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Capital City, Lu State Duke's Mansion

"Second son, Young Master, I'm looking forward to your coming back. The old lady and the master have been worrying that you won't come back these days, and they are very anxious to wait." Xi Nianzhi and his brothers braved the wind and snow and stepped into the gate of the Duke's mansion. Hearing the guard's report, Ling Zuo ran to the front hall and greeted him happily.

Xi Nianzhi handed the luggage in his hand to the servant, and asked, "Is Ah Zuo and my mother at grandma's place?"

Ling Zuo waited for Xi Nianzhi to take off the clothes that were stained with wind and snow moisture, and at the same time ordered the servants to bring ginger soup and let the two masters go to the cold, "Well, the wind and snow have been very heavy these days, old lady Worried about the safety of you and the Second Young Master, I didn't rest well last night, so the lord went to the old lady's house early this morning to take care of her."

"Have someone send the ginger soup to the old lady's room, and my second brother and I will go to pay my respects first." The two brothers thought about going to pay their respects to the elders, and they didn't bother to change the clothes inside. They just changed into the dry cloaks outside and went to the backyard. Go to the old lady's house.

The two of them had just entered the old lady's yard, and before they entered the house, they heard the old lady turn around as instructed by the servants.

"Chunxia, ​​hurry up and prepare the snacks that your second son and Shaojun like to eat. After walking for so long, you must be hungry."

"Qiudong, hurry up and prepare ginger soup. It's cold and snowy outside. The two brothers must be in a hurry to get back before the year. They must have been frozen."

"Xiang'er, go to the yard of Second Young Master and Shaojun to get some clean clothes, and let the brothers change here."

The old lady is the grandmother of the two, and there is no need to shy away from her age.

The two brothers outside the door listened to the voice inside, smiled at each other, lifted the curtain on the door, and strode in, "Grandmother, grandson is back."

Hearing the sound, everyone in the room turned around one after another, and the two brothers who came in quickly came to a man wearing a purple gourd double blessing woven gold brocade suit, with silver thread on his head and a blue background gold embroidered pattern on his forehead, and a pestle in his hand. Holding a red crutch with pearls and dragon head, she knelt down in front of the kindly old lady.

This old lady is the previous mistress of Duke Lu's mansion, the mother of the current Duke of Lu, and also the younger sister of the first emperor's mother, and the aunt of the current Holy Majesty.

Tears welled up in the old lady's eyes in an instant, and she held a grandson's arm tremblingly, "My good grandson, grandma has hoped for you to come back."

The two brothers kowtowed to the old lady again, "Grandmother, it's the unfilial grandchildren that made grandma worry."

"No, no, my grandson is filial. Grandma knows that you have important things to do. Grandma is not a fool. If anyone dares to say that my grandson is not filial, grandma will beat him to death with the dragon head crutches given by the late emperor. "The old lady loves the younger generation the most, especially her little grandson Xi Nianzhi, who is the only elder brother of the Xi family.

Not to mention that the old lady loves him, but the whole Duke's family dotes on him.

"My dear grandson, it's cold here, get up quickly." The old lady helped the two brothers get up with each hand.

The two brothers got up and helped the old lady to sit down, and then turned to a brother in his forties who had been crying and laughing since the two of them entered the room, wearing hazy-colored plain silk embroidered with crane patterns The clothes are all wrapped in dark blue silk, with a flower-shaped crown made of various pearls, gemstones, gold, and jade on it, and its eyes are the same as those of Xi Nianzhi's brothers.

He is the lord of Duke Lu's mansion, the first son of the First Emperor Shang Jiangyin Lin family, and also the Amlin family of Xi Nianzhi's brothers.

The two brothers knelt down to Mrs. Lin, admiringly said: "Mum, my son pays tribute to you, you have worked hard."

"My son, get up quickly, it's good to be back, it's good to be back." Lin quickly hugged the two sons, seeing the youngest son who had lost weight significantly in two months, Lin's heart ached.

"Master, here are the ginger soup and clothes, let the two masters change into dry clothes first." Seeing the servants coming in with ginger soup and clothes, Ling Zuo took a step forward to discuss with Mrs. Lin.

When the old lady heard the words, she immediately said to Mrs. Lin: "Yes, yes, let my grandson change clothes quickly."

"Yes, since my son has already returned home, Eminem is not worried anymore, you two should drink the ginger soup quickly, and then go change into dry clothes." Lin immediately withdrew her tears, and hurriedly ordered the people to come forward to serve.

Under the care of the old lady and Mrs. Lin, the two brothers drank the ginger soup in one go, and then followed the servants to the next room to change into dry clothes.

After drinking ginger soup and changing into dry and warm clothes, coupled with the charcoal fire in the house, Xi Nianzhi is fine, he has a cold physique, but Xi Nianxiu is not good, a strong and healthy young man, suddenly his body fainted. I'm sweating.

The two brothers accompanied the old lady and Mrs. Lin to talk about the new news outside, which only caused the old lady and Mrs. Lin's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to exclaim.

At this moment, the servants who were guarding the door came to report that the Grand Duke was coming home towards the old lady's house.

In less than a few breaths, the door curtain was lifted, and a person striding in was wearing a black base coat, with gold and red tiger patterns embroidered on the chest and back, and a large dark purple spider pattern belt tied around his waist. Although he looked in his forties, he had a tall and tall figure, clear and deep facial features, a pair of deep and sharp eyes, and a beautiful beard on his chin.

He is Xi Chengan, the master of the Duke's Mansion, Lord Xi.

As soon as the Duke came back to the mansion, the guard reported that the second son and the young master had returned to the mansion. He didn't go back to the room to change the clothes he was anxious about, and came to his mother in court clothes.

When the Duke entered the room, he took a quick look at the two sons, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he greeted the old lady, "Mother, how are you doing today?"

Listening to her son's greeting, the old lady smiled from ear to ear, "What can I do, I'm fine, and now that my good grandson is back, I'm even finer."

After the Grandpa greeted the old lady, the two brothers saluted the Grandpa and said, "My son greets my father."

"It's good to be back." Grandpa Guo is a master with a cold face and a warm heart. Seeing that his sons are fine, his anxious heart has also settled down. to joy.

"Father, where's the elder brother?" Xi Nianzhi saw only the Duke, but not his elder brother, the eldest son of the Duke's mansion, Xi Nianji.

"He still has something to do in the yamen, and he won't be back for a while." The Duke answered the younger son's words while stroking the beautiful beard.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the Duke has a lot of official business, "Mom, I have my husband who went to the study first, and I will come to accompany you later."

The old lady understood that her son was busy with work, and waved her hand, "Go, I'm fine, I don't need your company." Then she saw that her son's court clothes hadn't changed yet, "Ayu, I don't need your company either. , first go take care of Cheng An and change his clothes."

Lin said to the old lady, "Okay, mother, then I will leave first."

"Grandmother, let's talk to father first, and come back to accompany you later." After the Duke and Husband left, Xi Nianzhi and Xi Nianxiu were still thinking about what they got from Mr. Chen, so they followed said the old lady.

"Okay, you guys go to work first. It's important. Come and talk to me when you're done." The old lady is sensible and never asks her children and grandchildren to accompany her.

......

In the study, Xi Guogong looked at the blueprint in his hand, his hands trembling with excitement.

Their Xi family made a fortune through military exploits, and they were able to reach the position of the Duke of the State today. Except for his mother, who is a princess, everything else is due to the fact that the son of the Xi family has been promoted step by step in the military camp through military exploits.

Think about his mother giving birth to four brothers, but his second and third brothers all died in battle.

Now seeing the blueprints of the weapons in his hand, Xi Guogong can imagine how much the military strength of their big merchants can be enhanced and how much their soldiers can reduce unnecessary sacrifices after they are made and equipped with all the equipment in the barracks.

"I'm going to the palace to look for His Majesty right now. The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War must speed up the production of this matter. With these things, why should I worry about the barbarians." , Your Majesty has already sealed the pen, and just wants to enter the palace immediately.

"Father, wait a minute." Xi Nianxiu looked at his excited father and hurriedly stopped him.

"?" The Duke was puzzled.

Xi Nianxiu said solemnly: "Father, you have forgotten what the situation is now. If you submit it directly, let alone other things, as far as the prince's attitude and fear towards the sixth prince are concerned, these weapons will never reach the keel pass."

After listening to his son's words, the excited expression on the Duke's face gradually disappeared, and his face became serious.

"Father, don't forget that after the second elder brother went to Longguguan in the past few years, the crown prince is very afraid of our Duke's mansion. If the elder brother is still watching over from the Ministry of Industry, the prince does not know how much the military salary of Longguguan will be withheld." When Xi Nianzhi said this, he remembered when he was attacked last month, and said coldly:

"Also, I was attacked and poisoned last time. If I hadn't been lucky enough to be rescued by Mr. Chen, I might have been killed that time. Although we found out that the person behind this was the third prince, don't forget, father, the prince's side Concubine Zhang's natal family is a family of imperial physicians, and it is said that one of the clan members is a clan who studied under Jing Chu, and it is said that the clan specializes in researching various poisons for snakes and insects."

"And the poison I was poisoned last time was bone erosion. This kind of vicious medicine is only available in Nanyi. If I was not lucky enough to be rescued by Mr. Chen last time, I would definitely be caught. What awaits me then is What? If this makes him succeed, and I will be used as a hostage, will the Duke's Mansion surrender or not?"

After hearing the words of his most beloved youngest son, the Duke slapped the table in front of him angrily, and said angrily: "Hmph, this prince is getting more and more excessive and ridiculous now, looking at His Majesty's body is not good enough. You really don’t deserve to be a king if you form cliques in the court all day long to frame other princes.”

Thinking of the time when the court came down today, the crown prince still found him and told him to think about it carefully, don't make a mistake, as long as you take a wrong step, be careful, you will never be able to recover, what does he mean, isn't this threatening the government of another country!

His prince really thinks that Xi Chengan is made of mud, right? Did he forget that Xi Chengan also went to the battlefield when he was young.

"What's your plan?" The Duke looked up at the two sons, wanting to hear their thoughts.

"Prince, we definitely can't talk about it together. If we don't say anything else, we will not agree to the fact that he covets the younger brother. If we really wait for him in the morning, when the imperial edict comes down, our Duke's Mansion should or should not, Shouldn't be resisting the decree, answering would be ruining my younger brother's life, so instead of getting to this point, we might as well..."

Xi Nianxiu didn't say the latter words, but the Duke and Xi Nianzhi both understood the meaning.

Grandpa Guo's eyes were dark, and his thoughts were restless. Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Xi Nianxiu was not in a hurry. He knew that his father loved his children, and he would never let his younger brother suffer any grievances.

Think about the last time the news of the younger brother's attack came back, the crown prince and the third prince each lost a force.

So Xi Nianxiu quietly waited for his father to understand.

In fact, it didn't take long, just a few minutes later, the Duke said in a deep voice: "This matter concerns the lives of hundreds of people in our Duke's Mansion. When your eldest brother comes back, let's make a plan."

The author has something to say: PS: It has been revised. It was written that Xiaoshou’s eldest brother is at Longgu Pass, but now it is changed to Xiaoshou’s second brother Xi Nianxiu guarding the pass at Longgu Pass. Babies know that it’s not that Xiaojiu made a mistake, so you don’t need to read it again.

Sorry, today's update was posted so late, please forgive me.

Xiaojiu was not hit by the previous cold and cough, but was hit by the aunt. The aunt came, with back pain and weakness. In short, she was uncomfortable everywhere and drowsy all day, so today's update So late, please forgive me o(╥﹏╥)o