feet."

Misappropriating the imperial court's disaster relief food, if nothing else, would definitely be copied and executed.No one was left alive in the mansion.

Chu Xiao's body trembled, and there was a hint of despair in his eyes.Holding the last sliver of fantasy and hope, he said: "We can't relax the conditions any more...for example, a

How about a finger? "

Wan Gaozhan glanced at him, completely indifferent.

Wan Gaozhan asked: "Master Chu is not willing?"

Chu Xiao said hoarsely: "I...I don't want to become a human pig... I beg—"

Before Chu Xiao could finish speaking, Wan Gaozhan pulled out the sword from the waist of the guard beside him without saying a word, and cut off Chu Xiao's head.

All of a sudden, the sound stopped abruptly.

Scarlet blood dripped all over the floor, Wan Gaozhan glanced coolly, took the handkerchief handed over by the servant standing behind him, and wiped his hands slowly.

Wan Gaozhan said indifferently: "Clean up the ground, then put your head in a box and send it to Jifu."

The servant replied, "Yes, in charge."

On the other side, Su Bian was chatting with Xie Qingyun.

To be precise, it should be Xie Qingyun who asked unilaterally.

Xie Daochen was a man of few words, so only his younger sister came to talk to him.As for Su Bian, because of the same lack of words, it became a scene where Xie Qingyun asked and Su Bian answered.

Xie Qingyun looked at Su Bian without blinking, and asked, "Master Jiuqing has been here for nearly half a month, why did you come to visit Xie's mansion now?"

After Xie Qingjun finished asking, Xie Daochen also looked over.

Although it was Xie Qingyun who was always asking, in fact, what she asked was what Xie Daochen wanted to ask.

But her elder brother is too boring, I don't know how long it will be until he asks him personally.So she had to play in person.

After Xie Qingyun asked, Su Bian replied calmly: "The house was just sorted out yesterday, so it has been inconvenient to come here. Today is finally free."

To be precise, it should be due to the embarrassment in the hands before, and the money in the hands today.

Xie Qingyun realized it, and then secretly glanced at Xie Daochen who was sitting beside her.

Sure enough, after Su Bian finished speaking, Xie Daochen's brows, eyes and expression were much softer than before.

Xie Qingyun hummed softly in her heart.

—— Mensao!

After Su Bian finished answering, Xie Qingjun looked at Su Bian, and asked again, "It is rumored in the capital that Lord Jiuqing and the Lord Lieutenant of the Xuanfu have a good relationship, and the relationship is unusual... Is this true?"

Hearing this, Su Bian's eyes twitched.

Su Bian said without hesitation: "Rumors."

After Su Bian finished replying, Xie Qingyun couldn't help stealing another glance at Xie Daochen who was at the side.

—— Mensao!

Then, Xie Qingyun's eyeballs rolled around, and said: "Master Jiuqing, does Mr. Jiuqing have a woman he likes?"

Xie Qingyun suddenly asked this out of the blue, Su Bian was taken aback, and asked inexplicably, "Why did Miss Xie suddenly ask this?"

Xie Qingyun covered her mouth, laughed softly, and said: "The little girl fell in love with Lord Jiuqing at first sight, so I asked Lord Jiuqing if there is a girl he likes, if not..."

Before Xie Qingyun could finish speaking, Xie Daochen, who hadn't spoken much from the beginning to the end, couldn't bear it any longer. He frowned and scolded sharply: "Xie Qingyun!"

Xie Daochen rarely called Xie Qingyun's full name, if he did, he would be angry.

But Xie Daochen has a very good temper, so he seldom gets angry.

Now she just got angry after making a joke, it seems that her Mensao brother really fell into it.

Xie Qingjun stuck out her tongue playfully in her heart, then said with a smile: "Brother, I'm just joking with Lord Jiuqing, don't be angry!"

Xie Daochen frowned, his expression still cold.

Xie Qingyun took a look at Xie Daochen and thought to herself, it seems that Xie Daochen was really angry.Xie Qingyun looked back at Su Bian without thinking, oh no, she is her future 'sister-in-law'.

Xie Qingjun laughed softly: "It's just a joke with Lord Jiuqing, won't Lord Jiuqing be angry?"

Su Bian replied blankly, "No."

Su Bian didn't take it seriously.

Xie Qingyun's eyes were slightly bent, and then she asked while the iron was hot: "Does Lord Jiuqing have a woman he likes?"

Although he didn't understand why Xie Qingyun was so persistent on this question, Su Bian still replied: "No."

Xie Qingyun let out a long sigh of relief.

Then, Xie Qingyun turned around, hugged Xie Daochen's arm, and said coquettishly: "Brother, don't be angry!"

After finishing speaking, where Su Bian couldn't see, she quietly blinked at Xie Daochen.Then, he said silently in colloquial language: I have asked for my brother, why don't you thank me soon?

For a moment, Xie Daochen blushed.

Xie Daochen pursed his lips and did not speak.Xie Qingyun grinned, looking very happy.

Su Bian looked at the reaction of the two, inexplicable.

Time passed extremely quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was afternoon.

But I have to say that Xie Qingyun is really good at chattering, and she didn't feel tired after talking all afternoon.

Su Bian glanced at the sky outside the room, stood up, and said: "It's getting late, I won't bother the general and Lingmei anymore."

Hearing that Su Bian was about to leave, Xie Daochen panicked for a moment, then stood up.He looked at him and said in a daze, "Master Zhuang... are you leaving now?"

Not only Xie Daochen, but also Xie Qingyun didn't want Su Bian to leave.

Finally, there was finally someone in the mansion who could speak. Now that she was gone, she would have to face her brother who hadn't spoken a word all day.

Xie Qingyun stood up, without even thinking about it: "Lord Jiuqing finally came here, why don't you just stay in the mansion and have dinner before leaving."

When Xie Qingyun finished speaking, Su Bian's eyelids twitched, and she vaguely felt that she had heard this sentence somewhere before.

Su Bian's eyelids twitched, and he said, "Thank you for your kindness, Miss, but there is no need."

Xie Qingyun lowered her eyes in disappointment.

Su Bian turned his head, looked at Bizhu, and said, "Go back."

Bizhu happily replied, "Yes, my lord."

After Su Bianchao Xie Daochen and Xie Qingyun bowed their hands and saluted, they turned around and prepared to leave.

After only two steps, Xie Daochen followed.

Su Bian was taken aback, then turned his head to look at Xie Daochen, and said, "... General Xie, what's the matter?"

Xie Daochen pursed his lips, and said seriously: "I'll send Lord Zhuang out of the house."

Su Bian thought that Xie Daochen had something to do, but he just wanted to send him out of the house.

Su Bian was stunned, looked at the distance between himself and the gate, and continued: "General Xie, you don't have to be so polite, you will be there in just two steps, and General Xie doesn't need to come here to see you off."

Clinker Xie Daochen was extremely persistent and insisted: "Master Jiuqing, don't be polite to me."

After all, without waiting for Su Bian's reaction, he directly raised his foot and walked forward.

Su Bian glanced at Xie Daochen, didn't think much about it, just thought that Xie Daochen was hospitable for a moment, so he raised his heels and followed.

Quickly walking outside the gate, Xie Daochen wanted to send it off again, but was stopped by Su Bian.

Su Bian said lightly: "The general can just send it here, there is no need to send it any more."

Xie Daochen looked at the indifferent Su Bian, pursed his lips, and said softly: "...Does Master Jiuqing know the way?"

Hearing this, Su Bian looked at Bi Zhu who was standing quietly beside him, and said, "General, don't worry, although I don't know the way, the maids in the mansion know the way."

After hearing this, Bizhu smiled softly at Xie Daochen, and said, "Thank you General for caring about my lord."

Xie Daochen thanked him quietly, lowering his eyes with a disappointed expression.

Su Bian glanced at Xie Daochen, bowed his hands in salute, turned around and left with Bizhu.Xie Daochen stood outside the gate, staring blankly at Su Bian's leaving back, unable to recover for a long time.

Xie Qingjun in the house waited for Xie Daochen for a long time, so she couldn't help but leave the house and went to find Xie Daochen in person.

After searching around the mansion, Xie Qingyun finally found Xie Daochen at the gate.

Standing behind Xie Daochen, Xie Qingjun poked her head out to look in the direction of Xie Daochen's line of sight, then shook her hand in front of Xie Daochen, and said, "Brother, you've gone far away!"

Only then did Xie Daochen slowly come back to his senses.

Xie Qingyun blinked and asked, "When will Lord Jiuqing come again next time?"

Xie Daochen said in a deep voice, "...I don't know."

He forgot to ask.

Xie Qingyun pouted depressedly.

But immediately, Xie Qingyun jumped up happily again, "Oh, Mr. Jiuqing looks really good~"

She really matches her brother, hehe.

On the other side, Su Bian returned to the mansion.

Yan Ruyu moved quickly, and in just one afternoon, she invited all the nurses and servants to arrive.

The whole room was full of people, each with outstanding looks.

When Su Bian and Bi Zhu returned to the mansion, they saw a room full of white and clean servants, even the chief guard looked like a male favorite.

Su Bian looked at the servants in the room, his eyelids twitched.

Before Su Bian could speak, all the servants in the room called together: "Your Excellency is welcome back to your residence!"

Su Bian frowned, and looked at the group of servants in front of him.

Su Bian looked back at Yan Ruyu who was standing beside him, frowned and said, "Are you really recruiting a servant?" Not a male favorite?

Yan Ruyu coughed, "It's absolutely true!"

Then, Yan Ruyu's voice suddenly fell down again.

Yan Ruyu whispered: "Because slaves like good-looking ones, they only recruit good-looking ones..."

Su Bian frowned.

Two seconds later, Su Bian looked at the group of servants in front of him and said, "These people are all skinny and tender, can they really work?"

Yan Ruyu raised her hand to promise: "My servant and my lord promise that if there is a servant who dares to be lazy, tomorrow my servant will drive him out of the house!"

Yan Ruyu's words had reached this point, so it was difficult for Su Bian to say anything more.Su Bianen let out a sigh and didn't say any more.

Then...at night, a few fair-looking servants sneaked onto Su Bian's bed while it was getting dark.

That night.

After Su Bian washed and washed, he lay down on the bed.As soon as he closed his eyes, he heard the door creak and was pushed open.

Su Bian thought it was a thief, so he closed his eyes and did not move to see what the other party was going to do next.In other words, prepare to steal something.

Unexpectedly, the thief groped towards the bed, and then slowly climbed onto the bed.Then, there was a rustling, like the sound of undressing.

……Undress?

Su Bian opened his eyes inexplicably.

After opening his eyes, Su Bian's face turned dark all of a sudden.

The person sitting on the bed was none other than the servant Yan Ruyu recruited this afternoon.

Su Bian pushed the servant on the bed away, and then said with a dark face, "Yan Ruyu! Come here for me—"

Yan Ruyu was sleeping, but when she heard Su Bian's angry voice, her body jerked and she woke up.

Yan Ruyu scrambled to Su Bian's room and said, "My lord, why..."

Yan Ruyu was stunned before he could say the word "what's the matter".

Yan Ruyu looked at the servant who was stripped naked on the ground, then at Su Bian who was sitting on the bed in white underwear with a dark complexion, and fell silent for an instant.

Two seconds later, Yan Ruyu lowered her head and obediently admitted her mistake: "My lord, this servant knows my mistake."